Plus, if you're in Spring Training with your new team, don't you think it would miff a few guys if you aren't taking drills because you are off talking about how you got a ring with your old team? I could definitely see how that could plant a seed of contempt in the clubhouse if clubhouses are as fragile as people make them sound.
eh, not really. i used to have to interview non-yankees people before games against the yankees, as a yankees employee. before JEETS and mo and all those guys retired, we had to get other players to come in before/during/after BP and talk to us for 15 minutes about why JEETS was so cool and they were happy to do it. no one cared.
players have really tight schedules but in spring training there's about half the day free to all players to do whatever (workouts end around 1-2 pm a lot) and no one gives a crap if you are doing a media obligation.
i said it earlier but since the angels are in AZ for spring it's pretty complicated to get an interview with him for a lot of reasons, and COVID shut stuff down in the time a lot of that is done. also, he was due to come to play the nats in mid-may so it's likely they were planning on sending a small crew out there to get his bites then.
