If Major League Baseball stands by its self-imposed Monday deadline to avoid canceling games, MLB players are likely going to have to find some way to fill the time.
Some players are already looking at new ideas to keep busy.
On Monday — just as talks unfolded between the owners and the players union with little hope for a last-minute agreement — Bryce Harper reached out on Instagram to the Yomiuri Giants of Japan to get a dialogue started about him playing over there. The MLBPA did say that players could pursue international opportunities during the lockout, after all.
Yankees outfield Joey Gallo took a more traditional approach to scoring a new gig. He started a LinkedIn page.
Check it out
I’m new here @LinkedIn pic.twitter.com/6ICuCH7aBc
— Joey Gallo (@JoeyGallo24) February 28, 2022
Gallo shared a screenshot on Monday of his newly created LinkedIn account, which has since been taken down or switched to private. But the glimpse that Gallo did provide was so good.
I mean, that skills section. He listed his skills as “striking out, hitting into the shift and getting dressed weird.”
You have to respect that willingness to make himself part of the joke. Gallo has always been a strikeout machine who encounters the most extreme defensive shifts. But at least he can laugh about it. Maybe recruiters in Japan will take notice!
MLB fans also thought the LinkedIn page was great.
This was how Twitter reacted
Hey @microsoft let’s give joey a job cause @mlb doesn’t appreciate him. https://t.co/QIIlQGb3xy
— jay gordon 🦍 (@jaydestro) February 28, 2022
This is the laugh I needed today😂😂 https://t.co/YjtGS5aEwX
— Yankees Baseball (@yanksbaseball25) February 28, 2022
Hitting into the shift. 😂😩 https://t.co/KQWM75Mojb
— Amanda Rose (@amanduhroseg) February 28, 2022
When he finds out jobs have shifts https://t.co/hjTVIvKOBt pic.twitter.com/1WXzLv4f8R
— Max (Mariners 2022 WS Champs) (@MaxC_206) February 28, 2022
The first thing Yankees fans have been excited about in 13 years https://t.co/epf1yurU2u
— Red Sox Stats (@redsoxstats) February 28, 2022
Joey Gallo forever and ever. https://t.co/qh6L4NFNU2
— Walker Bailey (@WalkerBailey8) February 28, 2022
this is very good https://t.co/lt929glZ5n
— Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) February 28, 2022
This is so clever. Skills and all😂👏 https://t.co/Uo0k9bZa2l
— Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) February 28, 2022
This the man y’all hate on https://t.co/exXb2BaKxk
— Ethan (Immanuel Quickley Resurgence Bandwagon) (@NYSportsFanCush) February 28, 2022
not the skills 💀 https://t.co/bpyIFYGMui
— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) February 28, 2022
He acknowledged us 🥲 https://t.co/KZxIPe02r0
— Nolan Writin' (@NolanWritinFS) February 28, 2022
Let’s start a podcast Joseph https://t.co/hbvjxhvqLH
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) February 28, 2022
Someone get this man a job. It’s not his fault his bosses locked him out of work.
