MLBPA executive director Tony Clark isn't pleased with the way recent free-agent negotiations unfolded between the Baltimore Orioles and pitcher Yovani Gallardo and outfielder Dexter Fowler.

The union chief expressed his concerns with how Gallardo's medical information was processed and made public. Gallardo's deal with Baltimore was renegotiated after issues arose regarding wear and tear to the hurler's throwing shoulder.

After originally agreeing to a three-year, $35-million deal, the two sides restructured the pact to a two-year, $22-million agreement with a team option for 2018.

"Medical information shouldn't be public," Clark told reporters Saturday at Ed Smith Stadium, the Orioles' spring training complex in Sarasota, Fla. “There's a reason why individuals' medical information is protected. The idea that those who shouldn't have access to it have access to it and feel compelled to offer it is a concern. … From my vantage point, it is irresponsible and something that we think affects the entire industry and not just the player involved.

"That's why I think it mutually makes sense to sit down and figure out perhaps there's a better way to do it."

In regards to Fowler, who spurned a reportedly agreed-upon three-year offer from the Orioles to return to the Chicago Cubs on a shorter deal, Clark believes information about the deal was distributed earlier than it should've been, which led to the controversy surrounding the outfielder.

"To say that I have concerns is an understatement," Clark explained. "I think it is disappointing that we live in a world where it is more important to be first than it is to be right, and it's a very dangerous place to exist when information makes its way out that may not be 100 percent accurate regardless of what the information is.



"I look forward to having a conversation in that regard, in the best interest of the entire industry."

Clark, making the third stop of his spring training camp tour, spoke to reporters after an hour-long players-only meeting with the Orioles.