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This isn’t the trophy MLB teams should be trying to win.

That was Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark’s message when he heard about MLB and teams giving a $20, WWE-style toy championship belt to the salary arbitration departments who were the best at keeping salaries down.

“That clubs make sport of trying to suppress salaries in a process designed to produce fair settlements shows a blatant lack of respect for our Players, the game, and the arbitration process itself,” Clark said in a statement via ESPN.

News of the belt came out of a story by The Athletic on the competition arbitration breeds, and mentions the “informal” award given to the winners — which earned the scolding from Clark. The belt is given out during a private meeting to the club that did the most to “keep player salaries” down in arbitration.

It’s a touchy subject, as 18 teams are currently spending below the average payroll of $133,441,720, according to Spotrac.

Multiple players were upset the news of the title belt.

Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield tweeted that the belt is “embarrassing and a huge reason we continue to fight for our rights and fair compensation as players.”

Astros pitcher Collin McHugh was annoyed by the practice.

“I was mad that it seems like they’re celebrating that version of competition and not celebrating the game,” McHugh told The Athletic. “… That should be the thing that gets celebrated on a daily basis.”

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