The Los Angeles Dodgers' $240 million signing of Kyle Tucker has reignited calls for MLB to introduce a salary cap, putting team owners and the players union on a collision course. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/23/baseball/kyle-tucker-dodgers-salary-cap-mlb/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #losangelesdodgers #kyletucker #robmanfred

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is feeling more confident about the league's players competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, though he said significant scheduling challenges remain to be resolved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/26/mlb-commissioner-olympics-2028/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #robmanfred #2028losangelesolympics

After years of trials at the minor-league level, automated ball-strike challenges are coming to Major League Baseball next season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/24/baseball/mlb/ball-strike-challenge-mlb/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #robmanfred #tech

Tony Clark, the executive director of the MLBPA, doubled down on his opposition to a salary cap, saying that such a change to the game's economic structure would move the game "backward." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/16/baseball/mlb/mlbpa-blasts-salary-cap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #tonyclark #mlbpa #robmanfred

Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson — longstanding pariahs in MLB due to their involvement with gambling on the sport — have been removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/05/14/baseball/mlb/rose-jackson-mlb-ban-list/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #robmanfred #peterose #shoelessjoejackson #gambling #us

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a petition filed by Pete Rose's family to have the game's all-time leader in hits posthumously removed from baseball's ineligible list. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/03/02/baseball/mlb/manfred-reviewing-rose-petition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #mlb #peterose #robmanfred

Major League Baseball said on Monday it had fired top umpire Pat Hoberg for violating strict league rules concerning gambling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/02/04/baseball/baseball-umpire-fired-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #pathoberg #gambling #robmanfred

What if a baseball team could choose one at-bat in every game to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn’t that guy’s turn to hit? Enter the concept of the Golden At-Bat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/12/07/baseball/mlb-golden-at-bat-idea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #robmanfred