As MLB clubs continue to depend on salary deferrals to field talented rosters, commissioner Rob Manfred warned that deferrals "can become problematic." In

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred met with Pinellas County chairwoman Kathleen Peters and St. Petersburg mayor Ken Welch to express support ahead of a Dec. 17 vote on public financing for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium.

Major League Baseball misses the days when starting pitchers would regularly pitch deep into games, but the league isn’t going to use an innings requirement of five or six innings, or any other number,

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred recently discussed the idea of requiring minimum innings for pitchers as a way to get starters deeper into games. Manfred said he is against the idea of requiring a set number of innings for a starter because of the health and safety factors involved for valuable arms.