The Latest Breaking News from Rob Manfred

A six-time All-Star, Sutter won the Cy Young Award in 1979 and posted 300 saves in a 12-year career with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves. He died Thursday in Cartersville, Ga.

Sutter is considered one of the first pitchers to throw a split-finger fastball.

The subject was brought up as the White House hosted the Braves to celebrate their 2021 World Series title.

The Major League Baseball Players Association launched the unionization drive on Aug. 28 and told MLB on Tuesday it had obtained signed authorization cards from the approximately 5,000 to 6,500 players with minor league contracts.

Regular readers of this newsletter know I disagree with Rob Manfred frequently. His handling of MLB labor issues is callous, and at best, he is an awkward public speaker. His treatment of minor leaguers is inhumane, and he has mishandled multiple baseball cheating scandals. For all of these ...

NEW YORK — As the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke, Rob Manfred will break it.

The team that came to worldwide attention thanks to Moneyball is struggling to pull in fans. A move to the bright lights of Vegas could be approaching

Rob Manfred did not make his name in baseball as a former player, as a general manager or team president or team owner, or as a marketing or broadcasting executive.

Unionization would represent a seismic change in the way the minor leagues have operated for more than a century.