The Los Angeles Dodgers’ spending in free agency over the past two years has sparked conversations about the increasing disparity in payroll between the perceived haves and have-nots in MLB.

Former Miami Marlins president David Samson isn’t sold on Rob Manfred’s promise that the A’s $1.5B Vegas stadium will be ready by 2028. Samson, a vocal critic of baseball’s leadership, believes Manfred is selling an unrealistic timeline to A’s fans and that delays are all but inevitable.

Pete Rose is all over the Hall of Fame. Baseball isn’t hiding his accomplishments. His hits record and his World Series wins with the Reds and the Phillies aren’t hard to find walking around the museum. Baseball isn’t denying his existence. He’s just not enshrined in the Hall of Fame. That’s how it should be.

When it comes to Rose's banishment from baseball, very little has changed, except for the fact that the man involved is no longer with us and the president of the United States is suddenly involved.

Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump said he planned to issue a “complete” pardon of Pete Rose “over the next few weeks,” ESPN reported that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition filed by the family of 17-time All-Star in January that requested him to be removed from the sport’s ineligible list.

Though a sale is not imminent, Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg is being pressured to sell his team by several people in the league, including MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, according to The Athletic’s Evan Drellich.