Palm Beach, Fla. – Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he is receiving electronics about fans of the sport’s lack of salary caps after the offseason spending craze for the Los Angeles Dodgers Email December 2026.
“This is a question we need to be vigilant,” Manfred said Thursday after the owners’ meeting. “We need to be careful about it, need to determine if something can be done to alleviate these problems and make sure we There is a competitive and healthy game.”
Baseball won the biggest stock in the World Series in 2024: The Dodgers paid $353 million in luxury tax and had to pay $103 million in taxes. Track and field has the lowest luxury tax pay level, below $84 million.
“The Dodgers are a very functional, successful organization,” Manfred said. “Everything they did and did is consistent with our rules. They try to give their fans the best products. These are all positive . However, I realize that my emails certainly reflect fans in other markets worry about the competitiveness of their teams.
American League champion Yankees is one of the biggest consumers in baseball in decades – even worried about where the game is going financially and how it matches the way the Dodgers spend.
“It’s hard for most of us owners to do what they’re doing. We’ll see if there’s a reward,” said Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner in an interview aired on the YES Network last week. “They still have to There is a relatively uninjured season to work out for them. It’s a long season and once you get to the playoffs, everything can happen. We see it again and again.”
Players opposed the salary cap and debated in 1994-95 with a 7½ month strike, thus canceling the World Series.
“I wish we could have a salary cap on baseball like other sports, maybe we will eventually, but now we don’t.” World Economic Forum. “I doubt we might be closer to what the NFL and the NBA have, but there is no guarantee that.”
Bargaining is expected to begin in spring 2026. The American Sports League prefers offseason suspensions, rather than a seasonal strike.
“Even if you want to bargain early, it still takes us two years,” Manfred said. “We do have things about gaming economics, local media is the main media, and the longer we wait, the more it evolves,” Manfred said. , we will make better decisions.”
Manfred was asked about referee Pat Hoberg sharing his legal sports gambling account with a friend who shared baseball games with a friend and intentionally deleted electronic information related to the league’s investigation.
Major League Baseball (MLB) was investigated by Sportsbook in February 2024, and Hoberg did not rule last season. Major League Baseball says investigations found no evidence that Hober personally bets on baseball or manipulates the game, but Michael Hill, senior vice president of live operations at Major League Baseball (MLB), said It is recommended to fire Hoberg.
“I think we have a much greater ability to monitor what is going on and determine if what is going on today should be more than we know, gambling is done in a backward and illegal situation.,” Manfred said. . “It’s always a threat. We spend a lot of time and money, get more information, just access more information because it’s legal.”
Manfred said he has the same position as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, and a set of sports investment rules across the country will make more sense than the current state model.
“I do think I’m probably the broadest federalist,” Manfred said. “I always thought that a set of rules might be better than states complying with states.”
Rays caused damage to the 11,000-seat George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa this season at the Yankees’ Spring Training House, causing the St. Petersburg Tropicana Field, where Hurricane Milton demolished the roof on October 9. Owner Stuart Sternberg and government officials were unable to complete the new stadium deal.
“The way I say that is important: I spent a lot of time with Stu,” Manfred said. “I think he’s facing a very difficult situation and we’re working on that situation.”
The rays must deal with the city of St. Petersburg by March 31. The team expressed concerns that the planned stadium will not open until 2029 and that the team does not want to be responsible for the higher costs.
“We are always ready to adapt, adjust and move forward,” St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch said at his city address this week.
Since Donald Trump became president, Major League Baseball (MLB) has noticed a change in the federal government’s attitude toward diversity programs.
“Our values, especially our values and diversity, remain the same,” Manfred said. “But another value that is very important to us is that we always try to comply with what the law is. It seems to be Evolution has happened here. We focus on this very carefully. Obviously, when things get more resolved, we will check each of our programs and make sure that while the values remain the same, we are also consistent with the requirements of the law.”
Changes to the US Professional Competency MLB Executive Committee
Mets chairman Steve Cohen and track and field board partner John Fisher were named the executive committee of eight, replacing Phillies executive partner John Middle John Middleton and Royals President John Sherman.
The committee also includes Rattlers, General Manager Ken Kendrick and Mariners Chairman John Stanton (his term expires in 2026), Giants Chairman Greg ·Greg Johnson and Guardian Chairman Paul Dolan (2027) and Marlins Chairman Bruce Sherman and Angels owner Arte Moreno (2028).
