MLB Fires Umpire Pat Hoberg For Violating Gambling Rules
Major League Baseball announced that following an appeal process in accordance with its Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Umpires Association (MLBUA), commissioner Robert Manfred upheld an earlier decision by the league to terminate umpire Pat Hoberg’s…
MLB Owners Considering Salary Cap Due To Frustration With Dodgers’ Spending
The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets have been two of the most aggressive teams this offseason, combining to spend well over $1 billion on player contracts. The Mets made the biggest splash when they signed Juan Soto to…
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Wants To Incentivize Starting Pitchers Going Deep In Games
As Major League Baseball contemplates additional rule changes, one idea that has been discussed is a minimum innings requirement for starting pitchers. Starters averaged just over five innings per game during the 2024 season, a number that has steadily decreased…
Dodgers Announce Partnership With ITO EN Ltd., Makers of Oi Ocha
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced an official partnership agreement with ITO EN Ltd., makers of global unsweetened tea leader Oi Ocha, that will begin with the 2025 season. The relationship paves the way for ITO EN to be available for…
Fanatics Corrects MLB Jersey Design To Include Larger Font
The new Nike Vapor Premier jerseys introduced for the 2024 MLB season were not well received by the players nor the general pubic for many different reasons and it led to the announcement of changes that were to be completed…
2025 Baseball Hall Of Fame Voting: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia & Billy Wagner Elected
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame when he was elected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America as part of the 2025 class alongside CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.…
MLB Postseason Narrative Reached 12-Team College Football Playoff
When the MLB postseason expanded to its current format in 2022, it was followed by two Octobers in a row in which teams that won their respective division and earned a first-round bye were immediately eliminated. In 2022, the first…
Farhan Zaidi: Building Giants To Compete With Dodgers Presented Challenges
Farhan Zaidi had an enormous challenge in front of him when he became the San Francisco Giants' president of baseball operations in 2018. Not only was he in charge of turning around an organization that had severely underperformed the past…
Rob Manfred: MLB Study Ties Pitcher Injuries To Velocity & Spin Rate
Great strides have been made in the world of sports science over recent years, resulting in increased career longevity and general improvements in the skills of professional athletes. One example in MLB is that it has never been easier for…
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Doesn’t Believe Innings Requirement Will Benefit Starting Pitchers
Major League Baseball has implemented a number of different rule changes in recent years, including a pitch timer, defensive shift limits and larger bases. Each of the changes was with the goal of improving the sport's popularity, and have largely…
Farhan Zaidi Praises Dodgers For Use Of Deferrals
The New York Mets gave Juan Soto the largest contract in MLB history when the two sides agreed to a 15-year, $765 million deal that broke the record Shohei Ohtani held when he signed his 10-year, $700 million contract with…
Rob Manfred Details MLB’s Progress With ABS Challenge System
While potential new changes like a golden at-bat and mandatory minimums for starting pitchers seem to be no more than fantasy at this point, there could be more tangible change on the horizon for MLB's rulebook. That process is going…
