Rob Manfred Rob Manfred was named as the tenth commissioner of Major League Baseball in January 2015 as he replaced the retiring Bud Selig. Manfred appeared to be the right guy to keep MLB's money machine going as the sport was able to rebuild following the work stoppage of 1994 as well as [...]
With the start of spring training right around the corner, there are plenty of free agents unsigned around Major League Baseball as this is an between the owners and the players union.
Since 1994, the Major League Baseball Players Association and MLB have enjoyed labor peace. In 1994, a strike by the players abruptly ended the MLB season that August which marked the first time since 1904 that the World Series wasn't played. Since then the MLBPA and MLB have enjoyed soaring salaries for players while the [...]