Overview
- After an owners meeting, Commissioner Rob Manfred said he senses momentum toward MLB players taking part in the Los Angeles Olympics.
- Participation still requires an agreement with the players’ union and insurance arrangements that cover player contracts during Olympic duty.
- MLB is planning a six-team tournament at Dodger Stadium from July 13-19, bookended by an extended July 9-21 All-Star break with the All-Star Game likely in San Francisco on July 11.
- Manfred said MLB’s dealings are with the Olympic institution rather than LA28 chair Casey Wasserman, and LA28’s executive committee publicly backed Wasserman following a law-firm review.
- The United States holds an automatic berth, and two additional Americas berths will go to the top finishers from next month’s World Baseball Classic.