MANFRED DOWNPLAYS MLB LOCKOUT TALK AS BASEBALL SEEKS GROWTH

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred moved to assure fans that the coming summer of collective bargaining with the players’ union will not lead to a work stoppage when the current Basic Agreement expires Dec. 1, saying the owners are “committed to the process.”

Manfred addressed the labor issue along with a number of other topics, including the vaccination rate of big league clubs, during an appearance Tuesday for SporticoLive’s MLB Valuations 2021. Read Barry Bloom’s story here.