MLB commissioner Rob Manfred addressed hot subjects such as robot referees, Torpille bats and a possible extension in an interview published by the New York Times on Sunday.
Manfred spoke positively about the “experience” of using the Automated Defect Ball (ABS) challenge during the recent spring training games and said that he hoped that MLB would soon bring him to the big leagues.
“It will not be in 2025. It would be in 2026,” said Manfred in the interview. “This is why I am uncertain: we could go to the MLBPA and say that we want to go there in 2026. Since it is a year of negotiation, it would not be shocking for them to say:” Let’s manage this in negotiation. Let’s wait. “”
Manfred also called Torpedo Bats, another relatively new progress in sport that quickly gaining popularity, “absolutely good for baseball”. Bats differ from traditional models because of their form, which comes from the redistribution of their weight so that the densest part, or the “sweet spot”, is closer to the handle. The barrel – where the players want the bat in contact with the ball – is larger. Bowling bats have aroused players’ interest and stimulated discussions between fans, which Manfred supports.
“I believe that problems like the Batte de Torpille and the debate around him demonstrate the fact that baseball always occupies a unique place in our culture, because people put themselves in a complete frenzy on something that is really nothing at the end of the day,” he said. “Batters comply with the rules. The players have in fact moved the ideal point in bats for years.
“But that simply shows that something about the game is more important than what is captured by television ratings or income or one of these things, when you have discussions and debates on this subject.”
In addition to the new gadgets inaugurating the future of the MLB, Manfred also indicated that the League could develop soon. He reiterated that he hoped to select cities for expansion teams before moving in 2029 at the end of his current contract. He also planned that fans get more access to game shows and flows after the 2028 season, that is to say at the time that MLB national television with ESPN, Fox and Turner should expire.
“We have to be out of power in power, which essentially says to people who want to watch games that we don’t sell them to you.”
With regard to the current state of the League, the 66 -year -old executive highlighted the difference between smaller teams and large market teams in terms of spending.
“I am really aware of it, and I am in favor of fans in smaller markets that enter the season by feeling as if they have no chance in the world to win. … When you sit on a small market, you look at the big guys from the brand signing guys all winter, and your guys do nothing, which hurts the business,” he said.
He noted that there is no perfect correlation between important expenses and success, but said that there was always a “problem of massive disparity that we must approach”.
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