Astros owner Jim Crane weighs in on new commissioner
BOSTON — With a new commissioner selected and change to come, Astros owner Jim Crane has an interest in taking a more proactive role in league affairs where possible, he told the Chronicle on Thursday...
View ArticleCommissioner Rob Manfred: MLB still looking at the defensive shift
MIAMI — Commissioner Rob Manfred knows he ruffled some feathers with comments at the start of his tenure — not yet a month old — that he would consider banning the defensive shift. The Astros shift...
View ArticleJim Crane on MLB’s international and finance committees
KISSIMMEE, Fla — Astros owner Jim Crane voiced a desire to be more proactive in major league baseball’s affairs on the day Commissioner Rob Manfred was elected and is moving in that direction. Crane’s...
View ArticleMLB commissioner Rob Manfred pushes for pre-draft medical info following...
SEATTLE — Brady Aiken hasn’t been forgotten by baseball’s highest powers — the union and league office — and the significance of his medical situation will carry over into next year’s collective...
View ArticleRob Manfred says Astros one of key stories in MLB so far
When the Astros were going through the depths of their tearding down and rebuilding, then-commissioner Bud Selig would preach patience for Astros fans. Selig’s successor, Rob Manfred now sees that...
View ArticleAs Rob Manfred prepares to visit Astros, pace of play is off to good start
Commissioner Rob Manfred is scheduled to visit Minute Maid Park and talk with the Astros and Rangers on Wednesday afternoon as part of an introductory tour around the majors. Manfred, 56, took over for...
View ArticleMLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Astros’ recent run: ‘Everybody loves...
Baseball’s top dog can appreciate the rise of the underdog. Commissioner Rob Manfred met with Astros and Rangers players Wednesday at Minute Maid Park. In a press conference afterward, baseball’s new...
View ArticleRob Manfred on the draft, medical records, tanking and more
Commissioner Rob Manfred said in his visit to Minute Maid Park last week that the logistics of having players submit medical records ahead of the draft would not be as great a barrier as some might...
View ArticleMLB commissioner Rob Manfred: Too early to know about potential penalties in...
Commissioner Rob Manfred said it was too early to know what, if anything, his office should do to the Cardinals, who are the subject of a federal investigation into the hacking of the Astros’ database....
View ArticleMLB commissioner’s office in regular contact with federal officials over...
CINCINNATI – Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s office has regular contact with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office regarding the ongoing investigation of the St. Louis Cardinals’ alleged hacking...
View ArticleUnion head Tony Clark opposes making more medical records available ahead of...
CINCINNATI — MLB’s desire for its clubs to receive more medical information ahead of the draft and potentially avoid situations like Brady Aiken’s seems to have been been set back by an incident in...
View ArticleFederal investigation focusing if more from Cardinals involved
By Evan Drellich and Jose de Jesus Ortiz CINCINNATI – Federal investigators are focused on determining what individuals beyond Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa may have been involved in...
View ArticleCommissioner Rob Manfred likely to join Astros, Nationals at spring training...
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is likely to join Astros owner Jim Crane, Nationals owner Mark Lerner and government officials on Nov. 9 in West Palm Beach, Fla., for the groundbreaking ceremony of...
View ArticleMLB hopes to have Cardinals-Astros hacking issue settled before next season
If all goes according to plan from MLB’s perspective, the Cardinals-Astros hacking drama will not bleed into next season.
View ArticleCommissioner encourages teams to protect intellectual property in employee...
BOCA RATON, Fla. — They want Ground Control to avoid lift off in the future. Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke to general managers on Tuesday morning about the protection of intellectual property and the...
View ArticleIt’s up to MLB to determine if more punishment for Cardinals
Compensation for the Astros, punishment for the Cardinals — or both — in light of Chris Correa’s illegal hacking of the Astros’ systems is expected to come not via the courts, but through baseball’s...
View ArticleAstros notebook: Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel looks forward to another...
Dallas Keuchel might not be with the Astros forever. General manager Jeff Luhnow has talked about the team’s window before. But whatever happens, Keuchel wants the Astros to push on further into the...
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