It’s clear Manfred has thought about this Golden At-Bat a lot. Not in a thorough or logical way, but in the way that a stoner thinks about frogs. It’s his little pet idea. It makes him smile ...

What if a team could choose one at-bat in every game to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn’t that guy’s turn to hit? That’s the Golden At-Bat concept in a nutshell.

Manfred mentioned a potentially even more radical change earlier this offseason, saying on "The Varsity" podcast that the Golden At-Bat rule has been floated around between owners. That rule would ...

the odds of enforcing a salary cap in baseball and whether he would install the Golden At-Bat. Manfred also dives into how MLB's viewership has gone up with the new installed changes the past season.

After telling reporters in February that MLB needed to be "vigilant" about the lack of a salary cap, Rob Manfred is taking a noncommittal stance on the issue. The MLB commissioner wants to see how ...