MLB Rob Manfred NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 16: Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. speaks at a press conference on youth initiatives hosted by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association at Citi Field on June 16, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
By Chris Novak on

The MLB world is buzzing after significant news emerged on Thursday. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced when he plans to leave his post.

Manfred will exit his position as league commissioner in early 2029. ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan broke the big news on Thursday afternoon.

“Rob Manfred said his tenure as Major League Baseball commissioner will end in early 2029,” Passan wrote. Passan posted the news on X, the website formerly known as Twitter.

In January 2015, Manfred replaced Bud Selig as league commissioner. He became the tenth commissioner in league history when he did, following in the footsteps of Selig, Fay Vincent, Ford Frick, and others.

Manfred’s tenure as commissioner has been criticized often by fans and the media. His handlings over the Oakland A’s and their current stadium situation is one example of that. Commissioners often have it bad, but Manfred certainly has had an interesting tenure. It’s one that doesn’t feature a lot of positives, at least from fans, as the rule changes, playoff expansion, and otherwise have led to disenfranchisement.

With that said, it will be interesting to see who the owners decide will be the next commissioner. They’ll obviously have plenty of time to mull that decision over, with five years left to go.

If you asked anybody online, though, they were wondering what the wait was. The MLB world reacted to the news on Rob Manfred and had plenty to say.

 

[Jeff Passan]

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Chris Novak has been talking and writing about sports ever since he can remember. Previously, Novak wrote for and managed sites in the SB Nation network for nearly a decade from 2013-2022

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