On Monday, the New York Post revealed that long-time MLB Network correspondent, journalist Ken Rosenthal, did not have his contract renewed for 2022. Essentially, he was fired from the network over his past criticisms of baseball commissioner Rob Manfred.
Rosenthal confirmed the news in a series of tweets.
The report from the Post reveals that Manfred did now like the way Rosenthal handled his coverage of the leadup to the 2020 pandemic season. And, at one point in 2020, the reporter was kept off the air for a span of about three months in retaliation.
“MLB Network has cut ties with insider Ken Rosenthal that is believed to be the end result of acrimony that peaked in the summer of 2020 after Rosenthal criticized commissioner Rob Manfred.