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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Top Staff Averaging 35 Percent Paycut This Year

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and his top executives are slashing their salaries for the remainder of the year.

According to MLB insider Jon Heyman, Manfred and the most senior of MLB officials are reducing their pay by an average of 35 percent, with less senior execs receiving smaller reductions.

The move comes as MLB owners are pushing for revenue sharing with players in an unprecedented move to reshape the economic structure of the sport amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.