“I hate the negativity of the coverage that surrounds the coverage of the game right now.”
I would advise you to click away, Commissioner Manfred. This isn’t going to be the post for you.
Manfred on tanking: "It would be nice to start with the facts on this topic. There has been no meaningful change in the distributuon of winning percentage in Major League Baseball."
"This narrative that our teams aren't trying just isn't supported by the facts."— Brenden Schaeffer (@bschaeffer12) February 17, 2019Anecdotally, at least, we increasingly see a stratification between the respective races to the top and bottom of the standings as quasi-superteams assemble while others dismantle their rosters down to the core.