MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred expects the Rays to know where they are playing in 2025 before the end of the calendar year, per the media scrum before Game 2 of the World Series, saying “by Christmas they’ve got to have a pretty good plan in place.”
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This timeframe is a reasonable expectation. The MLB schedule is released almost a year in advance to allow teams to book travel and accommodations at the various preferred hotels, and to arrange air travel.