One of the biggest reporters in baseball is no longer welcome on MLB Network.
The league-owned network has cut ties with Ken Rosenthal, and it is believed that Rosenthal's past criticism of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in columns written for The Athletic played a part in the decision, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
Rosenthal was reportedly kept off the air for three months in 2020 after he wrote columns analyzing Manfred's handling of negotiations over a season threatened, and ultimately shrunk, by the COVID-19 pandemic. No formal suspension was ever announced and Rosenthal was still paid, ultimately returning for MLB Network's trade deadline coverage at the end of August.