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Commissioner Rob Manfred Defends Salary Cap Push, Says Owners Unified Amid CBA Talks

PHILADELPHIA – Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, in a wide-ranging press conference with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday, continued to push his case for a salary cap, framing the league's collective bargaining proposal as a fan-driven fix for competitive imbalance. As Manfred spoke about ongoing negotiations with the players' union before the Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on Dec. 1, he said: "I have an ownership group that is more united than any group in my entire time in baseball." MLBPA interim executive director Bruce Meyer, who spoke with th...