While baseball will not be involved at the 2024 Paris Olympics, it will return in 2028 with the chance of MLB players participating.
Baseball was a medal sport from 1992-2008, then was dropped until the 2021 Tokyo Games, when MLB allowed the participation only of players not on 40-man rosters. Even then, many eligible prospects were blocked by their clubs from playing., it was restored for 2028. LA 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman gave MLB owners a presentation in February on how major leaguers could participate.
“I sat with Casey last week. We’re talking about what can be done? What exactly would it look like? What are the compromises that we would have to make in terms of our season? So I remain open-minded on that topic,” Manfred told the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Who pays for insurance for major leaguers would be an issue. And even in the World Baseball Classic, a project of MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association, many top players were blocked by their teams, especially starting pitchers. At last year's WBC, Mets closer Edwin Diaz tore his right patellar tendon while
“The feedback that we’ve gotten so far from players is such that there is an interest in participating if given an opportunity,” union head Tony Clark told the BBWAA, speaking before Manfred. “So we expect, at least as of right now based on the feedback that we’ve gotten, that’ll be a conversation we’ll look to have.
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