When is Rob Manfred retiring? Here's the date MLB's commissioner will finally step down

Rob Manfred has been a portion of nan Major League Baseball world successful different capacities for complete 3 decades.

He started arsenic extracurricular counsel for nan convention successful 1987 and yet worked up to main speech successful corporate bargaining talks. He took complete for erstwhile commissioner Bud Selig arsenic nan league’s commissioner successful 2015.

In a fewer years, however, Manfred’s clip arsenic commissioner will travel to a close.

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Manfred told reporters successful February that, erstwhile his existent word arsenic nan league’s commissioner is up successful January 2029, he’ll beryllium retiring, according to ESPN.

“You tin only person truthful overmuch nosy successful 1 lifetime,” Manfred said to reporters astatine nan property conference. “I person been unfastened pinch [owners] astir nan truth that this is going to beryllium my past term.”

It’s uncommon that a commissioner finds themselves successful nan bully graces of their sport’s fans, but Manfred’s tenure will apt beryllium arsenic polarizing arsenic they come.

On 1 hand, he was successful complaint during nan 2021-22 lockout that astir disrupted nan MLB season. Fans besides didn’t for illustration really he handled nan Astros’ scandal.

But advancements for illustration implementing a transportation timepiece and initiatives for illustration yet including Negro League statistic into MLB records mightiness guidelines retired arsenic highlights connected an different tenuous resume.