Some MLB owners are “increasingly supportive of sending major leaguers to the 2028 Olympic Games ” in L.A., according to sources cited by Evan Drellich of THE ATHLETIC. Wasserman CEO Casey Wasserman yesterday at the MLB owners meeting “discussed a tournament ... that could include six or eight countries." Sources said that the event discussed “would be played on a condensed schedule: perhaps five or six days,” so that the interruption to the MLB season “would be minimal.” Drellich noted owners and GMs have “always been hesitant to send big leaguers to the Olympics because of injury risks and the overall impact on baseball’s calendar.” However, if MLB's portion of the Olympics “lasted no longer than a week, one of the large fears might be mitigated.” The tourney would be scheduled around the time that MLB would “normally be on its All-Star break.” The 2028 Games are set for July 14-30, and baseball could “potentially become one of the events to kick off the games.” Drellich also noted the usual MLB All-Star Game “might be canceled for one year,” No decision is near, and a "huge number of hurdles and logistics would need to be accounted for.” Any plan “would require approval” from the MLBPA ( THE ATHLETIC, 2/7 ).
MLB owners 'supportive' of allowing players to participate in '28 L.A. Games
