Some things I recommend you read:

On the new commissioner, his challenges, and the bloc that was against him:

• “Congratulations, Commissioner Manfred, and welcome to hell” by Steve Goldman
• Jesse Spector on how the Comissioner’s job is nowhere near as powerful or important as it once was or what people continue to think it is
• Jeff Passan gives his thoughts on the new commissioner, and how it’s nuts that his election was ever in question.
• Will Leitch’s six wishes for Rob Manfred

Other stuff:

• How a BayStar Is Born: Ben Lindbergh on how Japanese teams scout in North America
• An Out Of The Park Baseball experiment involving teams full of Adam Dunns, Koji Ueharas, Dee Gordons and Bartolo Colons.
• The bizarre tale of a man who claimed to be fixing games with Jeff Locke
• Hawk Harrelson is just the worst