Baseball players’ union head hopeful of major leaguers participating in 2028 Olympics

ATLANTA AP Baseball players union head Tony Clark says plans are moving ahead exploring the possibility of using major leaguers in the Los Angeles Olympics There s a lot of work that need to be done he stated the Baseball Writers Association of America on Tuesday We re hopeful that we can figure our way through it The World Baseball Softball Confederation revealed Monday the baseball tournament will be played from July - at Dodger Stadium MLB is considering whether it can interrupt its season to allow major leaguers to participate which could necessitate changes to the sport s national television contracts Clark reported among the issues are insurance and what does it mean for those players that aren t participating AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source