Stu Sternberg, owner of the Tampa Bay Rays, is being pressured to sell his team by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and "some other owners," according to The Athletic . More on the situation:

With the Rays ballpark deal still in flux, some owners, and the commissioner, are trying to get the Rays to change hands.

There’s growing pressure for Rays owner Stu Sternberg to sell the ballclub amid consideration that he may back out of a stadium deal in St. Petersburg. Both MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and other owners have been trying to convince Sternberg to offload the team and the league could take away part of the Rays’ revenue-sharing income to try and force his hand,