Rob Manfred: A's need move to be competitive

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday that moving the A's out of Oakland is imperative to be competitive and rebuffed claims that the team negotiated in bad faith.

Manfred made the comments during a convention of sports editors in New York.

The Athletics agreed to buy a 49-acre site just off the Las Vegas Strip and hope to relocate to Nevada by the 2027 season.

The club plans to build a new ballpar