Manfred: ‘Orioles are going to be in Baltimore’; Boras says he’s been in ‘constant contact’ with Elias

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Tuesday that even though the lawsuit among the Angelos family is troubling, it won’t affect the Orioles’ future in Baltimore.

Manfred spoke at a meeting of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America at the Winter Meetings.

“As long as I have this job, I think you can count on the fact that the Orioles are going to be in Baltimore,” Manfred said.
Louis Angelos is suing his brother, John, and his mother, Georgia, over control of the Orioles.

“I have talked to both John and Mrs. Angelos at length, in person, about this topic,” Manfred said. “I’m comfortable with the positions that they’ve taken. It’s actually absolutely clear that under baseball’s rules, John Angelos is the control person, and he has the vote for the club.

“I’m sorry that there’s litigation involved. It attracts kind of negative attention to the game. Having said that, I’m really comfortable about the way the club’s being run, and our relationship, meaning Major League Baseball’s relationship with the club.”