As he considers walking away from a stadium deal in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg is being pressured to sell his team by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and some other owners, people briefed on the ownership-level conversations who were not authorized to speak publicly told The Athletic.

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 club amid consideration that he may back out of a stadium deal in St. Petersburg.

Rays owner Stu Sternberg is facing pressure to sell the club from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and "several" fellow owners,

Pressure appears to be mounting among local leaders for Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg to sell the Major League Baseball team, following his announcement Thursday that the team won’t go through with the $1.

On his Thursday afternoon radio show, Tom ‘TKras’ Krasniqi summed up what many Rays fans are feeling right now: frustration, exasperation, exhaustion. “And I’m speaking not only for myself but for all of Tampa Bay,