Baltimore hired Jones, 39, as a special advisor to the general manager and community ambassador, the team announced Monday. He also agreed to join the on-field staff as a guest coach for spring training, which begins Feb. 12 when pitchers and catchers report to the Orioles’ facility in Sarasota, Florida.

Rubenstein has little margin to raise this concern since he has the capital to be able to afford the players he truly covets.

I f there's a certainty about Major League Baseball, it's that every few months, a franchise owner will call for a salary cap. With the league's economics once again being a hot-b

The new owner of the Baltimore Orioles, David Rubenstein, has joined the growing list of folks advocating for a salary cap in Major League Baseball. In a recent interview, Rubenstein expressed his wish for MLB to implement a system similar to the NFL and NBA.