2028 Summer Olympics/player participation

[liveforoctober]

I was thinking about this the other day and was curious on thoughts around it. 

The last time baseball was in the Olympics was in 2020 and Japan put their professional season on hold so their best players could play in the Olympics and they ended up winning it.

What would it look like from the MLB perspective as far as starting the season early and or ending it late, etc in order to have a few weeks off in July (Right around the All-Star break) where teams are on hiatus so all of its players could go compete for their countries in the Olympics? 

Would owners need to be compensated for the removal of middle of summer games? Would the time off hurt the product on the field when players returned? 

Is this even a desired thing for Americans to put their best players forward or should we just showcase our best college talent?

[owbc]

This is almost certain to happen, Manfred suggested it would be an 11-day break instead of the usual all star break. 

[liveforoctober]

3 minutes ago, owbc said:

This is almost certain to happen, Manfred suggested it would be an 11-day break instead of the usual all star break. 

This is my fault if this is already a topic of convo... I have missed it completely. Has he said these things recently?

[owbc]

43 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

This is my fault if this is already a topic of convo... I have missed it completely. Has he said these things recently?

I see comments dated October 2025. 

I think the conversation is worth having, I don't think the details have been ironed out yet (will be part of CBA I assume) and with the WBC coming up there will be more talk about it.