PHILADELPHIA — Major League Baseball’s interest in sending players to the 2028 Olympics is disrupting the queue for future All-Star Games, commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday, pushing back the Toronto Blue Jays’ efforts to host the event for a second time.

Speaking at his annual session with members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, he described participating in the Los Angeles Games as “as a unique opportunity to market the sport with our very, very best players,” but also “a disruptive undertaking.”

If baseball does get there, and it’s part of the current collective-bargaining-agreement discussions between the league and the union, the........

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