Bryan Stroh, a former general counsel of the Pittsburgh Pirates is wearing a new cap for the Major League Baseball team as the long-awaited 2020 season gets underway.
After eight years as the top lawyer for the MLB franchise, the Pirates have named Stroh, a former partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, as senior vice president of baseball operations. The promotion came amid the U.S. onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which scuttled the minor league baseball season and put MLB on a months-long hiatus.
In June, MLB and the league’s players’ union agreed on the framework for a 60-game season ...