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.

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 $1.3 billion stadium and redevelopment deal in St. Petersburg.

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,