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10:05 AM ET, December 1, 2016

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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB, MLBPA Agree To New Collective Bargaining Agreement  —  TODAY, 7:57am: Blum and colleague Stephen Hawkins provide further detail on the function of the qualifying offer system.  Here are some of the key points, which rather notably tweak what had previously been suggested by other reporting:
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Major League Baseball, union agree on new collective bargaining agreement  —  Major League Baseball and the players union, knowing there was far too much at stake for an impasse, agreed to a new five-year collective bargaining agreement Wednesday night less than four hours before their current deal expired.
Discussion: Over the Monster and Full Count
Associated Press:
CBA ending All-Star link to World Series' home-field advantage  —  NEW YORK — The league that wins Major League Baseball's All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record.
Discussion: Federal Baseball
ESPN:
Sources: No lockout vote scheduled yet for Wednesday as MLB's labor deal nears expiration  —  Even as the clock ticked down toward the midnight expiration of Major League Baseball's labor agreement and a potential work stoppage, MLB had yet to schedule a lockout vote by owners, sources told ESPN late Wednesday afternoon.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Why trading Andrew McCutchen is a real possibility for the Pirates  —  The former MVP is a big part of Pittsburgh's past — but perhaps not its future  —  Of all the big names available in trade, Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen might be the most likely to go.
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John Perrotto / FanRag Sports:
Three possible trade destinations for Andrew McCutchen  —  The growing sense around the Pittsburgh Pirates is that it is no longer a matter of if they will trade Andrew McCutchen, but rather a matter of when.  —  The center fielder becomes a free agent at end of next season if a $14.5 million club option for 2018 isn't exercised.
Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:
Who will replace Big Papi in Boston?  —  BOSTON — In case you missed it two weeks ago, David Ortiz filed the paperwork with Major League Baseball that made the inevitable official.  —  Big Papi is retired.  —  So, although Ortiz still occasionally walks through the doors of Fenway Park …
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Source: Red Sox ‘probably’ not going to be finalist for Edwin Encarnacion
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Hire Terry Ryan As Special Assignment Scout  —  The Phillies announced that they've hired former Twins general manager Terry Ryan as a special assignment scout.  The move will reunite Ryan with team president Andy MacPhail, whom he knows well from the pair's days together …
Discussion: The Good Phight and Yahoo Sports
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Mets receiving more trade interest in Curtis Granderson than Jay Bruce thus far, source says  —  While Jay Bruce has long been assumed to be the most likely Mets outfielder to be traded away this offseason, a source this week said that Curtis Granderson has received more interest in trade talks thus far.
John Harper / New York Daily News:
Former Mets GM Steve Phillips' proposal of two strikes you're out could work as MLB rule change  —  Commissioner Rob Manfred was out and about last week, making it clear he is open to changes that could make games faster-paced and more entertaining; in other words, more appealing to younger fans.
Discussion: Call to the Pen
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Athletics Sign Matt Joyce  —  The Athletics announced on Wednesday that they've signed free agent outfielder Matt Joyce to a two-year contract, which will reportedly guarantee him $11MM in total.  Joyce will earn $5MM in 2017 and $6MM in 2018.  —  The 32-year-old Joyce spent the 2016 campaign …
Patrick Riley / Naples Daily News:
CCSO: Miami Dolphins player arrested on drug charges  —  Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Leon Orr was arrested Tuesday and faces charges for possession of marijuana and a controlled substance, according to the Collier County Sheriff's Office.  —  Orr, 24, was booked into the Naples Jail Center and posted the $7,000 bond.
 
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