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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB proposal includes pay cuts for highest-paid players — Major League Baseball has proposed cutting the salaries of the highest-paid players in baseball, with the lowest-paid players taking lesser cuts from their full prorated shares, in its first economic proposal to the MLB Players Association …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB owners sending latest plan to MLBPA that includes sliding pay scale for players — PHOENIX — Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association began negotiations Tuesday afternoon for the first time on key economic issues in an attempt to open the season by the weekend of July 4.
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Key takeaways from MLB's initial economic proposal to restart 2020 season — Team owners in Major League Baseball have reportedly made their long-anticipated initial proposal to the MLB Players Association about what the players could make during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
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baseballmusings.com and Halos Heaven
The Athletic:
Rosenthal and Drellich: MLB proposal made, players now have say over restart — One agent said Major League Baseball's proposal to the players union Tuesday was similar to the hard-line approach a team might take in salary arbitration. — A team tells a player he's so bad that he will need to take a pay cut.
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MLB Trade Rumors and New York Post
The Athletic:
MLB plans to offer an alternative proposal to players on salaries — Major League Baseball will not propose a full revenue-sharing system to determine player salaries for the 2020 season, people with knowledge of the league's thinking told The Athletic. In a scheduled meeting …
Ramona Shelburne / ESPN:
Sources: Dodgers to implement salary cuts to avoid furloughs or layoffs — The Los Angeles Dodgers have informed their full-time employees that they will not impose furloughs or layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic, but instead will begin a system of tiered salary cuts beginning on June 1, sources told ESPN.
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Los Angeles Times, True Blue LA and Daily Breeze
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Kiley McDaniel's 2020 MLB mock draft 2.0 — With the June 10 MLB draft two weeks away, team preferences and talent tiers are coming into focus, so it made sense to use the long weekend to pump some sources and put out another mock draft before we enter the final phase of preparations.
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McCovey Chronicles, Denver Post, Red Reporter and Arizona Sports
Kyle Glaser / Baseball America:
As Deadline Looms, MLB Teams Formulate Plans To Pay Minor Leaguers — While Major League Baseball negotiates a return to play with the MLB Players Association, the clock is ticking on continued pay for minor league players. — Non 40-man roster players, with few exceptions …
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Arash Markazi / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Phil Mickelson is ready to make ‘The Match’ an annual event — After the success Sunday of “The Match: Champions for Charity” golf exhibition in which Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning defeated Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady to help raise $20 million for COVID-19 relief, there are talks to make …
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New York Post and Sports Illustrated
Chris Haynes / Yahoo Sports:
Damian Lillard doesn't plan to participate in resumed NBA season if Blazers don't have ‘true opportunity’ to make playoffs — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — If the NBA resumes the 2019-20 season by electing to play a handful of games with all teams just to reach 70 games to fulfill regional television deals,
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Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Boston Red Sox honor veterans with Memorial Day tribute in an empty Fenway Park — On any other Memorial Day, most Major League Baseball teams would have held pregame ceremonies and worn special uniforms on Monday to honor American service members who gave their lives for their country.
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Over the Monster and MLB Baseball News …
Kaz Nagatsuka / Japan Times:
NPB can play ball in Japan from June 19, but minus fans — The Nippon Professional Baseball season, which has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, will begin June 19, the league announced on Monday. — The decision comes after the government's advisory panel approved the plan …
Jimmy Cobb / NPR:
Jimmy Cobb, The Pulse Of ‘Kind Of Blue,’ Dies At 91 — Jimmy Cobb, whose subtle and steady drumming formed the pulse of some of jazz's most beloved recordings, died at his home in Manhattan on Sunday. He was 91. — The cause was lung cancer, says his wife, Eleana Tee Cobb.
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Yoo Jee-ho / Yonhap News Agency:
(LEAD) KBO bans ex-major leaguer Kang Jung-ho for 1 year before potential return — Former major league infielder Kang Jung-ho, seeking a return to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) under the cloud of multiple drunk driving cases, received a one-year suspension from the South Korean league on Monday.
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