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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA to counter MLB proposal with more games, full prorated salaries — The Major League Baseball Players Association expects to counter MLB's economic proposal by the end of this week with a plan that includes more than 100 games and a guarantee of full prorated salaries for the 2020 season …
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Tampa Bay Times, Baltimore Sun and Yahoo! Sports
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Boras to clients in memo: Don't bail out baseball owners — NEW YORK (AP) — Agent Scott Boras recommends his clients refuse Major League Baseball's attempt to cut salaries during negotiations with the players' association, claiming team financial issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have their origin in management debt financing.
Craig Edwards / FanGraphs Baseball:
Examining the Economics of MLB's Latest Proposal to the Players — On Tuesday, MLB delivered its first economic proposal concerning player pay to the MLBPA since the two sides reached an agreement in March. There were reports that owners had previously agreed to propose a 50/50 split …
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Cincinnati Reds on Yahoo! …, Yahoo! Sports and Houston Chronicle
The Athletic:
Players Association plans to propose longer season, insist on full prorated salaries — The Players Association plans to respond to Major League Baseball's request for additional pay cuts by insisting players receive their full prorated salaries and proposing a schedule of longer than 82 games …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB proposal includes pay cuts for highest-paid players
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MLB Baseball News …, McCovey Chronicles, PennLive, Arizona Sports, USA Today, Fox News, South Side Sox, FanGraphs Baseball, Federal Baseball, Sports Illustrated, Baseball Prospectus, Phillies Nation, Purple Row, Royals Review, Halos Heaven, NBCSports.com, DRaysBay, Camden Chat, Amazin' Avenue, Let's Go Tribe, Beyond the Box Score, Forbes, Pinstripe Alley, Lone Star Ball, Chicago Cubs News …, Denver Post, New York Mets on Yahoo! …, Bleed Cubbie Blue, MLB Daily Dish and Gaslamp Ball
The Athletic:
Rosenthal and Drellich: MLB proposal made, players now have say over restart
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MLB Trade Rumors, Talking Chop, Sports Illustrated, Bleed Cubbie Blue and New York Post
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Minor League Baseball cuts hundreds of players amid pandemic, sources say — Hundreds of minor league baseball players were cut Thursday and hundreds more are expected to lose their jobs as the sport grapples with the near certainty that the minor league season will be canceled, sources told ESPN.
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Mets release unspecified number of minor-leaguers, source says, as farm systems face increasing uncertainty — The Mets released an unspecified number of minor-league players on Thursday, a source said, and committed to paying the rest their weekly $400 stipend through June.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Scott Miller / Bleacher Report:
Esteban Loaiza's Wrong Turn … Fireworks blasted and fans roared as Esteban Loaiza trotted onto the field along with the rest of the American League All-Stars to begin the biggest night of his life. It was a gorgeous summer evening, July 15, 2003. As he warmed up on the mound …
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Fox News, New York Post and MLB Baseball News …
Jason Hanna / CNN:
CNN crew released from police custody after they were arrested live on air in Minneapolis — (CNN)A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis — and then released about an hour later — as the crew covered ongoing protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd.
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Slate, Vanity Fair, Mercury News, The Hill, WKBN-TV, New York Post and Denver Post
ESPN:
Inside Roy Halladay's struggle with pain, addiction — STEVE TRAX WAS in his office in Reston, Virginia, not far from Dulles International Airport when the phone rang. It was mid-October 2013, around 11 a.m. The caller was Brandy Halladay, and she sounded distraught. — “He needs help.
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MLB Baseball News …, Phillies Nation, FanGraphs Baseball, Denver Post, The Good Phight and Lookout Landing
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Re-drafting the top picks in every MLB draft from 2010-2019 — The Major League Baseball draft is mysterious and unpredictable. In the NFL, a first-round pick is expected to step into a significant role immediately — even rookie quarterbacks often start right away.
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McCovey Chronicles, Halos Heaven and Gaslamp Ball
Mark Liptak / Sports Illustrated:
Today in White Sox History: May 28 — Continuing to rebuild in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, owner Charles Comiskey spent $100,000 to purchase the contract of third baseman Willie Kamm from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. Comiskey also threw in three players.
Scott Ostler / San Francisco Chronicle:
For bad-news A's, Howard Terminal ballpark timeline in danger — Bad news is coming at — and from — the A's by the trainload. — Many A's fans dreamed that this season would be a tipping point for their beloved ballclub. With a dynamic young team, the A's were penciled in as a contender.
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Sports Illustrated, Athletics Nation and Ballpark Digest
Eric Longenhagen / FanGraphs Baseball:
2020 Mock Draft: Mach 1 — Below is my first mock draft of the year, a mock I'll link to (along with The Board) at the top of and along with each subsequent iteration, as this one lays a foundation of context that I reserve the right to refer back to. — Teams are largely in the final stages of board building right now.
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Cincinnati.com, Bless You Boys, Lookout Landing, AZ Snake Pit, MLive.com, Halos Heaven and True Blue LA
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Kiley McDaniel's 2020 MLB mock draft 2.0
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Lone Star Ball, Royals Review, Denver Post, NESN.com, McCovey Chronicles, Red Reporter and Arizona Sports
