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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Positive coronavirus tests create urgency in MLB's 2020 negotiations — Major League Baseball had 40 players and staff members test positive for COVID-19 in the past week, creating a sense of urgency in labor negotiations between the owners and players, according to two persons with direct knowledge of the situation.
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ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA postpones vote as talks continue with league — Major League Baseball players have reversed course — again — deciding not to vote on Sunday on the league's 60-game proposal, as commissioner Rob Manfred made late tweaks to the offer, sources told ESPN's Jesse Rogers. — EDITOR'S PICKS
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AZ Snake Pit, DRaysBay, The Athletic and New York Post
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Where things stand as MLB begins another week without 2020 season deal — The impasse between Major League Baseball and its players over their discussions to restart training and the 2020 season was not resolved over the weekend. The union considered and temporarily held off voting whether …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA delays vote on proposal in wake of spring training outbreaks — Major League Baseball players won't vote on the league's latest proposal to return to the field until they collect new data regarding testing for COVID-19 after several recent outbreaks in spring training and major league cities …
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New York Post
Buster Olney / ESPN:
What MLB owners need to hear from Rob Manfred to save baseball — Here is my take on the advice that Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred needs to give to the owners, as we reach the crossroads in one of the most important moments in baseball history: — First, thanks for jumping on Zoom on this Father's Day.
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Purple Row
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
MLB players consider owners' 60-game proposal with unwelcome third party interrupting talks — the virus — As part of his role as an infectious disease expert in the pediatrics department at Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Jason Newland has actively researched and advised …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB considering ties for 2020 season as part of modified extra innings plan
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Nick Selbe / Sports Illustrated:
Report: MLB Won't Counter Players' Offer of 70-Game Season
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Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
Coronavirus outbreak at Phillies camp in Clearwater hits 5 players — Five Phillies players who had been training at the team's facility in Clearwater, Florida have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, multiple sources tell NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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ESPN:
Source: All MLB spring camps to temporarily close after positive coronavirus tests — All Major League Baseball training camps will temporarily close, a source confirmed to ESPN, after multiple teams reported positive coronavirus tests Friday. — The spring training facilities in Florida …
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
MLB may shut down all spring training sites for coronavirus cleaning
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Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Surge Forces Baseball to Reconsider a ‘Bubble’ Season
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Sports Illustrated, MLB Trade Rumors, Orange County Register, MLB Baseball News … and CNN
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB won't counter players' latest offer; sticking to 60 games at full prorated salaries
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New York Post
Yoo Jee-ho / Yonhap News Agency:
KBO's Hanwha Eagles sign ex-MLB player Brandon Barnes — The last-place club in South Korean baseball this year has signed former major league outfielder Brandon Barnes for the remainder of the season. — The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Monday announced …
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets will pay minor leaguers through August: source — The Mets are committed to paying their minor league players through the end of August, a source confirmed to the Daily News. — The Mets join a handful of other teams — including the Twins, Royals, Red Sox, Marlins, Padres and Mariners …
Phil Matier / San Francisco Chronicle:
With finances shaky because of pandemic, Oakland now looking to sell Coliseum site — It took a bit of debate, but the Oakland City Council has instructed staff to begin negotiations to sell the city's half of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum site to the Oakland A's.
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Dan Bernstein Show / 670 The Score:
Cubs' Ian Happ A Big Fan Of DH In National League — “I like it for our team, and I like it for the action in the game,” Happ says. — (670 The Score) If MLB's latest return-to-play proposal or a similar form is accepted by the union in the coming days, a longtime staple of the National League will be gone.
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