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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:
Players vote down MLB's latest offer to play 60 games, sources say — The Major League Baseball Players Association executive board on Monday voted to reject MLB's 60-game offer with expanded playoffs, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers, putting commissioner Rob Manfred in position …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB targets 60-game season starting around July 24, assuming conditions met — Major League Baseball plans to hold a 60-game season that begins around July 24 but first needs players to sign off on a health-and-safety protocol and pledge to arrive at home stadiums by July 1 to prepare …
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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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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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Mike Oz / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Play ball! MLB sets late July for start of season — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — There will be a baseball season in 2020 — but only because commissioner Rob Manfred is now imposing his will on the players union. — With their weeks-long stalemate continuing after the players union executive board
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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 …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA delays vote on proposal in wake of spring training outbreaks
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
A-Rod, J. Lo Reportedly Add Billionaire Mike Repole To Mets Bid — Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez have added some more clout to their bid to buy the Mets, bringing billionaire Mike Repole into their group, per ESPN's Darren Rovell (Twitter link). The 51-year-old Queens native co-founded …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Sign Garrett Crochet — The White Sox announced today that they have signed their first-round draft pick, southpaw Garrett Crochet. He will receive a $4,547,500 signing bonus. — That payday precisely matches the slot value allocated to the eleventh overall selection.
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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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Alex Shapiro / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Gov. Pritzker: MLB fans can return to Wrigley, Guaranteed Rate Field — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Illinois announced it will allow fans back in the stands, if baseball returns to play this summer. — On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker released — revised guidelines for Phase 4 of reopening the state.
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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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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 …
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 …
