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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
MLB players union seeking $500 million in grievance against league — The bad relationship between management and players that threatened if there would even be a shortened season last year has spilled more demonstrably into negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.
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ESPN:
ESPN, MLB announce seven-year extension running through 2028 — ESPN and Major League Baseball announced a seven-year contract extension Thursday that will see the network carry 30 regular-season games per year plus wild-card games. — The deal, which runs through 2028 …
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Royals Review, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Union's $500 million grievance against MLB gives both sides new forms of leverage in CBA talks — With a little more than six months before the expiration of baseball's collective bargaining agreement, negotiations have a new but not unexpected wrinkle: a grievance worth roughly half a billion dollars.
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Talking Chop
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB players union seeks $500 million in grievance filed against the league — Just in case there was any hope of optimism that the cold war between Major League Baseball and the players union might be thawing, along comes the news that the union has filed a grievance against MLB in response to their shortened season of a year ago.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes sets record for strikeouts without a walk to start season — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes set the record for strikeouts without a walk to start the season Thursday, extending the mark to 58 before issuing his first pass of the season …
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Associated Press:
Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes says he had COVID-19 but was asymptomatic — MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes says he tested positive for the coronavirus last month but remained asymptomatic throughout his stint on the injured list. — Burnes is expected to start Thursday …
ESPN:
Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto back from COVID-19 IL after one day — DUNEDIN, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto was back in the starting lineup Friday night, one day after being placed on the COVID-19-related injured list. — Realmuto played designated hitter …
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Mike Trout's greatest season yet? How his dad saw this coming before anyone else — MIKE TROUT'S PATIENCE, particularly in a batter's box, wasn't instilled or taught or even developed. It is apparently innate, hard-wired somewhere within his genetic makeup.
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Halos Heaven
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Emotional Matt Harvey gives up 7 runs in his Citi Field return, Mets extend win streak to 7 games — Matt Harvey tipped his cap to acknowledge a warm standing ovation by Mets fans on Wednesday afternoon. It was all downhill from there for Harvey in his return to Citi Field.
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Jordan McPherson / Miami Herald:
Who is Cody Poteet? A look at the Marlins pitcher set to make his MLB debut vs Arizona — Another Miami Marlins pitcher is set to make his MLB debut. — The Marlins are starting right-handed pitcher Cody Poteet, the club's fourth-round pick in 2015, on Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.
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