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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Major League Baseball lockout appears imminent after negotiations end abruptly — IRVING, Texas — A lockout of Major League Baseball players appeared imminent after talks between the league and union ended after just seven minutes of negotiations Wednesday afternoon, less than 12 hours …
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
Advocates for Minor Leaguers forms steering committee to give players a voice, push for better conditions — NEW YORK — While the owners and Major League Baseball players intend to collectively bargain for the terms of their next agreement, one group will not be at the table during those discussions: minor leaguers.
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USA Today:
MLB lockout is on after collective bargaining agreement expires, owners agree to freeze out players — With Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players' Association expiring at midnight Wednesday evening, the league's 30 owners voted to lock out players beginning Thursday …
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Joon Lee / ESPN:
What we do in the shadows: Locked-out players play into MLB's scrubbed pages — NEW YORK — Within minutes of locking out players Thursday amid contentious negotiations on the next collective bargaining agreement, Major League Baseball scrubbed all remnants of player likenesses off …
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Cubs Insider and New York Post
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB, MLBPA fail to reach new labor agreement; league in 1st lockout since 1990 — IRVING, Texas — Major League Baseball locked out its players early Thursday morning, certifying the game's first work stoppage in more than a quarter-century after months of talks yielded little progress toward a new labor contract.
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NBCSports.com, The Good Phight and The Athletic
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Major League Baseball, players union no closer to deal with collective bargaining agreement set to expire, sources say
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB lockout: No more negotiations scheduled ahead of Wednesday night CBA expiration
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Everything you need to know about MLB's lockout
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Bradford William Davis / Insider:
Major League Baseball secretly used 2 different types of baseballs last season
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Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Milton's Rich Hill, Red Sox pair up again on free-agent deal — With Major League Baseball's clock ticking towards a midnight lockout by owners and a resulting transaction freeze, the Red Sox continued to bolster their rotation. According to a major league source, the team reached agreement …
Miami Herald:
Miami Marlins intent on adding another starting outfielder — Miami Marlins notes as we begin a lockout during which major-league player transactions are prohibited: — ▪ The Marlins began the offseason hoping to sign both Starling Marte and Avisail Garcia and pair them with Jesus Sanchez in the outfield.
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Fish Stripes, MLB Baseball News … and FanGraphs Baseball
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Toby Cudworth / 90min EN:
West Ham identify Nathan Ake as January transfer target — West Ham are interested in signing Manchester City centre-back Nathan Ake, with the club seeking cover for the injured Angelo Ogbonna, who is expected to miss the rest of the season. — The Hammers were dealt a major blow …
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Sports Illustrated and Man City Square
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
It's impossible to take Rob Manfred and the owners seriously — Welcome to the Rob Manfred show. — For the foreseeable future, the only official public comments from Major League Baseball seem like they'll be filtered through Manfred, the commissioner who held a press conference on Thursday morning to officially welcome a lockout.
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Pinstripe Alley
MLB.com:
A note about our website content — You may notice that the content on this site looks a little different than usual. The reason for this is because the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players and the league expired just before midnight on Dec. 1 and a new CBA is currently …
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Royals Review, Sports Illustrated, CBS San Francisco, USA Today, The Spun, Pinstripe Alley, Bleacher Nation, Lone Star Ball and Twinkie Town
Associated Press:
Reliever Daniel Hudson returns to Dodgers on 1-year deal — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Right-handed reliever Daniel Hudson has returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a $7 million, one-year contract. — The Dodgers announced the deal Tuesday night for Hudson, who pitched in 40 games for Los Angeles in 2018.
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ESPN:
Source: Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB saves leader Mark Melancon agree to two-year, $14 million deal — Right-handed reliever Mark Melancon and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a two-year contact on Wednesday, the team announced. — Terms were not disclosed, but a source familiar …
