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A letter to baseball fans — To our Fans: — I first want to thank you for your continued support of the great game of baseball. This past season, we were reminded of how the national pastime can bring us together and restore our hope despite the difficult challenges of a global pandemic.
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Labor dispute is about one thing; Freeman's destination could impact Olson; Verlander mystery; more notes — I'll have much more to say on the labor dispute in the days, weeks and (gulp) months ahead, but for now know this: — The dispute is not about competitive balance …
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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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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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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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USA Today:
MLB lockout is on after collective bargaining agreement expires, owners agree to freeze out players
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Major League Baseball lockout appears imminent after negotiations end abruptly
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Everything you need to know about MLB's lockout
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB lockout: No more negotiations scheduled ahead of Wednesday night CBA expiration
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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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Childs Walker / Baltimore Sun:
DE Calais Campbell prepared to ‘empty the tank’ as veteran pillar of Ravens defense — The week before Thanksgiving, John Harbaugh saw Calais Campbell sitting down for an end-of-day meal in the Ravens' cafeteria. — Harbaugh does not spend a lot of time thinking about Campbell. Why would he?
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Lindsey Adler / The Athletic:
Yankees to promote two player development staffers to major-league coaching staff: Sources — The Yankees will promote two player development staffers to fill out their major-league coaching staff, sources told The Athletic. The club will promote Dillon Lawson to major-league hitting coach …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Masahiro Tanaka is staying in Japan for another season — There will be no reunion in the Bronx for Masahiro Tanaka and the Yankees in 2022. The former Yankee right-hander had hinted he was looking to come back to MLB — preferably the Bronx — after playing a season back at home.
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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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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 …
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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Jonas Shaffer / Baltimore Sun:
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson on ‘horrible’ performance vs. Browns: ‘I played like a rookie’ — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson didn't have a lot of nice things to say about how he played Sunday night in a win over the Cleveland Browns. — “It was a horrible game,” Jackson said Wednesday.
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