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Rob Manfred’s Entire Argument About Owning a Baseball Team Is False

First off, apologies for sending this newsletter out later than usual. I was waiting to see what happened in today’s bargaining session. For the first time, the two sides made some noticeable progress. According to multiple reports, they are nearing an agreement on the draft order/lottery, though ...

Sports Illustrated

Commissioner Rob Manfred joins baseball labor negotiations

MLB and MLBPA representatives met for the fifth straight day during a week with no sign of significant progress.

Chicago Sun-Times

This Is MLB’s Most Important Weekend in Two Decades

What you need to know as MLB and the MLBPA try to make a deal before Monday’s deadline to start the season on time.

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SI:AM | Why Opening Day’s in Jeopardy

And, DeMar DeRozan picked up right where he left off.

Sports Illustrated

Get the lockout over with this weekend, MLB. The game hangs in the balance.

Get. It. Done.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mac Engel: Those who fear ‘baseball is dying’ amid MLB lockout are wrong. The game is thriving.

FORT WORTH, Texas — The next time someone says “Baseball is dying,” make sure you get the definition of death.

Tribune News Service

MLBPA Makes Minor CBA Proposal Changes Ahead of Feb. 28 Deadline

MLB players and owners continue to make minimal progress towards a new CBA as the Feb. 28 deadline looms.

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Paul Sullivan: MLB negotiations are moving at a snail’s pace — or worse, as slowly as a baseball game — and the clock is ticking

CHICAGO — It was 11 years ago in spring training that Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Silva gave beat writers a brief summary of his discussion with pitching coach Mark Riggins about the team’s decision to leave him off the roster.

Chicago Tribune

MLB 4 days from deadline to cancel games and shorten season

Another negotiating session produced only minor movement and no proposals on big-money issues, leaving Major League Baseball four days from management’s Monday night deadline for a deal to salvage opening day and a 162-game season

The Independent UK

The Phillies' Ranger Suárez as the face of the MLB labor fight

PHILADELPHIA — It's easy to see the dollar signs and decimal points, the posturing and legalese, and dismiss the threat of a delayed opening to the Major League Baseball season as a food fight between billionaires and millionaires. Look again, though, and you will find that baseball's first labor conflict…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB labor talks will resume on Friday

Owners have set Monday as the deadline to avoid canceling regular-season games. The players’ union has not accepted that deadline and have suggested any missed games could be made up as part of doubleheaders.

Chicago Sun-Times

College Baseball Primer: Who and What You Need to Know

Looking to get your baseball fix during the MLB lockout? Here’s a quick guide to the 2022 NCAA season.

Sports Illustrated

MLB players slam owners for the deadline the league says could cost regular-season games

Players are not happy.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MLB: Season to be shortened if no deal by end of Monday

Major League Baseball gave locked out players five days to salvage March 31 openers and a full season, telling the union that games would be canceled if a labor contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB takes small step on minimum salary, threatens to cancel games if deal isn’t reached by Feb. 28

While the frequency of talks between Major League Baseball and the Players Association picked up Wednesday, the pace of progress continued to be sloth-like and the likelihood of a 162-game season grew dimmer.

Sports Illustrated

Report: MLB Owners Hold Firm on Feb. 28 Deadline for New CBA

A league spokesperson reaffirmed Wednesday that Feb. 28 is the last day for a deal to be reached before the season is delayed.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Some of the wildly exorbitant purchases MLB owners have made over the years

But let's focus on Max Scherzer's car instead ...

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB will shorten season if labor deal isn’t reached by Monday

Management had maintained that was the deadline for a deal that would allow the season to start as scheduled on March 31. Players have not said whether they accept that timeframe.

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Chicago Sun-Times

MLB lockout could cost players $20.5 million per day

Once 15 days of the regular season are missed, the free-agent eligibility of some players would be delayed by one year unless management agrees to give credit in an eventual agreement, which it hasn’t done in the past.

Los Angeles Times

El veredicto contra Eric Kay es el inicio de un largo y triste camino para Angels, MLB y la familia Skaggs

En la primera frase de su declaración de clausura el jueves, el gobierno federal dejó claro de qué creía que se trataba este juicio. "Este caso", dijo al jurado la fiscal adjunta Lindsey Beran, "es sobre una persona".

The Independent UK

MLB lockout could cost Scherzer $232K daily, Cole $193K

Sometime soon, lockout costs become real: Max Scherzer would forfeit $232,975 for each regular-season day lost, and Gerrit Cole $193,548

Tribune News Service

Pivotal issues in MLB lockout and potential impacts on Braves

The lockout that has delayed spring training for the Braves and the 29 other MLB teams centers around money, as baseball's labor disputes always do, but in tangled ways.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB lockout: Players’ revised proposal generates little progress; another meeting set for Wednesday

Another day of collective bargaining brought about only additional consternation between Major League Baseball and the Players Association as the calendar inches closer to a delay in the start of the season.

Tribune News Service

Tom Krasovic: Rams' approach — 'be different' — is one Padres appreciate

The Los Angeles Rams are celebrating their first Super Bowl victory.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB owners, players agree to meet again Wednesday

MLB has told the union an agreement is needed by Monday for the season to start on time. Players have not said whether they accept that as a deadline.

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