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MLB rejects players’ latest proposal, all but guaranteeing the season won’t start on time

Never mind whether Major League Baseball and the Players Association will come together on a collective bargaining agreement in time to avoid the cancellation of regular-season games.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Friction Grows as MLB CBA Talks Take a Step in the Wrong Direction

Both sides left so frustrated that the talks themselves are in jeopardy as Monday’s deadline looms.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Opening Day in Jeopardy as MLB and MLBPA Continue Tense Negotiations

After another day of tense negotiations, the MLBPA and MLB remain at a stalemate.

Sports Illustrated

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MLB’s lockout — 87 days in and counting — is testing fans’ patience. Is baseball blowing it?

In this week’s "Polling Place" — your home for Sun-Times sports polls on Twitter — we posed three questions related to the lockout.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB faces potential lost games, ‘deep harm’ as lockout drags on

MLB has set Monday as the deadline to reach a labor deal and preserve a full season.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, union head Tony Clark meet, as more spring-training games get canceled

Welcome to Deal-or-“Disaster” Weekend — to use MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s word — for Major League Baseball.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Greg Cote: MLB players are on right side in labor dispute, but baseball has far bigger problem to fix

MIAMI — Major League Baseball slogs, regrettably, avoidably, toward the eighth season in its history to suffer a reduced schedule and shortened season.

Miami Herald

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MLB, Players Union Nearing Agreement on Draft Order

The two sides are closing in on an agreement on the draft order and lottery talks as Monday’s deadline approaches.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

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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.

Chicago Tribune

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.

The Independent UK

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 Philadelphia Inquirer

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…

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Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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

Players are not happy.

The Independent UK

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

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 ...

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