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MLB lockout: Players propose changes to arbitration system, but little progress made toward agreement

CLEARWATER, Fla. — After a meeting Thursday that was over faster than the average inning in a three-hour game, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association don’t appear to be any closer to an agreement that would enable the season to open on time.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Report: MLBPA Makes Latest CBA Offer to MLB, Sides Still Not Close to Deal

The meeting reportedly lasted 15 minutes.

Sports Illustrated

MLB labor negotiators meet for 15 minutes

On what was supposed to be the second day of spring training, negotiations aimed at ending Major League Baseball’s lockout resumed Thursday at the office of the players’ association.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Vahe Gregorian: Tin-eared MLB posturing is threatening to alienate lifeblood of baseball ... again

Of all the harbingers of spring and the hope eternal implied with it, few seize the imagination more than the term "pitchers and catchers report." Not merely for the notion itself but for what it conveys by extension: the thaw and awakenings and possibilities entwined with the season of rebirth…

Tribune News Service

MLB Drug Testing Finds No Opioid Violations in Two Seasons

Five players testified that Eric Kay, who faces charges relating to Tyler Skaggs’s death, provided them with oxycodone.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Matt Harvey Could Face Suspension After Admitting Opioid Distribution

Matt Harvey could be facing punishment for admitting in court he provided Tyler Skaggs with opioids.

Sports Illustrated

Madison Bumgarner, Zac Gallen Must Rebound If Diamondbacks Are to Contend

Fantasy outlook, stats and analysis for 2022 Arizona Diamondbacks hitters and pitchers.

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Atlanta Braves Launching MLB Stadium In The Metaverse: Here Are The Details And Why This Is Exciting

The reigning World Series champions are headed to the metaverse in a first for Major League Baseball.

Benzinga

ScottsMiracle-Gro's Subsidiary & The MLB Launch Baseball Field Refurbishment Grant Program

Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) and Major League Baseball are accepting submissions for the 2022 Scotts Field Refurbishment Grant Program.

Benzinga

MLB lockout: Pitchers and catchers were supposed to report this week. What comes next?

Confetti flying at the end of a Super Bowl typically marks the beginning of baseball season.

Tribune News Service

Spring training fueled boom in Arizona's Cactus League. Owners' lockout puts it in jeopardy.

The COVID-19 pandemic cut short spring training in 2020. It compelled Cactus League teams to keep about three out of four seats empty in 2021. A pandemic is no one's fault.

Los Angeles Times

Deesha Thosar: As MLB spring training all but delayed, deadline to reach final stage in negotiations inches closer

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is walking right into the so-called “disastrous outcome” that nobody wants, but one that looks like it will happen anyway.

Tribune News Service

SI:AM | MLB Goes After Minor Leagues (Again)

The league’s latest proposal is another blow to the minors.

Sports Illustrated

Report: MLB Asks to Eliminate ‘Hundreds’ of Minor League Player Jobs In Latest Proposal

In its latest proposal to the players union, MLB asked for the power to significantly trim the number of minor league players.

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Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: It’s on Rob Manfred to end the MLB lockout. But if the commissioner is as good of a negotiator as he says, why hasn’t more progress been made?

It was a rough week or so to be the commissioner of a professional sports league in North America.

Tribune News Service

Ron Cook: Baseball should look with envy at NFL's success

The NFL is ready to celebrate its annual extravaganza, the best day on the sports calendar. More than 115 million people are expected to watch Super Bowl LVI between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night. Thanks to legalized gambling, an estimated 31.4 million fans will bet…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB lockout: League, owners make new proposal; players said to be underwhelmed

Rob Manfred promised a “good proposal” Saturday, as Major League Baseball returned to the bargaining table opposite the MLB Players Association. The general reaction from players who were locked out by the commissioner on Dec. 2: Not good enough.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Union ‘Underwhelmed’ by MLB’s Latest CBA Offer After Saturday Meeting

Multiple reports confirmed the MLBPA was not impressed by MLB’s new proposal when the two sides met Saturday.

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Report: MLB Lawyer Argues Minor Leaguers Should Not Be Paid During Spring Training

A Major League Baseball lawyer argued against paying minor league players in spring training during a federal court hearing on Friday.

Sports Illustrated

Coroner Says Former MLB Player Jeremy Giambi Died By Suicide

The 47-year-old was at his parents’ home when he died Wednesday.

Sports Illustrated

Super Bowl, Olympics, NBA Trades... And Still No Baseball

The past week was simultaneously an exciting time for sports and a brutal moment to be a baseball fan. At the Winter Olympics, elite athletes Chloe Kim, Nathan Chen and Eileen Gu won gold medals. Mikaela Shiffrin struggled but inspired millions with her perspective and vulnerability. Even though ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rob Manfred’s latest tactic to justify the MLB lockout is his most laughable

Will the investment bank that analyzed MLB team values please stand up?

Tribune News Service

Francisco Lindor on MLB labor negotiations: ‘At the end of the day, we just want a good deal’

TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge is ready, but like all the MLB stars that gathered with union executives Thursday afternoon at a Tampa Bay area hotel, the Yankee slugger is waiting to see if the league’ latest proposal will be enough to move them toward an end to the owner-imposed…

Tribune News Service

Universal DH will help Braves in 2022 and beyond

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Thursday the league and the MLBPA have agreed to implement a universal designated hitter in the new collective bargaining agreement. That means no more traditional National League rules. No more pitchers hilariously flailing in the batter’s box.

Sports Illustrated

Don’t Be Silly. This Isn’t Rob Manfred’s Fault, Says Rob Manfred.

During the MLB lockout, he said he’s the only one who’s made labor deals without a dispute. Sounds about right.

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