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The Athletic:
Exclusive: MLB proposes medical and safety protocols to players in 67-page document — No exchanges of lineup cards. New baseballs any time a ball is put in play and touched by multiple players. Players wearing masks except while on the field, standing six feet apart during the singing …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB safety proposal includes thorough testing, social distancing, no spitting — Major League Baseball's ambitious return-to-play plans include processing upward of 10,000 COVID-19 tests per week, overhauling stadiums and in-game settings to encourage social distancing …
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Rays ace Blake Snell says he refuses to play for reduced MLB salary — Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell says he will not play this season for a reduced salary, especially because the risk of contracting the coronavirus is “just not worth it.” — Snell railed against Major League Baseball's reported proposal …
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Nolan Arenado on talks with MLB, health risks and wanting to play — Nolan Arenado heard all about Blake Snell's comments. And he wanted to offer some thoughts of his own. — Snell, the Rays' All-Star left-hander, created a stir throughout baseball with his response Wednesday night to a fan on his Twitch channel, ClassiclyFamous.
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays' Blake Snell: ‘Just not worth it’ to play in 2020 for reduced pay — “I gotta get my money. I'm not playing unless I get mine, okay? And that's just the way it is for me,” said Snell, who was due to get $7 million. — Rays Cy Young award winner Blake Snell said the risk of returning …
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Tulsi Kamath / Click2Houston.com:
LISTEN: Former Astros star, manager Art Howe describes coronavirus symptoms, ICU stay — HOUSTON - Former Houston Astros star and manager, Art Howe is in the ICU with coronavirus, he confirmed to KPRC 2 Thursday. — Howe told KPRC 2 he felt the first symptoms of the virus on Sunday …
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ESPN:
2020 MLB draft to be held remotely on June 10-11 — Major League Baseball plans to hold the 2020 MLB Draft remotely, according to a memo obtained by ESPN's Jeff Passan on Friday. — As of now, teams are not allowed to have draft rooms and will do all drafting via video conference.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Repeated coronavirus testing key to MLB reopening, says commissioner Rob Manfred — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday night outlined the coronavirus testing protocols the league hopes to implement, telling CNN that frequent tests will be key to the sport's restart …
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Chandler Rome / Houston Chronicle:
MLB will press on if player tests positive during season
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Will your MLB team play at home? A team-by-team look at likelihood as league navigates COVID-19 — Major League Baseball's proposed 82-game season, played in home ballparks beginning in July, almost certainly won't come off exactly as it hopes, thanks to the many factors that can waylay a season played amid a pandemic.
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The Athletic:
With no fans, revenue sharing among rich and poor teams will be unlikely in 2020 — Forget, for a moment, how Major League Baseball clubs will make the dollars work with the players. The league needs to make the dollars work with its owners, too. — In 1996, baseball introduced revenue sharing …
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Maddie Lee / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
New Cubs organist serenades Wrigleyville, gives fans sense of normalcy — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Gabriel Dixson was lounging outside of his apartment building across the street from Wrigley Field on Friday evening, when organ music began billowing out of the ballpark.
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David Ovalle / Miami Herald:
Lawyer: Five witnesses exonerate Seattle Seahawks' Quinton Dunbar of South Florida robbery — The defense lawyer for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar says five witnesses have signed sworn affidavits that exonerate the football player of any involvement in a supposed armed robbery that took place in Miramar.
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
The best players to never win MVP — Awards are arbitrary and, often, products not just of great talent, but also great timing. — For some legends, those two elements never quite align. They get snubbed, beaten outright or simply have careers that were more about accumulation than accreditation.
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