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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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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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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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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.
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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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Former Astros manager Art Howe in ICU due to coronavirus — Former Houston Astros manager Art Howe is hospitalized in intensive care with the coronavirus, Howe confirmed to Houston TV station KPRC 2 on Thursday. — Howe, 73, told KPRC 2 that he first felt COVID-19 symptoms on May 3 …
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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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Jim Trotter / NFL.com:
Owners to vote on resolution to incentivize minority HC, GM hires — During his state of the league address three months ago at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged a need to increase the opportunities for minorities to become head coaches and general managers.
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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Frequent Tests and No Spitting: How Baseball Plans to Keep Players Healthy — MLB thinks its plan strikes the right balance, with the goal to quickly spot and interrupt any contagion, and mitigate how many people get sick — As Major League Baseball contemplates how to stage a season amid …
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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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