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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Source: New MLB proposal to union has 76-game season — Major League Baseball's latest proposal to players on a return-to-play economic package offered a higher potential salary than their last plan but less guaranteed money over a 76-game season, sources familiar with the proposal told ESPN.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA proposes 89-game season, expanded playoffs — The Major League Baseball Players Association has made a proposal to MLB for a season of 89 games, with a full prorated share of salary and expanded playoffs, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN on Tuesday.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLBPA To Propose 89-Game Schedule In Latest Offer To MLB — The Major League Baseball Players Association is preparing to send a counter-proposal to the league which will call for 89 games at prorated salaries and expanded playoffs, ESPN's Jeff Passan reports (Twitter thread).
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Nick Goss / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Report: Details of MLB's latest season proposal to players revealed
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB Players Association considers MLB's latest offer that includes 76-game season a ‘step backwards’
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2020 MLB mock draft 3.0: Kiley McDaniel predicts first two rounds — I've been on the phone almost nonstop for the past few days after mostly being on and off the phone for the past few weeks. I've noticed that most conversations until about dinnertime Tuesday started with hope …
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Keith Law / The Athletic:
Keith Law's 2020 MLB mock draft: Final first-round projection — Happy Draft Day! Here's my latest projection, as of whenever it was that I went to sleep on Tuesday night, of the 29 picks for Wednesday night's first round. As always, this is based on the best information I could get from sources …
David Wellham / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ex-Brave Claudell Washington dies at age 65 — According to multiple media reports, former major league outfielder Claudell Washington died Wednesday morning. — Washington, 65, played in 17 seasons for seven teams, including the Braves. — He signed with the Braves as a free agent …
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Craig Calcaterra / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Former Braves, Yankees outfielder Claudell Washington dies at 65 — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Howard Bryant of ESPN reported this morning that Claudell Washington, who played for seven teams in a seventeen-year big league career, has passed away at the age of 65.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Manfred: “We're Going To Play Baseball In 2020” — Major League Baseball is preparing yet another counter-offer to the Players Association after the MLBPA proposed an 89-game season with prorated salaries yesterday, commissioner Rob Manfred said minutes ago in an appearance on MLB Network …
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Jack Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Red Sox confirm Torii Hunter's account of racial slurs at Fenway Park: ‘Take it from us, it happens’ — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Minnesota Twins star Torii Hunter singling out Fenway Park as a source of frequent racial slurs, and the team is taking Hunter's side.
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Scott Soshnick / Variety:
Billionaire Sports Owner Josh Harris Exploring New York Mets Bid (EXCLUSIVE) — The owners of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils are looking to expand their sports empire to baseball. — Josh Harris, the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management, and David Blitzer …
Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Doing the bare minimum becoming a competitive advantage — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — For years in this space, I've argued that even ignoring any moral imperatives, it is sound business sense for teams to treat the players in their organizations well.
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Andrew Gillis / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Who is Vanderbilt's Austin Martin? Meet the potential newest Orioles draft pick — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — At the top of nearly every draft board sits Spencer Torkelson, the power-hitting first baseman from Arizona State. He's expected to be the first overall selection by the Tigers.
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