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2:40 PM ET, June 10, 2020

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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.
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).
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB Players Association considers MLB's latest offer that includes 76-game season a ‘step backwards’
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 …
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 …
Craig Calcaterra / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
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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Mike Axisa / CBSSports.com:
2020 MLB Mock Draft: Spencer Torkelson, Austin Martin go 1-2; Marlins select first pitcher off board  —  Here's a look at where the top prospects will land on the first day of the draft  —  The 2020 MLB Draft kicks off on Wednesday.  In an effort to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic …
Tommy Birch / USA Today:
New York Yankees prospect spending summer delivering groceries and food, not pitches to opposing batters  —  BETTENDORF, Iowa — The first delivery of the day for New York Yankees pitching prospect T.J. Sikkema is the Home Instead Senior Care facility in Bettendorf.
Discussion: New York Post
Tim Healey / Newsday:
A look at Mets roster shows they've done well at MLB Draft  —  With the MLB Draft scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, a timely reminder: The Mets are pretty good at this.  —  Much of the minor-league frenzy among fans and media revolves around prospect and farm system rankings …
Daniel Kaplan / The Athletic:
MLB claims that umpire Angel Hernandez eavesdropped on an investigation  —  Major League Baseball claimed umpire Angel Hernandez eavesdropped last July on a league investigative call looking into why a game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays was delayed 14 minutes over confusion about the rules.
Corey Seidman / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
2020 MLB draft: With so many 1st-round busts, Phillies have made up for it in 2nd round a few times  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  From 1998 through 2002, the Phillies went 4 for 5 with their first-round picks.  —  They used the first overall pick in '98 on Pat Burrell …
 
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