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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred now less confident about 2020 season — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN on Monday he's “not confident” there will be a 2020 baseball season and that “as long as there's no dialogue” with the MLB Players Association, “that real risk is going to continue.”
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Alex Didion / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Rob Manfred now ‘not confident’ that 2020 MLB season will be played — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — The likelihood of seeing the Giants or A's take the field in a 2020 MLB season continues to dwindle. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN's Mike Greenberg that he now …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Several Major League Baseball players and coaches have tested positive for COVID-19 — Major League Baseball informed the players union Monday that several major-league players and coaches have tested positive for COVID-19, believing it might be unsafe to start the season early even if they soon reach …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
With 2020 negotiations stalled, MLB ponders the next move — Baseball union chief Tony Clark told Major League Baseball on Saturday to let the players know when and where to show up for work. — The wait continues. — MLB owners huddled Monday on a conference call and decided that they'll …
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Commissioner Rob Manfred says baseball season in jeopardy — NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games this year after a breakdown in talks between teams and the players' union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
MLB tells union it won't start season unless players waive right to grievance hearing — Five days after Commissioner Rob Manfred guaranteed there would be a 2020 season, Major League Baseball suggested it might cancel the season entirely. — In a letter to the players' union …
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
2020-21 MLB International Bonus Pools — Major League Baseball today delayed the start of the 2020-21 international signing period until Jan. 15, 2021. The signing period will run through Dec. 15, 2021 at 5 pm ET. — While the start date is still several months away …
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J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
MLB Pushes International Signing Period Start Back To Jan. 15
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB players reject latest offer, ask league to set 2020 season schedule
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MLB Insiders / ESPN:
‘Long Gone Summer’ roundtable: How we remember Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and HR race of '98 — What was your favorite memory of the 1998 home run race? — Jesse Rogers: The month of June was really unreal. Sosa hit 20 home runs in the month, which was unheard of back then. That month really began the race.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
How shortsighted greed is tearing baseball apart — What we'll call the Jeff Luhnow mentality could be defined as the absolute devotion to gleaning every fragment of advantage, every bit of efficiency, regardless of whether you might drift beyond the bounds of common sense.
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
MLB lands billion-dollar deal with Turner Sports to broadcast playoffs — While MLB and the Players Association squabble over money and the 2020 season, the league has consummated a new billion-dollar deal with Turner Sports to keep a playoff package that includes one of the league championship series …
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
MLB tells teams scouting activities can resume, source says — Major League Baseball informed clubs on Monday that they can resume scouting activities, ending the ban that was instituted on March 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a source told ESPN. — There is a limit of three scouts per MLB club …
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Baseball America:
2020 MLB Undrafted Free Agent Tracker: Agreements For All 30 Teams — The shortest June draft in MLB history has concluded after just five rounds, meaning a bevy of qualified draft-eligible players remain. We are tracking all agreements made below. — Remember, players can sign for up to $20,000 …
Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Judge orders 2017 MLB letter to Yankees unsealed; plaintiffs say it details sign stealing — A New York judge ruled on Friday that a letter sent by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred to the Yankees addressing the findings of a 2017 investigation into the team should be unsealed.
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