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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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Bluebird Banter, NBCSports.com and Lone Star Ball
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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MLB Baseball News … and MLB Trade Rumors
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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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB players reject latest offer, ask league to set 2020 season schedule
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J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
MLB Instructs Teams To Find Taxi Squad Sites Ahead Of Potential Season
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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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MLB Baseball News …, New York Post and Bleed Cubbie Blue
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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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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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 …
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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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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MLB Trade Rumors and Fish Stripes
Josh Norris / Baseball America:
MLB Teams Get Creative With College Money To Lure UDFAs — The coronavirus pandemic changed many things about this year's draft. Most notably, it shortened it from 40 rounds to just five. All but $100,000 of players' signing bonuses were deferred over the next two years as well …
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Undrafted free agency a whole new ballgame for Mets — Pushed by the pandemic, MLB owners drastically altered the MLB Draft, a critical source of talent for every team, so they could pinch proverbial pennies. The draft came and went, five rounds Wednesday and Thursday nights …
