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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA delays vote on proposal in wake of spring training outbreaks — Major League Baseball players won't vote on the league's latest proposal to return to the field until they collect new data regarding testing for COVID-19 after several recent outbreaks in spring training and major league cities …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Positive coronavirus tests create urgency in MLB's 2020 negotiations — Major League Baseball had 40 players and staff members test positive for COVID-19 in the past week, creating a sense of urgency in labor negotiations between the owners and players, according to two persons with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
Coronavirus outbreak at Phillies camp in Clearwater hits 5 players — Five Phillies players who had been training at the team's facility in Clearwater, Florida have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, multiple sources tell NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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ESPN:
Source: All MLB spring camps to temporarily close after positive coronavirus tests — All Major League Baseball training camps will temporarily close, a source confirmed to ESPN, after multiple teams reported positive coronavirus tests Friday. — The spring training facilities in Florida …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB considering ties for 2020 season as part of modified extra innings plan — Just when you thought a 2020 baseball season couldn't look more bizarre, Major League Baseball and the players union are considering the possibility of having games end in a tie for the first time in the sport's history …
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Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Surge Forces Baseball to Reconsider a ‘Bubble’ Season — The increase in cases in Florida and elsewhere is prompting officials to rethink playing all games at a secure site—adding another obstacle to its beleaguered effort to start a 2020 season
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
MLB may shut down all spring training sites for coronavirus cleaning — With three spring training sites closing Friday due to coronavirus-related issues, MLB was strongly considering shutting all 30 facilities again to cleanse them and then establish a testing protocol when players return, The Post has learned.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB won't counter players' latest offer; sticking to 60 games at full prorated salaries — Major League Baseball won't counter the MLB Players Association's latest offer to play 70 games this season. — Instead, the league is sticking with its most recent offer of 60 games at full prorated salaries.
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ESPN:
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred quickly rejects union's 70-game proposal — The Major League Baseball Players Association on Thursday proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule, a plan immediately rejected by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. — In a statement announcing the counterproposal …
Nick Selbe / Sports Illustrated:
Report: MLB Won't Counter Players' Offer of 70-Game Season
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Scott Lauber / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
5 Phillies players, 3 staff members at Clearwater training facility test positive for coronavirus
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Phillies closing spring training facility after positive coronavirus tests
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB players make a 70-game offer and the owners aren't happy about it
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Dan Bernstein Show / 670 The Score:
Cubs' Ian Happ A Big Fan Of DH In National League — “I like it for our team, and I like it for the action in the game,” Happ says. — (670 The Score) If MLB's latest return-to-play proposal or a similar form is accepted by the union in the coming days, a longtime staple of the National League will be gone.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Korea's Kiwoom Heroes To Sign Addison Russell — In a surprise move, longtime Cubs infielder Addison Russell has found a landing spot in Korea's top league. He's joining the Kiwoom Heroes on a $530K contract, per Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News (via Twitter). — Once a top prospect …
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John Tomase / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Meet Red Sox' undrafted free agents: A crazy delivery, Sale's call, and a Boyz n the Hood fan — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — When the Patriots sign a class of undrafted free agents, at least one of them generally makes the team. — That's not the case in baseball …
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