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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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ESPN:
Players vote down MLB's latest offer to play 60 games, sources say — The Major League Baseball Players Association executive board on Monday voted to reject MLB's 60-game offer with expanded playoffs, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers, putting commissioner Rob Manfred in position …
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ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA postpones vote as talks continue with league — Major League Baseball players have reversed course — again — deciding not to vote on Sunday on the league's 60-game proposal, as commissioner Rob Manfred made late tweaks to the offer, sources told ESPN's Jesse Rogers. — EDITOR'S PICKS
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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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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Where things stand as MLB begins another week without 2020 season deal — The impasse between Major League Baseball and its players over their discussions to restart training and the 2020 season was not resolved over the weekend. The union considered and temporarily held off voting whether …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
MLB players consider owners' 60-game proposal with unwelcome third party interrupting talks — the virus — As part of his role as an infectious disease expert in the pediatrics department at Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Jason Newland has actively researched and advised …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
What MLB owners need to hear from Rob Manfred to save baseball — Here is my take on the advice that Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred needs to give to the owners, as we reach the crossroads in one of the most important moments in baseball history: — First, thanks for jumping on Zoom on this Father's Day.
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ESPN:
Source: All MLB spring camps to temporarily close after positive coronavirus tests
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB considering ties for 2020 season as part of modified extra innings plan
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Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
Coronavirus outbreak at Phillies camp in Clearwater hits 5 players
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB won't counter players' latest offer; sticking to 60 games at full prorated salaries
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
MLB may shut down all spring training sites for coronavirus cleaning
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Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Surge Forces Baseball to Reconsider a ‘Bubble’ Season
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Nick Selbe / Sports Illustrated:
Report: MLB Won't Counter Players' Offer of 70-Game Season
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Phil Matier / San Francisco Chronicle:
With finances shaky because of pandemic, Oakland now looking to sell Coliseum site — It took a bit of debate, but the Oakland City Council has instructed staff to begin negotiations to sell the city's half of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum site to the Oakland A's.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Sign Garrett Crochet — The White Sox announced today that they have signed their first-round draft pick, southpaw Garrett Crochet. He will receive a $4,547,500 signing bonus. — That payday precisely matches the slot value allocated to the eleventh overall selection.
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Yoo Jee-ho / Yonhap News Agency:
KBO's Hanwha Eagles sign ex-MLB player Brandon Barnes — The last-place club in South Korean baseball this year has signed former major league outfielder Brandon Barnes for the remainder of the season. — The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Monday announced …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
A-Rod, J. Lo Reportedly Add Billionaire Mike Repole To Mets Bid — Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez have added some more clout to their bid to buy the Mets, bringing billionaire Mike Repole into their group, per ESPN's Darren Rovell (Twitter link). The 51-year-old Queens native co-founded …
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Alex Shapiro / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Gov. Pritzker: MLB fans can return to Wrigley, Guaranteed Rate Field — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — Illinois announced it will allow fans back in the stands, if baseball returns to play this summer. — On Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker released — revised guidelines for Phase 4 of reopening the state.
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