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Juan Soto says he was offered 13-year, $350M extension by Washington Nationals before MLB lockout — The Washington Nationals offered a 13-year, $350 million extension to outfielder Juan Soto before the current lockout by Major League Baseball, he confirmed to ESPN's Enrique Rojas on Wednesday.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Little progress toward new CBA in latest bargaining session between MLB and MLBPA, sources say — A bargaining session between Major League Baseball and the players' union lasted just 15 minutes Thursday and produced little progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.
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Associated Press:
MLB lockout talks to resume Thursday with MLBPA's response to clubs' plan — NEW YORK — Negotiations aimed at ending Major League Baseball's lockout will resume Thursday. — The players' association notified management Wednesday that it is ready to respond to the offer MLB made last weekend …
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T.J. Quinn / ESPN:
Free agent Matt Harvey could be suspended by MLB after admission of opioid distribution — If Matt Harvey can find a team willing to sign him, he could immediately be suspended for at least 60 days for saying that he provided opioids to Tyler Skaggs on several occasions, a Major League Baseball official told ESPN on Wednesday.
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Matt Harvey, C.J. Cron among four MLB players to testify they got oxycodone from former Los Angeles Angels staffer Eric Kay — MLB, Los Angeles Angels, Colorado Rockies — FORT WORTH, Texas — Four major league players testified Tuesday they received oxycodone pills from a former Angels employee accused …
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Eric Kay found guilty of causing Tyler Skaggs' death — Former Angels employee faces life in prison for giving drugs to the pitcher that led to his death July 1, 2019 — FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Los Angeles Angels employee was convicted Thursday of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs …
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins bring back former standout cornerback Sam Madison as assistant coach — The Miami Dolphins are bringing back the one of the team's all-time greats, Sam Madison, as an assistant coach. — Madison will join new coach Mike McDaniel's staff as cornerbacks coach/pass-game specialist …
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins nearly at full coaching staff with outside linebackers coach hire — The Miami Dolphins are one step closer to a full coaching staff under new coach Mike McDaniel. — The Dolphins hired Tyrone McKenzie as their new outside linebackers coach, a league source confirmed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel late Tuesday night.
ESPN:
Kiley McDaniel's top 100 MLB prospects for 2022 — This year's list of the top 100 MLB prospects comes at a time when the status of the 2022 season is in limbo, but not to fear: The minor league season will start on time regardless of if they agree to a new CBA in the majors.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB seeks ability to reduce size of Domestic Reserve List in latest labor offer to players' union, sources say — Major League Baseball asked for the ability to eliminate hundreds of minor league playing jobs in its latest labor offer to the MLB Players Association, sources familiar with the proposal told ESPN.
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Chipper Jones believes Freddie Freeman ‘a little frustrated’ Braves deal wasn't done last year — Atlanta Braves HOF third baseman Chipper Jones joined Dukes & Bell Tuesday to talk about the Braves World Series Trophy Tour that is happening. Jones also talked about where he thinks …
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Baseball Prospectus:
PECOTA Projections — PECOTA, which stands for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, is BP's proprietary system that projects player and team performance — PECOTA is a system that takes a player's past performance and tries to project the most likely outcome for the following season.
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Keith Law / The Athletic:
Red Sox top 20 prospects for 2022: Keith Law ranks Boston's farm system — The lower levels of the Boston system held things together for the Red Sox, as several of their prospects who reached the majors or should have been close to it had somewhat disappointing years.
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Jeff Agrest / Chicago Sun-Times:
Jon Sciambi, Jim Deshaies agree to multiyear extensions with Cubs' Marquee Sports Network — Sciambi will continue as the radio voice of ESPN's “Sunday Night Baseball. Marquee will announce fill-ins for him at a later date — Marquee Sports Network will announce today that Cubs play-by-play voice Jon …
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