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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Source: MLB, MLBPA remain far apart on new CBA as deadline looms — JUPITER, Fla. — Despite a long day of conversations between MLB and the MLBPA on Sunday, the sides still remain far apart on a new collective bargaining agreement, a union source told ESPN.
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Associated Press:
Players unsure whether to head home after sixth straight day of MLB talks ends with sides far apart — JUPITER, Fla. — With less than two days before Major League Baseball's deadline to reach a labor deal to salvage opening day on March 31 and the sides far apart, players were unsure whether they will break off talks.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB calls talks ‘productive’ while MLBPA says sides are still ‘very far apart’ entering deadline day … JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball and the players union spent Sunday exchanging various hypotheticals without a single formal proposal, and it just might have been their most productive …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Commissioner Rob Manfred, MLBPA's Tony Clark meet face-to-face as MLB talks gain steam; more spring training games nixed — JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball canceled three more days of spring training games on Friday, stating the earliest Cactus or Grapefruit league play would start is on March 8.
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James Wagner / New York Times:
A Rare Face-to-Face Meeting as M.L.B.'s Deadline Nears — Commissioner Rob Manfred had not met Tony Clark, the head of the players' union, since before the lockout began. Progress was made but time is running out. — JUPITER, Fla. — And on the 85th day of baseball's lockout, they met.
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Associated Press:
Commissioner Rob Manfred, MLBPA's Tony Clark meet face-to-face amid progress on amateur draft lottery talks — JUPITER, Fla. — Baseball players and owners took a first step toward salvaging opening day, nearing agreement Friday on an amateur draft lottery during lockout negotiations …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB labor talks to extend to Friday as Monday deadline to cancel regular-season games looms
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Nightengale's Notebook: MLB's lockout is doing more permanent damage every single day … JUPITER, Fla. — There was no Twitter during the 1994-95 strike that resulted in the cancellation of the World Series. — The internet wasn't around during baseball's first seven work stoppages.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Making history: Elizabeth Benn hired as Mets director of Major League ops — NEW YORK — Amid a changing landscape across baseball, the Mets have made an historic hire by bringing on Elizabeth Benn to be their director of Major League operations. Benn becomes the highest-ranking woman baseball ops employee in franchise history.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
A Brett Gardner reunion can still help Yankees under right circumstances — MORE FROM: — We have reached that part of the lockout in which we discuss Brett Gardner's free agency. Because how many different ways can we delve into the markets for Carlos Correa and Freddie Freeman with, you know, little to mainly no new information?
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Elliott Teaford / Orange County Register:
Kings build early lead, chase John Gibson, beat Ducks — The Kings pounce on another off night from Gibson in a 4-1 win that vaults them into second place in the Pacific Division — ANAHEIM — One team was razor sharp on Friday night at Honda Center. — The other was not.
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Omar Kelly / Sun-Sentinel:
New offensive approach could produce collateral losses for Dolphins — Whenever there is change in front office or coach there is usually some collateral loss expected on the Miami Dolphins roster. — That's been a consistent occurrence during Miami's ride on the mediocrity merry-go-round …
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Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
Why Carlos Correa might not be as good a fit for the Red Sox as he appears — So I was thinking: Wouldn't Carlos Correa be a great fit for the Boston Red Sox? He would, for reasons that I will explain shortly. But there is a problem with the Red Sox signing Correa, the top remaining free agent.
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Dan Szymborski / FanGraphs Baseball:
ZiPS 2022 Top 100 Prospects — A Conversation With Orioles General Manager Mike Elias — A Conversation With Red Sox Amateur Scouting Director Paul Toboni — Catchers '22: The Changing Catcher Prospect Landscape — A Conversation With Baltimore Orioles Prospect Grayson Rodriguez
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Big-league life: Workouts at college field, hopes for good news — Yankees star DJ LeMahieu, among a dozen pros working out at Eckerd College, is “optimistic” of a deal. — Updated Earlier today — ST. PETERSBURG — A half-dozen rounds of batting practice over, DJ LeMahieu had one more item …
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