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4:55 PM ET, March 11, 2022

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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB, union reach tentative agreement on new CBA, salvage 162-game season  —  Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached a tentative agreement on a new collective-bargaining agreement Thursday, ending the league's 99-day lockout of the players and salvaging a 162-game season …
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Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
MLB, MLBPA agree to new CBA; season to start April 7  —  Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday, paving the way for the 2022 regular season to begin on April 7.  —  After the MLBPA approved the deal by a 26-12 vote …
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
If the Lockout Makes Baseball Better, It Will Have Been Worth It  —  After tense negotiations, Major League Baseball and the players' union both made gains in their desired areas.  But more important, they avoided losses — of games and, potentially, their standing.
Discussion: The Nation and Common Dreams
James Wagner / New York Times:
Play Ball!  Lockout Ends as M.L.B. and Union Strike a Deal  —  After a long series of deadlines, threats and delays, a tentative agreement was reached and a full season should begin on April 7.  —  It took 99 days of a contentious lockout, but baseball is back.
ESPN:
MLB, MLBPA reach labor agreement: Everything you need to know as lockout ends
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB's lockout is mercifully over. Where do we go from here?
Associated Press:
MLB, MLBPA agree to negotiate on international amateur draft amid lockout talks
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Baseball is back: MLB, players agree on new CBA to salvage 162-game 2022 season
Discussion: Sportsnet.ca and Bless You Boys
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
No deal: Cardinals' April 7 home opener canceled as MLB lockout leaks more games, talks fall shy
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
David Ortiz open to international draft in MLB, seeks further input from players before implementation
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Major League Baseball pushes for international draft, while players' union opposes it, sources say
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
ESPN:
Former major league pitcher Odalis Perez dies after accident at his Dominican Republic home  —  Former major league pitcher Odalis Perez died after an accident at his home in the Dominican Republic on Thursday night, his attorney told ESPN's Enrique Rojas.  —  According to Walin Batista …
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Joe Buck expected to leave Fox Sports for huge ESPN deal  —  Joe Buck is expected to leave Fox Sports for ESPN, where he will become the voice of “Monday Night Football,” The Post has learned.  —  Buck, 52, has called the World Series for nearly a quarter century and was Fox's play-by-player on six Super Bowls.
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Rankings and predictions for the top remaining MLB free agents  —  Welcome to Fast and Furious 10: Free Agent Frenzy.  It's going to be a wild rush to Opening Day as the remaining free agents find a place to play as spring training camps open — and while there was a wave of signings …
Brendan Kuty / New Jersey Online:
Yankees' Miguel Andujar assaulted, robbed in Dominican Republic, reports say  —  Yankees utility player Miguel Andujar was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint at his farm in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.  —  The 27-year-old Andujar appears …
Jon Paul Morosi / MLB.com:
Hot Stove's burning question: Where will Correa sign?  —  As free agency resumes, one major question remains unchanged from the initial market opening four months ago.  —  Where will Carlos Correa sign?  —  Aside from a couple notable developments — we know the Texas Rangers aren't involved any longer …
Brad Biggs / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Bears agree to trade 6-time Pro Bowler Khalil Mack to the Los Angeles Chargers for 2 draft picks  —  The Chicago Bears went all-in on pursuing a Super Bowl championship when they traded for Khalil Mack four years ago.  Now, in new general manager Ryan Poles' first big move …
NBC New York:
MLB 2022: Here's All You Need to Know About Spring Training, Opening Day  —  Players can begin reporting to Spring Training as early as March 11  —  The deal is done.  Now, it's time to spring into action.  —  Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed …
Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
'He's got to get downhill.' How can the Chicago Bulls get Zach LaVine to regain confidence driving to the rim?  —  Despite a blowout loss in Philadelphia, Zach LaVine showed flashes of his old self with 24 points Monday against the 76ers.  —  It's a sight the Chicago Bulls are eager …
Discussion: Boston Herald
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Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
Alex Caruso and Patrick Williams are cleared for contact drills, putting their Chicago Bulls returns close
Mike Puma / New York Post:
J.D. Davis says time with Mets may be over: ‘60-40 out of here’  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Before the Mets played their final game of last season, J.D. Davis said it was a “coin flip” whether he would return or be traded in the offseason.  —  On Thursday, just hours before the lockout ended …
Mike Preston / Baltimore Sun:
Ravens should be in no rush to offer QB Lamar Jackson contract extension  —  The Ravens are in no rush to sign quarterback Lamar Jackson to a contract extension, and they should be glad he isn't campaigning for a new deal, too.  —  Since training camp opened in 2021, I have advocated …
Discussion: Denver Post
Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Julius Randle, Knicks take advantage of Mavericks' 38 missed three-point shots in blowout win in Dallas  —  DALLAS — It was a miraculous display of misfiring.  Rim clank after rim clank.  The Mavericks could've built the Great Wall of China with all those bricks.
 
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