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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
‘The system worked’: MLB players didn't get everything they wanted, but union touts new CBA as a win … Major League Baseball players started arriving to spring training camps Friday morning, with three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, who had been involved in the labor negotiations …
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
MLBPA executive director Tony Clark tamps down talk on player division, lauds union gains in new CBA — With the Major League Baseball Players Association split between team representatives and its executive subcommittee members in the vote that ended the league's 99-day lockout …
ESPN:
MLB lockout: MLB, MLBPA agree on new CBA — More than three months after the MLB lockout began on Dec. 2, it finally came to an end on Thursday. — How did we get here? Why did it take so long? Here's a look back at the key moments in the negotiations between the owners and players on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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Arizona Sports and MLB Trade Rumors
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
If the Lockout Makes Baseball Better, It Will Have Been Worth It
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Senator Bernie Sanders and The Nation
James Wagner / New York Times:
Play Ball! Lockout Ends as M.L.B. and Union Strike a Deal
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
NBC New York:
MLB 2022: Here's All You Need to Know About Spring Training, Opening Day
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SportsLogos.Net News and NBCSports.com
Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
MLB, MLBPA agree to new CBA; season to start April 7
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB, union reach tentative agreement on new CBA, salvage 162-game season
ESPN:
MLB, MLBPA reach labor agreement: Everything you need to know as lockout ends
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Jeff Wilson's Texas … and baseballmusings.com
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Baseball is back: MLB, players agree on new CBA to salvage 162-game 2022 season
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Sportsnet.ca and Bless You Boys
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB's lockout is mercifully over. Where do we go from here?
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MLB Daily Dish and MLB Baseball News …
Orange County Register:
Reports: Clayton Kershaw returns to Dodgers on 1-year, $17 million deal — It appears Clayton Kershaw's time as a Dodger has not come to an end. — According to multiple reports, Kershaw has agreed to a one-year contract worth $17 million to return to the team, keeping the future Hall …
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Could the Dodgers add Freddie Freeman and Nelson Cruz? Is Matt Chapman a fit for the Phillies? — Exactly how much payroll flexibility are the Dodgers operating with, anyway? — With Trevor Bauer's status in question, club officials cannot be sure. Including Bauer, the club's cash payroll stands …
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Bleacher Nation, Battery Power, True Blue LA and Gaslamp Ball
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers To Sign Martin Perez
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Dallas Morning News, MLB Baseball News …, Lone Star Ball, Nolan Writin' and Just Baseball
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.
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
GM Nick Krall: Cincinnati Reds have not been in talks with free agent Nick Castellanos — The Cincinnati Reds are not engaged in contract talks with free agent Nick Castellanos, general manager Nick Krall said Saturday, closing the door on a reunion with the team's All-Star outfielder.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: HR Derby could decide All-Star Game winner — NEW YORK (AP) — If the next All-Star Game in Major League Baseball goes deep into the night, a slugger may get a chance to decide it by going deep — in a Home Run Derby. — That's right, say going, going, goodbye to extra innings in the Midsummer Classic.
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Forbes, Bleacher Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Battery Power and Pinstripe Alley
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 …
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Chris Cotillo / Union-News:
Boston Red Sox interested in free agent Collin McHugh; righty had 1.55 ERA with Rays in 2021 — The Red Sox are among the teams with interest in free-agent right-hander Collin McHugh, according to an industry source. McHugh has widespread interest across the league due to his versatility …
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NBCSports.com and MLB Trade Rumors
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 …
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Sports Illustrated, New York Post, Bleacher Nation and MLB Baseball News …
Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times:
‘Ready to transact’: Jerry Dipoto plans to add impact offense to the Mariners in resumed offseason — PEORIA, Ariz. — Jerry Dipoto won't have much time to contact copyright lawyers while trying to take and make calls with agents and opposing teams in this delayed and condensed offseason.
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MLB Baseball News … and The Athletic
