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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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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 …
Dan Hayes / The Athletic:
Active Twins trade Josh Donaldson to Yankees for Gary Sánchez, could be in the mix for Trevor Story  —  The Twins continued an active and likely ongoing restart to their offseason late Sunday night by trading Josh Donaldson and newly acquired shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa to the New York Yankees …
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USA Today:
Rangers trade INF Kiner-Falefa to Twins for catcher Garver  —  Isiah Kiner-Falefa, the starting shortstop for the Texas Rangers who was supplanted by the blockbuster addition of Corey Seager, was traded Saturday to the Minnesota Twins for catcher Mitch Garver.
Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
An ‘excited’ Alex Caruso returns for the Chicago Bulls — but Zack LaVine sits out — in a 101-91 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers  —  The Chicago Bulls dealt with good and bad news in Saturday's 101-91 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers as injuries continue to make and break the team.
Discussion: Denver Post and Boston Herald
Mike Lupica / New York Daily News:
Baseball is still king in New York, as Yankees and Mets vie for the crown  —  The last New York City baseball we got was the top of the 9th, Fenway Park, Tuesday night, Oct. 5, a Wild Card game between the Yankees and the Red Sox that had really been lost for the Yankees when their $324 million ace …
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
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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 …
Discussion: NBCSports.com
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 …
Discussion: Twins News
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.
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:   If the Lockout Makes Baseball Better, It Will Have Been Worth It
James Wagner / New York Times:
Play Ball! Lockout Ends as M.L.B. and Union Strike a Deal
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.
Discussion: The Athletic and 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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