Batter Up!: MLB, Players Union Strike Deal Ending 99-Day Lockout
NEW YORK (AP) — Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season.
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Bernie Sanders Demands MLB Owners Reverse Their ‘Greed’
Bernie Sanders, chimed in on the standoff between players and Major League Baseball owners and told the owners to stop indulging their “greed”
MLB Cancels Opening Day After Sides Fail to End Lockout
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the hours before management’s deadline.
Report: MLB to Require Vaccinations to Participate in Arizona Fall League
Major League Baseball (MLB) is set to require players who participate in the Arizona Fall League to get vaccinated, according to a report.
MLBPA Open to Pulling All-Star Game from GA Due to Election Reform Bill
Tony Clark, MLBPA executive director, says that he wants the league to consider pulling the All-Star Game from Georgia.
MLB Steps Up Ball Monitoring to Suppress Foreign Substances
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is increasing its monitoring of baseballs in an attempt to suppress any use of foreign substances by pitchers.
Report: MLB Agrees to Play 60-Game Season, Deal Not Finalized
A report from ESPN MLB reporter Jeff Passan, says that the Major League Baseball Players Association has agreed to have its players report to camp on July 1st, to play a 60-game season.
MLBPA Players’ Board Rejects 60-Game Season by 33-5
NEW YORK (AP) — The executive board of the Major League Baseball Players Association rejected a proposed 60-game schedule by a 33-5 vote, daring Commissioner Rob Manfred to give a unilateral order for the regular season’s start and provoke what figures to be lengthy and costly litigation over the impact of the coronavirus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci: Baseball Shouldn’t Play Past September
There probably will not be a Major League Baseball season this year. Though, if there is, Dr. Anthony Fauci says it shouldn’t extend past September.
Commissioner Rob Manfred Says Baseball Season in Jeopardy
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games this year after a breakdown in talks between teams and the players’ union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
AP Sources: MLB Offers 76-Game Season, Up to 75% of Salaries
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball teams made a new offer to start the coronavirus-delayed season, proposing they guarantee 50% of players’ prorated salaries over a 76-game regular season and increase the money to 75% if the postseason is completed, people familiar with the plan told The Associated Press.
AP Source: MLB Rejects 114-Game Plan, Tells Union No Counter
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball rejected the players’ offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a counterproposal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
AP Source: MLB Players Offer 114-Game Season, No More Salary Cuts
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball players proposed a 114-game regular season Sunday, up from 82 in management’s offer, but no additional pay cuts beyond the one they agreed to in March, a person familiar with the plan told The Associated Press.
Nats’ Max Scherzer: ‘There’s No Reason to Engage with MLB’ in Further Pay Cut Talks
As far as Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is concerned, there is no reason to continue talks with the league about pay cuts during the negotiations for a revamped 2020 baseball season.
Boras to Clients in Memo: Don’t Bail Out Baseball Owners
NEW YORK (AP) — Agent Scott Boras recommends his clients refuse Major League Baseball’s attempt to cut salaries during negotiations with the players’ association, claiming team financial issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic have their origin in management debt financing.
MLB Players Want More Games, No More Salary Cuts
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players appeared likely to propose more regular-season games this year while holding to their demand for full prorated salaries, people familiar with their deliberations told The Associated Press.
Players Call MLB Economic Proposal `Extremely Disappointing’
NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie at the major league minimum would make a higher percentage of his salary than multimillionaire stars like Mike Trout or Gerrit Cole under a sliding-scale proposal by big league teams that players found “extremely disappointing.”
MLB and Player’s Association Donating $1 Million to Emergency Food Services
On Monday, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association cooperated to donate one million dollars to two meal services groups after schools were shut down across the nation.
MLB Delays Opening Day to Mid-May at Earliest Due to Coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball pushed back opening day until mid-May at the earliest on Monday because of the new coronavirus after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks.
