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Social media celebrates after MLB ends lockout

Baseball is back. Major League Baseball’s 99-day lockout is over. MLB and the players’ association reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Better yet, we’ll get a full 162-game season. It was the second-longest work stoppage in baseball history, but the sport will get back up and running in a hurry. […]

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MLB matches union with $1M fund for park staff

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball launched a $1 million fund Tuesday to support spring training workers impacted by canceled games, matching the amount of the fund the players’ association announced last week. MLB said the money will be administered by teams to part-time and seasonal workers based on financial need. Eligible groups include concessionaires, grounds crew, security, clubhouse and […]

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Sources: MLB teams ask about nixing Rule 5 draft

ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Fallout from Major League Baseball’s lockout of the players could have far-reaching implications on the trade and free […]

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Source: MLB, union set to resume informal talks

Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem and MLB Players Association attorney Bruce Meyer plan to have an informal one-on-one meeting Thursday to resume talks amid baseball’s work stoppage, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The meeting, which will take place in New York between Halem and Meyer — the lead negotiators for both parties — would mark the first […]

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MLB strikes out on new CBA as MLBPA rejects final proposal

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Union came to the bargaining table Tuesday with the hope of hammering out a new collective bargaining agreement to salvage the start of the season. They struck out. After the players union rejected MLB’s “best and final offer,” Commissioner Rob Manfred announced baseball would cancel at least six regular-season games. It marks the […]

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MLB lockout only reinforces a certain ugliness about the game

Senior Writer, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Author of “The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron” Author of “Juicing the Game” Baseball’s offseason has now entered what is supposed to be the preseason, the clean-slate rebirth, the start of spring training and the new calendar. But commissioner Rob Manfred’s so-called “defensive lockout” has been very much offensive. There is […]

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Sides far apart after 6th straight day of MLB talks

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. Both sides made moves Saturday, but the union was upset with management’s response. The union staff planned to discuss with players […]

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