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MLB will shorten season if labor deal isn’t reached by Monday

Management had maintained that was the deadline for a deal that would allow the season to start as scheduled on March 31. Players have not said whether they accept that timeframe.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB lockout could cost players $20.5 million per day

Once 15 days of the regular season are missed, the free-agent eligibility of some players would be delayed by one year unless management agrees to give credit in an eventual agreement, which it hasn’t done in the past.

Chicago Sun-Times

El veredicto contra Eric Kay es el inicio de un largo y triste camino para Angels, MLB y la familia Skaggs

En la primera frase de su declaración de clausura el jueves, el gobierno federal dejó claro de qué creía que se trataba este juicio. "Este caso", dijo al jurado la fiscal adjunta Lindsey Beran, "es sobre una persona".

Los Angeles Times

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MLB lockout could cost Scherzer $232K daily, Cole $193K

Sometime soon, lockout costs become real: Max Scherzer would forfeit $232,975 for each regular-season day lost, and Gerrit Cole $193,548

The Independent UK

Pivotal issues in MLB lockout and potential impacts on Braves

The lockout that has delayed spring training for the Braves and the 29 other MLB teams centers around money, as baseball's labor disputes always do, but in tangled ways.

Tribune News Service

MLB lockout: Players’ revised proposal generates little progress; another meeting set for Wednesday

Another day of collective bargaining brought about only additional consternation between Major League Baseball and the Players Association as the calendar inches closer to a delay in the start of the season.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Tom Krasovic: Rams' approach — 'be different' — is one Padres appreciate

The Los Angeles Rams are celebrating their first Super Bowl victory.

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MLB owners, players agree to meet again Wednesday

MLB has told the union an agreement is needed by Monday for the season to start on time. Players have not said whether they accept that as a deadline.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sources: MLB, MLBPA Aren’t Negotiating Pace of Play in CBA Talks

As the owners and players negotiate, the looming issue of speeding up the game has not been part of the discussion.

Sports Illustrated

Baseball’s Greatest Threat Isn’t the Lockout

The sport’s biggest problem isn’t being discussed this week in bargaining sessions between MLB and the MLBPA.

Sports Illustrated

Matt Bush among first Rangers minor leaguers in spring training, hoping to earn another MLB shot

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Across the country, owners and players sat down for nearly five hours Monday in Florida seemingly intent on finally chipping away at the issues on a lockout that is bordering on three months long and which threatens the start of the MLB season.

Tribune News Service

Reports: MLB Makes New CBA Offer in First of Daily Meetings

The MLBPA is reportedly expected to counter on Tuesday.

Sports Illustrated

Andrew Miller Explains Key Issues for Union in MLB Lockout

The veteran reliever talked about how baseball got here, the stakes of the negotiations and why all of this matters.

Sports Illustrated

MLB makes slight moves as threat to season openers intensifies

MLB canceled spring training games from Feb. 26 through March 4 and has told the union a deal is needed by Feb. 28 for opening day to come off as scheduled.

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How ‘Sex and the City’ Sent Me Down a Fake Baseball Rabbit Hole

The iconic show’s reboot sent me down the perfect rabbit hole during the MLB lockout. Here’s what I found.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: To save the MLB season, give fans the deciding vote

In America, spring doesn’t truly begin until the first pitch on opening day. Unfortunately, the Major League Baseball lockout threatens to prolong winter. With players and owners struggling to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, a delayed start to the season seems likely.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB labor negotiations to resume Monday in Florida

Monday’s session will be just the seventh on core economics since the lockout started Dec. 2, and the sides have met on consecutive days just once, on Jan. 24 and 25.

Tribune News Service

Patrick Reusse: NFL can’t be ruined by analytics like MLB

MINNEAPOLIS — The NFL might never have had a more successful season than the one that started on Sept. 9, 2021, and ended last Sunday. The TV ratings were monstrous and the playoffs were so taut that a Super Bowl won on a touchdown with 85 seconds remaining wasn't in…

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Chicago Sun-Times

MLB players embrace ‘completely new age’ to send message during lockout

Pitchers and catchers were originally scheduled to report to Spring Training this week, and fans’ frustrations with the lockout are escalating, which makes communication with those fans all the more important for the players association and MLB.

Tribune News Service

MLB owners make spring training postponement official amid lockout

NEW YORK — The entire MLB offseason has been shrouded in uncertainty, and even though Friday’s news can’t be classified as good news, it at least provides a concrete date.

Sports Illustrated

Labor Wars: A New Hope (Well, Maybe)

With 10 days to go until the MLB lockout impacts the scheduled start of the regular season, the two sides have made little progress on a new collective bargaining agreement. Yesterday in Manhattan, where temperatures were in the 50s and the atmosphere ideal for some spring baseball, the ...

Sports Illustrated

MLB Postpones Spring Training As Lockout Continues

MLB spring training games are canceled through March 4.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB cancels spring training games through March 4

The announcement came with the work stoppage in its 79th day, and a day after economic talks between the management and the Major League Baseball Players Association lasted just 15 minutes.

Los Angeles Times

Eric Kay verdict is the start of a long, sad road for Angels, MLB and Skaggs family

FORT WORTH, Texas — In the very first sentence of its closing statement Thursday, the federal government made clear what it believed this trial was all about.

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: As MLB lockout threatens opening day, where’s the urgency from owners and players?

The sense of urgency must be coming soon, right? The lock-the-door, scream-and-shout-at-each-other-until-you-make-some-real-progress scenario? And then caucus until you get a deal done, even if it’s into the wee hours of morning?

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