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Chicago Cubs News
Report: League’s New Proposal Will Move Toward 70-Plus Games at 80-85% Prorated Pay
Major League Baseball is expected to present the MLB Players Association with a new financial proposal Friday, something commissioner Rob…
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Rob Manfred Bullish on 2020 Season, Touts ‘Responsive’ League Proposal
Rob Manfred was bullish on the league and players’ union reaching an agreement to restart the 2020 season when he…
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Players’ Good-Faith Proposal for 89 Games Will Be Rejected, Leaving Negotiations ‘Nowhere’
The MLBPA made its latest proposal Tuesday, dropping the number of games from 114 to 89 while maintaining the option…
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MLB’s Shifting Proposals Obfuscate Relatively Static Payroll Target
Major League Baseball is currently engaged in a confidence game, playing Three-card Monte with billions of dollars in an attempt…
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MLB’s Proposal Includes Expansion to 16 Playoff Teams, No Qualifying Offers, ‘Acknowledgement of Risk’ Waiver
We’ve already broken down MLB’s financial situation six ways from Sunday, so I’ll spare you too much more analysis here.…
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Report: Owners Holding Conference Call to Discuss Whether to Reopen Talks with Players on Restarting Season
When Major League Baseball’s owners rejected a proposal from the players that included full prorated salaries over 114 games, they…
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The Rundown: Frustrating Negotiations May Resume Soon, Russell Unemployable Globally, League Prepares For Draft, It’s Sosa-McGwire Week
I continue to have some (read: many) doubts that MLB will play a truncated season this year. And further, I…
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Perspective on 2020 Season Negotiations: Only 9 Owners from 1994 MLB Strike Still Own Their Teams
History paints the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike as one of the league’s most damaging events. Thousands of fans were…
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Doom P*rn or Death Knell: Klapisch Says It’ll Take ‘Miracle’ to Save Season
Like the weather in the Midwest, all you’ve got to do to get a different take on the viability of…
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MLB’s Financial Dispute Appears to Come Down to $326 Million, Perhaps Far Less Over Time
Rather than drawing this explanation out any further than necessary, I’m going to direct you to Jeff Passan’s column at…
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