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Max Scherzer floats ‘ghost win’ playoff proposal with MLB labor talks set to resume Sunday
The Major League Baseball Players Association will respond to the league’s latest CBA proposal on Sunday, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN. The league made a “last and best offer” during bargaining sessions in Florida on Tuesday, just hours before commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series of the regular season. That offer […]
Continue readingMLB cancels first 2 regular-season series after MLBPA rejects league’s final proposal
JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball has canceled Opening Day, with commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will scrap 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. Manfred said he is canceling the first two series of the […]
Continue readingSource: MLB, MLBPA remain far apart on new CBA as deadline looms
JUPITER, Fla. — Despite a long day of conversations between MLB and the MLBPA on Sunday, the sides still remain far apart on a new collective bargaining agreement, a union source told ESPN. The six-plus hours of meetings came a day before a league-imposed deadline that would trigger the cancellation of regular-season games. If the […]
Continue readingMLB on potential shortened season: ‘A deadline is a deadline’
JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball will begin canceling regular-season games if the league and the MLBPA can’t come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement by Monday, a league spokesperson said on Wednesday. The games would not be made up and players would not be paid full-season salaries, the spokesperson said. “A deadline […]
Continue readingShouting? Cursing? ‘So be it’: MLBPA rep Andrew Miller on where MLB’s labor negotiations stand
One of those in the room during negotiations is 36-year-old free-agent reliever Andrew Miller, one of eight players on the executive board of the MLBPA. Late last week, Miller agreed to answer questions about the negotiations, though without going into much detail about specific proposals that are on the table. Where do things stand? We’re […]
Continue readingEverything you need to know about MLB’s looming lockout
Welcome to the end of baseball … for a while, at least. At 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday, the collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association expired. At 12:01 Thursday morning, the league informed the players that it had locked them out, beginning the game’s first work stoppage in […]
Continue readingSources: Chicago Cubs agree to deals with Yan Gomes, Clint Frazier
The team also is set to sign Clint Frazier, the former New York Yankee, to a one-year contract, sources told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. Terms of that deal weren’t immediately known. Gomes, 34, hit a combined .252 with 14 home runs and 52 RBIs between the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics last season. Washington traded Gomes […]
Continue readingNew York Yankees release outfielder Clint Frazier, infielder Rougned Odor
The 27-year-old Frazier was the fifth pick overall in the 2013 amateur draft by Cleveland and was a prized prospect when he was acquired by the Yankees in a July 2016 trade that sent reliever Andrew Miller to the Indians. Frazier made his major league debut in July 2017, but the outfielder never has had […]
Continue readingNew York Yankees designate Clint Frazier, Rougned Odor, Tyler Wade for assignment
NEW YORK — Clint Frazier’s tenure with the Yankees might have ended after five unfulfilling seasons when New York designated him for assignment on Friday to open a roster spot for a prospect ahead of the winter meeting draft. Frazier can be claimed by another major league team off waivers. If he is not, he […]
Continue readingAgent Scott Boras: Tanking, MLB’s ‘competitive cancer,’ led to Atlanta Braves’ World Series title
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Baseball’s most influential agent said the sport was the victim of a “competitive cancer” caused by teams unloading veterans to accumulate draft picks, and that the Atlanta Braves’ World Series title was a direct result of tanking. In an outdoor news conference in front of a steakhouse at the general managers meetings, […]
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