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Sources: MLB mulls shorter season, prorated pay
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Monday, 01 June 2020 16:52
Unable to yet reach a return-to-play agreement, Major League Baseball has discussed playing a shorter schedule in which it would pay members of the MLB Players Association their full prorated salaries, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.Though MLB does not intend to propose this to the players, the possibility of implementing a schedule of around 50 games that would…
Dykstra's past cited as suit vs. Darling dismissed
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Monday, 01 June 2020 12:48
A judge has dismissed Lenny Dykstra's defamation and libel lawsuit against Ron Darling, ruling that the former New York Mets outfielder's "reputation for unsportsmanlike conduct and bigotry is already so tarnished that it cannot be further injured."New York Supreme Court Judge Robert D. Kalish dismissed Dykstra's lawsuit Friday. Dykstra had sued Darling, his former Mets teammate, for claims Darling made…
Nats reverse course, restore minor league pay
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Monday, 01 June 2020 12:10
The Washington Nationals changed course and told their minor leaguers on Monday they will receive their full weekly stipends of $400 through June after reliever Sean Doolittle tweeted that the team's major league players would cover a planned cut in those payments.Doolittle wrote on Twitter that Nationals major leaguers held a video conference call after The Athletic reported Sunday that…
Meet the 2020 MLB draft's man of mystery: A 17-year-old pitcher with enormous upside
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Monday, 01 June 2020 05:04
The pitcher many scouts think has the highest upside in the 2020 MLB draft has been seen by most big league organizations for just three innings. And those innings were nearly a year ago, when he was part of the 2021 draft class, so some scouts weren't even paying attention to him.His spring high school season was canceled before it…
MLB is having a tougher time returning than NBA, NHL. What's baseball's problem?
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Monday, 01 June 2020 05:48
The seasons of three of the top four American team sports were thrown into uncertain stasis by the coronavirus pandemic, a stunning turn of events that we've been dealing with for 2½ months now. As the weeks have passed and the country has ever-so-tentatively begun to reopen, Major League Baseball, the NHL and the NBA have all waded into the…
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