MLB has ordered all spring training facilities to undergo a deep clean and will require players and staff to undergo testing before admittance again.
Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY
MLB, with sights set on 60-game season, not making counter-offer to MLBPA, union says
Major League Baseball is not making a counter-offer to the MLBPA’s proposal of 70 games, the players union said Friday night.
‘Entirely in his self-serving interests’: Some think Scott Boras is wrecking MLB’s 2020 negotiations. He says otherwise.
As MLB and the players struggle to reach a deal for the 2020 season, many around baseball are concerned about the impact Scott Boras is having on negotiations.
MLB players make a 70-game offer and the owners aren’t happy about it
Baseball’s players association made a new offer on Thursday, asking for a 70-game season rather than the 60 suggest by the league in its previous offer.
‘Jointly developed framework’: MLB offers new 60-game proposal to players with full prorated salaries
This is the first time the owners have agree to pay full prorated salaries, a stance the union never wavered during negotiations.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred ‘not confident’ there will be a 2020 season
MLB’s owners and players association are at an impasse as both sides try to negotiate a 2020 season.
Opinion: Ahead of MLB owners call Monday, they have no choice but to agree with union: Negotiations are over
It’s quite clear after 10 weeks of futile negotiations the owners have no choice but to agree with the players union: Negotiations are over.
Players’ union done negotiating, tells MLB to simply tell the players when to show up for work
After rejecting MLB’s latest offer, the union now is simply waiting for the commissioner to impose a short season, perhaps as few as 50 games.
Opinion: MLB and players starting to show urgency but still lack progress in labor negotiations
We’re seeing a smidgen of urgency, but the league and players’ union aren’t any closer to a deal than they were when negotiations started 10 days ago.
MLB owners propose 72-game season, expanded playoffs as time winds down to reach agreement
MLB sent a proposal to the union Friday that calls for a 72-game season and up to 16 playoff teams, instead of 10. Time is ticking down on a deal.