Home run derby could decide MLB All-Star Game winnerVideo
NEW YORK — If the next All-Star Game in Major League Baseball goes deep into the night, a slugger might get a chance to decide it by going deep — in a Home Run Derby. That’s right, say going, going, goodbye to extra innings in the Midsummer Classic. Instead, bring...
MLB players end up split on final dealVideo
NEW YORK — Baseball players maintained unity throughout labor negotiations, yet were divided when it came time to vote on the deal. The eight-man executive subcommittee that appeared to be most involved in the nearly year-long talks voted 8-0 Thursday against approving the five-year contract. Team player representatives, the overall...
From Arizona to Florida, sights of MLB spring training returnVideo
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Carson Kelly and manager Torey Lovullo shared a hug, a grin and a few slaps on the back under the bright blue sky that the Cactus League is known for providing. The bickering is over. Baseball is back. A day after owners and players...
Unvaccinated MLB players can’t travel to Canada to play Blue Jays
NEW YORK — MLB players who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus won’t be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Toronto and won’t be paid for those games. Canada’s government requires a person must have received a second vaccine dose — or one dose of...
MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season
NEW YORK — Players voted to accept MLB’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that would begin April 7. The union’s executive board approved the agreement in a 26-12 vote Thursday, pending ratification by all...
Commissioner cancels games through April 13 as union narrows gap with MLB
NEW YORK — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred canceled 93 more games Wednesday, appearing to close the remaining chance to play a full 162-game schedule and threatening locked out players with loss of salary and service time. After the sides narrowed many economic differences and became bogged down over management’s attempt...
MLB, union bargain into night to salvage 162-game seasonVideo
NEW YORK — Negotiators for locked-out players and Major League Baseball bargained into the night for the second time in a week ahead of commissioner Rob Manfred’s Tuesday deadline to reach a deal preserving a 162-game season. Union chief negotiator Bruce Meyer and general counsel Ian Penny headed a bargaining...
MLB owners, locked-out players closing gap on labor agreement despite tensionVideo
NEW YORK — For all of the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and locked-out players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining agreement. With the lockout in its 96th day Monday, the sides remained apart to various degrees on...
MLB reacts angrily to latest offer from locked-out playersVideo
NEW YORK — MLB reacted angrily to the latest offer by locked-out players when bargaining resumed Sunday, accusing the union of backtracking and showing no sign of a breakthrough to get the derailed season back on track. The squabbling sides talked for 95 minutes on the 95th day of the...
MLB talks resume Sunday; Max Scherzer says players favor playoff ‘ghost win’ formatVideo
NEW YORK — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of a 14-team postseason start off a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead. Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand the...
Locked-out MLB players start $1M fund for workers impacted by work stoppageVideo
NEW YORK — Locked-out Major League Baseball players are starting a $1 million fund to support workers impacted by canceled games. The players’ association said Friday the fund will be administered by the union and the AFL-CIO. It will be distributed to stadium workers and others caused financial hardship by...
Minor league baseball, hockey teams seeking covid-19 reliefVideo
WASHINGTON — Laying off 17 people in the Charlotte Checkers front office of 25 felt like gutting a team for chief operating officer Tera Black. “The front office is a team just as much as the team on the ice,” she said. “We never want to go through that again.”...
MLB, union meet again, discuss next step in labor negotiationsVideo
NEW YORK — Deputy commissioner Dan Halem and chief union negotiator Bruce Meyer met for 1 1/2 hours Thursday and discussed the major issues in the stalled talks to reach a deal that would end Major League Baseball’s lockout. Union general counsel Ian Penny and MLB executive vice president Morgan...
Analysis: Anger as much as money at center of broken MLB labor talksVideo
JUPITER, Fla. — Anger is at the center of Major League Baseball’s broken labor negotiations as much as money. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s cancellation of each team’s first two series is a byproduct of failed relationships in a fractured sport that can’t get out of its own way. Negotiators headed...
Bill Plaschke: Blame clueless owners for selfishly canceling MLB games and hurting fansVideo
LOS ANGELES — If you had plans to attend any of the first seven games at Dodger Stadium this season, don’t bother. Baseball is locking you out. If you had plans to make a trip to check out Mike Trout or Shohei Ohtani in Oakland or Seattle during the season’s...
MLB cancels opening day after sides fail to end lockout
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...
Derek Jeter leaves post as Miami Marlins’ CEO, shareholder
MIAMI — Derek Jeter went into the offseason talking about the Miami Marlins spending more money on contracts, figuring out ways to contend and continuing to build for the future. His focus — or the Marlins’ focus — apparently has changed since. And now, the Hall of Fame player has...
MLB: It’s deadline day to save opening day, 162-game season
JUPITER, Fla. — Commissioner Rob Manfred and top deputy Dan Halem met with players Monday on the final day of negotiations to end the lockout before MLB’s deadline to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule. Emotions became more heated as the sides pressed...
MLB players, teams talk for 7th day in row, deadline nearsVideo
JUPITER, Fla. — Locked-out players and management officials were bargaining for the seventh straight day Sunday, holding at least three meetings just one day before MLB’s deadline to salvage March 31 openers and a 162-game schedule. Negotiators narrowed some differences Friday and Saturday. But entering the 88th day of the...
Negotiations between MLB, players on verge of breaking downVideo
JUPITER, Fla. — MLB negotiations moved to the verge of a breakdown after taking several steps forward Saturday, leaving less than two days until management’s deadline for an agreement to salvage Opening Day on March 31 and a 162-game schedule. While the sides moved toward each other on some topics...
Lockout limbo: Judge, Sale, others find fields to stay loose
TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge stepped into the batting cage and sent a long, high drive completely out of the park. Far behind the left-field wall, a couple of University of South Florida students paid no attention. They walked right past the stray ball that glistened in bright sunshine on...
Commissioner Rob Manfred joins talks as MLB, locked-out players meet againVideo
JUPITER, Fla. — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred entered long-stalled labor negotiations with players Friday with just over three days until Major League Baseball’s deadline for a deal that would ensure a 162-game season. After four straight days of largely fruitless negotiating sessions that focused on exchanging proposals in areas of...
Labor talks resume with MLB deadline looming
JUPITER, Fla. — With less than 4 1/2 days until Major League Baseball’s deadline for a labor deal to salvage opening day and a 162-game season, New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, Houston pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. and Miami infielder Miguel Rojas joined negotiations Thursday. The sides met for the...
Former Mariners, White Sox 2B Julio Cruz dies at age 67Video
SEATTLE — Julio Cruz, an original Seattle Mariners player from their inaugural season who later became a Spanish-language broadcaster for the franchise, has died, the team announced Wednesday. He was 67. Cruz died Tuesday at his home, according to a statement from his family. Cruz played for Seattle and the...
MLB lockout could cost Scherzer $232K daily, Cole $193K
JUPITER, Fla. — Sometime soon, lockout costs become real: Max Scherzer would forfeit $232,975 for each regular-season day lost, and Gerrit Cole $193,548. Based on last year’s base salaries that totaled just over $3.8 billion, major league players would combine to lose $20.5 million for each day wiped off the...
