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...
MLB says season will be shortened if no labor agreement is reached by the end of Monday
JUPITER, Fla. — MLB said Wednesday that the 2022 season will be shortened if no labor agreement has been reached by the end of Monday. Management had maintained that was the deadline for a deal that would allow the season to start as scheduled on March 31. Players have not...
Locked out MLB players, owners agree to meet again for 3rd consecutive dayVideo
JUPITER, Fla. — Locked out baseball players and team owners agreed to meet for a third day in a row Wednesday in an attempt to reach a deal that would salvage Opening Day on March 31. Players made counteroffers on several topics during Tuesday’s session. The talks on the 83rd...
MLB makes slight moves as threat to Opening Day intensifiesVideo
JUPITER, Fla. — Baseball negotiations resumed with new intensity Monday in an effort to salvage Opening Day, and owners made a pair of slight moves toward locked-out players but put off big-ticket bargaining issues until later. With a week or perhaps a little more time left to preserve openers March...
MLB lockout talks to resume in Florida as openers threatenedVideo
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s negotiations to salvage Opening Day resume at a new venue Monday: Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. Colorado Rockies CEO Dick Monfort, chairman of the owners’ labor policy committee, was expected to join a management delegation that includes deputy commissioner Dan Halem, the clubs’...
MLB cancels spring games through March 4 due to lockout
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout. The announcement Friday came with the work stoppage in its 79th day, and a day after talks on economics between management...
Former Angels employee convicted in Skaggs’ overdose death
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Los Angeles Angels employee was convicted Thursday of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas. Eric Kay was convicted on one count each of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy. He faces up to...
MLB labor talks last 15 minutes as lockout continues
NEW YORK — The threat to Opening Day on March 31 appeared to intensify Thursday when the drawn-out talks to end Major League Baseball’s lockout ended just 15 minutes after they had resumed following a four-day break. What was supposed to be the second day of spring training workouts instead...
Popular, productive ‘Mr. National’ Ryan Zimmerman retiresVideo
Known to many as Mr. National, Ryan Zimmerman was there for it all with the baseball club in D.C. The first draft pick in Washington Nationals history, and the public face of the franchise, he lived through 100-loss seasons, playoff heartache and, finally, a World Series championship. And now, at...
No bats, no balls, no fans: Pitchers, catchers don’t reportVideo
Max Scherzer won’t be starting spring training workouts Wednesday in the warmth of New York Mets camp in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Marcus Stroman won’t be shaking off rust amid the cactus at the Chicago Cubs complex in Mesa, Ariz. No crack of bats or thwacks of balls popping into...
At Skaggs trial, 4 MLB players testify they received drugs
FORT WORTH, Texas — Four major league players testified Tuesday they received oxycodone pills from a former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to the pitcher’s overdose death. Pitchers Matt Harvey, Mike Morin and Cam Bedrosian and first baseman C.J. Cron played for...
Former colleague: Ex-Angels employee saw Tyler Skaggs do drugs
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing the opioids that contributed to Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death told a colleague he watched the Angels pitcher do drugs the night before he was found dead in a suburban Dallas hotel room, according to testimony Monday. Eric...
Scant progress in MLB talks, spring training likely delayedVideo
NEW YORK — The final blow has been dealt to an on-time start to spring training, with MLB making a new offer Saturday that the players’ association received as only scant progress in the drawn-out labor talks. On the 73rd day of a lockout that has become the second-longest work...
MLB keeps spring camps on hold, missing opener ‘disastrous’
ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says spring training remains on hold because of a management lockout and his goal is to reach a labor contract that allows opening day as scheduled on March 31. With the second-longest work stoppage in baseball history stretching into its 71st day, Manfred...
Prosecutors won’t file charges against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday decided not to charge Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer for allegedly beating and sexually abusing a San Diego woman he met through social media. Prosecutors were unable to prove the San Diego woman’s accusations beyond a reasonable doubt, according to the Los Angeles...
Trial set for ex-Angels employee over role in pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ deathVideo
A former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs with the drugs that caused his overdose death is set to go on trial in Texas, where Skaggs died in 2019. Eric Prescott Kay faces charges of drug distribution and drug conspiracy in Skaggs’ death. Jury selection...
Locked out MLB players reject offer of federal mediation, further threatening to delay spring trainingVideo
NEW YORK — The start of spring training likely will be a casualty of MLB’s lockout, which will threaten Opening Day unless the drawn-out talks lead to a deal in less than a month. After months of bickering over the sport’s economics, baseball’s warring factions couldn’t even agree on whether...
Chances of on-time spring training start for MLB all but vanishVideo
NEW YORK — Whatever little chance there was of an on-time start to spring training all but vanished Tuesday during a contentious 90-minute negotiating session between locked out players and MLB. Players made two slight moves during the first meeting in a week. The union lowered its proposed pool of...
Commentary: Baseball harmed itself more than Bonds ever did
Whatever harm Barry Bonds did to baseball pales in comparison to the damage baseball inflicted on itself both at the time and since. So say what you will about the steroids era, at least the games were still worth watching. You can’t say that about baseball today, assuming it’s even...
Carlos Beltrán brings his own baggage to next year’s Hall ballot
With Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling off the ballot, next year’s Hall of Fame vote figures to be a bit less contentious. Then again, the top newcomer arrives with his own recent baggage. Forget about steroids for a minute, it’s time to talk about sign stealing. Carlos Beltrán...
