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Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — Details of the memorandum of understanding agreed to Thursday by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, as obtained by The Associated Press. FREE AGENCY No change FREE AGENT DRAFT PICK COMPENSATION MLB and MLBPA agree to eliminate direct amateur draft-pick compensation, which had existed
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Finally, Major League Baseball’s lockout is over. MLB and the MLB Players Association agreed to a collective bargaining agreement Thursday, sources with knowledge of the players’ vote told the Free Press, settling disputes about the minimum salary, a bonus pool for pre-arbitration-eligible players, the competitive balance tax, a draft lottery and an expanded
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers competed in an intrasquad scrimmage at 11 a.m. Thursday at the TigerTown backfields. The two teams were Team Trammell, wearing gray uniforms, and Team Horton, wearing whites. Right-hander Jordan Marks started for Team Trammell; right-hander Austin Bergner started for Team Horton. The game ended after the top of the ninth inning due
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After many hours at the negotiating table — and many more hours spent tweeting about what was happening at said table — the MLB lockout is over, the Free Press can confirm. Multiple reports suggest that the players voted in favor of the owners’ latest proposal, 26-12, but that the union’s eight-player executive board voted against the
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Well that was excruciating. We’ll have a lot more detail later, but for now, know that Major League Baseball is back on the menu. Just after 3 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, the players and owners finally reached a conclusive agreement, and after a half-hour of nail-biting to see if the players would vote to ratify,
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Detroit — Fans who bought tickets to the Tigers’ home opener still will have tickets for Opening Day. We just don’t know when Opening Day will be. As Major League Baseball and the players’ association continue to negotiate the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement, the second week of the regular season was canceled Wednesday night.
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