Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball’s players and owners ended their most bitter money fight in a quarter-century Thursday when the players’ association accepted management’s offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7. The work stoppage ended at 7 p.m. sharp, closing an acrimonious 99-day lockout that delayed spring training and threatened
After 99 days, Major League Baseball lifted its lockout Thursday as a new collective bargaining agreement was agreed to on both sides, with Opening Day set for four weeks from now, give or take a day. Of course, there’s still dozens of players waiting to sign free agent deals (not to mention the arbitration-eligible players
Somebody rekindle the Hot Stove. It’s time for baseball and the Tigers to get back to work. The recent agreement between Major League Baseball and the Players Association on a new collective bargaining agreement ends the work stoppage that had halted business and frozen rosters since December. With Spring Training just around the corner, teams
The Tigers already have their most talented roster in five years, and they’re not done yet. With a small window for the Hot Stove season to unwind before Spring Training begins, general manager Al Avila could have more upgrades in store before — or even after — the full squad reports to Lakeland, Fla. The
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball’s players and owners ended their most bitter money fight in a quarter-century Thursday when the players’ association accepted management’s offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7. The work stoppage ended at 7 p.m. sharp, closing an acrimonious 99-day lockout that delayed spring
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
MLB and the MLB Players Association reached agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in time to save the 162-game season, albeit with a revised schedule. The deal includes quite a few changes to the structure of the sport, not the least of which is an expanded postseason. To clear up any lingering confusion over
Here is a team-by-team breakdown of the notable free agents for all 30 Major League clubs after the Nov. 30 deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players. The Blue Jays lost Robbie Ray and Marcus Semien in free agency, but they were able to reel in Kevin Gausman. With most of this rebuilding
Never has better baseball news arrived. It probably has much to do with the horror now happening in Ukraine, a hideous reality we all are trying to process and whose victims we are working to somehow assist. But that anguish spilling from eastern Europe needed whatever buffer, whatever momentary ease could be marshaled, minus any
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
Negotiations have been a bit of a roller coaster, and owners and the players have seemingly come close to agreement a few times before, but earlier today the MLBPA voted to accept the latest proposal from Major League Baseball.
Matt Shepard and Dan Petry discuss baseball’s return and what could happen as the free-agent market re-opens.
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
Lakeland, Fla. — Perhaps the most written-about minor league minicamp in Tigers history ended in the rain Thursday afternoon on the back fields at Joker Marchant Stadium. The killing blow, as it turned out, was a line drive, opposite-field home run by outfielder Jacob Robson in the top of the ninth — umpires and club officials waving
Tigers prospects Riley Greene, left, and Gage Workman warm up during spring training Minor League minicamp Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 at Tiger Town in Lakeland, Florida. Tigers5 Would an international draft benefit the Detroit Tigers? by Roger Castillo
Baseball is back, and the Tigers appear ready to another step forward. #DetroitRoots
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
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,
Major League Baseball owners and players finally reached agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that will allow for a full 162 game season to be played in 2022. The players’ representatives went against the recommendation of their eight-man executive council who rejected the proposal on an 8- 0 vote and approved the new