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AP source: MLB labor talks to resume after 42-day break

January 11, 2022 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are scheduled to meet Thursday, ending a 42-day break in negotiations that began when management started a lockout, the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995. With the scheduled start of spring training five weeks away, management was planning to make a new proposal to […]

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Brewers manager Craig Counsell featured guest for La Crosse Loggers event Jan. 27

January 6, 2022 Rick Solem

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Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell is headed to La Crosse later this month. Counsell will be the featured guest Jan. 27 for the La Crosse Loggers’ 18th Winter Baseball BBQ at the Riverside Ballroom in the newly renovated La Crosse Center. Joining Counsell on the guest list is former Brewers catcher Damian Miller and the […]

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Iowa Cubs outgoing owner, associates give $600K in bonuses

January 4, 2022 Associated Press

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When outgoing Iowa Cubs chairman and owner Michael Gartner gathered the team’s 23 full-time employees last week in Principal Park’s Betfred Sports Lounge, he told them he was handing out new business cards. What he handed out instead were bonus checks to the tune of $600,000, the Des Moines Register reported. […]

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APNewsBreak: MLB payrolls drop 4%, back to 2015 level

December 22, 2021 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league’s last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling payrolls have sparked the labor unrest that led to the sport’s first work stoppage in more than a quarter-century this […]

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Brewers sign 1B Jonathan Singleton to minor league contract

December 9, 2021 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jonathan Singleton, a former heralded first base prospect who hasn’t played in the major leagues since 2015, has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. Singleton signed a $10 million long-term deal with the Houston Astros in 2014 before ever playing a big league game, then hit .171 in 114 […]

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Even if games go on, MLB lockout could alienate Gen Z

December 5, 2021 Rick Solem

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NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer stars in the last video posted to Major League Baseball’s TikTok account before the league locked out the players Thursday morning. The clip, viewed over 400,000 times, shows the final out from Scherzer’s first no-hitter in 2015 with Washington, followed by teammates dousing the three-time Cy Young Award winner […]

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Clock ticks down to MLB’s 1st work stoppage since 1995

December 2, 2021 Associated Press

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IRVING, Texas (AP) — The clock ticked down Wednesday toward the expiration of Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement at 11:59 p.m. EST and a likely management lockout ending the sport’s labor peace at 9,740 days over 26 1/2 years. After successfully reaching four consecutive agreements without a stoppage, players and owners have appeared headed […]

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Brewers sign Tellez plus 2 catchers, non-tender Vogelbach

December 1, 2021 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have signed first baseman Rowdy Tellez and catchers Pedro Severino and Brett Sullivan to one-year contracts while non-tendering first baseman Daniel Vogelbach. Vogelbach, an All-Star in 2019 while playing for Seattle, hit .219 with a .349 on-base percentage, nine homers and 24 RBIs in 93 games this past season. […]

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AP source: Avisail Garcia leaving Brewers, agrees to 4-year contract with Miami

November 29, 2021 Associated Press

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MIAMI (AP) — Free agent outfielder Avisail Garcia has agreed to sign with the Miami Marlins, a person with knowledge of the situation said Sunday. Garcia’s deal will pay $53 million over four seasons, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. The […]

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Cleveland officially changes MLB baseball team’s name to Guardians

November 19, 2021 Associated Press

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CLEVELAND (AP) — A new era of big-league baseball in Cleveland is about to start. The Guardians will be off and running. The hitting and fielding comes in a few months. The new mascot is a representation of iconic artwork that’s stood in downtown since 1932. The giant Art Deco figures are carved in the […]

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