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MLB keeps spring camps on hold, missing opener ‘disastrous’

ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says losing regular-season games to a work stoppage would be a “disastrous outcome,” yet spring training remains on hold as the threat to opening day increases. With the second-longest work stoppage in baseball history stretching into its 71st day, Manfred said teams will make a “good-faith, positive proposal in a effort to move the process forward” when negotiations with the players’ association resume Saturday. It’s another one caused by the dispute.” Manfred also said the teams do not intend to use players with minor league contacts to play major league exhibition games. Manfred said players would receive over the five-year term of a deal “in the hundreds of millions of dollars” more, plus more value from the DH expansion and free-agent compensation elimination.

Associated Press

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