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Minor leaguers make 'a living wage,' Manfred says
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Tuesday, 19 July 2022 15:12
LOS ANGELES -- Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday he "reject(s) the premise" that minor league players are not paid a living wage, prompting a barrage of criticism a day after the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter inquired about the league's treatment of minor leaguers.When asked whether owners can't afford to pay minor leaguers more or simply…
Cubs draft son of ex-Cards slugger Mark McGwire
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Tuesday, 19 July 2022 05:31
LOS ANGELES -- The McGwire family is set to see the other side of things in one of baseball's best rivalries.Mason McGwire, son of 12-time All-Star slugger Mark, was selected in the eighth round of baseball's amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs on Monday.Mark spent five of his 16 major league seasons with the rival St. Louis Cardinals, including the…
What makes an MLB All-Star in 2022? Here's what MLB All-Stars had to say
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Tuesday, 19 July 2022 06:17
Before Paul Goldschmidt was a seven-time All-Star himself, he was a kid growing up in the Houston area, going to Astros games and voting for his favorite All-Stars: Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Lance Berkman, from that great generation of Astros players in the 1990s and early 2000s."The hard part was deciding how much of a homer you were going to…
Soto prevails in HR Derby as Nats trade talk swirls
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Monday, 18 July 2022 20:56
LOS ANGELES -- If Juan Soto gets traded, the team that acquires him won't just be getting one of the best hitters in baseball. It will get the reigning Home Run Derby champion, too.Soto, the phenomenal 23-year-old whose All-Star week was upended by questions about his future with the Washington Nationals after he turned down a $440 million contract extension,…
Nationals OF Soto 'uncomfortable' amid trade talk
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Monday, 18 July 2022 19:19
LOS ANGELES -- Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo declared at the start of June that he would not be trading Juan Soto, despite speculation to the contrary. Now, with the trade deadline a little more than two weeks away, that mindset has clearly shifted. And Soto is still coming to grips with it."It feels really uncomfortable," Soto said. "You…
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