Max Scherzer: Union Sees Further Salary Reductions For Players As Non-Starter

Baseball players appeared likely to propose more regular-season games this year while holding to their demand for full prorated salaries, people familiar with their deliberations told The Associated Press.

Fox Sports Midwest

Despite 'Daunting Obstacles' & 'Disappointing' Proposal From MLB, Andrew Miller Sees Route To Baseball In 2020

Despite a financial proposal from Major League Baseball’s owners that landed with a thud Tuesday and drew sentiments of disappointment and frustrations from players, a veteran union rep still sees a way past “daunting obstacles” to save a 2020 regular season.

Birdland

Jack Flaherty Among MLB Stars To React To League's Latest Proposal

No 50-50 revenue split, no more issues... right?

KMOX

The New Fantasy Baseball? Having Fun With Plans To Start The Season!

The “Arizona Plan” didn’t fly very well when MLB tried to gauge public reaction by floating a potential plan for starting the 2020 season. This hot air balloon was intriguing for a little while but got shot down by agitated media.

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Andrew Miller Helps Forge Agreement With Owners & Continues Progress With His Arm

It’s been a good few days on a couple of fronts for Cardinals reliever Andrew Miller.

Post-Dispatch

MLB, Players' Union Reach Deal Covering Service Time, Salaries, & Draft Rules

Players agreed to a deal with Major League Baseball that would preserve service time in the event this season is canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but left open details of what a configured schedule would look like.

Fox Sports Midwest

MLB Will Grant Players Same Service Time They Earned In 2019 If Season Is Canceled

Mookie Betts and all the players set to be free agents after the 2020 season will still get that chance if there is no baseball this year, part of a broad deal being negotiated by the commissioner’s office and the players’ association.

Fox Sports Midwest

Mike Minor Open To Contract Extension With Rangers

Last year, All-Star left-hander Mike Minor was left wondering if he was going to get traded by the July 31 Trade Deadline.

Texas Official Site

Harrison Bader Blocking Out The Noise As He Quiets Approach At The Plate

Mic’d up Mets star first baseman Pete Alonso was entertaining an ESPN audience Wednesday when his former Florida Gators teammate approached the plate for a second-inning at-bat against All-Star starter Marcus Stroman.

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In Defeat, Mike Shildt Still Likes His Pitching; Harrison Bader Ball; Sunday-Ish For Matt Carpenter; The Integrity Of The Game

A rarity for an exhibition game in the first week of spring training was that the Cardinals employed only four pitchers in losing 3-2 to the New York Mets here Friday.

Post-Dispatch

Michael Wacha Flashes Improved Velocity In First Mets Puting

Michael Wacha’s two scoreless innings Tuesday were a nice way to start his Mets career, but it’s the 94-96 mph he consistently flashed that resonated loudest.

NY Post

Meet 'Juice' - He's Made More Cardinals Look Good Than Pirates' Pitching

He’s cut more Cardinals than a general manager. His name is Hugo Tandron, but no one knows that. He goes by Juice. He’s renowned around Major League Baseball, and he’s a Cardinals spring training staple. Once a week, he’s here at camp, cutting the hair of your favorite players.

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Tyler O'Neill Opens Competition For Cardinals' Left Field Spot With Mammoth Homer

Of Tyler O’Neill’s obliteration of a baseball Saturday, pitcher Jack Flaherty said: “Yeah, those are fun to watch.”

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Rick Porcello 'Excited To Get Out There' For Mets Debut

Before the first week of Grapefruit League games, pitching coach Jeremy Hefner gave Rick Porcello a choice between pitching the opener, or one last round of live batting practice. Considering Porcello was only going to throw a couple dozen pitches in either scenario, the workload was going to be the same.

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Video: Matthew Liberature On His Mental Approach 2-14-2020

Matthew Liberatore aims to emulate the mental approach of Aroldis Chapman, Max Scherzer, Marcus Stroman and Gerrit Cole: "I think what really separates the guys who are great and the guys who are good is the mental side of the game and the between-the-ears stuff." #STLCards pic.twitter.com/z6XuqCc3Vn

— FOX Sports Midwest (@FSMidwest) February 14, 2020

Michael Wacha, Who Likely Is Fighting For A Spot In Rotation, Not Getting Ahead Of Himself

Michael Wacha’s arrival Sunday made it official: The entire Mets rotation, a key — and perhaps the key — to a successful season, is here.

Newsday

Matthew Liberatore Wants To Be The "Biggest, Baddest Dude Out There" When He Takes The Mound

Once the initial excitement of being traded to the Cardinals settled down last week, Matthew Liberatore’s thoughts drifted back to early last summer, and a telephone conversation with Nolan Gorman, his best friend.

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Mets Signed Marcus Stroman To One-Year/$12M Deal To Avoid Salary Arbitration

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So You're Starting Dakota Hudson In An Elimination Game

With the Cardinals’ offense held to two runs across the first three games of the NLCS against the Nationals, the team has dug themselves a hole. The odds of the Cardinals winning four straight games aren’t high; our standard odds give the Cardinals a 3.1% chance at taking the series with ZiPS’ method going a bit higher at 4.9%.

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Marcus Stroman Guts It Out, Despite Upset Stomach

With the Mets’ postseason hopes hanging by a thread, they need gutsy efforts like the one Marcus Stroman delivered on Sunday afternoon against the Reds at Great American Ball Park.

New York-N Official Site