3:00 PM ET The MLB Players Association gave a written collective bargaining agreement proposal to Major League Baseball on Sunday. It included a $5 million reduction to the union’s last offer in a pre-arbitration bonus pool, but it did not include any changes to its competitive balance tax proposal, according to sources familiar with the

11:52 AM ET Major League Baseball wants a 14-second pitch clock with the bases empty and a 19-second timer with runners on, according to sources familiar with the situation. The two numbers were settled on after experiments in the minor leagues, including in Low-A in 2021, where game times were cut by about 20 minutes.

3:56 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of a 14-team postseason start off a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead. Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand the

7:47 PM ET Kiley McDaniel Close ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Fallout

8:43 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Officials from the Major League Baseball Players Association are preparing a written response to MLB’s last offer on a new collective bargaining agreement that preceded the league canceling the first week of

11:15 AM ET ESPN News Services Locked-out Major League Baseball players are starting a $1 million fund to support workers impacted by canceled games. In addition, Major League Baseball will also be setting up a fund for impacted workers, a source told ESPN. The players’ association on Friday said the fund will be administered by

8:30 AM ET Hours before the negotiation teams of the players and owners met Thursday, one industry source lamented the state of the game. Each side is entrenched and angry, the source noted. “I don’t even know where we go from here,” he said. “I really don’t. Everybody is painted into a corner.” With the

6:54 AM ET In light of Tuesday’s announcement of the cancellation of games and postponement of Opening Day, fantasy baseball managers might be lukewarm about their upcoming drafts. How should leagues now handle their drafts? Should they stick to their original dates or reschedule them for a later time when the labor situation is a

10:05 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem and MLB Players Association attorney Bruce Meyer plan to have an informal one-on-one meeting Thursday to resume talks amid baseball’s work stoppage, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The meeting, which will take place in New York between Halem and Meyer —

6:39 AM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft (The full, nine-inning Playbook was originally published during the spring of 2020. The following 2022 analysis is new.) We’ve gone through the basics of fantasy baseball, discussed auction strategy and how to build a cheat sheet. We’ve also provided in-season trade and free-agency tips, dug deep into the advanced