Melvin, who signed a three-year, $11.5 million contract with the Padres after leaving Oakland, will be the best acquisition the Padres make all year.
Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY
‘The system worked’: MLB players didn’t get everything they wanted, but union touts new CBA as a win
Major League Baseball’s lockout ended Thursday with the ratification of a new CBA, setting up a sprint to opening day less than a month away.
Ugly CBA negotiations are over and baseball is back. Still, what took so long to get this deal done?
MLB has a new CBA. Now comes the hard part … trying to repair a relationship with the players, and restoring the baseball’s luster and beauty.
MLB’s lockout is mercifully over. Where do we go from here?
Now that MLB and the players union labor war is over, buckle up for a frantic, crazy, chaotic and turbulent month before Opening Day.
Doomed MLB talks create further distrust between Rob Manfred and owners, and the MLBPA | Opinion
It’s unknown how much baseball will be permanently scarred by this lockout, but without a full season, there’s fear the damage could be irreparable.
MLB gives the players union a Tuesday night deadline to accept a new deal as talks gain urgency
MLB gave the players union a Tuesday night deadline to accept one of their options in a new proposal that would reinstate the 162-game season.
‘We are deadlocked’: MLB could cancel another week of games soon as talks show little progress
The players union gave MLB the right to implement rule changes with a 45-day notice instead of a full year, but sizable economic differences remain.
Nightengale’s Notebook: Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes is poster boy for MLB labor fight
Corbin Burnes earning little more than the MLB minimum in 2021 is an example of why the players union is battling so vigorously in labor negotiations.
‘A sad day’: Failed MLB lockout negotiations leave sport reeling and future uncertain | Opinion
The cancellation of Opening Day leaves Major League Baseball uncertain if it will ever recover and everyone seething with rage.
MLB, union talk for more than 16 hours; new Tuesday 5 p.m. ET deadline set to save full season
After 16 1/2 hours and 13 negotiating sessions Monday into Tuesday, the two sides have a new deadline to save the full season. They are hopeful.