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Dodger Stadium opens as coronavirus testing site
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 17:42
LOS ANGELES -- Dodger Stadium, which has hosted nearly 20 million fans over the past five seasons, opened as a coronavirus testing facility that is considered to be the largest in the state of California.The drive-through testing site has the capacity to test 6,000 people daily, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday from a lectern. Tests will be conducted…
Dodgers to cut salaries June 1 to avoid layoffs
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 18:43
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Tuesday that they will not impose furloughs or layoffs on full-time employees due to the coronavirus pandemic but instead will begin a system of tiered salary cuts.The Dodgers informed hundreds of their employees on a Zoom call Tuesday afternoon that the salary cuts -- which will range from 0 to 35% or more for top…
Sources: A's to undergo furloughs, salary cuts
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 21:42
The Oakland Athletics, feeling the financial crunch of a 2020 season that has yet to get off the ground, have implemented a system of furloughs and salary reductions that will impact the majority of their baseball-operations department, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.Professional scouts will be furloughed next week and amateur scouts will be furloughed shortly after the June 10-11 draft.…
Sources: Players balk at MLB's pay-cut proposal
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 23:11
Major League Baseball drew the ire of the players' union Tuesday with an economic proposal that called for a significant cut in salaries that would affect all players and particularly the game's highest paid, sources familiar with the proposal told ESPN.The long-awaited plan, the first volley in an expected back-and-forth that will determine whether baseball returns in 2020, proposed a…
Kiley McDaniel's 2020 MLB mock draft 2.0
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:44
With the June 10 MLB draft two weeks away, team preferences and talent tiers are coming into focus, so it made sense to use the long weekend to pump some sources and put out another mock draft before we enter the final phase of preparations. I have a solid feel for where the top half-dozen or so picks stand right…
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