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DODGERS PITCHER WALKER BUEHLER SLAMS MLB OWNERS IN SINCE-DELETED TWEETS AMID LOCKOUT

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The Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher, Walker Buehler, took to Twitter on Thursday night to express his frustrations towards the MLB owners amid the league's lockout.

"PLEASE tell me how what we, the players, are asking for is crazy? Inflation happens. Markets rise. Money grows," Buehler wrote. "Ask our owners. They know. Why would we agree to less than even inflation level income rises? Would you take that?"

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MANFRED JOINS IN, MLB LOCKOUT TALKS APPEAR TO GAIN MOMENTUM

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Baseball players and owners took a first step toward salvaging opening day, nearing agreement Friday on an amateur draft lottery during lockout negotiations that included a surprise one-on-one meeting between Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark.

While an agreement on the draft was not complete, the talks gained momentum for the first time as Major League Baseball's end of Monday deadline approached for a deal that would preserve opening day on March 31 and a 162-game schedule.

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MLB LOCKOUT COULD COST SCHERZER $232K DAILY, COLE $193K

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Sometime soon, lockout costs become real: Max Scherzer would forfeit $232,975 for each regular-season day lost, and Gerrit Cole $193,548.

Based on last year’s base salaries that totaled just over $3.8 billion, major league players would combine to lose $20.5 million for each day wiped off the 186-day regular-season schedule.

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MLB: MATT HARVEY ADMITS TO USING DRUGS FROM FORMER ANGELS EMPLOYEE ERIC KAY

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Four MLB players testified Tuesday that they received oxycodone pills from a former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of providing Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to the pitcher's overdose death.

Pitchers Matt Harvey, Mike Morin and Cam Bedrosian and first baseman C.J. Cron all took the stand and described bits and pieces of recreational drug use allegedly going on in and around the Angels three years ago, when they played for the team.

They were with the Angels at some point from 2017-19, the years federal prosecutors say Eric Kay obtained drugs for players. Kay faces drug distribution and drug conspiracy charges.

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LOCKED OUT MLB PLAYERS REJECT OFFER OF FEDERAL MEDIATION

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Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time start to spring training and increased the work stoppage’s threat to opening day.

One day after MLB asked for help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Major League Baseball Players Association on Friday ruled out a third party trying to assist the fractured sport’s warring factions.

“Two months after implementing their lockout, and just two days after committing to players that a counterproposal would be made, the owners refused to make a counter, and instead requested mediation,” the union said in a statement.

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