Chelsea Janes
@chelseajanes
MLB insider, SNY
For those interested, which we all will be in December but can justify ignoring while everyone happily plays baseball here in May, the MLBPA made a proposal to the owners today. The owners did not accept it. I would expect this pattern to continue.
Left elbow bone bruise for Max Fried, Yankees say. He will be on the IL for a few weeks before he even gets imaging again. It’ll be awhile.
Getting a lot of questions about how the Nats moving to MLB as a broadcast partner instead of MASN will affect fans. Tried to answer some of them here.
Seidler family announces they are exploring “strategic options” for the Padres, including a potential sale.
MLB announces that all authorized betting partners will now cap wagers on pitch-level bets at $200 and exclude them from parlays. Pitch-level bets, you may remember, are the kind Clase, Ortiz, and their co-conspirators allegedly exploited.
Luis Ortiz’s attorney, Chris Georgalis, says Ortiz is innocent and that payments to the DR that DOJ alleges were related to betting were for “lawful activities”
Good morning from Craig Albernaz’s introductory press conference. The man sitting in the front row, back of head to the camera in the beige suit, is Guardians manager Stephen Vogt, here to support his friend.
Huge news: As of this morning, Boz is officially a Hall of Famer. It’s about time.