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MLB proposes limiting free agent signings to a few weeks in December and then from February on

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Major League Baseball has proposed limiting free-agent signings to several weeks in December and then from early February on each offseason along with a ban on trades during the gap in between. The plan offered to the players' association Thursday is contingent on adoption of the salary cap system MLB proposed in May, which the union has vowed never to accept. MLB also proposed lowering the maximum in-season options…

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