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The MLB offseason is active with ongoing GM Meetings, the upcoming announcement of Cy Young Award winners, and the closing of the MLBTR Free Agent Prediction Contest, offering fans and analysts a busy week of rumors, awards, and predictions.
Major League Baseball cancels the remainder of its GM meetings in Scottsdale after a virus outbreak among more than 30 executives. Initially thought to be food poisoning, the league asked food servers to wear masks and gloves and instructed executives not to serve themselves at a buffet. Eight league officials fell ill, and nearly every team has someone with symptoms. The meetings were called off a day early, and agents meetings will now be conducted on Zoom.
The MLB GM meetings in Scottsdale were canceled due to a suspected contagious virus, with over 30 attendees falling ill with a stomach bug. The illness was determined to be contagious and not food poisoning. Agent meetings were moved to virtual only. MLB asked those who got sick to report symptoms for tracking purposes, and Arizona Diamondbacks team doctors offered assistance to those who were ill.
The NHL general manager meetings concluded without any proposed rule changes, but the potential expansion of coach's challenges was discussed. The GMs left the meetings anticipating the salary-cap ceiling to increase from $82.5 million to $83.5 million. The league is ready to move to the next phase of a Senators sale. The league has no issues with teams or players choosing not to wear Pride jerseys for their pregame skates. The league is not in an expansion mode right now.