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Call to arms: Compressed schedule could mean more pitchers

When and if opening day comes around this year, New York Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake anticipates a brimming bullpen.

Rangers vet Choo giving $1K each to 191 Texas minor leaguers

Rangers veteran Shin-Soo Choo is helping out financially strapped minor league players with the season on hold, giving $1,000 ...

NCAA throws baseball coaches a curve with added eligibility

Widely hailed as the right thing to do for student-athlete welfare, the NCAA's decision to extend spring sports athletes' ...

AP exclusive: MLB vets get $4,775 daily during virus outset

Gerrit Cole, Mike Trout and other veteran major leaguers will receive $4,775 per day in advance pay for the first 60 days of ...

Masks on the field? Ahmed ready if games can be played

In order to get back on the baseball field, Nick Ahmed is willing to play as a masked man. The two-time Gold Glove shortstop ...

MLB extends support to minor leaguers through May

Major League Baseball is extending its financial support to minor league players through May while suspending their contracts ...

Red Sox LHP Sale has Tommy John Surgery

Red Sox starter Chris Sale had Tommy John surgery on his left elbow on Monday, his 31st birthday, waiting 11 days after ...

As MLB ponders post-virus season, players worry about health

As Major League Baseball and the players' union contemplate various ways to create a schedule for whenever the coronavirus ...

MLB final pitch could be closer to Christmas than Halloween

If the final pitch of the 2020 baseball season comes closer to Christmas than Halloween, that's fine with the players.

AP sources: MLBers keep service time in deal; draft may trim

Players agreed to a deal with Major League Baseball that would preserve service time in the event this season is canceled ...

MLB uniform maker switches to producing medical masks, gowns

The Bryce Harper jersey that could have been worn this baseball season by the biggest Philadelphia Phillies fan is now a ...

A realistic simulation: Trout is opening day Strat star

Mike Trout hit two home runs off Zack Greinke and scored four times to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros ...

Coronavirus closes ballparks, delays Opening Day

The coronavirus pandemic empties US ballparks on Opening Day, Thursday March 26. If the closure continues the rest of the ...

Bill Bartholomay, who moved Braves to Atlanta, dies at 91

Former Braves owner Bill Bartholomay, who moved the franchise from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966 to become Major League ...

Unused rental cars parked at baseball stadiums

Thursday was supposed to be opening day for Major League Baseball, but stadiums are empty, with the season postponed due to ...

7-inning doubleheaders? MLBers open to considering new ideas

If Major League Baseball needs to squeeze more games into a condensed season without exhausting pitching staffs, perhaps this ...

Opening day memories: From Seaver to Scully, Ted to the Ted

No game today. On what was supposed to be opening day all around the majors, ballparks will be shut Thursday because of the ...

MLB airing 30 classic games digitally on PPD opening day

Major League Baseball will air 30 games across its digital platforms Thursday, giving fans plenty of hardball to choose from ...

Red Sox minor leaguer tests positive for virus, complex shut

A minor league player for the Boston Red Sox has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting the team to close down its ...

Mets star pitcher Noah Syndergaard needs Tommy John surgery

Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard became the latest big-name pitcher to need Tommy John surgery, joining the Yankees' Luis ...