Baseball players proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule Thursday, a plan immediately rejected by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred with the sides 10 games and about $275 million apart on plans to start the coronavirus-delayed season.
Each team would play 60 games over 10 weeks starting July 20, though a Sunday opener on July 19 could be added. The framework would result in players receiving about 37% of their salaries and would come to roughly $1.48 billion from salaries originally totaling $4 billion.
Major League Baseball and its players are moving closer - to a deal or to Commissioner Rob Manfred ordering a shortened season without an agreement.
The Washington Nationals selected Oklahoma right-handed pitcher Cade Cavalli with the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft Wednesday night.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there is a “100%” chance of big league ball this year.
The Detroit Tigers selected Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies shut down their spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida, after five players and three staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Elsewhere in Florida, the Tampa Bay Lightning closed its practice rink down after three players and some staff members tested positive for the virus.
Five players for the Philadelphia Phillies have tested positive for COVID-19 at the team's spring camp in Florida, prompting the club to indefinitely close the complex.
John Stuper remembers some of the first advice he got from veterans when he joined the St. Louis Cardinals as a rookie pitcher in 1982: Don't get too high or too low during Major League Baseball's grueling 162-game schedule or you'll go insane.
The Texas Rangers signed their top two draft picks Friday, even though it is unclear where second baseman Justin Foscue and outfielder Evan Carter will begin their professional careers.
Phillies say 5 players, 3 staffers test positive for COVID-19 in Clearwater, Florida, facility.
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The NCAA on Friday expanded its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its sponsored events, one day after the Southeastern Conference made a similar declaration aimed at the Mississippi state flag.
The Portland Sea Dogs are embracing golf during the pandemic.
The Minnesota Twins removed a statue of former owner Calvin Griffith at Target Field, citing his racist remarks in 1978 and saying the team could no longer “remain silent.”
Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not - play ball.
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The Southeastern Conference is considering barring league championship events in Mississippi until the state changes its Confederate-based flag.
Boston College outfielder Joe Suozzi, whose father is a congressman representing parts of Queens and Long Island, has agreed to a minor league contract with the New York Mets that includes a $20,000 signing bonus.
Baseball players proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule Thursday, a plan immediately rejected by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred with the sides 10 games and about $275 million apart on plans to start the coronavirus-delayed season.
A young mountain lion that had been spotted sleeping in a planter box along a normally busy street and looking at his reflection in the glass of an office tower in downtown San Francisco was safely captured Thursday and released into the wild, officials said.
Minnesota Twins slugger Miguel Sanó told a Dominican Republic newspaper he's being blackmailed, having been accused of kidnapping and assault.
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