9:17 PM ET Albert Pujols is giving back to his team and his native Dominican Republic. According to the Los Angeles Times, the veteran Angels slugger is covering $180,000 in salary lost by staff members of the team in the Dominican who were furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The gesture will cover about five
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8:46 PM ET Associated Press CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — 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. The Eagles made the announcement. The Mets said they plan to
2:02 PM ET The Major League Baseball Players Association has finalized a proposal to MLB for a season in the neighborhood of 70 games, sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers. Following a four-hour negotiation in Phoenix between the leaders Tuesday, MLB emerged believing the framework of a deal had been agreed upon, sources
7:00 AM ET They might just end up being the three words that turned the tide for Major League Baseball — or at least for the players who seemingly moved ahead of the league in the public relations game between the two sides earlier this week. It has already become a T-shirt, and with the
4:14 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN After several days of stalemate in the negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association, we may have some traction toward a deal to resume the 2020 season. After commissioner Rob Manfred and union chief Tony Clark met face-to-face, we’re seeing the sport move back toward discussions about
3:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major leaguers have committed $1 million to support minor leaguers whose leagues appear unlikely to start this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Major League Baseball Players Trust, a not-for-profit affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association, made the announcement. While MLB and the union
2:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has sent a new proposal to the MLB Players Association, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday. No deal is done, but with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark having met recently, this is seen as significant progress considering where the parties
7:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. On May 5, one year after he went into surgery for a gruesome knee injury that nearly put an end to his Major League Baseball dreams, KBO star Sung-Bum Na stepped to the plate and gathered his thoughts. Those
7:00 AM ET The 2021 draft class is pretty solid at the top, with an SEC-heavy flavor and players with whom scouts have multiple years of high-level history. This is subject to change, even later today, as the first event of the summer, Perfect Game National, is being held in Hoover, Alabama, and features most
9:20 PM ET In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases warned of the potential dangers of letting the Major League Baseball season go too far into the fall. “If the question is time, I would try to keep it in the