3:17 PM ET The Texas Collegiate League, a wood-bat summer circuit for college players, is being expanded to include several minor league franchises, the league announced Thursday. Five affiliated minor league teams will host newly created teams in the in a 30-game season that begins July 3. While the league is an amateur circuit, the
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11:20 AM ET I was told that the 2020 MLB draft would be wild, and I was lulled into a false sense of security by last year’s chalky top of the draft. We had true mayhem on Day 1 and I’ll use the favorite/head-scratcher format to break it down, but there wasn’t a truly “what
7:00 AM ET The first night of the 2020 MLB draft is in the books, but there are still several big names left on draft boards whom some expected to be long gone by Day 2. Among them are prep stars expecting bigger money to lure them away from their college commitments and college players
2:03 AM ET It was an unusual MLB draft, for sure, staged remotely in the midst of contentious negotiations over an uncertain return. But it was a real, live sporting event, one typically defined by hope for a brighter future, so — we’ll take it! Yes, it felt a little off. No, it wasn’t what
12:08 AM ET Associated Press Claudell Washington, a two-time All-Star outfielder who played 17 seasons in the majors after being called up as a teenager by the Oakland Athletics, has died. He was 65. Washington died early Wednesday morning in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to his friend, A’s scout and former major leaguer
From the first round Wednesday night to the second through fifth rounds that follow Thursday night, the 2020 MLB draft is here and we’ve got everything you need for all 160 picks. The Detroit Tigers have the No. 1 overall pick, followed by the Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins and Kansas City Royals. It’s a college-heavy
7:24 PM ET The Boston Red Sox on Wednesday responded to recent comments by former major league outfielder Torii Hunter regarding racial abuse at Fenway Park, saying they were “real” and vowing to continue to improve as an organization in that area. “Torii Hunter’s experience is real. If you doubt him because you’ve never heard
7:14 PM ET Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson made history when the Detroit Tigers selected him with the first pick in the 2020 MLB draft on Wednesday, making him the first college first baseman and the first right-handed-hitting first baseman ever selected with the first overall pick. Torkelson played first base at Arizona State, but
6:16 PM ET Rob Manfred is certain that Major League Baseball will take place this summer, but he is hopeful that it will come as the result of a negotiated agreement with the MLB Players Association, a circumstance that feels unlikely in the midst of contentious, seemingly unproductive negotiations over the past few weeks. Manfred,
7:00 AM ET I’ve been on the phone almost nonstop for the past few days after mostly being on and off the phone for the past few weeks. I’ve noticed that most conversations until about dinnertime Tuesday started with hope, then began fizzling about 10 minutes in when both sides realized nobody knew anything yet.