7:00 AM ET There is no baseball on the horizon, but there will be a baseball draft this week, though not in its usual form. You can watch the first round starting at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday on ESPN, with ESPN2 airing the next four rounds starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. Here are some
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8:00 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DAY … TODAY, it is draft day. The scouting of players for the annual June draft is filled with stories,
8:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association has made a proposal to MLB for a season of 89 games with a full prorated share of salary and expanded playoffs, sources familiar with the
10:50 PM ET With the 2020 baseball season hanging in the balance in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have been trading proposals to return to action. Here, we boil down the salient details of the offers and counteroffers from the owners and the union as both
8:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Major League Baseball Players Association is making a proposal to MLB for a season of 89 games with a full prorated share of salary and expanded playoffs, sources familiar with the
8:06 PM ET St. Louis Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt Jr. is the second major league baseball owner in a week to say that the sport doesn’t produce a lot of profit as labor negotiations between the owners and players continue, with the 2020 season hanging in the balance. “The industry isn’t very profitable, to be
7:09 PM ET Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua — A Nicaraguan Hall of Fame baseball manager was fired Tuesday, days after publicly speaking about being hospitalized with the coronavirus along with his son and coach. Norman Cardoze Sr., manager of the San Fernando Beasts, was not given a reason for his firing, but his wife, Fátima
7:00 AM ET Maybe the most remarkable aspect of the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 was that everyone expected Roger Maris’ record to fall. Mark McGwire hit 58 the previous season and Ken Griffey Jr. 56, putting Maris’ mark of 61 in obvious jeopardy. Sports Illustrated put McGwire on the cover of its baseball
9:57 AM ET Denard Span didn’t play last season and he says he is now retired over principles about what he believes he’s worth. The veteran outfielder was a free agent before last season after the Seattle Mariners declined his $12 million option for the 2019 season. He told MLBTradeRumors.com that he received only minimum
7:50 PM ET The morning before he became the only baseball player to kneel for the national anthem, then-Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell called outfielder Delino DeShields, then a member of the Texas Rangers, to tell him about his plans. After President Donald Trump had called kneeling NFL players “sons of bitches” in 2017, Maxwell