7:00 AM ET After the rousing success of eight amazing seasons of the 1980s, my editor suggested we follow that up with nine for the ’90s. I told Dan, in my best Luke Skywalker voice, “That’s impossible.” You see, the 1990s were such an astonishing statistical orgy that I couldn’t pick just nine seasons. No,
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7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN As far as Major League Baseball history, what was it that set the 1990s apart? You mean, besides the start of two different dynasties? Adding four new teams? How about a season without a World Series? Or how Cal Ripken Jr. surpassing Lou Gehrig’s record helped bring the game back
11:29 AM ET While the official start date hasn’t been announced, the 2020 MLB draft is reportedly expected to begin June 10 and be held virtually due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The draft was initially scheduled to be held June 10-12. How many rounds will there be? This year’s draft will be shortened from
8:46 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball expects to offer a return-to-play proposal to the MLB Players Association within a week, as teams have begun to encourage players to prepare for a “spring” training that could
8:01 PM ET Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Fans will be allowed to enter baseball stadiums for games in Taiwan for the first time this season as part of a gradual easing of restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. The China Professional Baseball League said up to 1,000 people would be permitted to enter ballparks Friday
8:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith I WAS IN first grade, sitting in my little-kid chair at a low-to-the-ground table, when the loudspeaker in my classroom rattled to life one day. Could Ryan Hockensmith come to the guidance counselor’s office? I didn’t even know what a guidance counselor was, so I was clueless when I wandered
1:22 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The coronavirus pandemic has put on hold not only the 2020 major league season but also contract-extension talks between All-Star shortstop Javier Baez and the Chicago Cubs. Baez, under team control through 2021, told ESPN that the Cubs and
8:00 AM ET The new normal in Major League Baseball is slowly taking shape, in a business currently shuttered. At least one team ownership has already dictated a budget rollback in 2021, and front-office executives from other organizations believe they will get similar orders. Some scouts expect a wave of furloughs to come down after
9:42 AM ET New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge will undergo another CT scan on his injured rib later this month, but manager Aaron Boone is encouraged by the outfielder’s recovery. Boone updated Judge’s status during an interview Tuesday with MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM, saying that baseball’s shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic has provided
7:49 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 DATE IN 1931, “The Say Hey Kid” was born. When Willie Mays debuted for the New York Giants in 1951,