MLB

10:05 PM ET With Major League Baseball mulling its options on returning to play amid the coronavirus pandemic, Buck Showalter, who managed the only game in MLB history played without spectators, said fans are a critical component, and having games without them would affect players. “You need people there and saying, ‘Hey, it’s important what
0 Comments
6:11 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays are the first Major League Baseball team known to plan furloughs of some full-time employees because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple reports. Temporary cost-cutting measures will take effect on Saturday, The Associated Press and the Tampa Bay Times reported Wednesday.
0 Comments
5:07 PM ET Associated Press Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and the rest of this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame class will have to wait another year for their big moment in Cooperstown. The Hall of Fame announced Wednesday that it has canceled the July 26 induction ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the class
0 Comments
5:03 PM ET ESPN News Services The St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs announced ticket refund policies on Wednesday for games not played through May because of the coronavirus outbreak, with some Major League Baseball teams offering plans for cash returns and bonus credit. A day after MLB told clubs they could
0 Comments
1:56 PM ET Baltimore Orioles star Trey Mancini on Wednesday described the “weird couple of months” that he’s been through since having surgery for stage 3 colon cancer on March 12 — the same day baseball shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. “That happened, literally, in the middle of my surgery,” Mancini said Wednesday.
0 Comments
1:17 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. In January, Yadier Molina was resolute. With his three-year, $60 million contract set to expire after the 2020 season, Molina, who turns 38 in July, had decided he wanted to play several more years — but only in a
0 Comments
8:57 AM ET ESPN News Services Manny Ramirez says he still misses stepping into the batter’s box and wants to return to professional baseball. The former MLB superstar, who will turn 48 in May, has his sights set on the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, where he briefly played in 2013. In an interview
0 Comments