9:00 AM ET Kudos, Ken Burns. Earlier this month, with the coronavirus pandemic canceling sports and shutting many inside their homes, the famed documentarian made his “Baseball” series free to stream via PBS. So, with Opening Day not expected to arrive anytime soon, we wondered — what else is out there to stream? On its
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11:54 AM ET The New York Yankees have informed their minor league players that another minor leaguer in the organization has tested positive for the coronavirus, sources familiar with the message told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. The Yankees have now had two minor league players test positive for coronavirus. The previous player had spent
11:54 AM ET The New York Yankees have informed their minor league players that another minor leaguer in the organization has tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced in a statement on Tuesday. “While under self-quarantine, the player reported fatigue and an elevated body temperature to Yankees medical personne,” the statement read. “The test
11:00 AM ET In retrospect, the conference calls Major League Baseball regularly holds these days must seem like a waste of time to some of the participants. The circumstances to which MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association must react are changing so quickly that what once might have seemed important the day or
10:26 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Second baseman Joe Panik was added to the 40-man major league roster by the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. Toronto selected the contract of the 29-year-old from Triple-A Buffalo and placed right-hander Yennsy Diaz on the 60-day injured list with a right lat strain. Panik gets a one-year
2:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball pushed back Opening Day until mid-May at the earliest on Monday after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks because of the coronavirus. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement following a conference call with
12:01 PM ET When Major League Baseball announced Opening Day would be delayed by at least two weeks, two words stood out: at least. As each day passes, and the coronavirus pandemic continues, it’s clear those two weeks could likely become two months — or more. Here’s the latest on what we’re hearing about a
12:23 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” A New York Yankees minor league player has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the first known baseball player affected by the outbreak, the team confirmed. The player, who did not spend any
7:00 AM ET Last Monday, Major League Baseball closed its clubhouses to media members. By Wednesday, scouts were being pulled off the road. On Thursday, an announcement stated that the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks. Before Friday came to an end, spring training operations were officially suspended. And on Sunday,
11:00 AM ET When the Major League Baseball season is restarted in 2020 — that is to say, if it’s restarted, because it’s foolhardy to assume anything under the current circumstances — the run-up to the first games could be fast and furious, with everyone pushing to get back on the field and open the