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During the coronavirus crisis, team owners are crying poor. Here's what the industry has done when franchises face a real cash crunch.

Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a counterproposal, a person familiar with the negotiations said.

Pirates right-hander Chris Archer underwent surgery Tuesday that will keep him out until the 2021 season.

Spencer Torkelson's college career ended before he could finish rewriting Arizona State's record books, but the slugger could still do something rarely done as this draft's top pick.

Here's how the top prospects likely to come off the board in this June's five-round event stack up.

The Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants called off a preseason game with the Seibu Lions scheduled for Wednesday because of two positive coronavirus tests.

How good was Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000? His combined ERA for those two seasons was 1.90. The league average was 4.90. At one point, he might have had the best fastball, curve and changeup in baseball at the same time.

Baseball, basketball and soccer officials are all eager to get back to work -- and they've been doing what they can to stay sharp during the coronavirus pandemic.

Eric Karabell's thoughts on the Pittsburgh Pirates' fantasy outlook for 2020: players he likes and doesn't, and storylines that could impact playing time and performances.

If the baseball season ever starts, these players, managers and execs will have a lot of work to do -- and not much time to do it.

Spencer Torkelson's college career ended before he could finish rewriting Arizona State's record books, but he could still make more history as this draft's first overall pick.

Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said most MLB teams' yearly revenues go right back into the team and that "the league itself does not make a lot of cash."

Tim Anderson and Lucas Giolito have a unique bond on the White Sox, one they both believe other people across baseball -- and even throughout the country -- can learn from.

A break-in at Miller Park in Milwaukee early Tuesday morning led to minor field damage, the Brewers said in a statement.

On June 2, 2010, the veteran umpire cost the Tigers pitcher a perfect game. Every day, something trips Joyce's memory about his devastating mistake and the subsequent fallout: from the death threats to the piles of heartwarming emails and letters.

The two sides are still far apart on a deal to play baseball this summer, so we examine where they could meet to make it happen.

With the MLB draft little more than a week away, here's how the top prospects likely to come off the board in this June's five-round event stack up.

Which baseball teams have been the worst to bet on over the past 20 years? Here are the bottom 10.

One veteran coach explained Randy Johnson like this: "He is so tall,'' veteran coach Rich Donnelly once said, "he doesn't have a pickoff move to second, he just reaches out and touches the runner.''

Unable to yet reach a return-to-play agreement, Major League Baseball has discussed playing a shorter schedule in which it would pay members of the MLB Players Association their full prorated salaries, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.