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With their typical routine delayed by the lockout, major leaguers are returning to their college roots.

Baseball players and owners neared agreement on an amateur draft lottery during lockout talks Friday that included a one-on-one meeting between commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark. MLB canceled three more days of spring training games.

Baseball players and owners neared agreement on an amateur draft lottery during lockout negotiations Friday that included a surprise one-on-one meeting between commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark.

Anthony Rizzo leads active major leaguers in getting hit by pitches, and it looks like he's preparing for more.

The sides in MLB's labor dispute met on Thursday in Jupiter, Florida with the league's Monday deadline to cancel games if no agreement is reached looming. The sides will meet again Friday.

Tristan H. Cockcroft's 9-part "Playbook" lays out how to go from fantasy baseball novice to expert in one season. Part 6 offers up nine tips to use during the fantasy baseball season, from trade strategies to how to value rookies and closers.

From the son of a former All-Star to elite college hitters, here's who starts the season atop our draft board. Plus, initial 2023 and 2024 rankings.

After another day of minor moves, Major League Baseball owners said Wednesday that the 2022 season will be shortened if no labor agreement has been reached by the end of Monday.

Texas Rangers top prospect Josh Jung had surgery Wednesday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, ending the third baseman's chance of being an option for the big league roster this spring.

Julio Cruz, an original Mariners player from their inaugural season who later became a Spanish-language broadcaster for the franchise, has died, the team announced Wednesday. He was 67.

As owners and players meet in Florida, we asked those around the sport how they'd solve the trickiest issues of a potential labor deal.

Tristan H. Cockcroft's 9-part "Playbook" lays out how to go from fantasy baseball novice to expert in one season. Part 5 explains how to best optimize your roster through trades and the waiver wire.

Day 2 of in-person meetings this week between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA in Jupiter, Florida once again produced little progress towards a new collective bargaining agreement while the league actually viewed the day as a step back.

Former MLB slugger Josh Hamilton pleaded guilty Tuesday pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful restraint under a plea deal that dismisses a 2020 felony indictment for injury to a child.

From Freddie Freeman's future to the free-spending Mets, here's what to expect when (and if) baseball resumes in 2022.

Tristan H. Cockcroft's 9-part "Playbook" lays out how to go from fantasy baseball novice to expert in one season. Part 4: Explaining the importance of the cheat sheet, how to build it and how to best use it.

Five hours in the boardroom on Monday didn't equate to major progress between MLB and the MLB Players Association as the sides remain far apart on a new collective bargaining agreement, sources told ESPN.

What should the bracket look like come October? Here's how everything from two teams to all 30 making it would play out.

How this expected new rule might change how fantasy managers make drafting decisions for 2022 and beyond.

It's time for another update on where baseball's immediate and long-term future stand.