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A player such as Yoenis Cespedes could hit 20 homers in this 60-game season or play fewer than 20 games. Eric Karabell highlights players like Cespedes who could be the X factors during this unprecedented season.

Baseball doesn't seem right without high-fives, hugs from teammates and spitting, players said, but it sure beats the alternative.

Japan's professional baseball league opened the delayed season three weeks ago. Now fans are back too.

Who's a traditionalist? Who can't wait to have an extra bat in the lineup? Here's what NL skippers had to say about MLB's biggest 2020 rule change.

The schedule is set, the players are in camp and we're ready for some baseball. Here's what you need to know about the 2020 season.

Cody Bellinger, the reigning National League MVP, said he's ready for a "weird" year.

Eligible for free agency after this season, Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto said Thursday that he's not worried about what the future holds despite the possibility that the coronavirus pandemic could affect salaries going forward.

Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon said he thinks using piped-in an noise for games in empty stadiums is "stupid" and would prefer silence or music instead.

Indians OF Franmil Reyes says he learned from what happened over the weekend and vowed to not do it again.

With the MLB schedule released, we look at the hitters most helped and most challenged by their 60-game slate, including Fernando Tatis Jr. and Anthony Rendon.

Major League Baseball will open the 2021 season on April 1 and hopes to have every team play its first game on the same day for the first time since 1968.

The Major League Baseball Umpires Association has distanced itself from comments made by veteran Joe West.

With the MLB schedule released, we look at the hitters most helped and most challenged by their 60-game slate, including Fernando Tatis Jr. and Anthony Rendon.

Eric Karabell breaks down all the twists and turns of our first roto mock.

Avoiding COVID-19 -- on the field and in the clubhouse, at home and on the road -- might be the difference between winning and losing.

How likely is it that the best teams will rise to the top in this year's shortened season? We looked to the recent past to find out.

The Mets' slugging phenom is moving up in MLB's pecking order.

The Phillies' backstop is the clear leader, but several breakout performers are on the way up.

Scouting opportunities are few and far between, but Kiley McDaniel had a chance to see some top players in action. Here's his report.

Fighting, surviving and rebuilding are built into Puerto Rico's national ethos. Three Puerto Ricans -- former Yankee Bernie Williams, Olympian Beverly Ramos and tennis pro Monica Puig tell stories of facing hurricanes, earthquakes and coronavirus.