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With MLB having discretion to cut the draft to five rounds this year and 20 rounds in '21 -- as well as deferring bonuses through '22 -- agent Scott Boras believes baseball "should keep the status quo" and is sending the wrong message to amateurs.

Joy Kurkjian turns 96 years old. She went to every game her sons played. She almost turned one of her kid's homers into a double.

Pete Rose bet on baseball. He also went to prison for tax evasion. The day he got out, he went directly to the batting cage.

The season won't start until experts agree games would not pose a health risk and travel restrictions and bans on mass gatherings are lifted, though the idea of playing in empty stadiums can be revisited, sources told ESPN.

Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard had Tommy John surgery on Thursday and is expected to return sometime in the 2021 season, a source told ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Whether you're new to fantasy baseball or a grizzled veteran, mock drafting today can make the difference between winning and losing. Here's how to make the most of each mock.

Eric Karabell's thoughts on the Tampa Bay Rays' fantasy outlook for 2020.

Our reporters take you inside the dugouts and clubhouses with their favorite stories away from the limelight.

We sure could use a ballgame to take our minds off all that's going on these days. But with that impossible, here are some fulfilling alternatives.

Watch four great pitching performances on ESPN's "Strikeout Saturday," featuring Max Scherzer, Kerry Wood and more.

The improbable story of Jim Morris' trip to the majors made for quite a movie, but there are others who were old-timers when they first made it to The Show.

Pete Rose bet on baseball. He also went to prison for tax evasion. The day he got out, he went directly to the batting cage.

We celebrated what would have been Opening Day with a Home Run Derby Classics marathon, so we asked our MLB reporters to relive the long ball excitement from 2019, '18, '17 and '15 all over again.

If there is no season in 2020, players will still get full service time. Meaning players like Mookie Betts would still be free agents in November.

Rhys Hoskins isn't known for pitching shutouts, but he did it Thursday in a virtual version of an Opening Day matchup against Miami.

Jimmy Wynn, the 5-foot-9 former Astros slugger in the 1960s and '70s who made three All-Star teams, died Thursday in Houston. He was 78.

We're celebrating what would have been Opening Day with a Home Run Derby Classics marathon, so we asked our MLB reporters to relive the long ball excitement from 2019, '18, '17 and '15 all over again.

MLB and Fanatics executive chairman Michael Rubin have announced plans to use baseball jersey fabric to make at least 1 million masks and hospital gowns to support health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

The 23-year-old right-hander missed last season after having Tommy John surgery in September 2018, but he hit triple digits during spring training this year.

Former Braves owner Bill Bartholomay, who moved the franchise from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966 to become Major League Baseball's first team in the South, has died. He was 91.