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Holding your fantasy baseball draft now anyway? Here's how to tweak your strategy
Eric Karabell, AJ Mass and Tristan H. Cockcroft discuss how you should handle injured players and prospects in fantasy baseball drafts when you don't know when the season will begin. Plus, some fun twists you can add to your drafts.
Imagining a Team USA baseball dream team
Marcus Stroman is recruiting a star-studded United States group for the 2021 World Baseball Classic, so we picked a roster using a few rules of our own -- and this squad is stacked.
'We are fighting against an invisible enemy': A Red Sox scout in Italy details life in COVID-19 lockdown
As a pro baseball scout in Europe, Rene Saggiadi's life was nearly perfect -- until the coronavirus outbreak brought his nation to a halt.
Minor leaguers seek side gigs -- and answers -- during shutdown
MLB has granted minor leaguers, who are paid salary only during the season, a stipend to tide them over. But like many people, the players are struggling to make ends meet during the coronavirus outbreak.
Black open to doubleheaders when MLB returns
With Opening Day pushed to mid-May at the earliest, Rockies manager Bud Black said he'd be "up for some sort of doubleheader situation" so teams could fit in as many games as possible this season.
Olney: Timing of Sale's surgery makes perfect sense -- even if the season weren't on hold
It would be easy to speculate that the coronavirus pandemic pushed Sale to have surgery now. But the choice really wasn't about that.
Giants lose RHP Beede to Tommy John surgery
Tyler Beede, who had been vying for a Giants rotation spot, instead will undergo Tommy John elbow surgery Friday.
Red Sox's Sale to undergo Tommy John surgery
Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale will undergo Tommy John surgery, the team announced Thursday.
Stroman recruits USA 'Dream Team' for '21 WBC
Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman sparked a conversation online about Team USA in the 2021 World Baseball Classic, calling out prominent American baseball stars on Twitter in hopes of creating a WBC "Dream Team."
MLB: Minor leaguers will be paid through April 8
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that minor league players will be paid between now and April 8, the scheduled start of the minor league season.
Sports on hold: What about my tickets?
Wondering what happens with your ticket to a recently canceled or postponed sporting event? We went to the experts to find out.
McDaniel's AL team-by-team top prospect rankings
How much depth do the Rays have behind Wander Franco? We break down the American League.
Mariners tell players to enter offseason mode
The Mariners have shut down their spring training facility in Arizona because of the coronavirus and told their players to view the coming weeks as though they are in offseason mode.
Favre to N.Y.? MJ to MiLB? Brady's not the first to leave an iconic team
Tom Brady is not the only star -- or even the only star quarterback -- to ever leave the team that made him famous.
MLB cancels games in Mexico City, San Juan
The Padres had been scheduled to play the Diamondbacks on April 18-19 in Mexico City, and the Mets were supposed to play the Marlins on April 28-30 in San Juan. The games will be rescheduled for the home teams' cities, MLB said.
All playoffs, status quo and more: What the 2020 MLB season could look like once (if?) it gets going
How will baseball adapt to a shortened season? A revamped playoff format? Reconfigured divisions? We explore the options.
Kiley McDaniel's National League team-by-team top prospect rankings
Will the Dodgers and Braves just keep getting better? We look at the top players on the rise for each NL team.
Ranking MLB stars it would be most shocking to see in a new uniform
Tom Brady is on the move after two decades in New England. That got us thinking about potential baseball equivalents.
Reds staff member tests positive for COVID-19
The Reds say a staff member based in Arizona has tested positive for COVID-19.
Tigers LHP prospect Wentz has elbow surgery
Left-hander Joey Wentz, a prospect in the Detroit Tigers organization, had surgery to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.