As MLB readies for its shortened 2020 campaign, the league’s umpires have to make a decision on whether they will participate.
Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY
The Nashville Stars could be MLB’s next team – and baseball’s first Black-owned club
The goal is to present an official expansion proposal to MLB at the 2021 Winter Meetings in Nashville.
Opinion: Here’s hoping MLB is successful in playing out its ambitious 2020 schedule
The 2020 season is scheduled to begin July 23, with most teams playing 60 games in 66 days, assuming COVID-19 issues don’t stop play.
To play or not to play: MLB players face tough decisions amid coronavirus surge
Just three days into Spring Training 2.0, several players openly wonder how the season can possibly work and whether they’re crazy for even trying?
With pregnant wife, Angels star Mike Trout unsure if he’ll play in 2020: ‘Playing it by ear’
Mike Trout, the three-time MVP, is wary about starting the 2020 season with his wife expecting their first baby in August.
MLB announces league-wide coronavirus test results: 31 players positive for COVID-19
In total, MLB collected 3,185 samples and had 38 positives for COVID-19. Seven were staff members, according to the league.
After blowback, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred clarifies comments on 60-game season
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred raised eyebrows when he said Wednesday that MLB would never have been able to play more than 60 games.
‘No idea what to expect’: All eyes on Major League Baseball as Spring Training 2.0 gets underway
This will be a training camp, played in every team’s home ballpark instead of their traditional spring-training facilities in Florida and Arizona
Opinion: It’s time to remove J.G. Taylor Spink’s name off baseball writers’ award over his racist views
It’s time for the BBWAA to remove the name — J.G. Taylor Spink — associated with the greatest honor given annually to a baseball writer.
Minnesota Twins sideline two coaches because of COVID-19 concerns
Twins coaches Bob McClure and Bill Evers were prohibited from returning to camp because they are considered “high-risk” for COVID-19.