On Monday, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred walked back a previous comment in which he said, “We’re going to play baseball in 2020, 100%.”
Indians outfielder Delino DeShields said that in 2015, his rookie season, Yankees fans taunted him and called him the N-word while he was in left field.
Former Astros bench coach Alex Cora says that, despite popular belief, the club’s cheating in 2017 wasn’t a “two-man show” with him and Carlos Beltrán.
The Royals will reportedly be an attractive landing spot for undrafted free agents because they didn’t cut minor leaguers and will pay them their stipends.
Agent Scott Boras pledged last week to pay the salaries of his released minor league clients. The MLBPA on Tuesday asked him not to go through with it.
On Wednesday, June 10, MLB will have its 2020 draft, but it will last only five rounds, down from the usual 40 rounds. The 2021 edition will be 20 rounds.
Per a report, Major League Baseball is accusing umpire Ángel Hernández of eavesdropping on a confidential phone call involving fellow umpire Ed Hickox.
