Baseball
MLB prospects to watch on each team's 60-man pool
Written by I Dig Sports
Published in
Baseball
Sunday, 28 June 2020 21:43
With Major League Baseball scheduled to open camps for "spring training 2.0" in the coming days, teams had to submit their initial 60-man player pools Sunday. Players still can be added with many teams listing fewer than 60 names, but this at least gives us a glimpse of whom we'll see when the players finally hit the diamond.Many of the…
Franco among top prospects to make player pools
Written by I Dig Sports
Published in
Baseball
Sunday, 28 June 2020 17:54
Top prospect Wander Franco is part of the Tampa Bay Rays' 60-man player pool, and the Detroit Tigers are including their most heralded young pitchers as baseball gears up for its abbreviated season.Sunday was the deadline for teams to submit player pools, although additions can be made later. Many teams announced pools well below the 60-player limit.Franco, a 19-year-old shortstop,…
KBO preps for fans in stands as soon as Friday
Written by I Dig Sports
Published in
Baseball
Sunday, 28 June 2020 18:54
The Korea Baseball Organization is trading in its cardboard cutout fans for real ones.South Korea announced Sunday it will begin reopening stadiums to spectators this week. A KBO official said the league is working to welcome fans back as soon as Friday."We haven't yet established specific guidelines, and we have to monitor the situation with the virus, but we expect…
Pirates reliever Santana suspended 80 games
Written by I Dig Sports
Published in
Baseball
Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:01
Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Edgar Santana was suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball on Sunday after testing positive for a banned substance.MLB said in a statement that Santana, 28, was positive for Boldenone, a performance enhancer.Santana, a right-handed reliever, missed the 2019 season because of Tommy John surgery.In 2018, he appeared in 69 games for the Pirates, going…
Olney: MLB now faces its biggest challenge of 2020: playing during the pandemic
Written by I Dig Sports
Published in
Baseball
Sunday, 28 June 2020 05:12
Watching Major League Baseball start a second "spring" training now, amid surging coronavirus infections in the states where many hundreds of ballplayers reside, is like climbing into a sailboat just as the outer bands of a hurricane swirl closer on the horizon.But this is where baseball is in this moment, and if you work in the industry, you almost feel…
More...
Saturday, 27 June 2020 13:27
Sources: Nationals to host Yanks on Opening Day
Saturday, 27 June 2020 08:55
Poll shows fans support 60-game season by MLB
Saturday, 27 June 2020 11:13
Dodgers' Toles jailed on trespassing charge
Saturday, 27 June 2020 08:48
How Orel Hershiser's scoreless streak nearly ended 16 innings earlier
Friday, 26 June 2020 20:09
Virus spikes in MLB cities raise experts' concerns
Friday, 26 June 2020 23:57
Rangers office staff 'terrified' as virus spreads
Friday, 26 June 2020 13:46
Blue Jays expect decision soon on 2020 home
Friday, 26 June 2020 14:49
Yanks, Wells agree to minors deal, $2.5M bonus
Friday, 26 June 2020 15:51
Baseball Hall of Fame welcoming visitors again
Friday, 26 June 2020 11:50
Why MLB's plan to return from coronavirus could work -- and what could go terribly wrong
Friday, 26 June 2020 00:03
Family files $17M suit against Dodgers security
Thursday, 25 June 2020 20:49
Giants to let fans display cutout images in stands
Thursday, 25 June 2020 19:41
Wyverns manager collapses during KBO game
Thursday, 25 June 2020 17:04
Dodgers top revised season win totals with 37
Thursday, 25 June 2020 10:39
Cubs prez envisions fans in stands, on rooftops
Thursday, 25 June 2020 06:43
'That's impossible. No one could be that good.' Joe DiMaggio was that good
Thursday, 25 June 2020 06:43
Locked in bathrooms, sharing gloves and other strange moments in baseball history
Thursday, 25 June 2020 05:15
MLB predictions: Who will thrive, struggle in 60-game season?
Wednesday, 24 June 2020 19:24
Manfred: MLB, union need to be 'better' for fans
Wednesday, 24 June 2020 20:08