MLB 2021 schedule: Opening Day set for April 1, Yankees-Mets to face off on 20th anniversary of 9/11
All 30 clubs are scheduled to play on April 1, 2021.
Willie Calhoun ready to go after recovering from broken jaw
As the Texas Rangers continue workouts at Globe Life Field ahead of the shortened season, one player has benefitted from the shutdown.
Joey Gallo tests positive, Rangers facing challenges as season starts
Major League Baseball is doing everything it can to give fans a 2020 season. But the coronavirus continues to complicate the effort. For example, the Rangers must continue their training camp without one of their best players, Joey Gallo.
Rangers’ slugger Joey Gallo tests positive for COVID-19
The Texas Rangers said Monday outfielder Joey Gallo has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Texas Rangers open summer camp in Arlington as player tests positive for COVID-19
The Texas Rangers were supposed to be all settled in and fully acquainted with their new stadium by now, ready to spend the July 4 holiday weekend playing games at home.
31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19, or 1.2%
The positive tests occurred among 19 of the 30 teams, according to results of the samples sent to the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory in South Jordan, Utah. There were 3,185 samples collected and tested through the first week of intake testing.
MLB cancels 2020 All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium; LA will host in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has already disrupted the entire sports world, has forced league officials to rule out an all-star game for the first time since World War II.
Minor League Baseball announces there will be no season for 2020
The MiLB said that the move allows for “our teams to begin planning for an exciting 2021 season of affordable family entertainment.”
July 1 is Bobby Bonilla Day; Mets will pay annual $1.19M installment
Wednesday is July 1, meaning the New York Mets will complete its annual $1.19 million payment to Bobby Bonilla.
Abbott, MLB hall-of-famer Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez release new PSA about the importance of masks
In the PSA, Rodríguez urges Texans to wear a mask in public to protect themselves and others from the virus.
Several Texas Rangers employees test positive for COVID-19
Several people in the Texas Rangers organization tested positive for COVID-19, and that's reportedly got some workers concerned about their own health.
Baseball's back: MLB sets 60-game season, opens July 23 or 24
Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony.
Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels gives details on restarting the MLB season
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said the shortened, strict MLB season will revolve around minimizing risk, not eliminating risk.
MLB plans 60-game slate, shortest since 1878 as union balks
Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players' association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative and possibly unhappy return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Texas Rangers should change name amid heightened scrutiny over symbols, historical figures, columnist argues
Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers should change their team name because of its ties to brutality and racism, a Chicago Tribune columnist argued Thursday.
5 Phillies players, 3 staff members test positive for the coronavirus in Clearwater
In a statement released Friday afternoon, the Phillies confirmed that 5 players and 3 staff members who were working at their spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida have tested positive for the coronavirus.
MLB commissioner says baseball season in jeopardy
Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league season after a breakdown in talks between teams and the union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Baseball players say continued talks are futile, tell MLB to order return
Baseball players told Major League Baseball additional talks to start the season during the coronavirus pandemic are futile and said owners should order a return to work, which likely would spark lengthy litigation and the sport’s return to labor wars.
MLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50
If Major League Baseball and its players take the field for a coronanvirus-delayed 2020 season, it will be after acrimonious negotiations that resemble their labor war of a generation ago.
Texas Rangers fans get first look at Globe Life Field as tours begin
The hour-long tours that opened up Monday for the public brought takes fans to look at the highest points of the stadium to behind home plate.