Three Diamondbacks minority owners are suing Ken Kendrick over forced buyouts  —  Three minority owners of the Diamondbacks claim that the club and managing general partner Ken Kendrick is illegally trying to force them to either increase their investment in the team or relinquish their stakes …

Virtual Detroit Tigers throttled by Indians; who will start at third base?  —  With the Detroit Tigers out of action, the Free Press is getting its baseball fix by simulating the Tigers' 2020 season on “MLB The Show 20” on Playstation 4.  Follow along for the next game, against the Royals, at twitch.tv/freepsports.

Sunday Notes: Keston Hiura Can Hit, But The Book He'd Write Would Be Boring  —  The first time I interviewed Keston Hiura was over the phone.  This was a few months after he'd been taken ninth overall by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2017 draft.  Kiura was playing for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers …

Training in isolation not easy for Royals.  But with special approach, they're doing it  —  Two-time reigning MLB hits champion Whit Merrifield and his Kansas City Royals teammates were two weeks away from playing meaningful regular-season games.  They had a full offseason of rest …

MLB pondering games in empty spring parks, but many obstacles remain  —  As two other prominent sports leagues consider quarantining teams and playing in a centralized location without fans, Major League Baseball is entertaining a similar idea and numerous other options as it ponders ways to conduct the 2020 season.

Sources: Top Rangers executives to take temporary pay cuts to avoid layoffs and furloughs  —  The group agreed to pay cuts in hopes of saving other jobs in the organization for as long as possible.  —  Rangers executives expected to be christening their brand new stadium this week.