MLB players, team employees participating in coronavirus study  —  Employees of Major League Baseball teams are participating in a massive study that will test up to 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies and should offer researchers a better sense of how widespread the disease …

Peter Hamby Interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci |  Good Luck America |  Snap Originals  —  Peter Hamby, host of Good Luck America, interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH, and member of President Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force.

MLB's return contingent on one major thing, Rob Manfred says  —  Baseball was in the middle of spring training when it decided to delay the start of Opening Day  —  Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday baseball would not be returning until given the proper clearance …

World Series MVP Steve Pearce officially retires, says 2018 Red Sox did nothing wrong  —  It's now official.  —  After telling WEEI.com he was “unofficially retired” in December, Steve Pearce took the next step when appearing with Mike Mutnanksy on WEEI's replay of Game 1 of the 2018 World Series.

Hank Steinbrenner, Yankees co-owner, dead at 63  —  Hank Steinbrenner, general partner and co-chairperson of the Yankees, died early Tuesday morning at his Clearwater, Fla., residence due to a long-standing health issue surrounded by family members.  —  According to a source, the cause of death was not COVID-19.

Former Blue Jays 2B Damaso Garcia dies at 63  —  Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia died Wednesday in the Dominican Republic at the age of 63, his son, Damaso Garcia Jr., told ESPN.  —  Garcia played 11 seasons in the majors and was a two-time All-Star (1984, '85).

Former manager Jim Frey, who led Royals to first World Series, dies at age 88  —  Jim Frey, who replaced Whitey Herzog as the Kansas City Royals' manager in 1980 and helped the franchise to its first World Series that season, died Sunday.  He was 88.  —  The Somerset Patriots …

New playing field for Jackie Robinson Day: Online tributes  —  NEW YORK — Forced from the field by the coronavirus, Major League Baseball is moving its annual celebration of Jackie Robinson online.  —  The Jackie Robinson Foundation is launching a virtual learning hub to coincide …

MLB Mock Draft  —  It's an odd time to be doing a mock, and honestly, there's not a ton of information linking players to specific teams outside of the first few picks.  That makes sense, considering we don't yet know how many rounds the draft will be, or even when the draft is going to take place.

Dodgers batboy for Kirk Gibson's ‘impossible’ 1988 World Series home run: ‘I still get chills’  —  Mitch Poole was just an anonymous batboy for the Los Angeles Dodgers 32 years ago, living at his parents' home and driving a beat-up Volkswagen.  —  Everything changed the evening of Oct. 15, 1988.

Former Cubs All-Star infielder Glenn Beckert dies at 79  —  Former Chicago Cubs second baseman Glenn Beckert died Sunday, the team announced.  He was 79.  —  Beckert spent nine seasons with the Cubs from 1965 to 1973 before finishing his career with two seasons for the San Diego Padres.