ESPN to televise Korea Baseball Organization games  —  ESPN will televise South Korea's Korea Baseball Organization games during the upcoming 2020 season, starting with the league's opening day on Tuesday.  —  ESPN will become the KBO's exclusive English-language home as part of an agreement …

Former A's pitcher, executive Matt Keough dies at 64  —  Former major league pitcher Matt Keough, a special assistant with the Oakland Athletics, has died, the team announced on Saturday.  He was 64.  —  The A's did not disclose details on the cause of death.

May 4: This Day in Dodgers History  —  On this day, May 4, 2020, absolutely nothing happened.  No runs, no drips, no errors, no Bill Russell throws into the field level seats at Dodger Stadium, no calls from the dugout for Juan Uribe to bunt with first and second and nobody out and not a penny …

For Rays and MLB, plans for starting play are coming into focus  —  Pending how the reopening of the country goes, teams could be playing games by July, many in home stadiums.  —  No one can say yet what the 2020 Major League Baseball season will look like.

ESPN to air live baseball in Asia with American commentators  —  Taiwan baseball over the weekend featured 19 homers, 110 runs.  —  ESPN will air live baseball games from South Korea as the game resumes there amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The network on Monday announced an exclusive broadcast agreement with Eclat Media Group.

Players have financial incentive to play ball  —  NEW YORK — Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole aren't the only major leaguers with a big financial incentive to get back on the field.  —  While they head a starry quartet that would take in more than $200,000 per game, 65 players would earn …

Rays minor-leaguer Blake Bivens shares details of family tragedy  —  At a Sunday church service, the pitcher spoke about his wife, 14-month-old son and mother-in-law being killed in August, how he found out and how he coped thanks to his faith.  —  Blake Bivens knew something was amiss …

Biggest 2021 decisions for all 30 MLB teams  —  Under normal circumstances, every organization would have months of statistics and data through which to evaluate their prospects at summer's end.  Club officials would have a sense of how much the 19-year-old in Class A has refined a needed changeup …

It's ‘Detroit Tigers classics’ week on Fox Sports Detroit.  Remember the great times  —  Fox Sports Detroit is continuing to show vintage games during the coronavirus pandemic, and this week, they are luring baseball-starved viewers by showing Detroit Tigers classics.

Dalton Reflects On Bengals Run: 'It's the people you talk about it with and who you did it with.'  —  Andy Dalton arrived amid a chaotic offseason, left Thursday in the middle of a pandemic and never once in the nine years, five post-season berths and two AFC North titles in between did the focus …

Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase suspended 80 games over PED  —  CLEVELAND — Whenever the Cleveland Indians finally get to start their season they won't have reliever Emmanuel Clase.  —  The hard-throwing right-hander was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Friday for testing positive …

Angels' Albert Pujols not yet ready to talk retirement  —  Albert Pujols, who celebrated his 40th birthday in January, has already cemented his place in the Hall of Fame.  But a shortened or canceled 2020 season would significantly affect his ability to reach key milestones.

Gambling: Joey Gallo and Blake Snell Favored for MLB The Show Postseason  —  The following is quoted directly from SportsBetting.ag/Cool Media PR:  —  After a 29-game regular season, the “MLB The Show Players League” has eight competitors left for the postseason, which will start Friday on ESPN2 and FS1.