ESPN Agrees To KBO Broadcast Deal  —  10:05am: ESPN has formally announced the deal.  They'll broadcast six KBO games per week — one game every Tuesday through Sunday — in addition to covering the KBO postseason.  Broadcast details of the postseason remain to be determined.

‘We want to play,’ but focus is on MLB players' health and safety, union chief Tony Clark says  —  Tony Clark was first familiar to fans from his playing days as a switch-hitting slugger, hitting 251 home runs over a 15-year career in the majors.  During his career, he became active …

Jon Lester opens up about his uncertain future  —  Jon Lester summed up quite a bit with just a few select words.  —  “It's just a unique deal,” the Cubs pitcher told WEEI.com during a wide-ranging conversation.  —  So true, in so many ways.  —  The first order of business, of course …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …