Exclusive: MLB proposes medical and safety protocols to players in 67-page document  —  No exchanges of lineup cards.  New baseballs any time a ball is put in play and touched by multiple players.  Players wearing masks except while on the field, standing six feet apart during the singing …

Bartolo Colon, 46, yearns for one more season in the majors  —  Even though Bartolo Colón hasn't thrown a pitch in the majors since September 2018, the 46-year-old is not thinking about retirement.  —  Colón hopes to pitch one more big league season, and, given the choice, it would be with the New York Mets.

Report: MLB projects loss of $640,000 per game without fans  —  NEW YORK — Major League Baseball told players their prorated salaries would contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for each game over an 82-game season in empty ballparks, according to a presentation from the commissioner's office …

Woman, 5-year-old boy drown in north Houston pool  —  A woman and a 5-year-old boy drowned Saturday afternoon in the backyard pool of former LA Dodger Carl Crawford's home.  —  Houston Police and Fire departments were called about 2:40 p.m. on reports of a drowning at a home on the 1400 block of Mansfield in north Houston.

Will your MLB team play at home?  A team-by-team look at likelihood as league navigates COVID-19  —  Major League Baseball's proposed 82-game season, played in home ballparks beginning in July, almost certainly won't come off exactly as it hopes, thanks to the many factors that can waylay a season played amid a pandemic.

MLB sends union, players ‘daunting’ health protocols on how to play game safely in a pandemic  —  Get ready, because if a Major League Baseball season is played this summer, it will look like nothing we've ever seen in the sport's history.  —  Gone will be the traditional exchange of lineup cards.

Giants' Bargain Pickup Looks More Valuable With Universal DH  —  With the likely implementation of a universal DH in 2020, we've been taking a team-by-team trip through the NL and looking at how those clubs could handle the rule change.  To this point, we've looked at the Dodgers, Reds …

Ex-Mets manager Art Howe released from hospital after contracting coronavirus  —  HOUSTON — Former Mets manager Art Howe was released from a Houston hospital Sunday after a stay in intensive care because of the coronavirus.  —  “Relief, back in my own bedroom.

2020 MLB draft to be held remotely on June 10-11  —  Major League Baseball plans to hold the 2020 MLB Draft remotely, according to a memo obtained by ESPN's Jeff Passan on Friday.  —  As of now, teams are not allowed to have draft rooms and will do all drafting via video conference.

The best players to never win MVP  —  Awards are arbitrary and, often, products not just of great talent, but also great timing.  —  For some legends, those two elements never quite align.  They get snubbed, beaten outright or simply have careers that were more about accumulation than accreditation.