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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New Cubs organist serenades Wrigleyville, gives fans sense of normalcy  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Gabriel Dixson was lounging outside of his apartment building across the street from Wrigley Field on Friday evening, when organ music began billowing out of the ballpark.

MLB will press on if player tests positive during season  —  Before telling a national television audience that owners stand to lose nearly $4 billion without a 2020 season, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred expressed “great confidence” an agreement between MLB and its players union …

With no fans, revenue sharing among rich and poor teams will be unlikely in 2020  —  Forget, for a moment, how Major League Baseball clubs will make the dollars work with the players.  The league needs to make the dollars work with its owners, too.  —  In 1996, baseball introduced revenue sharing …