Rays opening Tropicana Field for light player workouts Monday  —  Activities will be extremely limited, but it's a start as team facilities have been closed to players since March 17.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays are taking an initial — and small — step toward returning to action …

Some MLB players hoping for loosening of restrictions in health proposal  —  Some players are hoping for tweaks to MLB's recent health-protocols proposal as discussions continue about how to safely restart during the coronavirus pandemic.  —  Mostly, players want to know whether some in-stadium …

Sources: Phillies likely to stay in Philly for Spring Training II  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  If Major League Baseball and the players association can successfully hammer out plans for a half-season, teams would need to come together for Spring Training II.  —  The question is: Where?

Every AL team's best player not in the Hall of Fame — and should he get in?  —  While we're stuck amid a spring and summer unfortunately free of both Major League Baseball (so far) and the Hall of Fame's induction weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Hall that so many of us visit …

Where Are They Now - Indians 2016 World Series Game 7 Edition  —  It was a day that most Cleveland Indians fans will never forget, even though some have tried to block it out.  —  After a magical run through two of the supposed American League's best in the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays in 2016 …

How MLB is navigating the coronavirus pandemic to play ball  —  MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S plan to start the season by July 4 relies on a dizzying array of moving parts, including the cooperation of 27 U.S. cities and a foreign country, the availability of more than 200,000 reliable coronavirus tests …

Chris Sale wants to prove nothing's ‘better than getting a brand-new elbow for my birthday’  —  Before baseball shut down for the coronavirus pandemic, the news that ace Chris Sale had elbow trouble had already cast a pall over spring training for the Boston Red Sox.

How LeBron James' media empire spurred Alex Bregman to leave his agent  —  The sports world remains shut down, but Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, runner-up in the 2019 American League MVP voting, is changing agents because of ... LeBron James?  —  The answer is yes, according to four sources with knowledge of Bregman's thinking.

“It Will Be an Entirely New Thing”: Zack Snyder's $20M-Plus ‘Justice League’ Cut Plans Revealed  —  HBO Max will debut the project in 2021 — possibly in a four-hour director's cut or in six TV-style “chapters” — as the helmer gets the gang back together with the original postproduction crew to score, cut and finish visual effects.

Brent Honeywell Undergoes Ulnar Nerve Procedure  —  The Rays announced Thursday that touted pitching prospect Brent Honeywell Jr. underwent a decompression procedure on his right ulnar nerve yesterday.  He'll start strength and mobility exercises next Monday, MLB.com's Juan Toribio tweets.

Today in White Sox History: May 19  —  White Sox starter Ray Herbert's consecutive scoreless inning streak ended controversially in (where else?)  Baltimore.  Herbert, a 20-game winner in 1962, had thrown 38 straight scoreless innings when he faced the Orioles Johnny Orsino in the third inning.