Sources: MLBPA to counter MLB proposal with more games, full prorated salaries  —  The Major League Baseball Players Association expects to counter MLB's economic proposal by the end of this week with a plan that includes more than 100 games and a guarantee of full prorated salaries for the 2020 season …

Minor League Baseball cuts hundreds of players amid pandemic, sources say  —  Hundreds of minor league baseball players were cut Thursday and hundreds more are expected to lose their jobs as the sport grapples with the near certainty that the minor league season will be canceled, sources told ESPN.

Esteban Loaiza's Wrong Turn … Fireworks blasted and fans roared as Esteban Loaiza trotted onto the field along with the rest of the American League All-Stars to begin the biggest night of his life.  It was a gorgeous summer evening, July 15, 2003.  As he warmed up on the mound …

CNN crew released from police custody after they were arrested live on air in Minneapolis  —  (CNN)A CNN crew was arrested while giving a live television report Friday morning in Minneapolis — and then released about an hour later — as the crew covered ongoing protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd.

Diamondbacks furlough or lay off more than quarter of employees  —  The Diamondbacks furloughed or eliminated the positions of more than 25 percent of their employees on Friday, drastic cost-cutting measures they say were made necessary by the loss of revenue brought upon by the coronavirus pandemic.

Inside Roy Halladay's struggle with pain, addiction  —  STEVE TRAX WAS in his office in Reston, Virginia, not far from Dulles International Airport when the phone rang.  It was mid-October 2013, around 11 a.m. The caller was Brandy Halladay, and she sounded distraught.  —  “He needs help.

Re-drafting the top picks in every MLB draft from 2010-2019  —  The Major League Baseball draft is mysterious and unpredictable.  In the NFL, a first-round pick is expected to step into a significant role immediately — even rookie quarterbacks often start right away.

Today in White Sox History: May 28  —  Continuing to rebuild in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, owner Charles Comiskey spent $100,000 to purchase the contract of third baseman Willie Kamm from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League.  Comiskey also threw in three players.

2020 Mock Draft: Mach 1  —  Below is my first mock draft of the year, a mock I'll link to (along with The Board) at the top of and along with each subsequent iteration, as this one lays a foundation of context that I reserve the right to refer back to.  —  Teams are largely in the final stages of board building right now.