Mets legend Cleon Jones knows the America that is being protested all too well  —  When Cleon Jones first heard about George Floyd's killing by police, he was transported back to Mobile, Alabama, in 1977.  The former Mets outfielder was driving home while his wife, Angela, was doing so in another car.

How Major League Baseball can save itself beyond 2021  —  This is the how baseball's destructive standoff needs to end: The owners, with greater wealth and with the lasting stewardship of the game, need to emerge from their bargaining bunker and extend themselves into the middle ground with an offer of a significant concession.

My awakening  —  On May 28, I received an emotional text from one of my few African American teammates.  He asked me to watch a video of a black man being killed under the knee of a white police officer.  My instincts provoked an instantaneous defense of the officer.  Perhaps the man was resisting arrest?

Inside MLB's financials fight — and the numbers to solve it  —  There are simple solutions for baseball's return.  They're right there, waiting for owners and players to embrace before the parties unleash more damage on the sport.  —  Already they have taken what could have been a triumphant return …

A's owner John Fisher reverses course, apologizes: team will pay minor-leaguers  —  After a significant backlash greeted his decision to end stipends to minor-leaguers, A's owner John Fisher is reversing course, he said in a conversation with The Chronicle on Friday.

Best MLB draft picks ever and one that got away for all 30 teams  —  Editor's note: This story initially ran on May 30, 2018  —  Draft history is fascinating, and maybe the first thing you learn when looking through past drafts is not just how few players make the majors but also how few end …

New challenges as Yankees prepare for MLB Draft  —  Ten years ago, Damon Oppenheimer, the Yankees' longtime vice president of domestic amateur scouting, laid out his general philosophy entering a draft.  —  “You can't go into the draft targeting needs in baseball or you end up overdrafting …

2020 OOTP sim: A five-run eighth inning surges the White Sox to victory  —  CHICAGO — It's a new day, which means it's new game and a new series.  After a short three-game, but disappointing road trip to Kansas City, the Chicago White Sox are back home against the Detroit Tigers to start their six-game, seven-day homestand.

A costly year for Seranthony Domínguez, who returns to U.S. for delayed surgery  —  A year ago Friday, Seranthony Domínguez threw a 97 mph fastball off the inside corner of the plate.  “Boy, that was a close pitch,” Tom McCarthy said on the TV broadcast.  “Ball four.”

The Athletic lays off 8% of staff, implements company-wide pay cut  —  The Athletic is laying off nearly 8% of staff, 46 people, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios.  —  Why it matters: It's the latest media company that's been been forced to take drastic measures to survive the economic fallout from the coronavirus.