Yankees-Nationals to highlight MLB opening day  —  If it all goes well, then opening day for major league baseball this year will feature Max Scherzer vs. Gerrit Cole in the nation's capital.  —  The union signed off Thursday on the details within a 60-game schedule.

MLB Suspends Four Minor League Players  —  MLB announced today that it has suspended four minor league players in violation of the league's Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.  — Reds right-handed pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

Athletics Sign Tyler Soderstrom  —  The Athletics have announced a deal with top pick Tyler Soderstrom.  It includes a $3.3MM signing bonus, Jim Callis of MLB.com reports (via Twitter).  The San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser reported yesterday that Soderstrom would sign today …

Athletics' List of 42 Players Reporting to Coliseum This Week Has No Surprises  —  The Oakland A's announced their 60-man roster ahead of the opening of their summer camp this week Sunday, with no major surprises.  —  Oakland will bring in 31 members of their 40-man roster …

Blue Jays heading home to play in Toronto, sources say  —  Their bags are packed and the Toronto Blue Jays are set to fly north.  —  Sources told the Toronto Sun that government clearance for the Major League Baseball team to return to Canada is expected by as early as Monday.

Mets Sign Melky Cabrera, Erasmo Ramirez, Gordon Beckham  —  The Mets' signing spree continued Monday with the additions of outfielder Melky Cabrera, infielder Gordon Beckham and right-hander Erasmo Ramirez.  All three have been announced by the club, and all are “expected” to be added to the 60-man player pool, according to the team.

Phillies apparently still have no trade interest in Odubel Herrera  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Phillies' initial player pool is further indication that there is no trade interest in the talented but controversial outfielder.  —  Major League Baseball's operations manual …

Yankees Sign Matt Duffy, Re-Sign Dan Otero, Place Luis Severino On 60-Day IL  —  The Yankees announced their 60-player Spring Training player pool earlier today, a list that included a couple of new faces to the organization.  New York announced that infielder Matt Duffy and catcher Max McDowell …

Phillies GM Matt Klentak acknowledges how last few months have altered J.T. Realmuto contract situation  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  J.T. Realmuto contract extension come before the end of  —  Phillies summer camp?  —  Before the end of the regular season?

Williams column: Johnny Manziel says his football career is ‘in the past’ ... and he's OK with that  —  Search Johnny Manziel's name and right below the obligatory link to his Wikipedia page, Google shows you a list of questions that “People also ask.”  —  One of those questions being, “Where is Johnny Manziel now, 2020?”

MLB prospects to watch on each team's 60-man pool  —  With Major League Baseball scheduled to open camps for “spring training 2.0” in the coming days, teams had to submit their initial 60-man player pools Sunday.  Players still can be added with many teams listing fewer than 60 names …

Rangers staff say they are ‘terrified for our safety’ amid positive virus tests  —  Following the revelation that multiple co-workers had tested positive for the coronavirus, Texas Rangers employees told ESPN on Friday night that they fear for their health and hope the organization …