All Kansas City Royals employees, including minor-league baseball players, are safe from job cuts and furloughs during the coronavirus pandemic.ESPN reported no employees would be asked to take a p… MORE
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Former teammate in minors rips Tebow
Former second-round pick Andrew Church was released by the New York Mets on Thursday and a certain former NFL quarterback in the minor-league system is still standing.That didn’t sit well with Chur… MORE
MLB finalizes five-round draft starting June 10
Major League Baseball finalized plans for a five-round draft starting June 10.The first night of the draft will encompass the first round, which is 37 picks including competitive balance selections… MORE
Report: Dodgers P Price gives $1K apiece to team’s minor leaguers
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher David Price will gift $1,000 to each of the players in the team’s minor-league system, MLB writer Francys Romero reported.Major League Baseball agreed to pay each minor… MORE
Report: ‘Hundreds’ of minor leaguers released, season in peril
The coronavirus pandemic is decimating minor league baseball, with “hundreds” of players released on Thursday and hundreds more expecting the same fate, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported.Passan said the… MORE
Players building counter to MLB’s pay-cut proposal
Upset with MLB’s economic offer to players, the Major League Baseball Players Association soon will present a counteroffer to owners that includes a schedule of more than 100 games and an accompanying… MORE
Former Braves C Pocoroba dies at 66
Former Atlanta Braves catcher Biff Pocoroba, an All-Star in 1978, died at the age of 66, the team announced Wednesday.No cause of death was announced.A 17th-round draft choice by Atlanta in 1971… MORE
A’s, Dodgers cut employees’ salaries amid pandemic
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A’s announced cost-cutting moves Tuesday in response to baseball’s ongoing shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Dodgers announced that they are cutting emp… MORE
Reports: Players balk at MLB’s pay-cut proposal
Major League Baseball presented its players union with a revised economic plan for the yet-to-start 2020 season on Tuesday, proposing a sliding-scale of pay cuts, with the top-paid stars due to take t… MORE
Report: MLB owners propose lower salary for top-paid players
Major League Baseball owners reportedly proposed a sliding scale for salary reductions that would call for greater pay cuts for higher-paid players.USA Today reported the proposal replaces what had… MORE
