8:17 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 2010, the Nationals selected Bryce Harper with the overall No. 1 pick in the draft. This was essentially

9:00 AM ET 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. Maybe a season of 81 games — a

7:00 AM ET The 2020 MLB draft is right around the corner, and that means your team could be selecting its next superstar in the coming days. Since baseball draft prospects are often not household names when selected, we found the current MLB star who is the best big league comparison for five top prospects

8:07 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN JUNE 2007, Trevor Hoffman recorded save No. 500. Seventeen years earlier, Hoffman was in his first season as

8:00 AM ET 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 up contributing much value beyond replacement level even if they do make

7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The 2020 MLB draft is less than a week away, so we asked our panel of experts some of the burning questions surrounding the event. MLB prospect guru Kiley McDaniel, reporter David Schoenfield and editor Dan Mullen break down some of the best first-round

8:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Players accused teams of “depriving America of baseball games” as part of a money fight set off by the coronavirus pandemic and raised the possibility baseball commissioner Rob Manfred might push ahead with a shortened season over the union’s objection. Bruce Meyer, the union’s chief negotiator, sent

11:36 AM ET Few seasons in recent memory captured the attention of baseball fans in America like 1998, when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa embarked on a chase for the single-season home run record of 61 that was set by Roger Maris 37 years prior. ESPN’s new 30 for 30 film “Long Gone Summer,” which

12:25 AM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after his former girlfriend accused him of assaulting her during an argument over a man she had begun dating. An arrest affidavit filed Wednesday by Houston police states that Crawford went to the home of Gabriele Washington on

9:09 PM ET Associated Press Baseball players reaffirmed their stance for full prorated pay, leaving a huge gap with teams that could scuttle plans to start MLB’s coronavirus-delayed season around the Fourth of July and may leave owners focusing on a schedule as short as 50 games. More than 100 players, including the union’s executive