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Verlander donating shutdown paychecks

Astros pitcher Justin Verlander will donate each check he receives during the coronavirus shutdown to organizations helping those impacted by COVID-19.

Power Rankings Countdown: Vlad Guerrero Jr., legacy kids create buzz around No. 21 Toronto Blue Jays

The top of the Blue Jays lineup is going to be a lot of fun. Scott Pianowski gives us a snapshot of Toronto's fantasy outlook.

Fields of green: Mild winter, no games aid ballpark grass

Nicole Sherry poked some holes in the turf at Camden Yards, cut the grass and then left the ballpark about the same time the Baltimore Orioles should have been wrapping up their season opener. “What a beautiful day it would have been for a ballgame,” said Sherry, the head groundskeeper for the Orioles. Camden Yards was all green and would have been ready for what was going to be Major League Baseball’s earliest start, March 26.

Report: MLB looking into crowd-less games

Major League Baseball is considering starting the season by playing regular season games in empty spring training ballparks in Arizona and Florida.

Federal judge tosses fan lawsuit vs. MLB, Astros, Red Sox

MLB, MLB Advanced Media, the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox in federal court in Manhattan, claiming fraud, violation of consumer-protection laws, negligence, unjust enrichment and deceptive trade practices by teams that violated MLB’s rules against the use of electronics to steal catchers’ signs. “A sport that celebrates 'stealing,' even if only of a base, may not provide the perfect encouragement to scrupulous play,” U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff wrote Friday in a 32-page opinion.

Plaschke: Ballpark music is what helps Dieter Ruehle get through the coronavirus shutdown

Dieter Ruehle, the organist for the Dodgers and Kings, is having a tough time living through the sports famine, but he has a secret coping mechanism.

Harper, Matz latest MLBers to contribute to virus relief

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper and New York Mets pitcher Steven Matz are the latest baseball players to make donations to coronavirus relief efforts. Harper and his wife, Kayla, are giving $500,000 to Direct Relief and Three Square in his hometown of Las Vegas and Philabundance in Philadelphia. Matz is having his foundation donate $32,000 to New York City first responders and hospitals - the first two numbers matching his uniform number.

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