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AP Baseball WriterNew Globe: Rangers open summer camp at home without MartinBy STEPHEN HAWKINSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The Texas Rangers were supposed to be all settled in and fully acquainted with their new stadium by now, ready to spend the July 4 holiday weekend playing games at home.But instead...

AP Baseball Writer31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19, or 1.2%By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Thirty-one Major League Baseball players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%.MLB and the players' association announced the results...

AP Sports WriterAstros look to McCullers to help make up for loss of ColeBy KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) Gerrit Cole’s departure to join the New York Yankees in free agency left a gaping hole in Houston’s rotation entering the season.The Astros hope the return of Lance McCullers will help...

AP Sports WriterIndians' Carrasco on another journey, this time in pandemicBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Not even a mask can hide Carlos Carrasco's smile or muffle his joy.For now, baseball's back. And he is as well.A year after a leukemia diagnosis threatened his life and nearly ended his playing...

AP Sports WriterFrom Three Rivers to PNC Park, Pirates pitcher Musgrove setBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Joe Musgrove isn't trying to make a political statement when the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher dons a mask, but a practical one.Musgrove wants to play. Badly. The only way that happens is if Major...

AP Baseball Writer31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19, or 1.2%By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Thirty-one Major League Baseball players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%.MLB and the players' association announced the results...

AP Baseball WriterFulmer back on mound during Tigers' 1st workout at ComericaBy NOAH TRISTERDETROIT (AP) Baseball's return to Comerica Park meant Michael Fulmer was back on the mound in Detroit.It had certainly been a while for the right-hander, who had Tommy John surgery and missed the whole 2019...

AP Baseball Writer31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19, or 1.2%By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Thirty-one Major League Baseball players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%.MLB and the players' association announced the results...

CINCINNATI (AP) Hitters in bright red shirts slapped batting-practice pitches to all parts of the recently mowed field. A mash-up of disco, rap and Motown reverberated through empty Great American Ball Park for background music. Looked and sounded like baseball, all right. Felt very different in many other ways. "It's weird,"...

Breyvic Valera claimed by Blue Jays off waivers from PadresTORONTO (AP) Infielder Breyvic Valera was claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers from the San Diego Padres.Toronto also placed four players on the 10-day injured list in moves retroactive to Tuesday: right-handers Elvis Luciano and Hector Perez,...

Cubs' Quintana cuts thumb washing dishes, undergoes surgeryCHICAGO (AP) Chicago Cubs left-hander Jose Quintana had surgery to repair nerve damage in his pitching thumb Thursday after he cut himself washing dishes.Chicago did not have a timetable for his return.Quintana cut his thumb at his home in Miami on...

Pitcher Meyer gets $6.7 million signing bonus from MarlinsMIAMI (AP) Right-hander Max Meyer has agreed to a $6.7 million signing bonus as part of a minor league contract to join the Miami Marlins, and he'll take part in training camp starting Friday.The deal was for less than his...