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AP Baseball WriterRangers vet Choo giving $1K each to 191 Texas minor leaguersBy STEPHEN HAWKINSRangers veteran Shin-Soo Choo is helping out financially strapped minor league players with the season on hold, giving $1,000 each to 191 of them who are in the Texas organization.Choo said Wednesday that he remembers...

AP Sports Writer6-man rotations? Piggybacking starters? Pitching, post virusBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) Even with major leaguers likely to receive some semblance of another spring training to get ready, teams are going to have to be creative with how they handle starting pitchers whenever baseball returns.The last thing anyone...

AP Sports WriterO's slugger Davis expects return to spring form after returnBy DAVID GINSBURGBALTIMORE (AP) Following three straight frustrating seasons that led him to consider retirement, Chris Davis was in the midst of an outstanding spring training when Major League Baseball came to a halt because of the...

Noted doctor Andrews temporarily halts Tommy John surgeriesGULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) Prominent orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews has temporarily halted Tommy John operations at his Florida medical center in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.The announcement came Tuesday from his institute in Gulf Breeze. Some have questioned whether...

AP Baseball WriterAP exclusive: MLB vets get $4,775 daily during virus outsetBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Gerrit Cole, Mike Trout and other veteran major leaguers will receive $4,775 per day in advance pay for the first 60 days of the season during the stoppage caused by the new...

AP Sports WriterMasks on the field? Ahmed ready if games can be playedBy DAVID BRANDTIn order to get back on the baseball field, Nick Ahmed is willing to play as a masked man.The two-time Gold Glove shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks said he's seen some pictures of recent baseball...

AP Baseball WriterAP exclusive: MLB vets get $4,775 daily during virus outsetBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Gerrit Cole, Mike Trout and other veteran major leaguers will receive $4,775 per day in advance pay for the first 60 days of the season during the stoppage caused by the new...

AP Sports WriterFormer Astros star Jimmy 'The Toy Cannon' Wynn dies at 78By KRISTIE RIEKENJimmy Wynn, the diminutive Houston slugger whose monster shots in the 1960s and '70s earned him the popular nickname “The Toy Cannon," has died. He was 78.The Astros said the three-time All-Star outfielder died Thursday...

MLB CalendarBy The Associated PressTBA - Opening day, active rosters reduced to 26 players.June 3-4 - Owners meeting, New York.June 10-12 - Amateur draft, Omaha, Neb.June 13-14 - Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis at London.June 15 - International amateur signing period closes.July 2 - International amateur signing period opens.July...

AP Baseball WriterA's minor league manager on ventilator due to coronavirusBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Oakland Athletics minor league manager Webster Garrison is hospitalized in Louisiana and on a ventilator with the coronavirus, according to his fiance.Nikki Trudeaux posted her latest update Monday night on social media. She...

AP Sports WriterAs MLB ponders post-virus season, players worry about healthBy HOWARD FENDRICHAs Major League Baseball and the players' union contemplate various ways to create a schedule for whenever the coronavirus pandemic subsides, Cincinnati Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart raised a concern that is surely shared by others around the...

MLB CalendarBy The Associated PressTBA - Opening day, active rosters reduced to 26 players.June 3-4 - Owners meeting, New York.June 10-12 - Amateur draft, Omaha, Neb.June 13-14 - Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis at London.June 15 - International amateur signing period closes.July 2 - International amateur signing period opens.July...