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AP Baseball WriterMLB instituting 3-batter minimum for 2020 seasonBy RONALD BLUMSAN DIEGO (AP) Major League Baseball is pushing ahead with a rules change for 2020 that requires pitchers to face at least three batters or finish a half-inning.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred also said Wednesday the injured list for...

AP Sports WriterStudy: Inconsistent seams, player behavior behind HR uptickBy JAKE SEINERSAN DIEGO (AP) The baseballs weren't juiced during a record-setting 2019 regular season, according to a study commissioned by Major League Baseball.They were just flying farther.A four-person committee of scientists found that baseballs this year had less...

AP Baseball WriterMLB instituting 3-batter minimum for 2020 seasonBy RONALD BLUMSAN DIEGO (AP) Major League Baseball is pushing ahead with a rules change for 2020 that requires pitchers to face at least three batters or finish a half-inning.Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred also said Wednesday the injured list for...

22 MLB teams to expand protective netting at ballparksSAN DIEGO (AP) Seven major league teams will expand protective netting to the foul poles and 15 others will expand their netting generally to the area in the outfield where the stands begin to angle away from the field, Commissioner...

AP Baseball WriterAstros probe widens to almost 60 witnesses, 76,000 emailsBy RONALD BLUMSAN DIEGO (AP) Major League Baseball has interviewed almost 60 people and obtained tens of thousands of electronic messages in its investigation into allegations the Houston Astros broke rules by using a television camera to steal...

MLB draft relocating to Omaha ahead of College World SeriesSAN DIEGO (AP) Major League Baseball is moving the opening round of its amateur draft in Omaha, Nebraska, ahead of the College World SeriesNext year's draft will be held from June 10-12 at Holland Performing Arts Center. The College...

AP Baseball WriterAstros probe widens to almost 60 witnesses, 76,000 emailsBy RONALD BLUMSAN DIEGO (AP) Major League Baseball has interviewed almost 60 people and obtained tens of thousands of electronic messages in its investigation into allegations the Houston Astros broke rules by using a television camera to steal...

AP Sports WriterStudy: Inconsistent seams, player behavior behind HR uptickBy JAKE SEINERSAN DIEGO (AP) Baseballs weren't juiced during a record-setting 2019 regular season, according to a study commissioned by Major League Baseball.They were just flying farther.A four-person committee of scientists concluded baseballs this year had less drag on...

AP Sports WriterStudy: Inconsistent seams, player behavior behind HR uptickBy JAKE SEINERSAN DIEGO (AP) The baseballs weren't juiced during a record-setting 2019 regular season, according to a study commissioned by Major League Baseball.They were just flying farther.A four-person committee of scientists found that baseballs this year had less...

AP Sports WriterStudy: Inconsistent seams, player behavior behind HR uptickBy JAKE SEINERSAN DIEGO (AP) The baseballs weren't juiced during a record-setting 2019 regular season, according to a study commissioned by Major League Baseball.They were just flying farther.A four-person committee of scientists found that baseballs this year had less...

Junior Guerra, D-backs, agree to $2.65M dealSAN DIEGO (AP) Right-hander Junior Guerra and the Arizona Diamondbacks have finalized a one-year contract that guarantees $2.65 million.He gets a $50,000 signing bonus payable on Jan. 15 and a $2.5 million salary next year. Arizona has a $3.5 million option for 2021...

Padres, D-Backs meet in regular-season games in Mexico CitySAN DIEGO (AP) The San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks will play each other in April in Major League Baseball's first regular-season games in Mexico City.The commissioner's office said Tuesday the two games on April 18 and 19 will be...