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AP Sports WritersAnother postponement rattles MLB; Brewers' Cain opts outBy JAKE SEINER and STEVEN WINEThe coronavirus forced baseball's 17th postponement in 10 days on Saturday, prompting at least two more players to opt out and casting doubt the league can complete a truncated 2020 season.A Cardinals-Brewers game in Milwaukee...

AP Sports WritersAnother postponement rattles MLB; Brewers' Cain opts outBy JAKE SEINER and STEVEN WINEThe coronavirus forced baseball's 17th postponement in 10 days on Saturday, prompting at least two more players to opt out and casting doubt the league can complete a truncated 2020 season.A Cardinals-Brewers game in Milwaukee...

AP Sports WriterBrewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain opts out of 2020 seasonBy STEVE MEGARGEEMilwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain has decided not to play the remainder of the 2020 season.The Brewers announced the two-time All-Star's decision Saturday, when their scheduled home opener against St. Louis was postponed for a second straight...

AP Sports WritersAnother postponement rattles MLB; Brewers' Cain opts outBy JAKE SEINER and STEVEN WINEThe coronavirus forced baseball's 17th postponement in 10 days on Saturday, prompting at least two more players to opt out and casting doubt the league can complete a truncated 2020 season.A Cardinals-Brewers game in Milwaukee...

AP Sports WriterBrewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain opts out of 2020 seasonBy STEVE MEGARGEEMilwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain has decided not to play the remainder of the 2020 season.The Brewers announced the two-time All-Star's decision Saturday hours after news broke that their scheduled home opener would be postponed for a...

AP Baseball WriterManfred confident MLB can get through playoffs despite virusBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he's confident his sport can get through the regular season and postseason without being stopped by the coronavirus, though not every team might play all 60 games and...

AP Sports WriterCubs' Ross non-committal when asked about Kimbrel as closerBy JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) Chicago Cubs manager David Ross is working out how he plans to handle save situations while struggling closer Craig Kimbrel works on his mechanics.Ross was non-committal when asked Saturday if he would give the...

Associated PressVagabond Blue Jays stuck on the road with no one to playBy IAN HARRISONToronto general manager Ross Atkins says life has been difficult for the vagabond Blue Jays at the beginning of a baseball season like no other.The Blue Jays haven't had a real home game yet, and...

AP Sports Writer2 Cardinals test positive; 6 teams idle because of virusBy STEVEN WINEMIAMI (AP) Six major league teams were idle Friday because of the coronavirus, with a Cardinals-Brewers game the latest to be postponed as a spread of infection threatened to overtake efforts to play ball.Milwaukee's home...

White Sox bring up 2B prospect Nick MadrigalKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Chicago White Sox promoted second baseman Nick Madrigal on Friday, adding one of their top prospects to the roster.The 23-year-old Madrigal had been training at the team's auxiliary site in Schaumburg, Illinois. Veteran reliever Kelvin Herrera...

AP Sports WriterChapman rejoins Yankees after virus bout; Kahnle to ILBy JAKE SEINERNEW YORK (AP) All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman has been cleared to return to Yankee Stadium following a bout with the coronavirus and was expected to play catch Friday before New York hosted the Boston Red Sox.Yankees...

AP Sports WriterVirus rocks MLB: Cards-Brewers off; 2 St. Louis positivesBy JAKE SEINERNEW YORK (AP) The coronavirus forced another change in Major League Baseball's schedule, bringing the league's total to eight teams affected in the first nine days of the season.Friday's game between St. Louis and Milwaukee was...