WEST FARGO – Former West Fargo High School baseball standout Andy Young has been called up to the Arizona Diamondbacks 30-man roster according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Prior to Major League Baseball resuming last month, Young was on the Diamondbacks 60-man taxi squad of players that was selected after the cancelation of the minor league season. Arizona is 3-5…
NEW YORK — (AP) Major League Baseball will open the 2021 season on April 1 and hopes to have every team play its first game on the same day for the first time since 1968. The league released the full schedule Thursday, two weeks before it plans to begin a 2020 season that’s been delayed and shortened by the coronavirus…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) It was one inter squad game and ultimately will have no bearing on how the season goes, but the Minnesota Twins felt one step closer to actual baseball Wednesday night at Target Field. The Twins big leaguers wore their uniforms, they practiced social distancing from the first and third base dugouts and played four innings under the sun….
MINNEAPOLIS- The MLB gave something for baseball fans to be excited about by providing some optimism towards a season releasing each team’s 60-game schedule on Monday. Division foes will play 10 teams with the Minnesota Twins starting up play on the road with the Chicago White Sox on July 24. Since the league began testing, Miguel Sano and Willians Astudillo…
MINNEAPOLIS- The Minnesota Twins’ shortened 60-game 2020 schedule has been released. The Twins will play only teams within the American League Central for 40 games with the other 20 coming against the National League Central which will cut down on the amount of travel — all to limit the guidelines put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. The…
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Two Minnesota Twins players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Twins President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey. Willians Astudillo is one of the two players, according to Falvey. Astudillo will now have to quarantine. In order to return to practice, Astudillo will need to have two negative tests. Falvey did not name the other Twins player who tested positive. This…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer. The game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium was awarded the 2022 Midsummer Classic. The 2021 game is set for Atlanta’s Truist Park, home to the Braves since 2017. Because of the…
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.– According to reports, the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to the outline set by commissioner Rob Manfred and the league for a 2020 season. The season will be played be in a span of 66 days and 60 games starting on July 24th. A second spring training will start on July 1st. The two sides…
MINNEAPOLIS (MLB.com) There are countless people in the small community of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, deep in the northwestern corner of the Dominican Republic, who owe their health and livelihood in part to Nelson Cruz, one of the town’s most prominent sons. For all those years of tireless work and service to better the lives of those in his…
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball team owners made a new offer, its third since coronavirus delayed the initial start to the 2020 season. In the proposal, it outlines a guarantee for 50% of players’ prorated salaries over a 76-game regular season and increase the money to 75% if the postseason is completed, people familiar with the plan told…
