Shin-Soo Choo donates $1,000 to each Rangers minor league player  —  Donation of at least $190,000 will help players with expenses during coronavirus shutdown.  —  Shin-Soo Choo has often talked with reverence about wanting to help the next generation of players the way veterans did for him in his early years.

Dr. James Andrews suspends Tommy John surgeries at his offices  —  With questions being raised as to whether athletes should have orthopedic operations such as Tommy John surgery at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is ongoing, the best-known practitioner of the procedure has stopped performing …

AJ Hinch, Jeff Luhnow suspensions fulfilled in 2020 even if MLB season canceled  —  Former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow will fulfill their one-season suspensions for the team's sign-stealing scandal even if no baseball is played in 2020, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney on Thursday.

Minor League Transactions  —  Minor league maneuvering for all 30 organizations for the period March 1 to April 1, 2020.

Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka leaves to Japan as coronavirus hammers U.S., says he was in dangerous situation  —  Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has retreated to his native Japan as the coronavirus continues to devastate the U.S.  —  Tanaka said he left in late March, but didn't give an exact date.

Dodgers' New TV Deal Ends 7-Year Blackout  —  No joke.  This is not an April Fool's Day prank.  The Dodgers seven-year cable television nightmare is over.  —  What started with the club signing a 20-year, $8 billion TV deal with what was then Time Warner Cable in 2013 has ended …

New study says 2019 playoff balls were de-juiced, but MLB still has no answers  —  Baseball has enough problems to deal with.  For one thing, it's nearly April and there's no baseball.  Still, a problem found does not resolve a problem left for later, and there is at least one major unresolved issue …

Additional Steps We're Taking for the Health and Safety of Our Associates  —  As our company and country continue to deal with the spread of COVID-19, we remain focused on the health and safety of our associates.  —  We continue to follow and communicate the CDC's recommended guidance …

A.J. Reed's retirement underscores Astros' tepid 2014 draft class  —  Drawing scant attention with the announcement, A.J. Reed retired on March 4 — about one week into spring training games — when concern about the coronavirus grew around the country.  —  Reed told a Terre Haute, Ind., television station of his situation.

As MLB ponders post-virus season, players worry about health  —  MLB, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers  —  As Major League Baseball and the players' union contemplate various ways to create a schedule for whenever the coronavirus pandemic subsides …

MLB managers on how they're helping team, family deal with pandemic  —  Dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic is not only changing the fabric of Major League Baseball, but it's also redefining the role of major league managers.  This global public health crisis has led to a shift …