Rays' Blake Snell: ‘Just not worth it’ to play in 2020 for reduced pay  —  “I gotta get my money.  I'm not playing unless I get mine, okay?  And that's just the way it is for me,” said Snell, who was due to get $7 million.  —  Rays Cy Young award winner Blake Snell said the risk of returning …

LISTEN: Former Astros star, manager Art Howe describes coronavirus symptoms, ICU stay  —  HOUSTON - Former Houston Astros star and manager, Art Howe is in the ICU with coronavirus, he confirmed to KPRC 2 Thursday.  —  Howe told KPRC 2 he felt the first symptoms of the virus on Sunday …

MLB safety protocols: Must finish postseason before second wave of COVID-19 hits nation  —  PHOENIX — Don't take it personal, Uber and Lyft, but major league ballplayers will be strongly discouraged from riding in your cars this summer.  —  Fans, you can cheer for all your favorite players …

Former Braves first baseman Bob Watson dies at 74  —  Bob Watson mainly made a name for himself in Houston.  He played 14 years for the Astros and was a two-time All-Star.  But the big right-handed hitter finished his great career with the Atlanta Braves.  —  Watson died Thursday night at the age of 74.

Willie Mays at 89: ‘My Thing Is Keep Talking and Keep Moving’  —  As the coronavirus pandemic keeps him homebound, the greatest living baseball player is missing visits to the ballpark, as well as opportunities to promote a new book on his life.  —  Baseball is almost like oxygen for Willie Mays.

FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus  —  Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department's investigation into controversial stock trades he made as the novel coronavirus …

Yankees hope Aaron Judge will be ready (at some point) for coronavirus-shortened 2020 season  —  TAMPA — Aaron Judge's rehab is going as the Yankees expected and they hope to have him on the field if there is an MLB 2020 season at some point, GM Brian Cashman said Thursday morning.

‘My numbers are obviously there’: Yadier Molina on catching and Cooperstown  —  The 2020 season was supposed to be the last year that St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina played before calling it a career in Major League Baseball.  But then the COVID-19 crisis put everyone's plans on hold …

SEE THE MLB MOCK DRAFT VERSION 4.0  —  While MLB has yet to officially announce the draft date and length, we are closing in on a five-round draft set to begin June 10.  —  So we present our latest mock draft projection roughly a month away from showtime.  —  Typically around this time …