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Kyle Newman / Denver Post:
Charlie Blackmon, two other Rockies test positive for coronavirus following workouts at Coors Field  —  Rockies players Charlie Blackmon, Phillip Diehl and Ryan Castellani have all tested positive for coronavirus following recent workouts at Coors Field, major-league sources told The Denver Post.
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Baseball's back: MLB sets 60-game sked, opens July 23 or 24  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic following months of acrimony.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLBPA, owners clear final hurdles; players set to report to camps July 1  —  Major League Baseball will hold Opening Day either July 23 or 24, and players will head to training camps in a week after the league and the union on Tuesday agreed on health and safety protocols that will govern …
ESPN:
Sources: MLBPA agrees to report July 1, still discussing health and safety protocols  —  The Major League Baseball Players Association has agreed to report to training camps by July 1 and play a 60-game season, but it is still discussing health and safety protocols with the league, sources confirmed to ESPN's Jeff Passan on Tuesday.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: MLB targets 60-game season starting around July 24, assuming conditions met  —  Major League Baseball plans to hold a 60-game season that begins around July 24 but first needs players to sign off on a health-and-safety protocol and pledge to arrive at home stadiums by July 1 to prepare …
William Weinbaum / ESPN:
Minors teams sue insurers over coronavirus claims
Discussion: Forbes and MLB Baseball News …
Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
MLB, MLBPA reach agreement on health and safety protocols
Mike Oz / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Play ball! MLB sets late July for start of season
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Where things stand as MLB begins another week without 2020 season deal
Eamon Lynch / Golfweek:
Brooks Koepka will also withdraw from Travelers after his caddie tests positive for coronavirus  —  World No. 4 Brooks Koepka has told Golfweek that he is withdrawing from the Travelers Championship after his caddie, Ricky Elliott, became the latest to test positive for coronavirus on the PGA Tour.
Dan Szymborski / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Obscenely Late, Obscenely Early ZiPS Projected Standings  —  It seems like years ago at this point, but the last time we posted preliminary projections a month before the start of a baseball season, it went, well, you know, not great!  Now comes our second attempt at preliminary standings projections …
Chris Cotillo / Union-News:
Boston Red Sox, Blaze Jordan agree to $1.75 million signing bonus; slugger gets overslot deal for No. 89 pick  —  The Red Sox have agreed to a $1.75 million bonus with third-round pick Blaze Jordan, a source told MassLive on Wednesday.  That bonus comes in significantly higher than the slot value …
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Baseball's top 60 storylines for a 60-game MLB season  —  There is going to be a baseball season after all, one of 60 games, following a month of ugly public negotiations between the players and owners over how to navigate through the money of the shortened season.
Discussion: True Blue LA
Craig Calcaterra / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Multiple Blue Jays players and staff test positive for COVID-19  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Shi Davidi of Sportsnet reports that “multiple BlueJays players and staff have tested positive for COVID-19.”  —  Davidi says that the tests are related to the shutdown …
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Why a 60-game dash may not be good for Rays  —  The advantages of depth and pitching, and a potentially tougher schedule, increase the challenge.  —  If you are a fan excited to see how good the Rays would be this year coming off 2019′s success, g etting to play 60 games …
Discussion: The Athletic and DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Phillies have 2 more players, 2 staffers test positive for coronavirus  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies say two more players and two additional staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus, spiking the number of total members in the organization who have the virus to 12.
 
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