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In this July 24, 2020, file photo, empty seats are viewed in Busch Stadium as St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty throws in the first inning baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in St. Louis. Major League Baseball players rejected a proposal to delay the start of spring training and the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, to report under the original schedule. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) **FILE**

MLB renews 7-inning doubleheaders, runners on 2nd in extras

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

In this July 3, 2020, file photo, balls marked with Cactus League spring training logos are in a basket during Kansas City Royals baseball practice at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Major League Baseball has slightly deadened its baseballs amid a years-long surge in home runs.MLB anticipates the changes will be subtle, and a memo to teams last week cites an independent lab that found the new balls will fly 1 to 2 feet shorter on balls hit over 375 feet. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

AP source: MLB slightly deadening ball amid HR surge

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Texas Rangers' Elvis Andrus tosses a ball before a spring training baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Surprise, Ariz. The Rangers traded Andrus to the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Texas is sending the 32-year-old Andrus, catcher Aramis Garcia and $13.5 million to the A's for designated hitter Khris Davis, along with catcher Jonah Heim and right-hander Dane Acker. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Elvis leaving Texas: Rangers deal Andrus to A’s for DH Davis

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2020, file photo, Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred answers questions at a press conference during baseball owners meetings in Orlando, Fla. Manfred tells The Associated Press that the commissioner's office, teams and the players' association &quot;owe it to our fans to be better than we've been the last three months.&quot; (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

MLB spring training, season set to start on time after negotiations to delay fail

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Los Angeles Dodgers pose for a group photo after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 to win the baseball World Series in Game 6 Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

MLB to start on time after players reject delay

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Hill takes over as MLB disciplinarian; Ibañez also hired

Associated Press

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a double during the fifth inning of Game 3 of a National League wild-card baseball series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Fernando Tatis Jr. announced as MLB The Show 21 cover star

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Cubs fans take photos through the locked gates at Sloan Park, the spring training site of the Chicago Cubs, in Mesa, Ariz., after Major League Baseball suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule because of the coronavirus outbreak, in this Friday, March 13, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) **FILE**

MLB proposes delaying start to April 28, cut to 154 games

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Brewers’ Goodrum 1st female minor league hitting coordinator

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2007, file photo, Boston Red Sox's Curt Schilling pitches against the Colorado Rockies in Game 2 of the baseball World Series at Fenway Park in Boston. Like many baseball writers, C. Trent Rosecrans viewed the Hall of Fame vote as a labor of love. The results of the 2021 vote will be announced Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, and Rosecrans was not alone in finding the task particularly agonizing this time around. With Schilling's candidacy now front and center — and Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens still on the ballot as well — voters have had to consider how much a player’s off-field behavior should affect his Hall of Fame chances. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Baseball Hall gets no new members; Schilling 16 votes shy

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Brad Hand delivers to Pittsburgh Pirates' Josh Bell during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland. The Cleveland Indians have declined contract options on Brad Hand and first baseman Carlos Santana for next season, decisions that will initially cut $27 million from the team's payroll. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)

Brad Hand addition nearly completes Nationals 2021 roster

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, baseballs occupy a bucket after use during fielding practice during spring training baseball workouts for pitchers and catchers at Cleveland Indians camp in Avondale, Ariz. Major League Baseball is suspending all political contributions in the wake of last week's invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob loyal to President Donald Trump, joining a wave of major corporations rethinking their efforts to lobby Washington. “In light of the unprecedented events last week at the U.S. Capitol, MLB is suspending contributions from its Political Action Committee pending a review of our political contribution policy going forward,” the league said in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) **FILE**

MLB, USA Baseball start combine ahead of pushed-back draft

Associated Press

FILE - San Diego Padres' Gordon Beckham makes a throw on a ball hit by Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout during the first inning of a spring training baseball game in Tempe, Ariz., in this Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, file photo. The Cactus League and Arizona community leaders have asked Major League Baseball to delay the start of spring training due to coronavirus concerns just over three weeks before pitchers and catchers are supposed to report. The Cactus League made the request in a letter to Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Cactus League asks MLB to delay spring training due to COVID

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino throws to catcher Austin Romine (55) between innings as a clock runs in the outfield during a spring training baseball exhibition game, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in Clearwater, Fla. Digital clocks, though some officials prefer to call them timers, have been installed in ballparks throughout the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues to keep the action moving. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Arizona Cactus League asks MLB to delay start of spring training

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

AP source: Astros agree to $7M, 2-year deal with Castro

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

This screen grab from a Zoom call shows New York Mets general manager Jared Porter Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Mets general manager Jared Porter sent graphic, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office, ESPN reported Monday night, Jan. 18, 2021. (Zoom via AP, File)

Mets fire Porter after 38 days for explicit texts in 2016

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

This June 8, 2013, photo shows Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton, right, and Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax, left, during the Old-Timers game prior to a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles. Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who spent most of his career in a Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation that included Koufax and Don Drysdale, has died, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. He was 75. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Cubs avoid arbitration with Bryant, Báez, Contreras

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, baseballs occupy a bucket after use during fielding practice during spring training baseball workouts for pitchers and catchers at Cleveland Indians camp in Avondale, Ariz. Major League Baseball is suspending all political contributions in the wake of last week's invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob loyal to President Donald Trump, joining a wave of major corporations rethinking their efforts to lobby Washington. “In light of the unprecedented events last week at the U.S. Capitol, MLB is suspending contributions from its Political Action Committee pending a review of our political contribution policy going forward,” the league said in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) **FILE**

AP Exclusive: MLB suspends political donations after DC riot

By Jake Seiner - Associated Press

Reaction to the death of Tommy Lasorda

By The Associated Press - Associated Press