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The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates are trimming payroll while they await word on the fate of the MLB season. The Cubs are instituting pay cuts because of the coronavirus crisis.

Forbes estimates the New York Yankees are baseball’s most valuable franchise at $5 billion. That is 47% more than the No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers at $3.4 billion.

Two Chicago Cubs employees who attended an annual training session at Wrigley Field on March 8 have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Major league pitchers have been tinkering with the ball for years in search of an advantage, occasionally breaking major league rules in the process.

Mariners' Marco Gonzales didn't make it out of the first inning in his first outing of the 2020 spring training, since signing a four-year, $30 million contract extension.

Philadelphia hired former Yankees manager Joe Girardi to replace Gabe Kapler on Thursday. Girardi will be introduced at a news conference Monday.

Former Yakima Bears catcher David Ross has been tabbed as the new skipper of the Chicago Cubs

Joe Maddon is returning to Los Angeles to become the manager of the Los Angeles Angels' manager. In the city, where he spent the first three decades of his baseball career.

The collapsing Cubs were eliminated from playoff contention shortly before losing their eighth straight game, falling 4-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

With one more loss or a Brewers win, the freefalling Chicago Cubs would be eliminated from a playoff spot. The Cubbies fell in a 9-2 defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates.