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FILE - 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. 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/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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

by Ronald Blum AP Baseball WriterJanuary 31, 2021

Yankees sent Adam Ottavino to Boston in rare trade with Red Sox

by Ronald Blum Associated PressJanuary 25, 2021

FILE - In this April 25, 2019, file photo, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jameson Taillon delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Pittsburgh. A person familiar with the trade talks tells The Associated Press the New York Yankees made the second addition to their starting rotation of the offseason, agreeing to acquire right-hander Taillon from the Pirates for four prospects. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Yankees get Jameson Taillon from Pirates for 4 prospects

by Ronald Blum AP Baseball WriterJanuary 24, 2021

FILE - In this May 21, 2015, file photo, the St. Paul, Minn., skyline is visible beyond CHS Field as the St. Paul Saints hold their baseball season opener against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at the new stadium. Major League Baseball went through with its plan to cut to 120 farm teams. As part of the reorganization, the Saints, which had been an independent team, will become the Triple-A team of the Minnesota Twins. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Jackson loses team as affiliated minors shrink to 120

by Ronald Blum Associated PressDecember 10, 2020

United States players celebrate with Kristie Mewis, number 22, who scored her side's second goal during the international friendly women's soccer match between The Netherlands and the US at the Rat Verlegh stadium in Breda, southern Netherlands, Friday Nov. 27, 2020. (Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool via AP)

Women’s team, US Soccer settle part of their lawsuit

by Anne M. Peterson Associated Press, and Ronald Blum Associated PressDecember 1, 2020

FILE - This Oct., 3, 2020, file photo shows Dortmund's Giovanni Reyna watching during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and SC Freiburg in Dortmund, Germany. Gio Reyna, a son of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna, got his first call-up to the U.S. national soccer team. The Borussia Dortmund midfielder is part of a 24-man roster for exhibitions at Wales on Nov. 12 and against Panama four days later in Austria. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

At 17, Gio Reyna prepares for US debut with dad’s help

by Ronald Blum Associated PressNovember 11, 2020

File-This Sept. 26, 2020, file photo shows Miami Marlins' Jon Berti stealing second base as New York Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu waits for the throw during the third inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Houston Astros outfielder George Springer, LeMahieu, and Philadelphia catcher J.T. Realmuto were among just six free agents who received 18.9 million qualifying offers on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, from their former teams. Three right-handed pitchers also received the offers, Cincinnati’s Trevor Bauer, the New York Mets’ Marcus Stroman, and San Francisco's Kevin Gausman. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, File)

Stroman, Gausman take $18.9M; Springer, LeMahieu reject

by Ronald Blum Associated PressNovember 11, 2020

FILE- In this Aug. 10, 2020, file photo, New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen eyes a group of photographers as he takes a seat before a baseball game between the Mets and the Washington Nationals in New York. Van Wagenen and many of his top aides are out, moves announced less than an hour after hedge fund manager Steve Cohen completed his 2.4 billion purchase of the team Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Mets GM Van Wagenen, others out as Cohen takes over team

by Ronald Blum Associated PressNovember 6, 2020

Dortmund's Giovanni Reyna, right, and Zenit's Wilmar Barrios, left, challenge for the ball during the Champions League group F soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Zenit Saint Petersburg in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Bernd Thissen/Pool via AP)

Gio Reyna among 10 players who could make US debuts at Wales

by Ronald Blum Associated PressNovember 3, 2020

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen attends a benefit in New York. Major League Baseball owners voted Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, to approve the sale of the New York Mets to Cohen. The sale from the Wilpon and Katz families values the franchise at between 2.4 billion and 2.45 billion, a record for a baseball team. The sale is likely to close within 10 days. (AP Photo/File)

MLB owners approve sale of Mets to Steve Cohen

by Ronald Blum Associated PressOctober 30, 2020