ATLANTA -- MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark said Monday that any push from MLB to implement a salary cap system would take the game “backward.”

ATLANTA -- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said “real progress” has been made on a short-term national media rights deal, though it will not be done by Tuesday’s All-Star Game as he originally speculated.

ATLANTA -- ESPN’s coverage of this year’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby is set for ESPN at 8pm, with a StatCast Edition airing simultaneously on ESPN2 (sources tell SBJ to watch for lots of drone coverage tonight, especially on The Deuce). Mariners C Cal Raleigh, a switch hitter known as “Big Dumper” who ...

Long before a single firework had burst, baseball was making noise on the Fourth of July.

The Atlanta Braves had crown jewel events in mind when they built what has become the crown jewel of mixed-use developments eight years ago.

MLB’s top-selling jersey list is dominated by the Dodgers and Mets, with seven of the top-20 players coming from the National League powers, who met last season in the Championship Series.

Tentpole days are nothing new for major league sports. The NFL for decades has owned Thanksgiving Day, while the NBA has laid claim to holidays like MLK Day and Christmas Day (although the NFL is moving into that date quickly).

MLBPA Deputy Exec Dir Bruce Meyer said Tuesday that he expects MLB owners to make a play for a salary cap when negotiations for the next CBA begin.

The Nationals will host tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League Aug. 22-25 in advance of its inaugural season next year.

The Rockies and York Space Systems have reached a 5 1/2-year deal for the Denver-based aerospace and defense technology company to become the franchise’s first-ever jersey patch sponsor.