Major League Baseball's ambitious return-to-play plans include processing upward of 10,000 coronavirus tests per week, overhauling stadiums and in-game settings to encourage social distancing, and rigorous rules intended to prevent against the spread of COVID-19, according to a draft of the league's health-and-safety manual obtained by ESPN.The document, which is missing multiple sections, will swell beyond its robust 67 pages…

You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we'll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history.ON THIS DATE IN 1965, Jim Palmer recorded his first major league victory.Jim Palmer was 19 -- long, lean, loose and wildly athletic, a remarkably confident kid who threw high fastballs…

If you're really going to get into this thing, you've gotta pick a team.That was my first thought as rumors swirled that KBO broadcasts might be coming to ESPN and there might be a way someone who is very much missing the sport to watch live baseball every day while we wait for the majors to return. And that is…

Major League Baseball plans to hold the 2020 MLB Draft remotely, according to a memo obtained by ESPN's Jeff Passan on Friday.As of now, teams are not allowed to have draft rooms and will do all drafting via video conference. That could change, the memo says, as the draft date approaches.Similar to how the NFL managed the leadup to its…