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Gabrielle Starr / Boston Herald:
Red Sox' Garrett Whitlock unknowingly pitched through major injury this season  —  Whitlock is in a boot for up to six weeks, but will not require surgery.  —  Garrett Whitlock's career year including unknowingly pitching on a fractured right tibia that was not properly diagnosed until …
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Tim Healey / The Boston Globe:
Garrett Whitlock pitched through a broken leg down the stretch for the Red Sox, tests reveal  —  The end of the Red Sox' season was particularly painful for Garrett Whitlock, who unknowingly pitched through a broken leg.  —  After the loss to the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs last week …
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Peter Abraham / The Boston Globe:
Alex Cora is in no hurry to return to managing, but is expected back when timing is right  —  The Red Sox fired Alex Cora on April 25.  He could have managed the Phillies two days later had he wanted to, but Cora declined an offer from president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and decided …
Tim Stebbins / MLB.com:
Guardians erase 0-2 hole, complete ALDS comeback to punch ALCS ticket  —  CLEVELAND — Guardians players, coaches, staff and front-office members gathered in the middle of the red-tinted home clubhouse at Progressive Field on Saturday night, forming a circle around manager Stephen Vogt.
The Ringer:
It's Never Going to Happen With Aaron Boone … The New York Yankees will never win a World Series with Aaron Boone as their manager.  We know this as a fact, a truism on par with the sky being blue and the sun rising each morning and the worst people on earth rushing to the aisle immediately after an airplane lands.
ESPN:
Sources: Phillies' Fuld declines offer to become A's president  —  Sam Fuld was offered the Athletics' job as president of baseball operations but declined to take it and has withdrawn from consideration, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Saturday.  —  Fuld, who had previously served …
Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Sonny Gray plans to pitch in 2027, and likely free agent open about a potential return to the Red Sox  —  Sonny Gray and his family didn't need long to decide his baseball future.  The 36-year-old intends to pitch again in 2027 and is open to returning to the Red Sox as a free agent.
Mike Petriello / MLB.com:
Skubal-Miz matchup not just rare — it's nearly unprecedented  —  It doesn't get much better than this, and the data proves it  —  Game 1 of the National League Championship Series is a phenomenal matchup between Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski and Dodgers left-hander Tarik Skubal.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and True Blue LA
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Guardians' Williams, White Sox's Burke to start for ALCS bid  —  After finishing Game 4 of the American League Division Series on the mound, Cleveland Guardians right-hander Gavin Williams will get the ball to start Game 5 on Saturday, manager Stephen Vogt announced.
Sonja Chen / MLB.com:
‘October Kiké’ remains a constant in Dodgers' chase for three-peat  —  LOS ANGELES — What do Jim Thome, David Ortiz, Aaron Judge and Kiké Hernández have in common?  —  They have all hit exactly 17 postseason home runs.  —  One of those four names is not quite like the others.
Shawn McFarland / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers provide offseason injury updates for Corey Seager, other players  —  The Rangers got a pair of offseason surgeries out of the way early this fall, and avoided a third.  —  The Rangers got a pair of offseason surgeries out of the way early this fall.
Discussion: MLB.com and MLB Trade Rumors
Laura Albanese / Newsday:
Mets' Carson Benge played his way into a legitimate Rookie of the Year candidate  —  Carson Benge suffers from no false modesty.  He doesn't downplay his ambition or fear of not achieving his goal - even when professional prognosticators say the odds aren't in his favor.  —  Especially then.
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