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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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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.
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Ian O'Connor / The Athletic:
The Yankees should move on from Aaron Boone. Just don't expect them to do it
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees turn to Fried to save season when ALDS resumes in Bronx
Yankees turn to Fried to save season when ALDS resumes in Bronx
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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.
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ESPN:
Brewers eliminate Padres with 3-1 win in Game 4, advance to NLCS rematch with Dodgers — SAN DIEGO — Garrett Mitchell tripled and scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning before making a pivotal catch on Manny Machado's drive to the wall in the eighth, and the Milwaukee Brewers advanced …
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Eric Stephen / True Blue LA:
Andy Pages single beats Braves, Dodgers win NLDS in 4 games
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Gracelyn N. / Battery Power:
Braves end 2026 campaign at home with NLDS exit
Braves end 2026 campaign at home with NLDS exit
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Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Weddings in. Holiday cards out. Internal MLB memo sets rules for lockout — While Major League Baseball publicly celebrates its postseason this month, the league's central office is internally laying out exactly what the looming lockout will look like, including a plan to once again scrub player images …
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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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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.
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Kennedi Landry / MLB.com:
Rangers' 5 biggest offseason questions — This story was excerpted from Kennedi Landry's Rangers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. — ARLINGTON — Unlike last October, the Rangers enter this offseason …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB proposes shorter regular season, best-of-7 division series — Major League Baseball has proposed shortening its regular season to 154 games starting in 2029 and expanding the division series to a best-of-seven format. — The proposals came Thursday as part of negotiations …
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.
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Brendan Kuty / The Athletic:
Jazz Chisholm Jr. doesn't understand why Yankees fans booed him. But he wants to return — NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn't understand. The New York Yankees second baseman's pinch-hit attempt to lead off the seventh inning ended in a popout to first base.
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Associated Press:
Fan interference denies Anthony Volpe a tying homer for Yankees against Rays in Game 3 of ALDS — NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe was denied a tying home run for the New York Yankees in Game 3 of their AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays when umpires ruled a fan interfered with his drive to deep left field Wednesday night.
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The Athletic:
Phillies' Sam Fuld, Cubs' Jared Banner among candidates for A's top executive job — As the Athletics establish Las Vegas as their new headquarters, the search for their next top executive includes Philadelphia Phillies president of business operations Sam Fuld and Chicago Cubs assistant …
