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 …

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.

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.

What I'm hearing about Bryce Young's breakout, Ravens' trade process post Maxx Crosby, penalty-flag fiction  —  Remember, about two months ago this time, all the hubbub about how the Atlanta Falcons couldn't rush the passer?  —  Or when, about two weeks ago, everyone realized …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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.