Jose Fernandez named Sporting News NL Comeback Player of the Year

The Sporting News named late Miami pitcher Jose Fernandez its NL Comeback Player of the Year, one month to the day after he died in a boating accident off Miami Beach.

In his first full season after May 2014 Tommy John surgery, he had a 2.86 ERA and 1.12 WHIP while making a career-high 29 starts and making his second All-Star team.

Boston plans to operate without a full-time general manager for now, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said after naming Eddie Romero, 37, the team’s senior vice president and assistant general manager.

The Cleveland Clinic said at least five babies born Tuesday at its Fairview Hospital were dressed in World Series onesies and that those born throughout the World Series at several of its hospitals will be dressed in the outfits to help cheer on Cleveland’s quest for a championship as they take on the Chicago Cubs.

Angels first baseman C.J. Cron will undergo a procedure to relieve pain in his left thumb and will require six to eight weeks of recovery time, the team announced.

An auction house says Yogi Berra memorabilia sold for $493,855 during on online auction, including $159,720 for the late Yankee catcher’s 1953 World Series championship ring.