Kemp played with a fractured left kneecap that occurred when he fouled off a pitch there in mid-June, CBS Philadelphia has learned. He played through the injury for the rest of the season, hiding the pain and continuing to grind out at bats. He'll have surgery this offseason.

It is no secret that the A’s are in need of a more-productive third basemen. Names like Alex Bregman and Eugenio Suárez highlight the power-hitting stars at the hot corner, but Alec Bohm of the Philadelphia Phillies could be the answer for the A’s going into the 2026 season.

Unsurprisingly, the Sox have done really well in the Silver Slugger overall, having won exactly 50 of them since it was first given out in 1980. And it wasn’t only Wade Boggs who piled them up at Fenway.