The Boston Red Sox haven't informed Clay Buchholz whether or not they will exercise his option for the 2017 season.

The club holds a $13.5 million option on Buchholz, who they told prior to the end of the 2015 regular season that they would trigger his option for this season.

The Red Sox have until five days after the end of the World Series to make a formal decision.

The Chicago Cubs will invite all of their coaches to return for another season as the team has made the playoffs in back-to-back years, now including their first World Series appearance in 71 seasons.

"It is unusual to have that many (coaches) stick and it's unusual to have that kind of success with that group also," Joe Maddon said.

Davey Martinez is the one coach who could be on the move, as he's been rumored to be a candidate for the vacant manager's job with the Colorado Rockies.

Both Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball Players Association head Tony Clark have expressed optimism that a work stoppage can be avoided with the current collective bargaining agreement set to expire on December 1.

There is still work to be done on a new deal despite Manfred saying in the past that he hoped a deal would be completed by the end of the postseason.

Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes that the current CBA could be "rolled over for at least this offseason."

A rollover of the current rules could keep this winter's free agent market from stalling by allowing free agents to negotiate with teams without either party worrying about how a new agreement might affect them.

Don Wakamatsu will interview with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies for their vacant managerial positions.

Wakamatsu is currently the bench coach for the Kansas City Royals.

The 53-year-old managed the Seattle Mariners for just under two seasons as he was fired in August 2010. Since then he has worked for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees.

Baltimore's Zach Britton earned MLB's Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award, and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kenley Jansen was given the Trevor Hoffman NL reliever honor.

Behind another classic postseason start from Jon Lester, a homer from Kris Bryant and an extended outing from closer Aroldis Chapman, the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians 3-2 to narrow their deficit in the World Series to 3-2.

The Cubs are attempting to become just the sixth of 45 teams to fall behind 3-1 to come back in a best-of-seven World Series.

Prices on the resale market for Game 5 of the World Series in Chicago plummeted on Sunday morning after the Chicago Cubs' second straight loss at Wrigley Field on Saturday.

List prices for the cheapest ticket fell to under $1,000 compared to just 48 hours before, when there wasn't a single Game 5 ticket listed on the resale market for less than $2,400.

At 11 a.m. ET, nine hours before Game 5 begins, there were 445 tickets listed for under $1,000 on StubHub.When Game 3 ended, the cheapest seats to Games 4 and 5 were $1,900 and $2,400, respectively.

Rob Manfred isn't in favor of playing the World Series under a single set of rules in future seasons.

The Cleveland Indians played Carlos Santana, their usual designated hitter, in left field at Wrigley Field on Friday night.

"I think the problem is picking what that one set of rules is," Manfred said.

"The National League plays without a DH all year. Their team is built to play without a DH. It's the opposite in the American League. And I think the competitive ramifications of picking a single set of rules would be significant.

"Both teams have to adjust. Each of them has to adjust at some point in the series. And given that we play the game two different ways during the year, that makes some sense to me."

Ratings for the 2016 World Series are the highest Major League Baseball has seen since the 2009 season after two games.

The first two games have averaged 18.3 million viewers on Fox, up 27 percent from last year.

Kyle Schwarber will be limited to pinch-hit duty as the World Series shifts to Wrigley Field.

Schwarber, who returned to the lineup in Game 1 as the designated hitter at Progressive Field, missed all but three games during the regular season with a knee injury.

After speaking with doctors on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs decided it was best he not play defense.

"Kyle has not been medically cleared to play the field, so he will not be in the lineup the next three games," Theo Epstein said. "But we do look forward to him impacting the game as a pinch hitter for us, and certainly should the series return to Cleveland, he'll be eligible to continue as a designated hitter."

Schwarber and his surgically repaired left knee had been cleared to hit and run the bases 10 days ago, but not to do any lateral running needed to play the outfield.

"It's not disappointing at all," Schwarber said. "It was a long shot at the most. You know, obviously I want to be out there for my teammates and everything, it's just the competitor inside me, but facts are facts. I just can't physically do it."