BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox plan to operate without a full-time general manager for now.

President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced that intention Tuesday in naming Eddie Romero the team’s new senior vice president and assistant general manager.

It is the latest move to take place inside Boston’s baseball operations department since former general manager Mike Hazen left the team earlier this month to become vice president and general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The team says both Romero and senior vice president and assistant general manager Brian O’Halloran will report directly to Dombrowski and assist in all aspects of baseball operations going forward.

Romero, 37, is being promoted after being previously elevated to vice president of international scouting at the start of the 2016 season.

ANGELS: C.J. Cron is having a medical procedure to relieve pain in his left thumb.

Cron will need 6 to 8 weeks of recovery time, the Angels announced.

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

Major league players voted on the award, with many of the ballots cast before Fernandez’s death. Of the 177 votes by players, 70 went to Fernandez. Washington Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark finished second with 27 votes, followed by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill (17).

Fernandez was a candidate for such an honor even before his death made him a sentimental choice. 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.

AUCTIONS: An auction house says memorabilia of Yankees great Yogi Berra sold for $493,855 during on online auction, including $159,720 for his 1953 World Series championship ring. The catcher died in September 2015.

INDIANS: Manager Terry Francona says he’s considering playing Carlos Santana in left field at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, where Cleveland will not have the designated hitter for Games 3-5 against the Cubs.

Santana took fly balls in left the past few days, and Francona said the first baseman/DH is willing to play the outfield.

• The last time the baseball world caught a glimpse of Trevor Bauer’s mangled pinkie finger on his right hand, it was grotesquely dripping blood onto the pitching rubber in Toronto during the ALCS.

Unlike most horror movies, however, Bauer has no plans for a sequel.

Bauer is confident the mound will be blood free when he starts Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday night against the Chicago Cubs. Bauer tested the finger – notoriously hurt while he was tinkering with a drone – during a simulated game on Monday. He wore gauze over the finger – a no-no during an actual game – just to see if it could withstand the pressure placed on it when Bauer grips the ball and lets it rip.

When Bauer unwrapped the finger after throwing about 20 pitches, he exhaled.

“We took it off and it was completely white, so it was a non-issue,” Bauer said.

CUBS: The doctors told Kyle Schwarber the day after he tore two ligaments in his left knee on April 7 that his season was over.

Funny how months of relentless rehab and a chance to play in the World Series can speed up the healing process.

Schwarber was the designated hitter for Game 1, 201 days after his frightening collision with teammate Dexter Fowler while chasing down a fly ball against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Even Schwarber is surprised he’s here.

“I took regular visits to the doctor every month or two, and he kept telling me, ‘It’s going to be spring training,’ ” Schwarber said. “Then this past doctor’s visit I had right before we went to LA for the (NLCS) he looked at my knee, he’s like: ‘Man, it’s great. You’re strong. I’m not going to hold you back from doing anything.’ “

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