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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Who will define MLB's superteam era? Ranking the top 6 contenders — The Boston Red Sox are royal again after a World Series rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Boston is coming off a 108-win season, owns the game's highest payroll and has a talented core of players in their primes.
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Associated Press:
Thrown beer at Red Sox parade damages World Series trophy — This is most definitely the wrong kind of dinger. — Security was heavy for Wednesday's duck boat parade carrying the victorious Red Sox through downtown Boston to celebrate the team's fourth World Series title in 15 years — but there was still one problem.
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BostonGlobe.com
Associated Press:
Red Sox-Dodgers World Series averages 14.1 million viewers — NEW YORK — Boston's five-game World Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 14,125,000 viewers on Fox, down 25 percent from last year and the fourth-lowest ever. — The Series featuring a pair of large-market teams averaged …
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Naples Herald
Mike Puma / New York Post:
Mickey Callaway has ‘support’ of the Mets' new GM … The Mets' new general manager is intent on keeping the old manager. — Mickey Callaway will meet with new GM Brodie Van Wagenen this week, at which time he will be told he's still the Mets' field boss.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Mets make strangest GM hire in baseball history with Brodie Van Wagenen
Steven Marcus / Newsday:
Jeff Wilpon says Brodie Van Wagenen will say who stays, who goes
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Newsday
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Van Wagenen's background isn't what Mets need to know
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MLB Trade Rumors
David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:
Column: As Cubs consider Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, the answer is simple: Neither — Chicago Tribune — As Dodgers slugger Manny Machado admired the longest single of the World Series in Game 3, he cost himself more than a double by dogging it down the first-base line.
Discussion:
McCovey Chronicles
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Bryce Harper, Manny Machado or option No. 3? Assessing the Cubs' free-agent options
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
The future is uncertain for Manny Machado in L.A.
Discussion:
Over the Monster and MLB Daily Dish
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs sign agreements with 4 minor-league affiliates through 2022 — Chicago Tribune — The Cubs have stabilized working relationships with their minor-league affiliates, signing two-year contract extensions with Triple-A Iowa, Double-A Tennessee, Class A Myrtle Beach and Class …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates To Decline Option Over Josh Harrison, Jung Ho Kang — The Pirates will decline their club option over infielder Josh Harrison, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter link). Likewise, infielder Jung Ho Kang is heading to free agency, MLB.com's Adam Berry tweets.
Discussion:
Bucs Dugout
Toronto Sun:
Moose is loose from Brewers; Soria also elects free agency — Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Mike Moustakas is becoming a free agent again, and so is reliever Joakim Soria. — In addition, the Brewers exercised a US$3,175,000 option on All-Star right-hander Jeremy Jeffress …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mike Moustakas, Joakim Soria Decline Mutual Options
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Brew Crew Ball
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Exercise Club Option Over Jeremy Jeffress, Buy Out Jordan Lyles — The Brewers made the easy call today to pick up their club option over righty Jeremy Jeffress, MLB.com's Adam McCalvy tweets. He stands to earn $3.175MM for the 2019 season. — Meanwhile, the team declined …
Discussion:
Brew Crew Ball and Al's Ramblings
Larry Stone / The Seattle Times:
Mariners again are stuck in the middle entering baseball's offseason — The Mariners are too good to break apart, not good enough to go all-out for it, and the best-case scenario likely is claiming the AL's second wild-card. That's a tenuous landscape upon which to enter the offseason.
Discussion:
Lookout Landing
Chris Vivlamore / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Two Rookie of the Year awards for Acuna, one to go — Ronald Acuna Jr. has now won two Rookie of the Year awards. — The Braves young sensation was honored by Baseball Digest in the National League on Wednesday. He was also named by Sporting News several weeks ago.
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Reportedly “Finalizing” Contract With Trevor Rosenthal — 12:58pm: Unsurprisingly, Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets, it'll be a MLB deal that's structured similarly to the contract that Greg Holland signed with the Rockies for the 2016 campaign.
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MLB Baseball News …, Cubs Insider, FanGraphs Baseball, MLB Daily Dish and Lone Star Ball
Associated Press:
Russell Westbrook rallies Thunder past Clippers, tussles with Patrick Beverley — OKLAHOMA CITY — The long-running feud between Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley is not done yet. — The Clippers rode strong shooting to a 13-point halftime lead on Tuesday night …
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Daily Breeze and USA Today
