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Anthony Rendon is leaving the Nationals to join the Angels on a seven-year, $245 million deal (via Jon Heyman).
Gerrit Cole and the Yankees have agreed to a record nine-year, $324 million contract (via ESPN's Jeff Passan).
Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals agreed to a seven-year, $245 million deal to keep the World Series MVP in D.C.
2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger is the first Dodgers player to win the award since Clayton Kershaw way back in 2014 and the first LA position player since Kirk Gibson in 1988.
AL Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander was just the fourth pitcher in MLB history with a WHIP of 0.80 or better in a season with 20+ starts.
Pete Alonso - who broke the MLB rookie record for homers with 53 - was named the NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year.
Yordan Alvarez was unanimously selected as the Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year. His .655 SLG is the highest by any rookie in MLB history in a season with at least 300 AB.
The Washington Nationals are the first team in World Series history to get all four of their wins on the road.
21-year-old Juan Soto is the youngest player to hit three home runs in a World Series since at least 1903 (the earliest date for which we have complete game-level data).
Alex Bregman hit his 5th career home run in the World Series, breaking the record for most by a third baseman.
Anthony Rendon had the World Series game that all future Nationals batters will be measured against, knocking in 5 runs as Washington forced a Game 7.
Justin Verlander is now 0-6 in 7 career World Series starts with his six losses being the second-most in World Series history behind Whitey Ford's 8 (though Ford started 22 games in the Fall Classic).
With a masterful performance in Game 6 of the World Series, Stephen Strasburg is just the second starting pitcher ever to win 5 games in a postseason with an ERA below 2.00, joining Randy Johnson (2001).
With 9 strikeouts across 7 innings of one-run ball, Astros ace Gerrit Cole and Cliff Lee has tied Cliff Lee (2010) for the most strikeouts by an AL pitcher in a single postseason with 47.
George Springer now has 7 career home runs in the World Series, tying Chase Utley for most by any player in the Fall Classic in the last 40 years.
Alex Bregman drove in 5 runs in Game 4 - the most in a World Series game by a third baseman in MLB history.
Justin Verlander is now 0-5 in 6 World Series starts. He's the only pitcher since at least 1903 to start 6+ games in the World Series without getting the win in any of them.
The Washington Nationals are just the fourth team to win a #WorldSeries game on the road by 9+ runs in the last 50 years.
Juan Soto became just the fourth player ever with 3 RBI in a World Series game before turning 21 years-old.