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Saturday 2 November 2019

SPUR OFF

Washington Nationals third
baseman Anthony Rendon
celebrates with the trophy in
the locker room after Game
7 of the baseball World Series
against the Houston Astros
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in
Houston.
Associated Press
Cole,

Rendon

among

131 free

agents on

market

By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Wash-
ington third baseman An-
thony Rendon became a
free agent Thursday, a day
after homering to spark
Washington’s seventh-in-
ning comeback in Game 7
of the World Series.
Houston pitcher Gerrit Cole
also went free after warm-
ing up in the bullpen but Kawhi Leonard too much
never getting into the sea-
son finale.
And Nationals pitcher Ste- for Spurs in Clippers’ win
phen Strasburg, the World
Series MVP, could be join-
ing them in the next few Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, front,
days. He has the right to loses the ball with San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte
opt out of his contract, Murray, left, defending during the second half of an
which has $100 million over NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct.
four years remaining.
Baseball’s business season 31, 2019.
starts shortly after the final Associated Press
out. Page 19
“I think it’s hard to kind of
fast-forward,” Astros man-
ager AJ Hinch said.

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