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World Series MVP Jorge Soler, Freddie Freeman and Eddie Rosario of the champion Atlanta Braves are among 160 players who became free agents as an uncertain offseason started with a lockout threat looming.

Freddie Freeman fittingly caught the last out for the Atlanta Braves as they won their first World Series championship since 1995. He tucked the baseball in his back pocket.

A bit player for the Chicago Cubs World Series victory over Cleveland five years ago, Jorge Soler was voted MVP of the Atlanta Braves' six-game World Series win over the Houston Astros.

The Atlanta Braves have won their first World Series championship since 1995, hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6.

Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros broke out the bats just in time to extend this World Series, by rallying past the Atlanta Braves 9-5 to cut their Series deficit to 3-2.

Ron Washington is getting another shot at a World Series title, 10 years after he was twice in the same game within one strike of winning a championship as manager of the Texas Rangers.

Rookie Jose Siri sparked a team whose biggest stars took a while to shine, sending the Houston Astros to a 7-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves that evened the World Series at one game apiece.

Jorge Soler became the first player to begin a World Series with a home run and the Atlanta Braves, despite the loss of pitcher Charlie Morton to a broken leg, hushed the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 1.

The Atlanta Braves are in the World Series in no small part thanks to the trades general manager Alex Anthopoulos made during the season.

The Houston Astros are in the World Series for the third time in five years. They're seen as villains, considered baseball's biggest cheaters after using an illegal sign-stealing scheme,