3B Kris Bryant was 2-for-4 with an RBI double in the first inning Saturday to extend his hitting streak to six games. He is the first Cubs player since Derek Lee (2007-08) to have a playoff streak hit six games. Bryant is now the Cubs all-time leader in extra base postseason hits with eight.

3B Kris Bryant hit a two-run, game-tying home run in the top of the ninth inning of the Cubs' eventual 6-5, 13-inning loss to the Giants. The game-tying homer was the first for a Cub in the ninth inning of a postseason game since RF Sammy Sosa bombed one against the Florida Marlins in Game 1 of the 2003 National League Championship Series. Bryant had three hits in the game.

3B Kris Bryant had a spectacular follow-up to an impressive 2015 rookie-of-the-year season. The versatile 24-year-old NL All Star -- he played five field positions and also as designated hitter this season -- was just the fourth player in franchise history to collect at least 120 runs, 35 doubles, 39 homers and 100 RBIs in a single season, and just the second in the last 85 years. An iron man performer who played in 155 games -- tied for the team lead with Anthony Rizzo -- Bryant closed the regular season with a .292 average and his team-high 39 home runs were third in the league.

Close calls: we've had plenty of them in this baseball season. The final playoff spots and postseason seedings came down to results of games on the final day of the regular season.In forecasting who will win the major MLB awards this year, there are plenty of close calls, too. There were a half-dozen players who could have a case for the American League MVP and nearly as many for the National League MVP. The AL Rookie of the Year might be the toughest call of all.Here, then, are our predictions for how things will shake out when voting by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America is complete. As with the ballots that will be cast we have a top 10 for the MVP awards, top five for the Cy Young awards and top three for both the Manager of the Year and Rookie of the Year. (All statistics are entering play on Sunday).AL MVP1. David Ortiz (Red Sox) 2. Mike Trout (Angels)3. Jose Altuve (Astros)4. Mookie Betts (Red Sox)5. Manny Machado (Orioles)6. Josh Donaldson (Blue Jays)7. Adrian... [More]

3B Kris Bryant was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer. That put him into triple digits in RBIs with 101. His previous career best was 99. "Now there's nothing for him to shoot for next year. He's got his 100th RBI," manager Joe Maddon said.

3B Kris Bryant (2-for-4 with a walk) collected his 41st multi-hit effort. Bryant recorded a hit in 10 of his last 11 games dating to Sept. 11. He's gone 13-for-49 in that stretch and is batting .297 for the season with 38 homers and 99 RBIs.

3B Kris Bryant hit his 38th home run of the season and 10th against the Reds this year, the most by a Cubs player all-time against Cincinnati. His 38 homers are the most by any Cub since Aramis Ramirez clubbed 38 in 2008.

LF Kris Bryant was 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run. He has hit safely in 14 of his past 15 games, going 25-for-58 (.431) in that stretch. He collected his fifth multi-double game of the season and 12th game with three or more hits.

On his second day in instructional league camp, Tim Tebow had the No. 1-selling jersey on MLB.com. The uniform top, with T-E-B-O-W stitched on the back above the No. 15, is available from Majestic, which signed Tebow to a separate marketing deal when the New York Mets agreed to a $100,000 minor-league deal with the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner.A similar t-shirt, made to look like a jersey with name and number on the back, was second only to the Chicago Cubs National League Central champions t-shirt in MLB.com sales. Tebow's jersey sells for $119.99 and the t-shirt goes for $29.99. Cubs MVP candidate Kris Bryant is second in jersey sales, per MLB.com.

INF Kris Bryant drove in a run with a triple on Saturday against the Brewers. He has 96 RBIs this season. His 115 runs scored lead the majors.

3B Kris Bryant went 1-for-5 with a single in the sixth, the only hit Chicago managed against hard-throwing reliever Anthony Reyes in 4 1/3 innings. Bryant left the bases loaded in the second with a strikeout on Reyes' 98 mph fastball and also chased a high fastball against Kevin Siegrist in the ninth for a second whiff. Bryant leads the team with 138 punchouts.

LF Kris Bryant recorded his 37th home run on the season, a two-run, two-out shot off Astros RHP Joe Musgrove in the fifth inning. Bryant has the most homers by a Cub since Aramis Ramirez belted 38 in 2006. He is tied for the National League lead in homers with Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado.

3B/OF Kris Bryant went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts, snapping a streak of reaching base in 21 consecutive games. It was the longest such streak of his career and was the second-longest streak by any Cub this season.

3B Kris Bryant (1-for-3) extended his hitting streak to a career-high tying 14 with his first-inning RBI single. He has a .496 on-base percentage in his last 26 games dating to Aug. 5.

3B Kris Bryant went 2-for-4 with a walk and a homer. The homer was his 36th of the season and extended a hitting streak to 13 games, a stretch in which he is batting .462 with 19 runs, eight home runs and 17 RBIs.

3B Kris Bryant (1-for-4) extended a hitting streak to 12 games with a third-inning double. That marks his longest hitting streak of the season and is tied for second longest of his career.

3B Kris Bryant entered Tuesday's game with a major league-leading 109 runs scored and was tied for the NL lead with 35 home runs. .

LF Kris Bryant extended his hitting streak to 10 games on Sunday. Bryant went 2-for-3 with a double, walked once and struck out once in a 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The National League's Rookie of the Year in 2015 needs hits in his next four games to equal the longest hitting streak of his career, 14 games. During his streak, Bryant is batting .488 (20-for-41) with three doubles, seven home runs and 16 RBIs.

3B Kris Bryant extended his hitting streak to nine games with a single in the first inning. Bryant is hitting .394 with five homers and 11 RBIs on the Cubs' current trip.

3B Kris Bryant homered twice, including the go-ahead two-run shot in the 10th, rallying the Cubs to a 6-4 victory over the Dodgers on Friday night. Bryant, who went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, tagged Dodgers LHP Adam Liberatore (2-1) after Dexter Fowler singled to start the inning. It was his National League-best 35th home run, boosting the Cubs (82-45) to their fourth straight win. "It obviously didn't feel like it was winnable for us though we were only down by a run at one point," said Bryant, who scored three times to increase his NL-leading run total to 107. "I don't know, it was kind of one of those weird games, but this is our team and we did it last year."