Javier Báez, nicknamed El Mago (Spanish for The Magician), is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the Chicago Cubs of Major League
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Javier Báez Life and Career: Javier Báez Bio & Other Information: Facts About Javier Báez
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Know Your Enemy: Chicago Cubs - InsideTheWhite Sox on Sports
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Javier Baez, Jon Lester of Chicago Cubs named MVPs of National
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Baez, Lester share NLCS MVP award
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Against the wind: Javy Baez slugs Cubs to NLDS win - The Athletic
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Jon Lester, Javier Baez named NLCS MVPs
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Jon Lester, Javier Baez named NLCS MVPs
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Jon Lester and Javier Baez share the MVP award, 2016 NLCS
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Jon Lester, Javier Baez named NLCS MVPs
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Arlington Country Day's Baez named NLCS MVP
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Javier Baez, Jon Lester of Chicago Cubs named MVPs of National