PLAYER SPOTLIGHT

David Ortiz, Red Sox

In his final season, Ortiz, 40, led the majors in slugging percentage, on-base-plus-slugging percentage and doubles through Sunday and was among the leaders in batting average, RBI and on-base percentage, all while fielding numerous media, promotional and public relations requests before and after every game. “He’s got an uncanny ability to, I don’t know if you want to say it’s compartmentalize, but it’s almost like he operates best when there’s so many different things going on,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “He finds a way to balance it all and has not skipped a beat when it comes to the bottom-line numbers.”