Live the life of a Major Leaguer with the best player Instagram posts of 2016

I don't know about you, but I like Instagram because it lets me pretend that all of the MLB players I follow are my friends in real life:

"Neat Halloween costume, Bryce!"

"Mike, did she say yes?!"

"Looks like you're having a great vacation, Johnny!"

With the best player Instagrams of 2016, you too can pretend MLB players are your real friends. We've broken down our favorite 'grams of the year into these categories -- it's like the Oscars, but less about movies and more about the lives of baseball players.

Best friends

Instagram is a good place to chronicle friendship. Like the friendship between Johnny Cueto and this whale:

Or Cueto and this donkey:

Or the very special bond between Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain , regularly documented on Perez's Instagram:

Cubs

This is your friendly reminder that in 2016, the Cubs won their first World Series championship in 108 years. The particularly momentous occasion made for some good 'gramming:

Anthony Rizzo celebrated with the Commissioner's Trophy:

Kris Bryant had quite the view for Chicago's World Series parade:

Backstage SNL Instagram might be the best kind of Instagram:

And let's not dismiss the fact that the year began with everyone's new favorite grandpa:

We're not saying the Cubs won the World Series because of Grandpa Rossy, but we don't know that they could've won without him, you know?

Babies

Babies are excellent social media content. Just look at these babies, like Perez's baby in a giant Gold Glove Award trophy:

And Rob Segedin 's son:

Who was born after Rob's wife, Robin, went into labor the same night Rob hit his first MLB home run:

Halloween costumes

You know what else Instagram is good for? Showing off your dope Halloween costume. Like Bryce Harper , whose Ninja Turtles costume was on point:

Though we have to say, Hunter Pence and Alexis Cozombolidis' costume won for Biggest Resemblance:

No knocks to Justin Verlander and Kate Upton, of course:

Nuptials

From Mike Trout 's skywriting proposal:

To Harper's wedding:

Wedding 'gram was good in 2016.

Ortiz goodbyes

Finally, MLB said goodbye to David Ortiz in 2016. And when we say MLB, we mean MLB's biggest stars, like Robinson Canó :

And José Bautista :

But no one said goodbye quite like Ortiz himself: