Who will advance from the Wild Card round? Our MLB experts make their choices. Plus their early predictions for which team will win it all.
regular season. For 12 teams, that marathon is continuing past the finish line and has turned into a month-long sprint, beginning with the Wild Card Series. Who will survive the best-of-three gauntlets to move on to the Division Series? We polled 20 of’s MLB and Fantasy Baseball experts to get their picks, and offer an early prediction for which team will ultimately take home the World Series trophy.
Philly is scary. They can slug with anyone and maybe there’s a 2015 Royals thing going on here, where last year’s World Series appearance is a springboard to a championship.I expect this to be a great series. But the Phillies have played like a 100-win team for four months, and they’re better built for October than those other months.It feels like the Marlins shouldn’t be ready for this stage yet, while the Phillies are on a mission to follow last October’s path.
I feel like people have been looking for every reason not to pick the Orioles. But they’re for real. Best record against winning teams in their league. Best record in their division. Best road record. I think they’ve got something special going on there. So I’ll be that guy who picks them!The Rays have dealt with injuries and adversity. But they’re as dangerous as anyone. They’ll have the Trop rocking.Too often we’ve seen regular-season favorites fail trying to rely too heavily on offense.
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