The 2025 MLB season is almost right here, and we’re onto Day 2 of season predictions from the CBS Sports activities MLB employees. On Monday, all of us laid out our predictions for the way every of the six divisions would end, 1-5, and picked our three wild-card groups in every league. Right here, we’ll take the following step and lay out who we predict will nonetheless be standing on the finish of the season.
Beneath, we’re selecting our pennant winners in each leagues plus our 2025 World Sequence champion.
Let’s rock.
Explanations
R.J. Anderson: There are two foremost approaches value taking to preseason World Sequence picks: both you go along with the perfect groups on paper, otherwise you embrace chaos by selecting a pair viable darkish horse golf equipment. With due respect to the Dodgers, in my estimation the crew with the perfect particular person likelihood of profitable this yr’s World Sequence, I went with the chaos as an acknowledgement that Stuff Occurs through the playoffs. Regardless of selecting the Phillies to complete second within the NL East, I believe we are able to all agree that their rotation catching fireplace on the proper time may see them go from the wild card to World Sequence champions. The Orioles, in the meantime, proceed to carry quite a lot of promise. This may be their yr.
Mike Axisa: The Dodgers have the perfect roster amongst defending World Sequence champions since no less than the 2018 Astros, and perhaps because the late Nineteen Nineties Yankees. It is a boring choose, I do know, however they’re the perfect crew on paper, and I see no cause to select in opposition to them. They will beat you with pitching, with offense, with no matter. The Rangers strike me as a crew constructed higher for the brief postseason sequence than the common season, particularly if Jacob deGrom is wholesome in October.
Kate Feldman: Welcome again to 1986. I stated elsewhere that I am unsure we must always take the sector over the Dodgers for World Sequence champion however no matter. Juan Soto’s going to have the perfect season of his profession and take the Mets to glory for the primary time in virtually 40 years. An added scorching take? It will not be the one time this decade both.
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Dayn Perry: The Dodgers are the defending champs, and so they have the perfect and deepest roster. Any variety of groups can win the weakened AL, however I will lean Tigers by a hair over, nicely, a number of different groups. At all times take the sector over anybody crew, however the 2025 Dodgers problem that notion.
Matt Snyder: The more than likely crew to win the World Sequence is the Dodgers and it isn’t even that shut, however there’s nonetheless a 75% likelihood it is another person. Selecting a repeat champ simply felt too boring for me anyway. I needed to look elsewhere. Each the Rangers and Phillies have rosters constructed for a powerful postseason, so long as everybody will get scorching on the proper time. It will be a enjoyable sequence with quite a lot of huge residence runs. Let’s do it.
2025 World Sequence odds
(As of March 25 by way of Caesars Sportsbook)
- Dodgers: +230
- Yankees: +900
- Braves: +950
- Mets: +1100
- Phillies: +1200
- Orioles: +1400
- Crimson Sox: +1800
- Astros: +2000
- Rangers: +2200
- Diamondbacks: +2500
