With domestic Opening Day less than a week away, let’s try to pick out some of the players whose stellar springs will translate to stellar 2025 seasons.
Every season, new teams emerge as legitimate postseason threats after missing out the previous year. In fact, 2024 marked the third straight year with six new playoff teams. If things break right for these 10 teams, at least some could find themselves playing October baseball in 2025.
We polled 59 MLB.com experts for their picks on who will lead the American League and National League in six key categories: homers, batting average, stolen bases, ERA, strikeouts and saves.
Masyn Winn might have just one full MLB season under his belt, but he is brimming with confidence that he can be one of the game’s best all-around shortstops.