MLB predictions season is here and for as much things change, they sure do feel the same.
The 2025 season begins with the Los Angeles Dodgers as the overwhelming favorites to repeat as World Series champions, and understandably so. The team that was already stacked with Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Teoscar Hernandez, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto somehow got even better. They bolstered their starting rotation with the high-profile acquisitions of two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and the highly-prized Japanese youngster Roki Sasaki.
It feels like everyone is paying for second place, but this is why we play the games. Championships are not played out on paper.
Both New York clubs are hoping they can get another crack at the Dodgers. The Mets lost to LA in six games in the NLCS before the Yankees were disposed of by them in five games in the World Series.
The Mets’ championship chances increased with the mind-boggling signing of Juan Soto, while the Yankees are still deemed the class of the American League by many — even with all the injuries.
How will it all play out? The amNewYork Sports staff took a crack at all of it.
| Cooper Albers, Staff Writer | Nick Mongiovi, Staff Writer | Joe Pantorno, Sports Editor | |
| Mets final record | 86-76 | 93-69 | 91-71 |
| Mets finish in NL East | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
| Will they make the postseason? | Yes (3rd Wild Card) | Yes (1st Wild Card) | Yes (1st Wild Card) |
| Yankees final record | 89-73 | 90-72 | 87-75 |
| Yankees finish in AL East | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd |
| Will they make the postseason? | Yes (1st Wild Card) | Yes (1st Wild Card) | Yes (3rd Wild Card) |
| NL East winner | Philadelphia Phillies | Philadelphia Phillies | Atlanta Braves |
| NL Central winner | Cincinnati Reds | Chicago Cubs | Chicago Cubs |
| NL West winner | Los Angeles Dodgers | Los Angeles Dodgers | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| NL Wild Card 1 | San Diego Padres | New York Mets | New York Mets |
| NL Wild Card 2 | Atlanta Braves | Atlanta Braves | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| NL Wild Card 3 | New York Mets | Arizona Diamondbacks | Philadelphia Phillies |
| AL East winner | Boston Red Sox | Boston Red Sox | Boston Red Sox |
| AL Central winner | Kansas City Royals | Detroit Tigers | Kansas City Royals |
| AL West winner | Texas Rangers | Seattle Mariners | Texas Rangers |
| AL Wild Card 1 | New York Yankees | New York Yankees | Baltimore Orioles |
| AL Wild Card 2 | Detroit Tigers | Cleveland Guardians | Seattle Mariners |
| AL Wild Card 3 | Minnesota Twins | Kansas City Royals | New York Yankees |
| NLCS | Dodgers def. Phillies | Mets def. Dodgers | Dodgers def. Braves |
| ALCS | Red Sox def. Yankees | Red Sox def. Yankees | Orioles def. Rangers |
| World Series | Dodgers def. Red Sox | Mets def. Red Sox | Dodgers def. Orioles |
| NL MVP | Bryce Harper (PHI) | Juan Soto (NYM) | Shohei Ohtani (LAD) |
| AL MVP | Aaron Judge (NYY) | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (TOR) | Bobby Witt Jr. (KC) |
| NL Cy Young | Michael King (SD) | Paul Skenes (PIT) | Zack Wheeler (PHI) |
| AL Cy Young | Garrett Crochet (BOS) | Logan Gilbert (SEA) | Jacob deGrom (TEX) |
