As for the wild cards, the Rangers and Astros are safe bets for 85-90 wins and the Orioles have what they need to win despite of their woeful starting pitching. Namely: a powerful offense and a bullpen that has Félix Bautista again. Duh. It's the New York Yankees.

Alex Cora, Red Sox Cora has the Sox poised to break their three-year playoff drought (their last four-year dry spell was in the early 1990s). NL MVP: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers SP/DH Now that he’s back on the bump,

Here’s what our forecasters predicted: AL MVP: Bobby Witt Jr.