2024 MLB predictions: Playoffs, World Series, MVPs and more - ESPN

Opening Day is tomorrow, so you know what that means — it's time for season predictions!

There are lots of questions going into the 2024 season: What does Year 3 of MLB's expanded playoffs have to offer? Will we continue to see top teams knocked out early? And is this the year your favorite team will make a run in October? Or your favorite player will win a postseason award?

No one can definitively know what's in store for this season, but that doesn't stop us from making our best guesses. We put 26 of ESPN's MLB writers, analysts and editors on the spot to predict what will happen in baseball this year, from the wild-card contenders all the way up to the World Series champion, plus the MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year in both leagues.

For each category, we've asked a number of our voters to explain their picks. Did they hit the nail on the head or were they way off their mark? Only time can tell — and you know we'll be circling back to these predictions come October to see how well, or poorly, we did.

Without further ado, let's see what our experts had to say.

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Our pick: Baltimore Orioles (22 votes)

Who else got votes? New York Yankees (2), Tampa Bay Rays (1), Toronto Blue Jays (1)

A complete list of this year's voters:

Karl Ravech, Phil Orlins, Paul Hembekides, Alden Gonzalez, Scott Beaman, Liz Finny, Eric Karabell, Dean Demers, David Schoenfield, Buster Olney, Matt Marrone, Jorge Castillo, Gregg Colli, Michael Kay, Tim Kurkjian, Tristan Cockcroft, Doug Glanville, Jesse Rogers, Evan Garcia, Brendan DeAngelis, Dan Mullen, Kiley McDaniel, Jacob Nitzberg, Bradford Doolittle, Tim Keown, Jeff Passan

The O's are the overwhelming favorite to win the