Each of the 12 MLB playoff teams can win the World Series, right? Some are expected to, while others are just relieved to reach October. Each team has plenty of reasons as to why they'll be hoisting the Commissioner's Trophy in five weeks' time – and several for why they'll fall short.

Jayson Stark (DET): “The baseball gods are wily. So wouldn’t it just make perfect sense — after the Tigers lost two straight series to the Guardians in the last two weeks — if they ride Tarik Skubal and pitching chaos to win this thing?”

The Milwaukee Brewers won the National League Central, had the best record in Major League Baseball and set a franchise record with 97 regular season wins in 20

When the Chicago Cubs won the World Series against the Cleveland Guardians in 2016, the Cubs ended a 108-year drought. Entering the 2025 postseason, it has been nine years since they have won it all.

For the first time since 1982, the Brewers will finish the season with the best record in the Majors. When the Phillies lost to the Twins on Saturday night, the Crew clinched the National League’s No.

The Brewers are headed to the postseason, but will need their key players, including Christian Yelich, to win their first World Series.

The playoff field remained at five teams aside, save for one exception, until 2022. That exception, naturally, was the pandemic-impacted 2020 campaign. MLB countered the 60-game season by expanding the playoff field to 16 teams overall, the most in league history.