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2024 World Series contender tiers: When will your team win?

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Is your favorite team a potential 2024 World Series contender ... or is 2025 (or beyond) a more realistic target?

One thing we were reminded of last year is that prognostications are all about expectation, not destiny.

We divide the clubs into five tiers based on projections and probabilities. The higher the tier, the more likely a team is to find itself in the next Fall Classic. Last season, the eventual champion Texas Rangers landed in my preseason Tier 3; their World Series opponents, the Arizona Diamondbacks, were in Tier 4.