ESPN.com · Nov 17, 2025
Grading bold 2025 season predictions for all 30 MLB teams
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Each year, I make a bold prediction for every team as part of our MLB season preview. These aren't wacky, unthinkable predictions -- like a catcher hitting 60 home runs or a hitter reaching base nine times in a World Series game or the World Series being decided by the length of the lead a runner gets off third base. No, who could predict any of that happening?
These were bold -- but realistic -- predictions for the 2025 season. Let's go back and grade each one to see how I did -- and then spin it forward to next year.
Pittsburgh Pirates