Ready for October? A weird season has produced an even weirder postseason, with 16 teams vying for the title, including two (!) clubs that finished with a losing record. The road to the fall classic begins this week with all eight wild-card series beginning on Tuesday (AL) or Wednesday (NL) and wrapping up by Friday. The postseason has never been more of a crapshoot, meaning World Series predictions have never been more difficult to pin down.
Will the best squads from July to September keep rolling? Will the wild-card round result in jarring upsets? SI's MLB experts predict the World Series matchup and winner, make a bold prediction and select a dark horse candidate to win it all.