Here is the 2024 postseason bracket, free of advertising.
The reporters at The Athletic overwhelmingly pick the Phillies to end up with Manfred's Piece of Metal™ at the end of it all: Phillies (47.4%), Padres (21.1%), Dodgers (10.5%), Astros (10.5%), Guardians (10.5%).
How ESPN's 27 "experts" are predicting things will go:
ALWC
Astros 22, Tigers 5
Orioles 18, Royals 9NLWC
Padres 27, Atlanta 0
Brewers 23, Mets 4ALDS
Yankees 24, Orioles 3
Astros 13, Guardians 11, Tigers 3NLDS
Phillies 26, Brewers 1
Padres 22, Dodgers 5ALCS: Yankees, 13, Astros 7, Guardians 5, Orioles 2
NLCS: Phillies 15, Padres 9, Dodgers 3
World Series: Phillies 13, Padres 7, Yankees 3, Orioles 2, Dodgers, 1, Astros 1
Jayson Stark is doing what he does best: watch baseball all day (1,240 pitches over 8 horns and 13 minutes) and tell you the weird, wild, and improbability of what is happening.