Earlier this week, we received one of the most-discussed pieces of the offseason cycle: the 2025 iteration of Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA standings.
Speculation abounds! These projections, while of course not iron-clad, are some of the most respected and studied in the baseball landscape, so it’s no wonder that folks eagerly await them every year.
So what are some of the most interesting revelations in this year’s edition? Well, it’s largely what we would have predicted at the end of 2024: the Dodgers are monsters, no surprise there... the Cubs winning the NL Central, good for them.