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Every Contender's Biggest Hurdle to Winning the 2020 MLB World Series

The road to a World Series championship is a long one that requires teams to make it through 162 games in the regular season and at least 11 more in the postseason.

Even for contenders, there's plenty that can go wrong on the way there.

To wit, we've highlighted the biggest roadblock to winning the 2020 World Series for every contender—we counted 21 of them—in the league. These cover things such as roster deficiencies, injuries and even issues with the competition.

We'll start in the American League East and end with the National League West, arranging teams in order of their PECOTA projections (some of which have rounding issues) at Baseball Prospectus.