
EXPERT BRACKET PICKS SERIES
The way Tampa rolled into Yankee Stadium this past week, with the Yanks needing to pick up wins, and limited New York to six runs in three games, winning the series without really going all-out, totally convinced me: This team is winning the World Series. The lack of a reliable starting pitcher had me worried. Jake's take: I’ll admit, I was skeptical on the Rays all year, despite their running away with the stacked AL East.

White Sox: +750 ( bet $10 to win $85 total) Plus, Boston has the more balanced lineup. But both teams have seen a lot of the opposing pitcher this season, and Eovaldi has more successfully stymied the Yankees than Cole has the Red Sox. There are reasons to expect them to be eliminated Tuesday: They haven’t been very good in the second half, and Gerrit Cole is a bigger name and probably a better pitcher than Nathan Eovaldi. Pedro's take: The Red Sox have home-field advantage in this sure-to-be-wild wild-card game and that should prove pretty valuable. Odds to win World Series ahead of wild-card round: Here is how Jake Mintz, Pedro Moura, Jordan Schusterman and Ben Verlander see the postseason shaking out, complete with some betting information courtesy of FOX Bet (odds as of 8 p.m. With so much to keep track of, our baseball experts have made their picks, all the way to which teams they think will lift the trophy when all is said and done. Louis Cardinals taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL wild card, and the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves will get down to business in the NLDS.

In the National League, the San Francisco Giants will keep a close eye on the St. The American League's top seed, the Tampa Bay Rays, will await the wild-card matchup between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to find out their playoff opponent, while the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox will go toe-to-toe in the other AL Divisional Series.
