With less than a week remaining until the start of the 2025 MLB playoffs, our baseball insiders are ready to break down the biggest questions, latest news and notable October buzz across the industry -- even before the final 12-team postseason field is set.

What is the boldest prediction we've heard from an MLB exec? How confident -- or concerned -- should fans of last year's World Series participants, the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers , be? Will the Toronto Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers turn stellar regular seasons into deep playoff runs? And which under-the-radar players and teams are scouts raving about? Here's the latest intel our MLB experts are hearing as Jeff Passan, Buster Olney, Jesse Rogers, Jorge Castillo and Alden Gonzalez empty their notebooks.

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