The first half of MLB’s 2025 season is over, and the All-Star Game is behind us, as well. What better time to start looking at just which teams might be in this year’s World Series than now?Â
FOX’s Kevin Burkhardt posed the question of World Series favorites to fellow analysts and former MLB players Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez at the conclusion of the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, and there was a theme worth exploring: the trade deadline.
All three of Jeter, Ortiz and Rodriguez emphasized the importance of the trade deadline in ensuring that their predictions come to pass. Jeter even prefaced his pick with a callback to last year. “Last year I picked the Baltimore Orioles to go to the World Series,” Jeter told Burkhardt. The reason why I picked them is I was looking forward to the trade deadline, Baltimore had a stacked minor-league system, I thought they were going to make a move, they didn’t do it, they didn’t win.”Â
This year, he used the same strategy, but for the Yankees. And Jeter isn’t expecting a repeat of last year’s Baltimore inactivity, either. “So this year I am going with the New York Yankees. Yankees are going to beat the Cubs in the World Series. I’m going with the Yankees because [Brian] Cashman originally said that it is an all-in. So I hope to do something on the trading deadline. ,
For Ortis, he once again went as his pick for the World Series Champion with Red Sox, citing his recent success-Red Sax, riding a 10-game ride in an all-star break, as well as the reasons for the trading time limit activity. “Can’t get better than this, you go in the time limit of business, we choose some goods, improve the team, and suddenly, winner in Boston.”
Rodriguez had less confidence in a specific pick compared to a jetter or artizing, citing the “broad open” sector of a possible world chain candidates. “We have been doing this for 10 years now, and this is a year, Felus, it’s widespread. I don’t know who is going to go to the world chain, and it’s a good thing.” Rodriguez, however, continued, citing the trading deadline capacity as a separatist, as with the Jetter and Ortis.
Rodriguez said, “The best front office competition is going to be the most bold moves in the trading time limit, and I am going to go with most resources: Yankis and Dojers.” “All eyes will be on Brian Cashman, finally to take steps to reach La Dojers in October.”
Two pics for yankis – above a cub, above one doseers – and for a red sox they come against the team. However, all these selections rely on these clubs what the Oriols did for a year ago or for the jetter: 31 July is already getting better on the trading deadline.
Yankise, as a break, is second in the AL East, two games of Blue Jais are behind, while Red Sox is third, three games back. Both have wild cards in their possession, however, and there are many seasons left, including a trading deadline.
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