{"id":205507,"date":"2026-03-27T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/mlb-2026-predictions-world-series-and-award-picks-on-opening-day-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:00:26","slug":"mlb-2026-predictions-world-series-and-award-picks-on-opening-day-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/mlb-2026-predictions-world-series-and-award-picks-on-opening-day-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB 2026 predictions: World Series and award picks on Opening Day &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=https:\/\/mlb.usatoday.com\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Major League Baseball<\/a>&#8216;s Opening Day is upon us, and with it comes the annual exercise of trying to predict the seven-month puzzle before a single pitch is thrown.<br \/>After an offseason and spring training of roster moves and position battles, the 2026 season officially kicks off in earnest with a clean slate for all 30 clubs. Can anybody take down the Los Angeles Dodgers? The two-time defending World Series champions added another star this winter in Kyle Tucker, infuriating fans across the baseball world.<br \/>Should we just name the MVP awards after Aaron Judge (three) and Shohei Ohtani (four)? And who are the rookies set to make the <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2026\/03\/26\/top-mlb-rookies-2026-rankings-nolan-mclean\/89297489007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>biggest impact in 2026<\/a>?<br \/>Here&#8217;s how USA TODAY Sports&#8217; MLB writers and editors see the season unfolding:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxPX0NRMWgyeV8wYjZ6VDdNalNXTG5iV3VpVDFlRFkyMmhRcmVndENCTmlQano5Yjc2TG95eTJ5bi1rOEVjbGY5VWV2TzFtck83SUg3bHExV2NvT1Y0b3FjaURsVy1RejU1a1diRHk5bkRucEI4SFRtd0JvVGpjNXNjUU5oMkZoaWdjOGY0enRWVmZMY2FENkhGc0MxZ08ya21PNzU5TnU5S3VwWDBBY0tMRlRn?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball&#8216;s Opening Day is upon us, and with it comes the annual exercise of trying to predict the seven-month puzzle before a single pitch is thrown.After an offseason and spring training of roster moves and position battles, the 2026 season officially kicks off in earnest with a clean slate for all 30 clubs. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-205507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}