MLB Wild Card Series predictions: Our experts make their postseason picks

C. Trent Rosecrans likes the Guardians more than the Red Sox.

Steve Berman thinks underestimating the Rays in the playoffs is a bad idea.

Dan Connolly is sick of underestimating the Rays every year. This time he's going to underestimate the Guardians.

Jon Greenberg picks the Guardians to win the wild card round.

Kaitlyn McGrath thinks the Rays have proven they know how to win in October.

Cleveland does the small-ball thing better than anyone. Terry Francona deserves to be manager of the year.

Rosecrans picks the Mariners to win the wild card round.

Connolly thinks the Blue Jays are the second most complete team in the AL.

Levi Weaver thinks the Blue Jays are probably still a better team, but the Mariners are the better story this year.

Berman would choose the Mariners over the Blue Jays in a home-field advantage play.

Eno Sarris predicts a Blue Jays win in the MLB Wild Card Series.

Greenberg (Blue Jays) predicts Seattle will win the World Series.

Nando DiFino likes the Seattle Mariners more than the 2022 LA Rams.

The Cardinals are going to need to score 10 runs to win the game.

Berman (Cardinals) and Hensley (Phillies) are picking the Cardinals to win the wild card.

Connolly is not sleeping on the Cardinals.

Greenberg (Cardinals) predicts something Cardinals devil magic.

Biertempfel (Cardinals) is picking the Cardinals to win the Wild Card Series.

Nick Groke thinks the Cardinals are set up perfectly for this postseason. The Dodgers lucked out that they won't have to face St. Louis right away.

Andrew Baggarly predicts that the Cardinals and the Phillies will make a defensive play at some point.

Connolly loves this game because of the talent on the field.

Berman picked the Rays to upset the Mets. Jacob deGrom didn't look right against the A's and Atlanta, but he looked better against Atlanta. Starling Marte is their best hitter and he's their only player who can help them.

The Mets have a good team with Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer. The Padres have the talent to beat any team in the field, but they haven't shown the ability to put it all together for a long stretch yet.

Sarris believes the Mets are a good team with two of the best starting pitchers in baseball at the top of their rotation.

Greenberg (Padres) believes Mets fans deserve happiness and also they deserve to see them melt down on Twitter.

Biertempfel (Mets) feels bad for the winner of this series because it will be going into a buzzsaw.

Baggarly would pick the Mets over the Padres. The Mets are a better team right now.

Andy McCullough (Dodgers) picks them to win the World Series.

Berman predicts a World Series rematch between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also picks the Braves to win the National League pennant.

Rosecrans (Astros) picks the team to win the World Series.

The Dodgers are the favorite in the Wild Card Series.

The Dodgers are the heavy favorites for the Wild Card Series.

Dusty Baker is the favorite to win the World Series for the Houston Astros.

Katie Woo picks the Braves to win the Wild Card Series.

Jim Bowden picks Dodgers over Braves in NLCS and Astros over Yankees in ALCS.

Biertempfel thinks the Braves are the most complete team in the game right now.

Baggarly picks Astros over Dodgers.

DiFino believes the Mets can win four games every series with deGrom and Scherzer. DiFerno thinks the manager could use a World Series win to break the stigma of being the guy before the player with the eventual champs.