The Major League Baseball season commences tomorrow, and like the Masters, which starts next week, it seems like it just ended. But that’s fine. Love both events.

Can the Atlanta Braves break through for the first time since 1995, their only World Championship under Bobby Cox with all that talent he had? The Dodgers are loaded once again and added stud righty Trevor Bauer to an amazing rotation featuring Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler. The Yankees are always considered a favorite and are predicted by many to be in the World Series, if not win it, but will they underachieve once again? Can the Rays return to Cinderella status once again? They’ve won so much over the past decade and a half that they aren’t really a Cinderella anymore. But can they capture what has been an elusive Fall Classic for themselves.

Here are White’s World’s predictions for the 2021 MLB season.

NL Wild Card

Padres over Nationals, 5-4

NLDS

Braves over Padres in 6

Dodgers over Cardinals in 6

NLCS

Braves over Dodgers in 7

AL Wild Card

Rays over A’s, 4-3

ALDS

Rays over Yankees in 7

Twins over Astros in 6

ALCS

Rays over Twins in 7

Fall Classic

October will be electric with 2 riveting, youthful, exciting teams playing for the World Championship. I like Freddie Freeman, Ronald Acuna and the stellar pitching rotation to bring back the title to the ATL. Should be hard fought though.

Braves over Rays in 7

NL MVP: Freddie Freeman

NL Cy Young: Walker Buehler

AL MVP: Mike Trout, predictable, but total stud

AL Cy Young, Gerrit Cole