2016 MLB predictions: Our World Series picks

With roughly two dozen teams going for it in 2016, the Major League Baseball season is relatively wide open. Come October, it truly could be anyone's game.Still, our panel of seven produced something resembling a consensus: The World Series champion may emerge from a Chicago Cubs-San Francisco Giants National League Championship Series.

The panel:

Ted Berg, reporter; Scott Boeck, digital editor; Steve Borelli, Sports Weekly editor; Steve Gardner, fantasy editor; Gabe Lacques, baseball editor; Bob Nightengale, columnist; Jorge L. Ortiz, reporter.

And our regular season picks for division and wild card winners, and throwing a few darts at what could be a wild postseason:

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