Who’s the favorite to win the World Series this year?

Uh, can we get back to you once a team has won three games in the World Series?

No? You want to know now ?

Oof. That’s a problem.

See, it’s always difficult to put a “favorite” label on an MLB team -- even this close to October -- and especially in the expanded postseason format.

This year seems especially problematic. As of this writing, going into Tuesday’s games, the 12 current playoff teams are only separated by 86 points in winning percentage from top (Brewers) to bottom (Mariners). This will likely be the second straight year -- yet only the second full season since 2014 -- in which zero teams win 100 games.

Perhaps, at season’s end, a team will have a nice combo of a Wild Card Series bye and an engine running particularly

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