This year's postseason will play host to a number of big stars coming off underwhelming regular seasons.

Even though they weren’t at their best, their teams are on a path toward the playoffs anyway, giving these players a golden opportunity to rewrite their 2025 narratives under the bright lights of October.

The seven players below are among those who could become crucial pieces if they manage to flip the script on the playoff stage.

All stats below are through Friday.

Mookie Betts , SS, Dodgers

While Betts has already started to turn things around at the plate, this will go down as perhaps the worst season of his illustrious career. Although it hasn’t been a total loss -- he has 20 homers with 3.4 WAR (per FanGraphs) in his first full season at shortstop -- his career-low slash st

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