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MLB 2025 season survey: Execs predict breakouts, trades

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Opening Day is in the books, and whether your team is 1-0 or 0-1, there is a lot of baseball left to play.

We asked a panel of baseball insiders to predict how the 2025 season will play out. Who will be the breakout teams and stars? Who will be the biggest names moved at the trade deadline? And which pitchers and hitters would they want up with their season on the line?

Here's how 18 MLB executives and scouts answered those questions and more. (Respondents were given the option to skip questions, so not every answer has 18 votes.)

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