Remember when the Detroit Tigers were the best team in baseball for a good portion of the first half of the season? At several points, they were on pace for one of the best records in franchise history.

The 2025 MLB season is winding to a close, with a little over a month's worth of action remaining for teams to make their final playoff push.

Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, the division races in the NL West and AL West come into focus, Vinnie Pasquantino turns it on at the right time for the Royals, being a Bob is cool again, and Paul Skenes continues to do things pretty much nobody has ever done.

I’ve gone 5-1 with my last six MLB best bets spanning my last two columns, and am excited to bring that momentum into the start of this week after scouring the data from this 13-game slate. Read on for our top MLB picks and bets for Monday,