2022 MLB season preview - Power Rankings, playoff odds and everything you need to know for all 30 teams

After a hot stove season interrupted by a work stoppage, it's time to rejoice, baseball fans: MLB opening week is finally here!

As the new season begins following an offseason filled with player movement, there are big questions across the majors. How will the Atlanta Braves follow up their surprising march to the 2021 World Series title? Will anyone stop the preseason favorite Los Angeles Dodgers now that All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman moved from Atlanta to L.A. this winter? Will the Toronto Blue Jays soar past the Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in a loaded AL East? And who are the potential surprise teams that could surge in our rankings throughout 2022?

We asked our baseball experts to rank every team from 1-30 going into the new season for our first MLB Power Rankings of the year, while ESPN MLB writers Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez and David Schoenfield teamed up to provide a rundown of what the season could bring, along with Doolittle's win-loss projections and playoff odds for all 30 teams.

Here's everything you need to know before Opening Day arrives on Thursday.

MLB season preview: Moves that rocked the offseason | Odds, win totals

Passan's predictions | Inside MLB's 2022 changes | Offseason grades

Projected record: 101-61 (97.3% playoff odds)

If everything goes right… They become the first National League team since 1930 to score 1,000 runs in a season as Trea Turner, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts each hit .300 while Freeman, Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger each top 30 home runs. They win the most games (110) by an NL team in more than a century, as Walker Buehler and Julio Urias both win 20. Then they go 11-0 in the postseason to win their second World Series title in three