By Joe Browne

Baseball is back! The first two weeks of the season have been incredibly entertaining filled with dominant outings on the mound and clutch hits at the dish. Here’s a short checkup on how all 30 clubs have played so far this season.

Arizona Diamondbacks (7-7): Corbin Carrroll is officially back

After an up-and-down 2024 Carroll has returned to form slashing .315/.413/.704 and leading baseball with a 1.3 fWAR.

Athletics (6-9): Sutter Health Park is not pitcher friendly

The A’s new home stadium in West Sacramento has an extremely thin foul territory and has averaged almost 12 runs of offense through the first seven games played there.

Atlanta Braves (4-10): About as bad as a start imaginable

Knowing the Braves, come July we could all look back and say “remember when these guys started 0-7!”. The offense has scored the second least runs in baseball and Ronald Acuna Jr. is going to be tasked with some heavy lifting when he’s healthy.

Baltimore Orioles (6-8): The rotation needs to get healthy, and fast

Despite Sugano being a pleasant surprise, Morton and Kremer have both been terrible. Competing in the AL East is going to be difficult if Rodriguez, Eflin, Wells and Bradish suffer setbacks.

Boston Red Sox (7-9): Wilyer Abreu for MVP?

What a start for Abreu, slashing .348/.464/.630 all while showing off his cannon of an arm in right field on multiple occasions.

Chicago Cubs (9-7): So far, so good for the offense

Kyle Tucker has made a massive impact on this lineup, leading the charge for the best offense in baseball thus far.

Chicago White Sox (4-10): The pitching has been surprisingly good

Out of absolutely nowhere Chicago’s rotation has looked solid so far posting a respectable 3.82 ERA as a unit.

Cincinnati Reds (7-8): Hunter Greene is taking another step foward

Greene has taken yet another step forward this season punching out 23 hitters in his first 20.2 innings and only surrendering only one long ball. His steady improvement year over year since being called up in 2022 has been fun to watch play out.

Cleveland Guardians (8-6): The bullpen is back at it again

Cleveland has won four straight and allowed just three runs over during this short streak. The bullpen carried the load last year and has a sparkling 2.17 ERA to start this season. A Guardians starter has thrown a pitch in the sixth inning only twice throughout their first 13 games.

Colorado Rockies (3-10): Even with the Coors effect, the offense is feeble

Colorado has scored just 40 runs in their first 13 games which is good for the worst in baseball. Despite playing half of their games in the most hitter friendly park in baseball, the Rockies can’t hit.

Detroit Tigers (9-5): All around great start

The Tigers have been playing great ball to start the season. So far, providing much more offense than last season. Torkelson has looked very good so far after an abysmal 2024 and even Javier Baez is hitting right now!

Houston Astros (6-8): Christian Walker has to get going

It has been a rough start for the Houston offense and marquee free agent signing Christian Walker has not helped. Posting just a 51 wRC+ so far and only one long ball is not the production the Astros were hoping to get from Walker.

Kansas City Royals (7-8): Bobby Witt Jr. needs some help from his teammates

Yet again, Bobby Witt Jr. is having a phenomenal season and the rest of his teammates are not posing to be threats. Witt is the only Kansas City hitter that has shown any level of consistent play in the early season.

Los Angeles Angels (9-5): Kyren Paris, remember the name

The former second round pick back in 2019 has come out of nowhere and taken over at second base for the Angels. Paris has a slugging percentage of 1.000, a wRC+ of 315 and and 1.2 fWAR throughout his first 12 games.

Los Angeles Dodgers (11-4): Tommy Edman hits tanks

Edman proved to be the steal of the trade deadline last season after turning his season around with the Dodgers. He even collected the MVP award of the National League Championship series. In his first 58 at bats of 2025, he has as many homeruns (6) as he did in 139 at bats last year.

Miami Marlins (7-7): Giving Matt Mervis a chance is paying off

Mervis struggled during his short time with the Cubs and despite having prospect pedigree, Chicago moved this winter. In his first 32 at bats as a Marlin, he has more homers than he had in his entire stint with the Cubs.

Milwaukee Brewers (8-6): Jackson Chourio is elite

Following a great rookie season, Chourio has taken a massive leap forward to start 2025. At just 21 years old, Chourio is slashing .302/.297/.619 with 5 homers and a 153 OPS+.

Minnesota Twins (4-11): Whats that smell?

This is just about as bad as a start Twins fans could have possibly imagined. Nobody in the lineup is hitting whatsoever and the pitching has not been great either. Currently, they are sitting in last place in the AL Central and it looks like it’s going to be a long season in Minnesota.

New York Mets (9-5): The pitching has been impeccable

Coming into the season many doubted the Mets staff and said the offense would have to carry the load. Through 14 games the polar opposite has been true. New York has the best team ERA in baseball at 2.47 and also has surrendered just 40 runs thus far.

New York Yankees (8-6): This lineup is dangerous

Many doubted the supporting cast around Judge entering the season, but they have held up their end of the bargain. Torpedo bat controversy aside, New York ranks at least top-3 in runs, OPS, average, total bases and homeruns through their first 14 ballgames.

Philadelphia Phillies (9-5): Jesus Luzardo was the steal of the offseason

The southpaw struggled in an injury shortened season with Miami in 2024 but has looked dominant so far this year. Striking out 36.2% of hitters en route to a sparkling 1.50 ERA through three starts.

Pittsburgh Pirates (5-10): The offense is as bad as advertised

Expectations for Pittsburgh’s lineup coming into the season were non-existent and they are proving the consensus right. Hitting a pitiful .190 as a team is never going to give you a chance to win anything.

San Diego Padres (11-3): Picture perfect start

If you are a Padres fan it would be hard to find something to complain about when it comes to the team’s play. Both the pitching and offense have been excellent and have put the Padres in a great spot to start the year. Unexpected production has been key from guys like Sheets and Vasquez paired with stars playing very well.

San Francisco Giants (10-4): Wilmer Flores is a machine

Flores has mainly been a platoon guy during his time with the Giants but his hitting the cover off the ball right now. He is tied for a baseball-best homeruns mark with six and has already driven in 19 runs on the young season. His play along with many others has been key in San Francisco’s best start in over a decade.

Seattle Mariners (6-8): The Jorge Polanco revenge tour

Following a brutal 2024, the Mariners made an interesting decision to re-sign Jorge Polanco. So far, it had paid major dividends for the Marines as Polanco has been far and away their best hitter. Of Seattle’s 90 hits as a team Polanco has 13 of them and he is batting over .400.

St. Louis Cardinals (6-8): The lineup is exceeding expectations

The Cardinals offense has been elite to start the season, batting .278 as a team. Brendan Donovan, Nolan Arenado and Lars Nootbaar have all been off to solid starts playing major roles in the hot start for the Cards. However, the pitching has been pretty terrible leading to the 6-8 record.

Tampa Bay Rays (6-8): Players you have probably never heard of are playing well

Whats new? The Rays always do this. Guys like Jonathan Aranda, Kameron Misner and Jake Mangum have all been off to great starts for Tampa Bay. The Rays eye for cheap, under the radar talent is like no other front office in baseball.

Texas Rangers (9-5): The rotation has been money

Nathan Eovaldi, Tyler Mahle, Jack Leiter and Jacob DeGrom have all pitched well to start the year in the Rangers rotation. The lineup has seen its struggles, but with the strong performance of the rotation, they give Texas a chance to win virtually every night.

Toronto Blue Jays (8-7): Bo Bichette and George Springer are back

In order for the Blue Jays to compete in a loaded division this season, they absolutely needed these two to hit. Both Bichette and Springer have done just that, and played key roles in the Jays solid start.

Washington Nationals (6-8): The future is bright

Anyone who knows what they are talking about could have told you this pre-season and they are being proved right. James Wood, Keibert Ruiz, CJ Abrams, Mitchell Parker and MacKenzie Gore are all young up and coming players off to great start’s. Oh by the way just wait until Dylan Crews gets himself on track; the future is as bright in Washington as anywhere else in baseball.

Sources:

Baseball Reference

Baseball Savant

FanGraphs

MLB.com

Statmuse