As one slow-starting team rides a win streak another early-season contender continue to falls, creating a packed National League wild-card race.
Buster Olney and Alden Gonzalez debate which team is the best in baseball and examine the most underperforming teams this season. In the American League, the Rangers have lost five of their last six games, dropping from No. 13 on our list to No. 18. Meanwhile, in the National League, the Cardinals have steadily dug themselves out of an early-season hole and now sit second in their division while the Mets rode a seven-game win streak back into contention, jumping eight spots up to 17th.
We're not yet at the midway mark of the season, so there's still a lot of baseball left to be played. Can the reigning World Series champions turn their fortune around? And are New York and St. Louis legit contenders now? Our expert panel has combined to rank every team in baseball based on a combination of what we've seen so far and what we already knew going into the 162-game marathon that is a full baseball season. We also asked ESPN MLB experts David Schoenfield, Bradford Doolittle, Jesse Rogers, Alden Gonzalez and Jorge Castillo to weigh in with an observation for all 30 teams.exited a win over the Orioles when he was hit by a pitch on the left hand.
Instead, the Cubs were upset by the crosstown White Sox, forever known as the"Hitless Wonders." That White Sox team owns the record for the lowest-ever team batting average for a first place club , at least among those that played at least 75 games in a season. So far, the Mariners are at .220 and, yet, lead the AL West by a whopping nine games. In other words, this year's Mariners have been both hitless ... and wonderful.
All along, the Royals' pitching depth was likely to be the key to how long they could maintain their surprise playoff contention. As that depth has been tested through injuries and unsurprising regressions in performance, the shine on this breakout season has started to fade.is stitching together his best offensive season since 2019 after a down 2023.
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