MLB Team Report Card Grades with 100 Games Remaining
From the thriving Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays to the floundering Detroit Tigers and New York Mets, we've assigned a report card grade for each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams with roughly 100 games left to be played in the 2026 season.
Each team's grade is entirely based on how its winning percentage compares to its preseason win total. For instance, if both the Dodgers (103.5 win total) and the Rockies (55.5 win total) were sitting at .500—they aren't, but just go with it—the Dodgers would get a big, fat F while the Rockies would be given an A+.
Teams have been broken up by division and presented in descending grade order within each division. Statistics and records are current through the start of play on Tuesday, unless otherwise noted.
AL East | AL Central | AL West | NL East | NL Central | NL West
AL East
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Tampa Bay Rays (36-21): A+
The Rays were only "supposed" to win 76.5 games this season, but they're on pace to surpass that mark somewhere around August 15. Junior Caminero, Jonathan Aranda and Yandy Díaz have been a three-headed force in the lineup, but Nick Martinez having a 1.62 ERA through 11 starts has been one of the biggest positive surprises of this entire MLB campaign. Shane McClanahan resurfacing as good as ever after missing all of 2024 and 2025 has been massive, too.
New York Yankees (36-23): B+
Aaron Judge and Ben Rice are among the betting favorites for AL MVP. Cam Schlittler is the clear early favorite for AL Cy Young. And Cody Bellinger has actually been New York's most valuable player, at least as far as bWAR is concerned. But how about 38-year-old Paul Goldschmidt thus far posting a 1.172 OPS against southpaws? That prowess against lefties is why they brought him back, planning to platoon him with Rice, if needed. But even by his standards, that's remarkable.
Toronto Blue Jays (29-31): D
Despite having 14 players on the IL and a sub-.500 record, the Blue Jays would be tied for the AL's final wild card spot if the season ended today.
Barely sneaking into the postseason was never the goal with this pricy roster, though. They're supposed to be the best team in the majors. Yet, every time it looks like the Blue Jays have figured things out and are about to go on a tear, something goes awry.
Dylan Cease's hamstring injury was the double whammy in a loss to Pittsburgh two weekends ago. And then Jeff Hoffman's (most recent) implosion put an abrupt end to another winning streak this past Saturday.
Can they eventually get over the hump and do more than just tread water as a wild card hopeful?
Baltimore Orioles (28-32): D
With the exception of Tyler O'Neill, Baltimore's bats have been solid on the whole. And if Blaze Alexander and Colton Cowser can both continue to hit as well as they did in May, the O's could be in business once Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson heat back up. But their pitching simply has not been up to snuff, with Trevor Rogers' continued struggles (10.31 ERA in May) representing the biggest millstone around this staff's neck.
Boston Red Sox (25-33): F+
Despite 2025 AL Cy Young first runner-up Garrett Crochet making just six starts with a 6.30 ERA before landing on the IL for six weeks and counting, Boston's pitching has been mighty impressive, headlined by rookies Connelly Early and Payton Tolle. But offense has been quite the struggle, especially in high-leverage situations, where the Red Sox have the second-worst OPS (.625) in the majors. If they don't start delivering in the clutch, the trade deadline vultures will be circling soon.
AL Central
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Chicago White Sox (32-28): A+
It's only 60 games, and it's a real bummer that Munetaka Murakami is likely going to miss all of June with a hamstring injury. But the White Sox could go 10-92 the rest of the way and still finish with a better record than they had two years ago. The longer they hang around in the postseason picture, the more incredible this story becomes. It will be fascinating to see what this team does at the trade deadline.
Cleveland Guardians (34-27): A-
José Ramírez hasn't hit this poorly (.228 AVG, .397 SLG) since 2015. Steven Kwan is a shell of his former self with a sub-.600 OPS. And Tanner Bibee—who was the clear ace of this staff in both 2023 and 2024—is 0-7 with the worst ERA (4.57) of his young career. Even with those three key pieces underwhelming, though, Cleveland is once again on track to do that thing where it wins around 90 games while spending as little money as possible. The Guardians would be an A+ along with the White Sox if they hadn't been projected for 12 more wins before the season began.
Minnesota Twins (28-33): C+
Between Byron Buxton's 17 home runs and both Joe Ryan and Taj Bradley anchoring the starting rotation, Minnesota is ever so slightly ahead of expectation, on pace for 74.4 wins compared to its preseason win total of 72.5. However, a lot of that overachieving happened early in the year, sitting at 17-26 dating back to April 15 and still probably headed toward selling at the trade deadline. Whether that includes unloading Buxton (signed through 2028 with a full no-trade clause) and Ryan (arbitration-eligible in 2027) remains to be seen, though.
Kansas City Royals (23-37): F
Detroit's freefall was the bigger headline grabber because of the growing possibility of a Tarik Skubal trade, but the Royals have actually had MLB's worst record dating back to Mother's Day, dropping 16 out of 20 en route to their own potential deadline fire sale. Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha, Cole Ragans and Vinnie Pasquantino are all under team control through 2028, but with the way things are going, they might all be available for the right offers.
Detroit Tigers (23-38): F-
After the Tigers opted not to trade away Skubal and newly invested nearly $200M in the sextet of Gleyber Torres, Framber Valdez, Justin Verlander, Kenley Jansen, Kyle Finnegan and Drew Anderson, they entered this season as the clear favorite to win the AL Central and with top 10 odds of winning the World Series.
Ah, memories...
Detroit has been a colossal disappointment. And though most of the focus has fallen on the pitching—between Skubal's injury, Valdez's mediocrity, Verlander's absence, Jack Flaherty's 0-7 record and the AL-high 15 blown saves by the bullpen—the real problem has been an offense that ranks dead last in the majors in runs scored per game, even after Monday night's high-wire act of a 10-9 win in Tampa Bay.
In Late & Close situations—defined by Baseball-Reference as "plate appearances in the seventh inning or later with the batting team tied, ahead by one or the tying run at least on deck"—the Tigers have an MLB-worst .183 batting average and a strikeout rate of nearly 30 percent.
AL West
3 of 6
Athletics (28-31): C+
Just like last season, the A's were sitting a few games above .500 at around the 40-game mark before unraveling in mid-May. At least this year's slide hasn't even remotely resembled last year's collapse of 24 losses in 27 games, but they have dropped 13 of 20 behind a pitching staff that is (aside from J.T. Ginn) falling apart at the seams. All told, though, they remain ever so slightly ahead of their win total pace, even though both Brent Rooker and Lawrence Butler have been painfully disappointing at the plate.
Seattle Mariners (32-29): C-
It's a C- for the full season, but Seattle has very much changed the narrative recently with a seven-game winning streak that flipped a 2.5-game deficit into a 2.5-game lead in this division. And they've done it without both Cal Raleigh and Brendan Donovan, who have both been on the IL for more than two weeks at this point. Just wait until those guys get back. In the meantime, Colt Emerson's .908 OPS 14 games into his debut year has been huge. Same goes for Bryce Miller posting a 1.71 ERA since spending the first seven weeks on the shelf.
Texas Rangers (29-31): D+
It took 13 years, but Jacob deGrom finally got to 100 career wins on Monday.
Apropos of both his career and the 2025-26 Rangers offense in general, it came on a night where he got just two runs of support.
Those bats have really held back a pitching staff that ranks sixth in the majors in runs allowed per game.
Josh Jung (.310 AVG, .486 SLG) is doing what he can, and at least Joc Pederson (.794 OPS) is providing some sort of value after his horrific run through the first four months of last season. But between Corey Seager putting up by far the worst numbers of his career before landing on the IL in mid-May and both Evan Carter and Danny Jansen hitting .171 for the year, scoring runs at times has been like pulling teeth for the Rangers.
The biggest problem has been the biggest possible missed opportunities. In 53 plate appearances with the bases loaded, Texas has zero walks, zero grand slams and an MLB-worst .461 OPS.
Los Angeles Angels (23-38): D
Remember when the Angels were 11-10, with Mike Trout hitting like an MVP candidate and José Soriano pitching like a Cy Young favorite? Well, the Halos have an MLB-worst 12-28 record since then, fueled in some part by Soriano posting a 5.17 ERA over his last seven starts. The two-fold big question now is whether Trout will make his way to the trade block and whether the Angels are going to reach 100 losses for the first time in franchise history.
Houston Astros (27-34): D-
Similar to Seattle, this grade feels harsh if you've only been paying attention for the past couple of weeks. Houston started out 19-30, but has won eight of its last 12 games. And the difference has been pitching, going from allowing 5.5 runs on average in those first 49 games to just 2.9 runs per game as of late. That's with Hunter Brown, Cristian Javier and Josh Hader still unavailable but each nearing a return, so this may just be the beginning of their climb back into playoff position.
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NL East
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Atlanta Braves (40-20): A+
The first team to 40 wins was supposed to be the Dodgers. Instead, it was Atlanta, which wasn't even projected to be one of the two best teams in this division after last year's 86-loss mess of a campaign. Nevertheless, nine of their 10 leaders in plate appearances are batting at least .250 while Chris Sale is putting up Cy Young-caliber numbers yet again. But the biggest catalyst for their success might be the bullpen, where Raisel Iglesias, Robert Suarez and Dylan Lee have gone a combined 70.2 IP with a 1.02 ERA, six wins, 14 saves and 18 holds.
Washington Nationals (31-30): A
If you prefer high-scoring affairs to pitching duels, the Nationals have presumably been your favorite team to watch in 2026. No one has scored more runs than this offense led by James Wood and CJ Abrams. But aside from the Rockies, no one has allowed more runs than this pitching staff featuring Miles Mikolas, Zack Littell and a bullpen that has blown an MLB-high 16 saves. The poor pitching was to be expected, but that offense has them slightly above .500 and well ahead of pace for their preseason win total of 65.5.
Miami Marlins (27-34): C
The Marlins have had some pleasant surprises, like Otto Lopez leading the majors with a .333 batting average, Liam Hicks becoming an everyday staple in the lineup with a dozen home runs and Max Meyer blossoming into an ace nearly four years after they first called him up. But they've had just as many disappointments, if not more of them on their way to pretty much exactly the winning percentage that was anticipated. We're all still waiting to find out where Sandy Alcantara lands in two months' time.
Philadelphia Phillies (30-29): D+
Since firing Rob Thomson on April 28, the Phillies have gone 21-10 under Don Mattingly, good for the second-best record in baseball. If we were merely comparing that 31-game stretch to their preseason win total, their grade for that 110-win pace would be a resounding A+. Alas, we're looking at the full season here. And even with Donnie Baseball pulling the strings now, they've still been underwhelming on offense, held to four runs or fewer in 11 consecutive games.
New York Mets (26-34): F
Say this much for the Mets: They were a whole lot better in May (16-12, +22 run differential) than they were in April (7-19, -39 run differential).
However, sweeping home series against the Marlins and Tigers after winning road series against the Rockies and Angels hardly feels like cause for excitement, especially as they lost what had been their best pitcher (Clay Holmes) to a broken leg in the middle of the month.
Wake us up if and when someone other than Juan Soto starts hitting with any degree of regularity. Until then, they'll continue to rival the Tigers for the title of biggest disappointment of 2026.
NL Central
5 of 6
Milwaukee Brewers (36-21): A
The Brewers are dead last in the majors in home runs. But who needs dingers when you have nearly the best ERA (3.15) of them all, a small-ball approach that is churning out just a shade under 5.0 runs per game and a 27-2 record when putting at least five runs on the board? Kind of wild that Kyle Harrison has a 1.57 ERA in 10 starts, yet he's merely Milwaukee's other Cy Young candidate behind Jacob Misiorowski averaging 2.9 strikeouts per hit allowed.
St. Louis Cardinals (31-27): A
This was supposed to be another rebuilding year for the Cardinals. They traded away seemingly all of their veterans this past winter, leaving them with a current 40-man roster in which only three players are in their age-30 (or older) season. Lo and behold, these baby birds have taken flight behind Jordan Walker's breakout, JJ Wetherholt's NL ROY campaign and some stout pitching by the soft-tossing Michael McGreevy. Like the White Sox in the AL Central, we're fascinated to find out how this team approaches the trade deadline.
Pittsburgh Pirates (32-28): B
Three years ago, the Pirates started out 34-30 and were alone in first place in the NL Central in mid-June. They cratered from there, missing the playoffs by an eight-game margin amid what is now a 10-year stretch without a postseason appearance. But this year feels different, especially if Jared Jones—who just made his season debut on Friday—can re-harness his form from the first half of the 2024 campaign.
Cincinnati Reds (30-29): C+
When the Reds hold their opposition to four runs or fewer, they have gone 25-5 this season. Unfortunately, with Hunter Greene yet to make his 2026 debut, with Brady Singer having a disastrous contract year and with this bullpen routinely doing a fantastic impersonation of a dumpster fire, there haven't been many "allowed four runs or fewer" Cincinnati games in recent weeks. And with Elly De La Cruz recently hitting the IL for the first time in his career, the wheels might be coming all the way off soon.
Chicago Cubs (32-28): C-
Through May 8, the Cubs were 27-12, good for the best record in the majors. With two separate 10-game winning streaks already under their belt, they were on pace for 112 wins at that point.
Since then, however, they've gone 5-16, which would be the worst record if not for the Tigers sitting at 5-17.
Can they turn things back around?
With this injury-riddled pitching staff, and both Dansby Swanson and Alex Bregman hitting worse than ever before in their careers?
There's certainly no time like the present to do so.
Tuesday's series opener against the A's was Chicago's first of 22 consecutive games against opponents who are presently below .500—six each against the Rockies and the Giants, four against the Mets and three each against the A's and Blue Jays.
If the Cubs are still sputtering after that scheduling gift, it'll be time to start talking about the trade deadline and the 14 impending free agents on this roster.
NL West
6 of 6
Arizona Diamondbacks (32-27): B+
Four consecutive series against the Rockies and Giants in mid-to-late May was precisely what the doctor ordered for the Diamondbacks.
They were 20-22 heading into that stretch, not getting much of anything out of anyone other than Corbin Carroll, Eduardo Rodriguez and the inexplicable inferno start from Ildemaro Vargas.
But Ketel Marte finally joined the party, batting .462 during that 13-game stretch compared to .209 through his first 40 contests. Moreover, the starting rotation was dynamite with 10 quality starts as the Snakes reeled off 11 wins in 13 games to vault right back into the postseason conversation.
Let's not forget that reinforcements are coming, too. Pavin Smith just returned on Monday after more than two months on the IL. A.J. Puk is on a rehab assignment. Jordan Lawlar just started one, too. And Corbin Burnes will hopefully make his triumphant return from Tommy John surgery shortly after the All-Star Break.
San Diego Padres (32-26): B-
The Padres have faded over the past two weeks, averaging fewer than three runs per game while dropping eight out of 11. But they got out to such a hot start—even though pretty much all of the high-priced stars have been struggling for two months now—that they're still in better shape than anticipated. At least Fernando Tatis Jr. is starting to wake up in a big way with multi-hit performances in six of his last eight games. If Manny Machado joins him soon, they'll be right back in business.
Colorado Rockies (23-38): B-
The Rockies are a few wins ahead of pace for their preseason win total of 55.5, but it also feels like winning 33 more games will be a challenge after they went 8-20 in the month of May, allowing 6.8 runs per game. What's quite different from last year's 119-loss fiasco of a team, though, is they're at least scoring runs of their own. Mickey Moniak is currently on the IL, but his .607 slugging percentage ranks best among NL players with at least 150 plate appearances.
Los Angeles Dodgers (38-22): C
Might seem strange to go from a 23-win B- to a 38-win C, but the Dodgers were supposed to finish nearly 50 games ahead of the Rockies with a preseason win total of 103.5. And at their current winning percentage, they're "only" on pace for 102.6. What's ridiculous, though, is that that's the case in spite of Mookie Betts batting .196 and missing more than half of the season, while Blake Snell and Edwin Díaz have also combined to pitch just nine innings. The Dodgers went 18-10 in May and it still feels like they haven't begun to truly heat up. (Aside from Andy Pages and Shohei Ohtani.)
San Francisco Giants (23-37): F+
That plus feels a little generous for a Giants team that hasn't shown any particularly convincing signs of life this season. But only being projected for 80.5 wins in the preseason spares them from being as disappointing as either the Mets or Tigers. Still, we're anticipating a substantial deadline fire sale here from a team that both ranks last in the NL in runs per game and that might have the worst pitching staff outside of Colorado.
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