Despite all of the preseason hand-wringing about how the Dodgers may have broken baseball with their spending and aggressive offseason maneuvers, only one team in Major League Baseball has separated itself from the pack—and not in a positive way.
The true outlier this season isn’t the NL West leader, but the NL West basement dweller. The Colorado Rockies aren’t just 25 games out of first place on June 4; they’re a mind-boggling 18.5 games out of fourth place.
Colorado’s 12-50 record is challenging the limits of baseball futility in new and impressive ways. They have more losses than the two best teams—the Tigers and Cubs—combined. In a league with a lot of parity, the Rockies’ cannonball into the abyss is the stark exception.
At the top of the standings, there are six teams with at least a .600 winning percentage, separated by just 2.5 games. They are baseball’s elite, and they all have pretty significant flaws.
Now that we’ve reached the summer months, let’s assess where all of MLB’s teams (plus a few more!) rank. (Note: All stats are through Tuesday’s games.)
1. Los Angeles Dodgers (37-25)
Previous rank: 1
The starting pitching situation remains a scavenger hunt without a map: 13 different pitchers have started in the Dodgers’ first 61 games. As a result, the Dodgers bullpen has pitched eight more innings than any other team’s. I strongly considered moving the Dodgers down, but then they scored 29 runs while taking two of three games from the Yankees in a World Series rematch over the weekend. Even if the starting rotation is a revolving door of uncertainty, the offense shows up every night. And L.A.’s array of sluggers boast the highest OPS in MLB despite missed time from Mookie Betts, Teoscar Hernández, and Freddie Freeman.
The emergence of Andy Pages has been a revelation and has only lengthened the league’s best lineup. He’s posted a .281/.329/.479 slash line with 12 homers.
2. Detroit Tigers (41-22)
Previous rank: 6
The Tigers lost Jackson Jobe to a right elbow flexor strain last week—always an ominous injury for a pitcher—but Detroit has the reinforcements to backfill his place in the rotation. Sawyer Gipson-Long was a super-exciting prospect who shined in a brief MLB stint in 2023 before undergoing Tommy John surgery. He’s cruised through a minor-league rehab assignment, and he’ll be the next man up while Jobe is shut down. It shouldn’t be long until Reese Olson returns to the rotation, and Tarik Skubal has been the best pitcher on the earth for a year and counting.
I still have questions about the bullpen, which the Tigers will need to upgrade in July if they want to win the American League. Detroit’s relievers rank 24th in strikeout rate and 18th in strikeout minus walk rate (K-BB%). Thus far, they’ve managed to limit the damage. The first 61 games of 2025 have proved that the Tigers’ season-ending heater in 2024 wasn’t a fluke. Not only are they capable of preventing runs with a less chaotic approach than they employed last year, but they’ve also been even better at scoring runs, which has made them the top team in the American League.
3. Chicago Cubs (38-23)
Previous rank: 3
Here are the top four players in fWAR this year: Aaron Judge (duh), Cal Raleigh (best catcher season ever?), Shohei Ohtani (also duh), and … Pete Crow-Armstrong. The center fielder has arguably been the best two-way player in the sport. He’s on pace to hit 40 homers, steal almost 60 bases, and win a Gold Glove at a premium position without much depth.
The most important factor for the Cubs may not be PCA’s defense or fellow star Kyle Tucker’s consistency, though. With Justin Steele and Shota Imanaga out with injuries, Ben Brown is the key to the Cubs rotation. Brown got yanked from a regular role as a starter after posting a 6.75 ERA in 25 innings in May. But on Saturday, in his first “relief” outing behind an opener, Brown struck out nine in six shutout innings. His stuff really pops, as does his strikeout rate. The Cubs badly need a frontline starter, and maybe Brown is it.
4. New York Mets (39-23)
Previous rank: 2
The 5-1 week against the White Sox and Rockies at home probably won’t make the end-of-season Mets highlight reel, but Juan Soto did homer in back-to-back games over the weekend, and again on Tuesday. His OPS is up to .799, which is only 29 percent better than the league average. I think he’ll be just fine. The more important Mets development is happening at the back of the bullpen. After a rocky start to the season in which his stuff looked a little diminished, Edwin Díaz was one of the best relievers in baseball again in May.
Since the start of last month, Díaz has pitched 13 1/3 innings, struck out 19 batters, walked just four, and allowed one run. Díaz may not be returning to prime 2022 form, but the Mets bullpen is a very formidable unit if he’s locking down the end of games. Given the Phillies’ bullpen struggles, that could be the difference in the two-team race emerging in the NL East.
5. New York Yankees (37-23)
Previous rank: 4
After the Dodgers tattooed Yankees ace Max Fried for six runs on Friday night, the Yankees responded on Sunday, scoring four runs in less than four innings against Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Despite the embarrassment of having lost a game to the 2025 Rockies, the Yankees are now in prime position to cruise to an AL East crown. What looked like one of the most competitive divisions in baseball before the season started now features the biggest gap between first- and second-place teams in any division, two teams that are barely above .500 (Rays and Blue Jays), one languishing below (Red Sox), and one with the third-worst record in the league (Orioles). The AL East wishes it was the AL Central.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has taken plenty of heat throughout his tenure, particularly in recent years. Maybe he’ll inevitably be judged based on how the Yankees fare in October, but even his detractors should acknowledge the stellar offseason that Cashman engineered to help get them there. The Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, and Fried acquisitions were not without their risks, and those three have been the Yankees’ most valuable players after Aaron Judge.
6. Philadelphia Phillies (37-24)
Previous rank: 8
José Alvarado’s PED suspension leaves the bullpen in a pretty untenable position, and the Phillies are now engaging in reliever roulette to try to solve the problem. The Phils have too many capable starters and not enough reliable relievers, so they’re going to convert Taijuan Walker to one-inning relief. Whether that works or not, the Phillies will be major players in the reliever market as the trade deadline nears—and they could consider promoting top pitching prospect Andrew Painter to the big-league bullpen en route to the rotation down the road.
Philadelphia can address its bullpen problems by converting starters or making trades, but I don’t know whether the club can overcome its defensive flaws. Only the Rockies—who play half their games at hitter-friendly Coors Field and are historically bad—have allowed a higher BABIP than the Phillies. The defending NL East champions yet again boast an elite starting rotation, and probably a good enough offense, but the Phillies have real issues around the edges.
7. San Diego Padres (35-25)
Previous rank: 5
Remember when the Padres were 15-4? They’ve played .500 baseball since then, as their depth issues have taken a toll. The offense is now league-average following a prolonged slump by Fernando Tatis Jr. and a hamstring injury that cost Jackson Merrill a month. Now, Michael King is out with a pinched nerve in his shoulder, which will really stretch the starting pitching depth. San Diego is already relying on Randy Vasquez and Stephen Kolek to fill rotation spots and could call on knuckleballer Matt Waldron or Kyle Hart while King is out.
With less than two months until the trade deadline, it’s time for aggressive general manager A.J. Preller to lock in. One issue he won’t need to solve is the bullpen: The Padres’ three-man back end of Jeremiah Estrada, Jason Adam, and Robert Suarez might be the best in the sport.
8. St. Louis Cardinals (33-27)
Previous rank: 24
The Cardinals had the league’s best record in May, edging out the Tigers and Phillies. St. Louis doesn’t have any obvious strengths or clear weaknesses, and that latter quality is what makes the Cardinals a pretty good but not great team. It’s hard to argue that they have a high ceiling, given their lack of true top-level pitching or hitting, but they do have the sixth-youngest lineup in baseball, they don’t strike out much, and they play good defense. This should be the year that Brendan Donovan finally receives national recognition. He trails only Trea Turner for the most hits in the National League, and he’s tied for the NL lead in doubles.
Because of its positioning in a top-heavy NL, this will be a really interesting team to watch over the next two months. The Cardinals could push for the playoffs, but if they’re hovering just above .500 in July, will the front office—still led by John Mozeliak, with adviser Chaim Bloom waiting in the wings to take over next year—prioritize the future instead of pushing its chips in?
9. Seattle Mariners (32-28)
Previous rank: 9
It took until May 30 for Andrés Muñoz to allow an earned run. Then he blew two saves in a row. Such is the life of an MLB closer. It’s been an impressive season for Muñoz at the back of a good but less-elite-than-usual Mariners bullpen. But I’ve already gotten too far into this blurb without mentioning the story of the Mariners season.
Every Mariners discussion right now needs to highlight just how historic Cal Raleigh’s season has been. Buster Posey accumulated 9.8 fWAR in 2012, the most ever by a catcher. Raleigh is at 3.8 WAR in 59 games. He’s tied with Shohei Ohtani for the most home runs in baseball despite playing half his games in the hitter’s hell known as T-Mobile Park. The AL West race is wide open thanks to Texas’s anemic offense and Houston’s pitching problems, and “Big Dumper” has powered Seattle to a top-five offense, which no one forecasted.
10. Minnesota Twins (34-27)
Previous rank: 21
Like the Cardinals, the Twins are big month-over-month risers in these rankings. Minnesota probably isn’t going to catch the Tigers at the top of the Central, but the AL wild cards couldn’t be more wide open. Cleveland is a game ahead of Minnesota with a negative run differential, and the Twins would be a playoff team if the season ended today.
Unlike the Cardinals, the Twins have an elite pitching staff, even after losing Pablo Lopez for 2-3 months with a shoulder strain. Minnesota’s rotation is third in K-BB%, and the bullpen is second. Griffin Jax had a terrible start to the season as the Twins’ fireman, but his performance stabilized in May, and Jhoan Duran is still a dominant closer. As is always the case, the Twins’ injury-prone and inconsistent offensive stars will determine their ceiling. Carlos Correa and Royce Lewis are back from injury but haven’t found their strokes. The return of underrated power bat Matt Wallner could also give the offense a boost.
11. San Francisco Giants (34-28)
Previous rank: 7
Nothing really changed for the Giants in May. They have an elite bullpen and a pretty good rotation, but in a competitive NL wild-card race, their lineup may leave them on the outside looking in come October.
Willy Adames was the Giants’ major offseason acquisition, and his dropoff needs to be studied. Maybe he’s just another player who leaves the Brewers and immediately sees a downturn (see: Devin Williams). Adames has a career-low .613 OPS, and he’s been among the worst defensive shortstops in MLB. The Giants could also really use more offense from him because they rank 22nd in wRC+ as a group.
The Giants’ standout player in May was Robbie Ray. He walked the world for most of April but cut down on the free passes last month, issuing just 11 in 39 innings. The result was a 1.38 ERA. Along with Logan Webb, the resurgent Ray gives the Giants a dominant one-two punch at the top of the rotation, which had appeared to lack a quality complement for Webb after Blake Snell’s departure.
12. Houston Astros (33-28)
Previous rank: 14
The Astros are still piecing together innings, but they’re running out of pitchers. Houston has lost Ronel Blanco and Hayden Wesneski for the season. Spencer Arrighetti just started throwing in his recovery from a thumb injury. After Framber Valdez and Hunter Brown, the rest of the staff is quite the jigsaw puzzle. Lance McCullers Jr. has made five starts since his return from injury, but his results have been up and down, and his health for the rest of the season is far from dependable.
Add in the very strange injury situation involving star Yordan Alvarez (reminiscent of Kyle Tucker’s last year), and the Astros medical staff is under some real scrutiny. No one is running away with the AL West, so maybe the Astros’ crowded IL just means that they’re trying to get guys healthy at the right time for a playoff run. But for now, the Astros are clinging to breakout seasons from Jeremy Peña and Jake Meyers to stay afloat. Their organizational depth is helping to paper over the cracks, but the dam could break at any moment.
13. Milwaukee Brewers (34-29)
Previous rank: 18
Milwaukee’s three best hitters haven’t lived up to expectations, yet the Brewers are above .500 and lurking just outside the NL wild-card race. William Contreras is playing through a fractured finger, Jackson Chourio is having a sophomore slump, and Christian Yelich has a barely league-average OBP. Maybe consecutive sweeps of the Red Sox and Phillies, including a total of 28 runs scored in three games against Philly, is something for these batters to build on. The lineup is still selective—the Brewers have the league’s fourth-best chase rate—and they can use their youth and athleticism to steal bases and make up for a lack of pop. (Per FanGraphs, the Brewers lead MLB in baserunning value.)
The real miracle is how Milwaukee continues to cobble together a run-prevention machine. José Quintana and Freddy Peralta are proven and reliable veterans, but the organization continues to pluck pitchers from relative obscurity and turn them into solid arms. The Brewers rank eighth in starter ERA.
14. Cleveland Guardians (33-27)
Previous ranking: 16
Cleveland’s starting rotation is a clear weakness: Guardians starters have the highest walk rate in MLB. They also rank in the bottom 10 in home run rate. That’s a problematic combination that seems like it should show up in the win/loss column more than it has. You’re probably thinking, Well, surely the Guardians bullpen is elite again. The answer to that would be no. Cleveland is 16th in bullpen ERA, eighth in fWAR, and seventh in FIP.
That must mean that the Guardians offense has been above average to make up for the mediocre pitching, right? Nope. Cleveland is 25th in wRC+. Yet the Guards are five games above .500 even though they haven’t excelled in any part of the game. Cleveland’s hitters have been baseball’s best in high-leverage spots, and their pitchers have posted the third-best FIP in those situations as well. How long can that clutchness continue? If you can figure out the 2025 Guardians, let me know.
15. Texas Rangers (29-33)
Previous rank: 13
Will the Rangers offense ever wake up? With each passing week, it seems less and less likely. Texas has the frontline pitching to compete for and win a wide-open AL West, but the Rangers don’t score runs consistently enough. After fielding one of the best offenses in the league in 2023 and a below-average one in 2024, the Rangers have continued to trend downward at the plate.
If you’re looking for some reason for optimism, Marcus Semien’s bat may have finally woken up over the weekend. He had seven hits, stole three bases, and scored six runs in a series win against the Cardinals. His OPS is still just .560.
16. Kansas City Royals (32-29)
Previous rank: 18
Jac Caglianone, welcome to the show! The Royals really needed someone to bolster baseball’s worst-hitting outfield, and Caglianone should provide an immediate boost. The sixth pick in the 2024 draft didn’t do much in his first taste of pro ball last year, but he was one of the best hitters in the minors this season, thanks to preposterous game power. After starting the season with a .553 slugging percentage in Double-A, he hit six home runs in 12 games in Triple-A before getting the call.
Caglianone can hit the ball a mile, and the Royals were very short on outfielders (or players, period) who could do that. The only above-average bats on the Royals this season have been Maikel Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr. Only three teams as a whole have hit worse than Kansas City: the Pirates, White Sox, and Rockies. Not great company. The AL’s leading starting rotation (by fWAR) can’t propel this team to the playoffs on its own.
17. Atlanta Braves (27-33)
Previous rank: 10
FanGraphs still projects Atlanta to win the second-most games between now and the end of the season. This is a classic case of pitting our preseason priors (the Braves were no. 2 in my preseason rankings) against what’s happened on the field (the Braves have been mediocre). Yes, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Spencer Strider are back. But the Braves aren’t hitting lefties at all (23rd in wRC+), the back end of the rotation is shorthanded now that A.J. Smith-Shawver is out for the year, and their organizational depth isn’t up to the task of providing help from within. Atlanta’s historic offensive output of 2022 and 2023 is receding in the rearview mirror. Is this just what Ozzie Albies, Michael Harris II, and Matt Olson are on offense now?
I won’t be counting out the Braves, but their margin for error is nearing zero.
18. Toronto Blue Jays (32-29)
Previous rank: 23
Toronto’s fWAR leader is—you guessed it—Ernie Clement. Clement is a utility man who can fill a lot of positions, but if I had told you in March that he’d be the Blue Jays’ most valuable player in June, you wouldn’t have been bullish on their season. Nonetheless, they’ve won six of seven, and they’re second in the AL East. The rotation’s top three—Kevin Gausman, José Berrios, and Chris Bassitt—have all been reliable, which has helped keep Toronto above .500. But without a superstar version of Vlad Guerrero Jr. or a resurgent Bo Bichette, it’s hard to see the Jays getting better than they’ve been.
19. Arizona Diamondbacks (30-31)
Previous ranking: 11
Brandon Pfaadt just threw a “yes-hitter”: He was removed from a start before recording an out. Zac Gallen’s ERA is 5.13. Corbin Burnes appeared to blow out his elbow on Sunday. The Diamondbacks have an elite offense, but the loss of Burnes, who’s seeking a second opinion on his elbow from noted surgeon Neal ElAttrache, may mark the end of their season. Arizona’s bullpen got hit with injuries early and hasn’t really recovered. The rotation, which entered the season with so much promise, has massively underachieved and is now missing its marquee acquisition.
The Snakes scored the most runs in baseball last year and rank fifth this year. They might be the ultimate “MLB.tv after dark” team, as they play high-scoring games and are always a threat. But it’s increasingly difficult to envision them making a big run in the stacked National League with this diminished staff.
20. Cincinnati Reds (30-33)
Previous rank: 15
It might be time for Elly De La Cruz to give up switch-hitting. De La Cruz’s career line against right-handed pitching is .271/348/.505; against lefties, it’s .206/.274/.315. Now in his third MLB season, he hasn’t made any tangible improvements from the right side of the plate. It’s not clear that De La Cruz could effectively hit lefties from the same side, but it’s worth a try. De La Cruz’s strikeout rate has continued to tick down, an encouraging sign for his long-term development, but his overall production has taken a step back since last year.
21. Tampa Bay Rays (32-29)
Previous rank: 19
Entering the season, the question about Junior Caminero was whether he’d be able to consistently lift the ball. In the past 11 games, he’s shown real signs of progress, slashing .295/.435/.977, with 13 extra-base hits in 46 plate appearances. It’s a small sample, but it’s not a coincidence that the Rays are 8-3 in those games. Tampa Bay is entering a stretch with a ton of time on the road in the peak summer months, which will be a challenging test. The Rays have played 38 home games and just 22 road games thus far.
Shane McClanahan should be back around the deadline, and if Caminero is making the leap into stardom, then the Rays might have enough firepower to push for a wild card.
22. Boston Red Sox (30-34)
Previous rank: 9
A season that started with so much promise has turned sour quickly. Long-term injuries to Triston Casas and Alex Bregman have left glaring holes in Boston’s lineup and infield. When you add in rookie Kristian Campbell’s slump and Trevor Story’s .158 batting average and .432 OPS in May, you’re left with an entire infield that’s producing almost no offense. It’s not too late for the Red Sox to turn things around: They have posted a positive run differential, and they’ve underperformed their base runs record by seven games, the biggest shortfall in baseball. But with Bregman out until the All-Star break, the Sox may sell at the deadline. If they do decide to divest, they’ll have some appealing players to dangle, including Jarren Duran, Walker Buehler, and Aroldis Chapman.
Alternatively, the Red Sox could give top prospect Roman Anthony a shot at reinvigorating the ball club, but I’m not holding my breath.
23. Washington Nationals (29-32)
Previous rank: 25
Nationals Park has some juice again, courtesy of James Wood. His all-fields power is as impressive as any hitter’s, and he’s just 22 years old. Eight of his 16 home runs have gone to the opposite field. There’s exciting young talent on this roster—most of it acquired via the Juan Soto trade in the form of Wood, MacKenzie Gore, and CJ Abrams. But the Nationals haven’t yet shown that they can improve their player development across the rest of the organization well enough to fill in the gaps and reassemble a contender.
24. Los Angeles Angels (28-33)
Previous rank: 26
The Angels are striking out way too much (26.6 percent of their plate appearances, surpassed only by the Rockies) and not walking nearly enough (7 percent, trailed only by the Royals). That poor plate discipline doesn’t bode well for the lineup’s long-term prospects. However, the Angels are getting a ton of power from their young core, which makes up for some of the OBP outage. Logan O’Hoppe and Zach Neto are prime examples: Both are striking out way more than last year but also barreling the ball and hitting dingers. Mike Trout, who’s back from a bone bruise, is also striking out more than ever and relying on power, so the Angels are rife with boom-or-bust bats.
25. Athletics (23-40)
Previous rank: 17
The Athletics offense is living up to and arguably surpassing expectations. Jacob Wilson just has to stay healthy, and he’ll be the AL Rookie of the Year. If his .355 average doesn’t drop drastically, he might even win the batting title. Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker have anchored the lineup, and while early-season sensation Tyler Soderstrom has cooled off, he’s still on pace to hit 30 home runs.
Now for the bad news: The pitching staff wasn’t MLB caliber in May. It finished the month with a 6.88 ERA, which was nearly a full run worse than any other team’s. Eventually, the pitching will probably bounce back to being more acceptably bad, but no offense is good enough to hit its way out of the holes the pitchers have put the A’s in.
26. Baltimore Orioles (24-36)
Previous rank: 22
My friends who are Orioles fans are somewhere between despondent and catatonic after the first two months of this season. After the first 58 games they had last year—when Baltimore was 38-20—imagine telling someone that the franchise would be in this spot 58 games into the following season. We’ve seen plenty of fantastic turnaround stories, like the 2019 Nationals or even the 2021 Braves, but FanGraphs puts the Orioles’ odds of following in their footsteps and sneaking into the playoffs at 1.9 percent. The last AL wild-card spot probably won’t require more than 85 wins, but the O’s would have to go 61-41 the rest of the way to reach that total. Their pitching issues don’t seem solvable to me.
27. Miami Marlins (23-37)
Previous rank: 28
The Orioles traded Kyle Stowers and Connor Norby for then-Marlins lefty Trevor Rogers last July. Since then, Rogers has thrown 25 1/3 innings for Baltimore and allowed 15 runs. Stowers, meanwhile, has had a breakout season in 2025, posting an .836 OPS with 10 homers in 60 games. Norby has struggled at the plate so far, but this is the kind of trade that both franchises could look back on as impactful. Baltimore still has no pitching—Mike Elias would love to have Eury Pérez, who’ll be back with the Marlins next week—and Miami has a potential part of its future offensive core. The Marlins are relying on a lot of trial and error to fashion their roster this season, but Stowers looks the part of an everyday regular.
28. Pittsburgh Pirates (23-39)
Previous rank: 27
It would be easy to wax poetic about Paul Skenes, but that would be a bit boring and predictable. So how ’bout the Buccos’ veteran lefties Andrew Heaney and Bailey Falter? If you’re a southpaw who’s prone to home runs, there’s no better park to pitch in than PNC, which is the hardest on homers by righties. Heaney and Falter have taken advantage, turning in ERAs of 3.39 and 3.14, respectively. Neither has strikeout stuff, but both are keeping the ball in the yard and helping to prop up a pretty solid starting rotation in the Steel City. Even without Jared Jones, the Pirates’ starting staff has been a bright spot in another dark season, and the sport’s top pitching prospect, Bubba Chandler, looks major league ready. History says that Heaney and Falter will probably live down to the latter’s name, but after another month of this level of performance, Ben Cherington will be fielding offers. And not just for his house.
29. Chicago White Sox (19-43)
Previous rank: 29
Luis Robert Jr. was one of baseball’s best all-around players in 2023, when the then-25-year-old hit 38 homers and stole 20 bases while playing excellent center-field defense. He amassed 4.9 fWAR that season and looked like the centerpiece of a blockbuster trade that would accelerate Chicago’s rebuild. His decline since then has been stunning. Robert finished an injury-plagued 2024 with a .657 OPS, and that figure sits at .552 in 2025.
I’m not sure what value Robert has left, but there has to be a contender that believes it can help him return to his All-Star form. He’s still speedy, and he hits the ball hard—he’s tied for the major league lead in stolen bases, even though he’s barely been on base, and his Statcast-based expected stats tell a rosier story than his surface ones—but his strikeout rate has been above 30 percent in each of the past two seasons.
30. Savannah Bananas
Previous rank: N/A
You probably expected to see the Rockies here, but 30th is too good for them.
Say what you want about the Savannah Bananas, their TikTok dances, and the discourse about whether they’re good for baseball, but they often visit places that don’t have easy access to Major League Baseball and consistently draw huge, family-filled crowds. The novelty and entertainment will probably wear off, but credit to them for seizing the moment.
31. Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Previous rank: N/A
You probably thought that after I tried to be funny by putting the Bananas at 30, the Rockies would surely be 31st. Nope.
The Phillies’ Triple-A squad has featured two major league–caliber arms in Andrew Painter and Mick Abel. (Abel was promoted last week to fill in for the injured Aaron Nola.) Justin Crawford, son of Carl, is also a top-50-ish MLB prospect, and he’s hitting .338 in his first taste of Triple-A ball.
At 42-17, the IronPigs have the best record in Triple-A. Could they beat the Rockies in a three-game series? With Painter and Abel, they’d probably have the two best starters.
32. Colorado Rockies (12-50)
Previous rank: 30
OK, now for the historymakers. Scottie Scheffler played four PGA Tour events in May and won three of them. The Rockies played 28 MLB games in May and won four of them. (The Rockies do have three more wins than Scheffler since June 2, though: They swept the Marlins this week, snapping an unprecedented streak of 22 series losses dating back to last September.) Just when you thought the 2024 White Sox’s record for most losses in a season could never be topped, the Rockies are on pace for 131 losses. That shouldn’t be possible. I can’t wait to see just how far they can fall, even though I feel bad for the players on the roster who deserve better. At least the Washington Wizards and Utah Jazz were tanking to try to get Cooper Flagg. What’s the Rockies’ excuse?
This post originally stated that Andy Pages had been demoted to Triple-A this season. He did not play in Triple-A this year.
