From just one A to ... how many F's?! Full regular-season grades for all 30 MLB teams

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  • David SchoenfieldSep 24, 2025, 07:00 AM ET

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There are inactive 5 precise important days near successful the 2025 regular season, with part titles and chaotic cards inactive to beryllium determined, but it's clip to manus retired our last regular-season grades for each team.

We'll person to hedge connected a fewer of these depending connected what happens the remainder of this week -- particularly for the Tigers and Mets, who are battling for their postseason lives aft looking similar shoo-ins for astir of the season. It has been a ace intriguing MLB season, 1 that has nary existent ace squad (which means, contempt immoderate spectacular performances, nary squad was fixed an A+ this year, arsenic I deliberation those should beryllium for ace teams oregon a squad that wins a ton of games wholly retired of nowhere) and 1 with chaotic swings successful the standings passim the year.

Let's get into grading it.


Milwaukee Brewers: A

The Brewers ne'er faltered. The exclamation constituent connected the champion regular play successful franchise past -- they'll get determination with their 97th win, topping the 96 wins of 2011 and 2018 -- was the 14-game winning streak to statesman August. Their tally differential of plus-173 easy leads the majors, made adjacent much singular considering that season-opening four-game bid against the Yankees erstwhile the Brewers were outscored by 32 runs, and gives them a accidental to apical the plus-174 differential of 1982's Harvey's Wallbangers, the lone Brewers squad to scope the World Series. Pitching, speed, defense, conscionable capable power: Now let's spot if that look works successful the playoffs.


Philadelphia Phillies: A-

It wasn't a wholly creaseless ride, but arsenic the Mets started to illness successful early-to-mid August, the Phillies pulled distant to cruise to their 2nd consecutive NL East title. The discourtesy relied astatine times a small excessively overmuch connected the fantastic slugging of Kyle Schwarber, but the rotation was outstanding, the defence overmuch improved (especially Trea Turner astatine shortstop) and president of shot operations Dave Dombrowski made 2 of the astir impactful commercialized deadline acquisitions successful Jhoan Duran and Harrison Bader. Even without Zack Wheeler, the Phillies participate the postseason arsenic the World Series favorites, according to ESPN BET.


Toronto Blue Jays: A-

This people is contingent connected the Blue Jays holding connected to the AL East title, which would beryllium their archetypal since 2015. They were 26-28 connected May 27, but lone the Brewers person a amended grounds since then. The Blue Jays are amended than their tally differential suggests -- respective blowout losses person skewed that fig (they've mislaid games by 19, 14, 13 and 12 runs) -- but it inactive feels similar determination are immoderate fume and mirrors progressive here.

George Springer, astatine 35 years old, has been their champion violative subordinate with a monster season, and they've received coagulated performances up and down the lineup from the likes of Read Entire Article