The 2025 MLB power rankings are here. Who’s the best, who’s the worst, and who occupies that big, meaty middle?
The rankings below will be updated throughout the 2025 regular season. Try not to take these too seriously. This is just a sports website, okay?
Before We Begin
All 30 teams are ranked below, in three tiers. The defending champions are the Los Angeles Dodgers.
These power rankings were last updated on April 18, 2025
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Top 10
| 1. San Diego Padres (15-4) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 2, 1 |
| I’m not sure we expected anyone but the Dodgers to occupy the top spot, but it took just two weeks. |
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| 2. Los Angeles Dodgers (14-6) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 1, 2 |
| The Dodgers are going to be fine, but it’s curious that their Pythagorean win-loss isn’t all that great at the moment. |
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| 3. San Francisco Giants (13-6) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 4, 3 |
| The three best teams in the league at the moment are all in the NL West. |
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| 4. New York Yankees (12-7) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 7, 4 |
| The Yankees are getting hot again and have one of the best run differentials in the league. |
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| 5. Chicago Cubs (12-9) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 3, 5 |
| They score a ton of runs, but surprisingly have done better on the road than in the Friendly Confines so far. |
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| 6. New York Mets (12-7) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 6, 6 |
| Considering that the Mets have played far more road games and they’re doing respectably well, things are looking up. |
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| 7. Texas Rangers (12-7) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 8, 7 |
| Texas is right there with the Yankees as the class of the American League, as of today, but they really don’t score very much. |
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| 8. Philadelphia Phillies (11-8) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 5, 8 |
| It’s been an up-and-down week or two for the Phils. |
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| 9. Arizona Diamondbacks (12-7) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 13, 9 |
| The Snakes move into the top ten after winning five games in a row. |
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| 10. Detroit Tigers (11-8) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 10, 10 |
| Detroit is 6-1 at home, helping them into first place in the AL Central, but have struggled on the road. |
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Middle 10
| 11. Toronto Blue Jays (11-8) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 11, 11 |
| The Jays have been keeping up with the Yankees for the most part, at least in terms of the standings. |
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| 12. Milwaukee Brewers (10-9) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 14, 12 |
| Considering they had a game where they gave up 20 runs, getting the run differential back to almost even, and the record above .500, are good signs. |
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| 13. Boston Red Sox (10-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 12, 13 |
| The Sox have spent the first few weeks of the season treading water, and look like every bit of an average team. |
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| 14. Cleveland Guardians (9-9) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 16, 14 |
| This team still needs to figure out a way to score some runs. |
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| 15. Seattle Mariners (10-9) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 24, 15 |
| Big jump for the M’s, who have stabilized by winning six out of seven. |
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| 16. Los Angeles Angels (9-9) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 9, 16 |
| The Angels have followed up a good start with a bad week, sinking them back into the middle of the pack. |
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| 17. Baltimore Orioles (8-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 17, 17 |
| Baltimore looks like it might bust out of the slump soon, but they haven’t yet. |
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| 18. The Athletics (9-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 25, 18 |
| Their stadium might be comically inadequate, but at least they’re starting to win some games. |
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| 19. Cincinnati Reds (9-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 19, 19 |
| It’s going okay, but nothing especially remarkable about the Reds so far. Better than being bad. |
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| 20. Houston Astros (8-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 18, 20 |
| The Astros are definitely off(ensively challenged). |
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Bottom 10
| 21. Tampa Bay Rays (8-11) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 21, 21 |
| Having to play in the Yankees’ minor-league stadium has not been horrible for them, but they have lost all of their handful of road games. |
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| 22. St. Louis Cardinals (9-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 20, 22 |
| Great at home, terrible on the road. At least we can say there’s very little separating the Cards at #22 from, say, #16. |
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| 23. Kansas City Royals (8-12) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 15, 23 |
| Bobby Witt can’t do it all by himself, sure, but they’ll all culpable for hitting just 10 home runs in 20 games. Only the White Sox have a worse team OPS. |
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| 24. Miami Marlins (8-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 22, 24 |
| A Marlins losing streak has them losing their early momentum. |
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| 25. Pittsburgh Pirates (8-12) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 26, 25 |
| At least they have a winning record in their own park. |
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| 26. Minnesota Twins (7-12) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 27, 26 |
| They’ve come back from a terrible start to make it a more run-of-the-mill bad start. |
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| 27. Washington Nationals (7-12) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 23, 27 |
| This team gives up a lot of runs and ain’t too great at scoring them, either. That is what we call a bad team. Even when the pitching cooperates, the offense does not. |
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| 28. Atlanta Braves (5-13) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 28, 28 |
| Atlanta’s schedule has been frontloaded with road games, and they’re doing terribly in them. |
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| 29. Chicago White Sox (4-14) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 30, 29 |
| The Pale Hose are not last – I repeat, they are NOT LAST! |
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| 30. Colorado Rockies (3-15) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 29, 30 |
| The Rockies have been atrocious, losing six in a row and going 1-11 in road games so far. |
