MLB Report Card Grades for All 30 Teams Thus Far in 2024 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Philadelphia Phillies: A+

The Phillies have achieved their preseason goal of getting out of the gates quicker, led by tremendous starts from Alec Bohm, Trea Turner and their entire pitching staff.

However, they'll now be without Turner for an extended period of time as he recovers from a left hamstring strain, which makes it increasingly important that Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto and Nick Castellanos all heat up.

But the Phillies have set themselves up to win 95-100 games this season and their first division title since 2011.

Atlanta Braves: B+

Brian Snitker's squad has already cleared the 20-win mark, but it's impossible to divorce its grade from the fact that it has lost Spencer Strider for the entirety of the season after he underwent an internal brace procedure.

The Braves are going to make the playoffs, perhaps even with their seventh consecutive NL East title. Even if Ronald Acuña Jr. has started slowly, he's going to hit, and this is still probably the deepest lineup in baseball.

They haven't had enough starting pitching by the time they got to the playoffs the last two seasons, though, and in addition to losing Strider, there are legitimate questions about the abilities of Max Fried, Chris Sale and Reynaldo López to pitch full seasons.

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Washington Nationals: A-

Are the Nationals going to be contending for the postseason by the time the July 30 trade deadline rolls around? Probably not. But CJ Abrams has taken a massive step forward, while his double-play partner Luis García Jr. is also off to a tremendous start.

Jesse Winker is having a bounce-back season, and he will likely draw trade interest this summer, just in time for Lane Thomas to return and top prospects James Wood and Dylan Crews to potentially make their MLB debuts.

The Nationals are a year or two—and a renewed commitment to spending by ownership—away from being a contender, but they may be through the worst moments of their rebuild. Manager Dave Martinez deserves credit for riding things out.

New York Mets: B-

The New York Mets were swept in the first three games under new manager Carlos Mendoza, but they rebounded from an ice-cold start to go 15-11 in April.

As the Mets hover around .500 early in the season, the question becomes whether they will be far enough out of contention for president of baseball operations David Stearns to consider trade offers for Pete Alonso, among others.

If they're able to get Kodai Senga back to a rotation where Luis Severino, Sean Manaea and José Buttó are pitching well, this might be a team that is in the wild-card race enough to stand pat, if not consider minor additions.

Trading Alonso if they are within striking distance in the wild-card race would be a tough sell, particularly since they seem to have as good a shot as anyone to sign him after the season.

Miami Marlins: F-

The Marlins responded to their fourth playoff appearance in franchise history by pushing out Kim Ng as general manager, alienating NL Manager of the Year Skip Schumaker and allowing Jorge Soler to depart in free agency.

Now, president of baseball operations Peter Bendix has traded away two-time batting champion Luis Arráez more than two months before the trade deadline.

Why is it, regardless of ownership, the Marlins tear their team down every time they have some success?