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MLB Report Card Grades for All 30 Teams Early in 2022


Major League Baseball
DraftKings
Orioles
the Cleveland Guardians
negative-32
Baseball Reference
FanGraphs
SB
Merrill Kelly
Braves
ACL
Reds
Nationals
Cubs
Rangers
Baltimore Orioles
BThe Orioles aren't
AL
SP
Boston Red Sox
F1965
the Red Sox
RBI
Chicago White Sox
the White Sox
the AL Central
Chicago's
AJ Pollock
Cincinnati Reds
F-The Reds
ERA
Cy Young
Phillies
Tigers
Detroit Tigers
Yankees
teams&apos
3,000th
hasn't
Astros
Kansas City Royals
Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
Mariners
C+It's
Marlins
Milwaukee Brewers
the Brew Crew:
the National League
12-for-12
The White Sox
New York Mets
Mets&apos
New York Yankees
the American League
BB
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Phils
Padres
Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
ADon't
NL
Seattle Mariners
St. Louis Cardinals
the NL Central
Phillies and Giants
Tampa Bay Rays
IL
Texas Rangers
the Yankees and Dodgers
.165 BA
Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays
Washington Nationals
nation's
3.90 ERA
Patrick Corbin's 6.06 ERA


Marks
Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Daulton Varsho
Zac Gallen
Madison Bumgarner
Ronald Acuna Jr.
they're
Cedric Mullins
John Means
Tommy John
Austin Hays
Ryan Mountcastle
Bruce Zimmermann
Michael Wacha
It's
J.D. Martinez
Nathan Eovaldi
Enrique Hernandez
Christian Vazquez
Xander Bogaerts
Chris Sale
Jason Heyward
Wade Miley
Kyle Hendricks
Marcus Stroman
Lance Lynn
Yoan Moncada
Eloy Jimenez
Andrew Vaughn
BAre
Trevor Story
Trojan
Chad Kuhl
C.J. Cron
Daniel Bard
it's
FThe Tigers
Miguel Cabrera
Tarik Skubal
Kevin Gausman
Jose Berrios
Andrew Benintendi
Lo
Zack Greinke
Noah Syndergaard
Patrick Sandoval
Reid Detmers
Shohei Ohtani
Mike Trout
Jared Walsh
Brandon Marsh
Anthony Rendon
plus-78
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Pablo Lopez
Josh Hader
Devin Williams
Brandon Woodruff
season's
AWhile Milwaukee
Emilio Pagan
Miguel Sano
Byron Buxton
Dylan Bundy
Eduardo Escobar
Starling Marte
Francisco Lindor
Jacob
Nestor Cortes
Gerrit Cole
Aroldis Chapman
Clay Holmes
Michael King
Aaron
Anthony Rizzo
Giancarlo Stanton
Joey Gallo
Gleyber Torres
Josh Donaldson
DJ LeMahieu
CPaul Blackburn
Dany Jimenez
Sheldon Neuse
Max Scherzer
CKe'Bryan Hayes
Jose Quintana
Jorge Alfaro
Manny Machado
Eric Hosmer
Joe Musgrove
Mackenzie Gore
Taylor Rogers
Blake Snell
Fernando Tatis Jr.
Carlos Rodon
Evan Longoria's
J.P. Crawford
Logan Gilbert
Julio Rodriguez
Kelenic
Nolan Arenado
Miles Mikolas
Juan Yepez
Randy Arozarena
Kevin Kiermaier
Brandon Lowe
Shane Baz
Tyler Glasnow
Marcus Semien
Alek Manoah
Yusei Kikuchi
Hyun Jin Ryu
Josh Bell
Yadiel Hernandez
Juan Soto
Josiah Gray
Erick Fedde
Stephen Strasburg
Nelson Cruz


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Houston's
A+It's
Christian
Ryu's


the North Side
Rockies
game's
the NL East
the AL East
the AL West
West Coast


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Wrigley Field


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Marlins
IL
Detroit
Boston
Chicago
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Cleveland
          
Colorado
Rockies
season's
Toronto
New York
            
Los Angeles Angels
Taylor Ward
Miami Marlins
Milwaukee
Minnesota
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San
San Francisco
Ty France
Seattle
St. Louis
Texas
              


this World Series
the 1906 Cubs
the World Series

Positivity     47.00%   
   Negativity   53.00%
The New York Times
SOURCE: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2956103-mlb-report-card-grades-for-all-30-teams-early-in-2022
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Summary

Statistics and records current through the start of play Thursday and are courtesy of Baseball Reference and FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.Arizona Diamondbacks: AThey're still nowhere close to leading the loaded NL West, but who could have guessed that the Diamondbacks and their preseason win total of 66.5 would be sporting a winning record more than 30 games into 2022?They've done so in spite of a lineup that is collectively hitting below the Mendoza Line. (torn ACL recovery).There's a ton of season left for them to right the ship.But there's also no question that the first five weeks of this World Series defense have not gone according to design, saddled with a sub-.500 record in spite of 16 games played against the lowly Reds (four), Nationals, Marlins, Cubs and Rangers (three each). And compared to that "clearly the biggest dumpster fire in the league" expectation, they're doing quite well.What's most impressive about their better-than-expected start is that star hitter Cedric Mullins is just starting to heat up, while star pitcher John Means will miss the entire season because of Tommy John surgery. However, a recent six-game winning streak fueled by lights-out pitching brought the White Sox back to life in a hurry.For a team that was supposed to win the AL Central by an 11-game margin, though, 2.5 games back in the division with a barely .500 record isn't exactly a great success.In Chicago's defense, injuries have played a big part in this disappointment. Because while Boston's season has been a nightmare, Colorado has gotten out to one of the better starts in franchise history.Are we buying Chad Kuhl as a Cy Young candidate, C.J. Cron as one of the game's best sluggers or Daniel Bard as one of the most reliable closers? And when the only guy who can get hits is getting singles on 90 percent of those hits, it's hard to score runs.Lo and behold, Kansas City has one of the worst run differentials in the bigs and has not won consecutive games since April 19-20. Giancarlo Stanton is also up to seven blasts, and goodness knows Joey Gallo, Gleyber Torres, Josh Donaldson and DJ LeMahieu can crush a baseball.The Yankees were expected to win the AL East (or at least finish in a close second to Toronto), but with a plus-52 run differential and the best record in the majors, they've been significantly better than expected. Their next 26 games are against the Dodgers, Padres, Mets, Giants, Brewers, Angels and Braves.Pittsburgh Pirates: CKe'Bryan Hayes is in the way-too-early-to-seriously-be-talking-about-it mix for the NL batting title with a mark of .320, and at least Jose Quintana is pitching well (2.70 ERA) as the lone veteran presence in a young rotation. But the sixth-best record in the NL is just ahead of what was expected from them in the preseason, when projected win totals put them in a dead heat with both the Phillies and Giants for the NL's sixth and final playoff spot.Certainly Nolan Arenado has been better than anticipated, and Miles Mikolas looks better than ever. But if we had done a preseason forecast of every team's record after 30 games, St. Louis at 17-13 is one that just about everyone would have gotten within a one-game margin. But, for now, it's business as usual in Tampa.Texas Rangers: C-Here's your random fun fact for the day: Before Wednesday's 8-2 loss to the Royals, the Rangers were one of just three teams (along with the Yankees and Dodgers) who had yet to lose a game by six or more runs. That's better than missing the postseason, of course, but it's a far cry from what was expected from one of the top preseason candidates to win the World Series.A big part of the problem is that the rotation has been extremely hit-or-miss. (At least Ryu's poor start can be attributed to a forearm injury.) Toronto has allowed at least six runs in 10 games, losing nine of them.The Blue Jays still might be World Series good, but they had better stop getting shelled every third game.

As said here by Kerry Miller