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 25, 2025.
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Top 10
| 1. New York Mets (18-7) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 6, 6, 1 |
| That’s right: The Mets are the hottest team in baseball, and have the best record. |
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| 2. San Diego Padres (17-8) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 2, 1, 2 |
| It’s still going well for the Friars, at least well enough – just not as well as it’s going for the Mets, that’s all. |
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| 3. Los Angeles Dodgers (16-9) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 1, 2, 3 |
| Third in the power rankings!? Fire everyone! |
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| 4. San Francisco Giants (17-9) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 4, 3, 4 |
| The National League is quite top-heavy at the moment, and this division in particular. |
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| 5. Chicago Cubs (16-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 3, 5, 5 |
| Make that five top teams in a row for the NL, and the Cubbies can hit. |
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| 6. New York Yankees (15-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 7, 4, 6 |
| The Yankees are probably still at the top of the American League in the grand scheme, but they’ve had their bumps. |
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| 7. Cleveland Guardians (14-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 16, 14, 7 |
| Cleveland moves into the top ten after a strong week. |
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| 8. Detroit Tigers (15-10) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 10, 10, 8 |
| There is a long way to go, but so far, the Tigers are showing that their playoff run last season was not a fluke. |
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| 9. Texas Rangers (14-11) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 8, 7, 9 |
| It’s been a little bit of an inconsistent ride so far, but this is not a bad team by any stretch. |
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| 10. Arizona Diamondbacks (14-11) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 13, 9, 10 |
| Arizona has had better weeks than this, but others have been worse. |
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Middle 10
| 11. Seattle Mariners (14-11) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 24, 15, 11 |
| Another big jump for the Mariners, who have been playing better than most in recent weeks. |
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| 12. Boston Red Sox (14-13) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 12, 13, 12 |
| What to make of the Sox so far, except that they’re inconsistent? |
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| 13. Philadelphia Phillies (13-12) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 5, 8, 13 |
| Something just is not clicking for this team yet, as they continue their early slide down the power rankings. |
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| 14. Houston Astros (13-11) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 18, 20, 14 |
| You knew the Astros were not going to stay down for the whole season. Houston is inevitable. |
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| 15. Milwaukee Brewers (13-13) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 14, 12, 15 |
| Assuming “Meh” is in the dictionary, the Brewers are in the photo caption. |
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| 16. Toronto Blue Jays (12-13) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 11, 11, 16 |
| The Jays have gone as cold as a Canadian winter, and it’s almost May. |
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| 17. Los Angeles Angels (12-12) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 9, 16, 17 |
| I guess the good news for the Halos is that it has been much worse in the past. They will take .500 at this point in the season. |
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| 18. The Athletics (12-13) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 25, 18, 18 |
| Speaking of teams that will accept “it’s not great but I’ll take it,” I give you the [Redacted] Athletics. |
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| 19. Cincinnati Reds (12-13) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 19, 19, 19 |
| Maybe in its own way, being number 19 three weeks in a row is sort of impressive? |
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| 20. Kansas City Royals (12-14) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 15, 23, 20 |
| They still have issues when the bats are in their hands, but at least they are beginning to chip away at their games-under-500 problem. |
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Bottom 10
| 21. Tampa Bay Rays (11-14) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 21, 21, 21 |
| Tampa Bay is consistently the best of the worst, if that’s a thing, and they are selling tiles of the old Trop roof so there’s that. |
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| 22. Atlanta Braves (10-14) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 28, 28, 22 |
| The Braves begin their climb, but they have dug themselves a gigantic hole in the NL East, even this early in the season. |
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| 23. Baltimore Orioles (10-14) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 17, 17, 23 |
| The O’s are not, in fact, getting better. |
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| 24. St. Louis Cardinals (10-15) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 20, 22, 24 |
| Starting to look like this is going to be the worst-case scenario type of season they wanted to avoid with their rebuild. |
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| 25. Miami Marlins (11-13) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 22, 24, 25 |
| At least they’re mildly competitive, which is an improvement. |
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| 26. Washington Nationals (11-14) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 23, 27, 26 |
| Not much to like about this edition of the Nats, but they’ve won a few recent games to stem their drop. |
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| 27. Pittsburgh Pirates (10-16) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 26, 25, 27 |
| Yeah, this is about what we all thought would happen. Poor Paul Skenes. |
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| 28. Minnesota Twins (9-16) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 27, 26, 28 |
| They will want nothing more than to put March and April in the past. |
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| 29. Chicago White Sox (6-19) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 30, 29, 29 |
| Still not last, but that certainly does not mean this team isn’t bad. They are. Very much so. |
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| 30. Colorado Rockies (4-20) |
| 2025 Ranking History: 29, 30, 30 |
| Do yourself a favor and visit the real Rockies, not this ballpark. |
Next power rankings release: May 2, 2025
