MLB 2025: Mid-offseason grades for all 30 teams - ESPN

It's time to take stock of where all teams sit in the offseason: That's right, time for some grades. And we're grading a little tough right now: More than a handful of teams haven't done much and we're not going to be nice to them. Of course, the grade for the Dodgers, Blue Jays or Padres will go way up once Roki Sasaki picks his destination. There are also intriguing free agents still unsigned: Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso, Anthony Santander, Jurickson Profar and Jack Flaherty lead the way, plus a host of relievers, including Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates.

There is still time for teams to improve their final grade, but for now it's two teams from the same city that have won the offseason.

Jump to a team:

American League
ATH | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE
DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN
NYY | | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR

National League
ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL
LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI
PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH

Offseason needs/goals: Re-sign Juan Soto, first base, third base

Major additions: Max Fried, Cody Bellinger, Devin Williams, Paul Goldschmidt, Fernando Cruz

One thing to do: Trade Marcus Stroman? Trade for Nolan Arenado?

This might be Brian Cashman's best offseason since he signed CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett, and traded for Nick Swisher before the 2009 season — a string of moves that resulted in the Yankees' most recent World Series title. Maybe this run of moves will produce the same result. Amazingly, the Yankees have earned this high grade despite losing Soto to the Mets. The rotation is better with Fried as another anchor and New York added bullpen depth with maybe the game's best closer in Williams plus Cruz (109 K's in 66 innings), who was stolen from the Reds for backup catcher Jose Trevino. The defense should