It's Week 2 of the 2025 MLB season, and while our top three teams are holding firm from Week 1, we have some big jumps shaking up the top 10.
Juan Soto and the New York Mets crack the top five this week (in the process, passing Aaron Judge and the torpedo-bat-powered New York Yankees), while Kyle Tucker's Chicago Cubs rocket all the way from No. 14 to No. 6. The San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox are also new members of the single-digit club.
It hasn't been anywhere near as fun in Atlanta, though, as the Braves have fallen from No. 2 in our preseason rankings to No. 11 in Week 1, and now to No. 15 in Week 2.
Our expert panel has combined to rank every team based on a combination of what we've seen so far and what we already knew going into the 162-game marathon that is a full baseball season. We also asked ESPN MLB experts Jesse Rogers, Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield to weigh in with an observation for all 30 teams.
Week 1 | Preseason rankings
Record: 10-4
Previous ranking: 1
Three losses in a row? Say it ain't so. The Dodgers have been dominant at home in the early going, but they've been average on the road as, once again, their pitching depth is being tested. Lefty Justin Wrobleski gave up eight runs Tuesday, one day after the staff gave up six, leading to back-to-back defeats to the Nationals. With Blake Snell and others down while Clayton Kershaw works his way back, the Dodgers feel a little short on the mound. Their offense will have to carry the day — and it will — but Los Angeles, even after a win on Wednesday, finds itself in an unfamiliar place: with the third-best record in its division. — Rogers
Record: 8-3
Previous ranking: 2
It might be strange to suggest that a 32-year-old DH coming off a
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