The 2015 Major League Baseball season has reached the midpoint of its first month and, with it, the deadline for all 30 teams to hand in their first tests.
Time to see how they did.
What we're going to do is grade the early performances of all 30 MLB teams. That means looking at their records, obviously, but more so at how they've played in the key phases of the game: offense, defense and starting and relief pitching.
Granted, it's way too early to know just how good or bad teams really are. The season won't be out of Small Sample Size Territory for another couple weeks. In the meantime, the general look and feel of clubs will be prone to wild fluctuations.
So, to be clear: We're not drawing any conclusions here. We're only evaluating first impressions.
If that sounds good to you, step into the box whenever you're ready.
Note: Stats courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com and FanGraphs, and are accurate going into games for Friday, April 17.
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