The three teams with the most wins in baseball are the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles. Unsurprisingly, those are three of the best lineups in MLB.

But there are some other really good teams with strong lineups, such as the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers. There's also the Seattle Mariners, who lead the AL West despite having a poor lineup.

The flip side of that is teams like the Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks, who have underperformed in terms of wins and losses, but still generally have very good lineups.

With all that acknowledged, here's a ranking of all 30 MLB lineups, which tries to blend current results with what's likely to happen moving forward.

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30. Chicago White Sox

The White Sox recently got Luis Robert Jr. back from the injured list, perhaps just in time for the center fielder to become the hottest trade candidate of the summer. Not much else moves the needle in the league's worst lineup, with veterans Tommy Pham, Andrew Benintendi and Eloy Jiménez all on the injured list.

29. Miami Marlins

Who could have imagined that if you took an already bad lineup and subtracted the two best players from it, things wouldn't pan out well? A year ago, the Fish made the playoffs with 84 wins, despite finishing 26th in runs scored. Rather than add to their lineup, new president of baseball operations Peter Bendix made it worse.

The Marlins allowed Jorge Soler to depart in free agency, and then traded reigning NL batting champion Luis Arráez to the San Diego Padres in May. On top of that, Jake Burger and Tim Anderson have both been massive disappointments, which only adds to the issue.

28. Oakland Athletics

Obviously, owner John Fisher isn't putting his best foot forward. DH Brent Rooker and center fielder JJ Bleday have been productive, but the A's simply don't have enough talent to compete. Ownership has talked about ramping up spending before a still uncertain move to Las Vegas later this decade. Perhaps they'll do that next offseason, and we'll finally be able to evaluate how good of a manager Mark Kotsay is.

27. Tampa Bay Rays

When you're a low-budget team, there are going to be years where you don't hit on every attempt at finding a diamond in the rough, and/or players underperform. Tampa Bay's pitching has been decimated by injuries this year, while its offense is one of the least inspiring in the league by virtue of Randy Arozarena, Brandon Lowe and Yandy Díaz all having disappointing seasons.

This group's ceiling probably isn't that high to begin with, but that trio all underwhelming has sunk Kevin Cash's squad so far.

26. Seattle Mariners

Of the five teams on this slide, the Mariners are the only ones in playoff position, as they lead the AL West. But that's largely been on the backs of their excellent pitching. Offensively, the offseason additions of Mitch Garver, Jorge Polanco and Mitch Haniger have all flopped, while Julio Rodríguez, J.P. Crawford and Cal Raleigh have disappointed to varying degrees.

Seattle needs internal improvements, but president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto should consider overhauling this lineup in advance of the July 30 trade deadline.

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25. Los Angeles Angels

Catcher Logan O'Hoppe appears to be a budding star, while veterans Taylor Ward, Luis Rengifo and Kevin Pillar have hit well enough that they figure to be of interest to contending teams this summer.

Overall, though, the story here remains a familiar one: Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon have both missed significant chunks of time, so we haven't gotten an extended look at what this offense can do at full strength.

24. Colorado Rockies

It's not a great sign when you play your home games at Coors Field and are among the bottom 10 teams in runs scored, because rarely in their history has the Rockies pitching not been one of the worst staffs in the league. Ezequiel Tovar looks like the next star shortstop to play for the Rockies, while both of their catchers—Elias Díaz and Jacob Stallings—are hitting as well as they ever have.

Yet the Rockies have been without Nolan Jones since late April, while Kris Bryant's contract looks like one of the five worst in baseball, and Charlie Blackmon's career appears to be coming to an end.

23. Washington Nationals

Former All-Star Jesse Winker has had something of a resurgence in 2024 with a .759 OPS, which means that the Nationals will get trade inquiries on the 30-year-old before the trade deadline.

However, CJ Abrams has had a breakout season with a team-leading 11 home runs, and will soon be joined by top prospect James Wood in manager Dave Martinez's lineup. Things are looking up for the Nationals.

22. Toronto Blue Jays

Veterans George Springer, Justin Turner and Daniel Vogelbach have all disappointed, but the biggest issue remains their two perceived cornerstone position players. Bo Bichette has an OPS under .630, and while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been pretty productive, he's never come close to repeating his AL MVP runner-up campaign in 2021.

Even if the Blue Jays delay a decision on the long-term future of the Bichette/Guerrero era until the offseason, something may have to give in the offseason with both entering contract seasons in 2025.

21. Pittsburgh Pirates

With Mitch Keller, Paul Skenes, Jared Jones and Bailey Falter, the Pirates have the makings of a playoff-caliber starting rotation. Unfortunately, they don't have the lineup to match. Bryan Reynolds remains a productive run producer in left field, and while there hasn't been a full superstar ascension from Oneil Cruz, he does enough at the plate to keep you intrigued.

But offseason additions Rowdy Tellez and Michael A. Taylor have each been flops, with former No. 1 overall pick Henry Davis and sure-handed third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes disappointing at the plate.

There's a path to the playoffs for the Pirates in 2024, but it involves general manager Ben Cherington adding multiple bats before the July 30 trade deadline to supplement the young and exciting rotation.

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20. St. Louis Cardinals

The good news for the Cardinals is that Masyn Winn and Nolan Gorman have shown enough this season to make you believe they are going to be long-term cogs in St. Louis. The bad news is Willson Contreras fractured his left arm in May, and both Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt are under .700 in terms of OPS.

Because of a weak NL Central and wide-open wild-card race in the Senior Circuit, the Cardinals aren't out of the postseason race and won't sell. But questions about whether the window has closed on the Arenado/Goldschmidt core aren't any less legit.

19. Detroit Tigers

Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter are building blocks, but former No. 1 overall pick Spencer Torkelson struggled so much (.201/.266/.330 slash line) he was optioned to Triple-A. 22-year-old second baseman Colt Keith also has an OPS under .600, as does former All-Star Javier Báez, who is in only the third season of a regrettable six-year contract.

The versatile Matt Vierling has had some impressive moments, but the Tigers seem like a team that needs to add multiple impact veterans to their lineup next winter if they hope to reach the postseason for the first time since 2014.

18. San Francisco Giants

The Giants lineup is a collection of players who make you wonder whether president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi will still be in his post next year. It's unfortunate that Jung Hoo Lee was lost for the year with a dislocated left shoulder, but Jorge Soler, Thairo Estrada, Nick Ahmed and Mike Yastrzemski have all underperformed.

Heliot Ramos has been hot of late, and Matt Chapman, Patrick Bailey and Michael Conforto are all players who could be part of a winning team. But there's a lack of an offensive core in San Francisco, not just one superstar, but multiple players who have track records of consistently performing at an All-Star level.

The Giants won 107 games in 2021, but that may as well have been 20 years ago.

17. Minnesota Twins

DH Ryan Jeffers is an All-Star candidate, but he's the only player on the Twins with an OPS over .800 in what's been a disappointing group. After a seeming breakout campaign a year ago, Matt Wallner struggled so much early in the season that he was optioned to Triple-A, where he's hitting .208.

Oft-injured center fielder Byron Buxton missed some time in May with right knee inflammation, but the superstar-level production he's typically turned in when on the field has been nowhere to be found when healthy this season.

Carlos Correa has been productive, but not the MVP-level player he was just a few years ago with the Houston Astros. Still, the Twins are in control of the final AL Wild Card spot, and a big move or two by president of baseball operations Derek Falvey—perhaps an upgrade at first base over Carlos Santana among them—could propel Minnesota to the postseason.

16. New York Mets

The offense in New York is just good enough to have multiple interesting trade candidates, but not enough for the Mets to overcome a starting rotation that's been without Kodai Senga for the entire season.

Pete Alonso and J.D. Martinez, both in contract years, figure to move before the July 30 trade deadline, but the contractual statuses of Starling Marte and Brandon Nimmo likely keep them in Flushing.

Meanwhile, the middle infield duo of Jeff McNeil and Francisco Lindor have each underwhelmed to varying degrees. If you're looking for a silver lining, 24-year-old third baseman Mark Vientos has impressed in just under 100 at-bats.

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15. Chicago Cubs

Between the possibility of an addition and better veteran performances, the Cubs have a chance to improve on what's been a middle-of-the-pack offense to this point.

While sure-handed, the middle infield duo of Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner has disappointed at the plate this year. Christopher Morel has delivered some power production, but a year after he posted a .821 OPS, having an OPS just over .700 doesn't represent the breakout season many saw coming.

If Seiya Suzuki stays healthy while Cody Bellinger and Ian Happ heat up at the plate, the Cubs have a chance to emerge as a wild-card team, if not the winners of the NL Central. But first, the offense must emerge from the massive slump it's been in for weeks.

14. Cincinnati Reds

There's enough talent in manager David Bell's lineup—even with the continued absence of Matt McClain—to imagine this group getting hot and becoming dangerous as the summer goes along.

Elly De La Cruz isn't a finished product, but he's an electric player who leads baseball in stolen bases. This past offseason's big signing, third baseman Jeimer Candelario, is a doubles machine when he's locked in, and you feel like his best stretch is yet to come.

The same may be true for both Spencer Steer and TJ Friedl. This is a team that badly needs to add an impact DH/1B-type bat. If the Reds do that, they could go on a run that makes them either the NL Central champions or one of the three wild-card representatives in the NL.

13. Texas Rangers

Last year, a powerful Rangers lineup slugged its way to the first World Series title in franchise history. Bruce Bochy's squad hasn't performed at that level this year, as Adolis García's OPS has dipped to around .700, and rookies Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford haven't delivered the impact that they were expected to bring.

However, Corey Seager and Marcus Semien are as good of a middle-infield combination as there is, and Josh Jung may not be far off from returning from his right wrist fracture. The return of Jung, internal improvements and an external addition could be enough for the Rangers to win the wide-open AL West.

12. Boston Red Sox

Masataka Yoshida, Vaughn Grissom and Wilyer Abreu are on the 10-day injured list, with Trevor Story and Triston Casas shelved for longer periods on the 60-day IL, which obviously cuts into what Boston expected Alex Cora's lineup to look like before the season. That said, Rafael Devers is having his typical excellent season, as are Connor Wong and Tyler O'Neill, when healthy.

As the team hovers around .500, it will be interesting to see whether this lineup has enough for chief baseball officer Craig Breslow to add to it before the trade deadline, or if he will instead take advantage of a weak trade market and move someone like O'Neill.

11. Atlanta Braves

Yes, it burns that the Braves lost reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. for the season, but it's realistic, if not likely that most of their lineup will produce at much higher levels than they have to this point.

Marcell Ozuna is having a tremendous season, but history tells us Matt Olson, Austin Riley and Michael Harris II will all perform at much higher levels, and All-Star catcher Sean Murphy is back from an oblique injury that cost him nearly two months.

If president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos hits on a couple of trade deadline additions, the Braves could still end up with a top-five offense.

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10. Arizona Diamondbacks

When you consider that last year's NL Rookie of the Year Corbin Carroll's OPS is one of the lowest marks among all qualified players, being in the top 10 in runs scored is pretty impressive. If some combination of Carroll, Gabriel Moreno, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Eugenio Suárez get hot, the Diamondbacks will have a pretty good offense considering how well Ketel Marte, Christian Walker and Joc Pederson have hit.

Don't rule out last year's NL champions just yet.

9. Houston Astros

For as poorly as it feels like Houston's season has gone thus far, they're still second in the league in hits, fourth in home runs and fifth in OPS. That's without the Astros getting much from Alex Bregman and Yainer Diaz. First base is an obvious position that General Manager Dana Brown needs to upgrade. If that happens and Bregman and/or Diaz get going, the Astros might be able to hit their way back into the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season and ninth time in 10 years.

8. San Diego Padres

In his second go-round with the Padres, Jurickson Profar has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the 2024 season, and it might earn him his first career All-Star Game appearance.

It's reasonable to think Mike Shildt's lineup will get better results from Manny Machado and Ha-Seong Kim as the season goes along. Having added two-time batting champion Luis Arráez to the lineup via trade in May, the Padres should be able to claim one of the three wild-card spots in the NL thanks to this loaded offense.

7. Cleveland Guardians

Stephen Vogt's lineup has been much better than expected. Beyond José Ramírez continuing to build a compelling Hall of Fame case, Steven Kwan and David Fry have had excellent seasons as well. Josh Naylor has cooled down since a scalding-hot start but still is a valuable source of power production. What Cleveland needs is another big bat, whether it's a first baseman, DH or some combination.

Adding Alonso or Goldschmidt, for example, would help the Guardians secure the AL Central title, and potentially be a dangerous team in October.

6. Kansas City Royals

Largely because of monster seasons from Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez, the Royals have a top-five offense in terms of doubles, triples, RBI and runs scored. Michael Massey and Vinnie Pasquantino have also had productive stretches, but it's clear this is a team that needs to make multiple additions—with at least one in the outfield—to have staying power. The Royals have been an incredible success story after winning just 56 games a season ago, but there's still more work to be done by general manager J.J. Picollo in building the depth of this team, particularly in the lineup.

5. Milwaukee Brewers

Lineup

1. Brice Turang, 2B

2. William Contreras, C

3. Christian Yelich, LF

4. Willy Adames, SS

5. Rhys Hoskins, 1B

6. Gary Sánchez, DH

7. Sal Frelick, RF

8. Joey Ortiz, 3B

9. Blake Perkins, CF

The Milwaukee Brewers may not have seemed likely to have a top-five offense coming into the season, but they're fourth in team on-base percentage and hits, while being third in batting average, so they've earned this spot.

Admittedly, there's definitely a drop-off between four and five on this list, but William Contreras has been the best catcher in baseball, while Willy Adames, Brice Turang and Christian Yelich are putting together strong campaigns as well.

You'd still rather have Corbin Burnes, but third baseman Joey Ortiz—acquired from the Baltimore Orioles in the trade for the former NL Cy Young Award winner—has made an immediate impact with an .843 OPS.

General manager Matt Arnold should get better power production at first base/DH now that Rhys Hoskins is back from a minor hamstring strain, but the Brewers could still stand to add another bat with some pop before the July 30 trade deadline as they try to hold onto the top spot in the NL Central.

4. Philadelphia Phillies

Lineup

1. Kyle Schwarber, DH

2. Trea Turner, SS

3. Bryce Harper, 1B

4. Alec Bohm, 3B

5. J.T. Realmuto, C

6. Bryson Stott, 2B

7. Nick Castellanos, RF

8. Brandon Marsh, LF

9. Johan Rojas, CF

Led by two-time NL MVP Bryce Harper, the Philadelphia Phillies have a lineup that's both full of former All-Stars and lengthy, even to the point where their bench has some players who would start on other teams.

Harper, Schwarber, Turner, Realmuto and Castellanos are all multi-time All-Stars. Castellanos has started to heat up of late, while the Phillies expect to get back Turner—who was hitting .343 before suffering a left hamstring strain—soon. Unfortunately for Rob Thomson, the team will be without Realmuto for the foreseeable future, as he recovers from right knee meniscectomy surgery.

In Turner's absence, though, Edmundo Sosa has shined, with an OPS over .850. David Dahl and Kody Clemens are among the other Phillies bench pieces who have had some big moments in 2024.

Elsewhere, Brandon Marsh has an .884 OPS against right-handed pitching, and though he's cooled off since a scalding-hot start, Alec Bohm is among the league leaders in RBI.

The Phillies could use some more right-handed thump, some of which could come when Turner returns and as Castellanos potentially gets going. Also a possibility is the Phillies upgrade from Johan Rojas before the July 30 trade deadline, acquiring a right-handed hitting outfielder with pop.

3. Baltimore Orioles

Lineup

1. Gunnar Henderson, SS

2. Adley Rutschman, C

3. Ryan Mountcastle, 1B

4. Ryan O'Hearn, DH

5. Anthony Santander, RF

6. Jordan Westburg, 3B

7. Colton Cowser, LF

8. Cedric Mullins, CF

9. Jorge Mateo, 2B

With Henderson hitting at an MVP caliber, the Baltimore Orioles often have early 1-0 leads in 2024. He's at the forefront of a lineup loaded with young talent, which could add more impact pieces throughout the campaign.

Each of Rutschman, Mountcastle and Westburg—all 27 or younger—has an OPS over .800. That's, of course, on top of Henderson—last year's AL Rookie of the Year—who is on pace to hit 40-plus home runs this season. Also with an OPS over .800 is DH Ryan O'Hearn, the elder statesman of the lineup at age 30.

Where is there room for improvement? Former Silver Slugger winner Cedric Mullins is hitting below the Mendoza line. If he doesn't get going, the O's could more regularly use Colton Cowser in center field, with Heston Kjerstad either getting more runway in a corner outfield spot or being used to acquire a veteran outfielder.

Also, it's scary to think about how good the Orioles could be if Jackson Holliday is recalled from Triple-A and able to make an impact in his second shot with the big club. In that scenario, Jorge Mateo could be used as a Swiss Army knife coming off Brandon Hyde's bench.

If there's any concern for the Orioles, it's that with so many young players, you're still figuring out just how good each one is, as opposed to veteran-heavy clubs like the Phillies, Yankees and Dodgers. But you can definitely envision the Orioles lineup coming of age in time for them to win a title this year. And over the next five years, they're as good of a bet as there is in the sport.

2. Los Angeles Dodgers

Lineup

1. Mookie Betts, SS

2. Shohei Ohtani, DH

3. Freddie Freeman, 1B

4. Will Smith, C

5. Max Muncy, 3B

6. Teoscar Hernández, LF

7. Gavin Lux, 2B

8. Jason Heyward, RF

9. Andy Pages, CF

The Los Angeles Dodgers have about as good of a top four in their lineup as possible, and an excellent run producer in Hernández hitting behind them. It's an exciting group, but also one that will make 2024 a disappointing season if it ends in anything short of a World Series title.

Betts, Ohtani and Smith look like they are going to be part of the NL MVP race, and Freeman himself is a former NL MVP that could also factor into the race with a strong month or two.

This isn't a team without some concerns, though.

The Dodgers moved Betts to shortstop because even though Lux had defensive concerns at that position, they wanted to keep his bat in the lineup. Well, Lux is hitting .218 with an on-base percentage below .300. So middle infield is an area where president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman should pursue an upgrade, along with another corner outfielder.

Second base, center field and left field are issues in part because the Dodgers seem to have gone to the well one too many times with former super-utility stars Chris Taylor and Kiké Hernández. In prior years, one or both could have helped to fill in some of these gaps in the starting lineup, but they haven't been able to do so in 2024.

The five best hitters in Los Angeles' lineup—plus Max Muncy, when he returns from the injured list—could slug the Dodgers to a World Series. But making some upgrades to the bottom half of the lineup could help the Dodgers withstand an October night or two where Betts, Ohtani and Freeman struggle.

1. New York Yankees

Lineup

1. Anthony Volpe, SS

2. Juan Soto, RF

3. Aaron Judge, CF

4. Giancarlo Stanton, DH

5. Alex Verdugo, LF

6. Anthony Rizzo, 1B

7. Gleyber Torres, 2B

8. Austin Wells, C

9. DJ LeMahieu, 3B

If AL MVP voting were held today, both Aaron Judge and Juan Soto would finish in the top five, with the former likely walking away with the award for the second time in three seasons.

Two years after setting an AL record with 63 home runs, Judge looks like he could join Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa as the only players in MLB history who hit 60 or more home runs in multiple seasons.

Soto, meanwhile, is putting together a monster contract season, with his 1.026 OPS second in baseball only to Judge. When you have arguably the two best hitters in baseball on your team, it's hard not to put you No. 1.

With that said, while Anthony Volpe, Alex Verdugo and Giancarlo Stanton are all having productive seasons, the Yankees need better results from Gleyber Torres at second base, and general manager Brian Cashman likely needs to acquire an impact corner infield bat before the July 30 deadline.

So the Yankees are No. 1, but they are probably more top-heavy than the three teams behind them. The one-two punch of Judge and Soto is as good as it gets, but they could use some reinforcements behind them.