With around 35 games remaining on each Major League Baseball team's 2024 schedule, it's pretty much a 50/50 split between those preparing for October and those who have already shifted their focus to 2025 and beyond.

For both the haves and have-nots, though, we've put together a one-sentence synopsis for each of the 30 teams as they begin the final 20 percent of this campaign.

Each of these is, admittedly, quite the run-on sentence, clocking in at around 55 words per team. Still, we're trying to keep it short and sweet while touching on the current state of affairs for all 30 franchises.

Teams are broken up by division and listed in order of standings (as of Thursday morning) within each division, starting in the AL East and finishing in the NL West.

American League East

New York Yankees (74-53)

The Big Three of Aaron Judge, Juan Soto and Gerrit Cole has done some seriously heavy lifting since the All-Star break, but the Yankees barely have a .500 record to show for it, as the starting rotation that dominated in May has been AWOL for three months.

Baltimore Orioles (74-54)

The number of O's starting pitchers on the IL is getting out of control, with Zach Eflin (shoulder) joining that group this week, but having one of the most potent offenses in the bigs has kept Baltimore in the running for the AL's No. 1 seed.

Boston Red Sox (67-59)

The trade-deadline acquisitions of James Paxton (a likely season-ending calf injury), Lucas Sims (6.23 ERA) and Luis García (11.17 ERA) haven't gone according to plan, but getting Triston Casas and Tyler O'Neill back last weekend could be the spark they need to chase down a wild-card spot.

Tampa Bay Rays (64-62)

All but six of Tampa Bay's remaining games will come against teams still vying for a playoff spot, so the new-look Rays—after trading away just about everything they could last month—are going to have a major say in who makes it into a postseason they're likely to miss for the first time since 2018.

Toronto Blue Jays (59-68)

The name of the game for the Blue Jays right now is identifying players who could help them get back to contention in 2025, and to that end, they've got Bowden Francis thriving in the rotation while Will Wagner and Leo Jiménez are hitting well as true-blue rookies.

American League Central

Cleveland Guardians (73-53)

This offense has been struggling for more than a month, but the historically great bullpen anchored by Emmanuel Clase, Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith continues to buoy Cleveland's quest for a No. 1 seed, stringing together 23 consecutive scoreless innings of relief in a recent stretch against the Cubs, Brewers and Yankees.

Minnesota Twins (71-56)

Injuries are mounting and Carlos Correa's return from plantar fasciitis—already absent for six weeks at this point—is nowhere in sight, but the Twins keep hanging around in the projected playoff picture thanks to Bailey Ober, Pablo López and rookie David Festa all posting sub-2.70 ERAs thus far in the second half.

Kansas City Royals (71-56)

Seth Lugo has come back to earth with a 5.24 ERA over his last seven starts, but Bobby Witt Jr. remains a blazing inferno, batting .445 with a 1.319 OPS since the All-Star break in what will go down as one of the most Herculean performances of all time if he can carry the Royals into the postseason.

Detroit Tigers (62-65)

Despite trading away Jack Flaherty, the Tigers have held 15 consecutive opponents to four runs or fewer, fueled by a modest breakout by rookie Keider Montero (16.0 IP, 5 ER, 15 K) who might be pitching his way into the 2025 Opening Day rotation. [Bonus sentence: Spencer Torkelson had a four-hit game Tuesday in just his third game back from more than two months in the minors.]

Chicago White Sox (31-97)

Since July 11, this dumpster fire aboard a trainwreck has gone 4-29, averaging 2.7 runs per game as it hurtles toward shattering the 1962 New York Mets' modern-day record of 120 losses in a season.

American League West

Houston Astros (68-58)

Already boasting the best record in baseball since that disastrous 7-19 start to the year, getting Justin Verlander back this week after more than two months on the IL felt like a "Happy learned how to putt, uh oh" moment in a season where the title of favorite to win it all is still entirely up for grabs.

Seattle Mariners (64-64)

Ten days removed from being tied for first place in this division—and barely two months removed from holding a 10-game lead in the AL West—Seattle's postseason hopes are now hanging by a thread thanks to an offense has taken a downward turn from woebegone to downright abysmal, despite getting Julio Rodríguez back after three weeks on the shelf.

Texas Rangers (59-69)

Hard to imagine anyone will ever outcollapse the Marlins going straight from winning the World Series in 1997 to losing 108 games in 1998, but the Rangers are putting together one of the worst title defenses of the past quarter century after dropping 17 of their last 25 games to fall out of the postseason conversation in a hurry.

Los Angeles Angels (54-73)

Not a whole lot of positive to point to after 80 percent of season No. 1 of life post-Shohei Ohtani, but second-year shortstop Zach Neto has emerged as one heck of a foundational piece for the Angels' future, batting .312/.415/.584 with eight home runs and eight stolen bases over his last 36 games.

Oakland Athletics (54-73)

The rebuild is nowhere near complete, but the A's have already won more games than they did last season, will soon surpass their 60-win mark from two years ago and should be carrying a decent product into what will be a weird/depressing/infuriating temporary stay in Sacramento next spring.

National League East

Philadelphia Phillies (74-52)

Reminiscent of the 2022 New York Yankees going 38-40 after a blistering 61-23 start, the once juggernaut-ish Phillies have seemingly been hibernating for the past six weeks, entering play on Wednesday with the worst record in the National League (12-19) dating back to July 12.

Atlanta Braves (67-59)

Losing Austin Riley to a hand fracture for likely the rest of the regular season was a huge blow for an offense already dead-last (by a mile) in runs scored among teams currently in the postseason picture, but they might at least have the best pitching staff in the playoffs with Reynaldo López back in the mix and Chris Sale likely headed for the NL Cy Young.

New York Mets (66-61)

Going 3-6 during a recent nine-game stretch against Seattle, Oakland and Miami was a huge missed opportunity, but the Mets are still in the mix for the No. 6 seed, especially with Brandon Nimmo finally snapping out of a 27-game funk in which he hit .146 with no home runs.

Washington Nationals (57-70)

The Nats have crashed and burned in the two months since they were almost tied for a wild-card spot, going 19-31 in their last 50 games, but lost in that disappointing run is an impressive young middle infield, where 23-year-old CJ Abrams and 24-year-old Luis García Jr. have combined to hit .268 for the year with 33 home runs and 44 stolen bases.

Miami Marlins (46-81)

Speaking of impressive young middle infielders on teams already looking to 2025, Xavier Edwards has stolen 21 bases in 46 games played and has the second-best batting average (.345; trailing only Bobby Witt Jr.'s .352) among players with at least 200 plate appearances this season.

National League Central

Milwaukee Brewers (73-53)

Losing Christian Yelich to a season-ending back injury could have been the beginning of Milwaukee's demise, but the Brewers have instead gone 15-10 since his last game played, with William Contreras, Jackson Chourio and trade-deadline acquisition Frankie Montas keeping them on track to become the first team to clinch a playoff spot.

St. Louis Cardinals (62-64)

Maybe Nolan Arenado's walk-off grand slam Wednesday night against Milwaukee sparks a little late-season revival here, but the Cardinals entered that one with an 8-16 record in their previous 24 games, optioning 2023 team HR leader Nolan Gorman back to Triple-A Wednesday afternoon in a bit of a last-ditch effort to salvage a wild-card spot.

Cincinnati Reds (62-65)

Elly De La Cruz recorded his sixth combo meal (HR and SB in the same game) of the season on Wednesday and remains roughly on pace for a 30-HR, 80-SB campaign, but the Reds remain stuck in purgatory, now up to 68 games played since the last time they had a record that wasn't between one and six games below .500.

Chicago Cubs (62-65)

The Cubs released closer Héctor Neris this week in what felt a bit like an unofficial waving of the white flag, but if they can drum up some offense for a change—only the White Sox (85) have scored fewer runs since the All-Star break than the Cubs (112)—it feels noteworthy that this team 5.5 games back in the wild-card picture gets 22 of its next 28 games against Washington (seven), Pittsburgh (six), Miami (three), Colorado (three) and Oakland (three).

Pittsburgh Pirates (59-67)

The 10-game losing streak in the first half of August extinguished the slim hope the Pirates had of ending what is about to be a nine-year postseason drought, leaving the question of whether they'll shut down Paul Skenes before the end of the season as the only real intrigue for the stretch run.

National League West

Los Angeles Dodgers (76-52)

As if the Dodgers needed any more help beyond the additions/reintroductions of Clayton Kershaw, Jack Flaherty, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and Tommy Edman in the past month, Michael Kopech has done a great Eric Gagné impersonation since coming over from the White Sox, allowing one hit and one walk with 13 strikeouts in 9.1 innings of scoreless work.

San Diego Padres (72-56)

Anchored by some Dylan Cease gems and Jackson Merrill making a serious case for NL ROY, the Padres surged from .500 on July 19 to 17 games above .500 by August 20, but we'll see if they can keep playing like the best team in the majors after Ha-Seong Kim (shoulder) joined Fernando Tatis Jr. (femur) on the IL this week.

Arizona Diamondbacks (72-56)

Even without Gabriel Moreno, Christian Walker and now Ketel Marte, the Snakes have the most terrifying offense in baseball, with Corbin Carroll's post-ASB surge (.635 first-half OPS, .940 second-half OPS) and Jake McCarthy's month-long breakout (.389/.429/.644 over the past 24 games) fueling them to 23 wins in their last 31 games.

San Francisco Giants (65-64)

There hasn't been a better one-two pitching punch over the past month than Blake Snell and Logan Webb, but having the toughest remaining schedule among NL teams makes what is already an uphill climb feel almost insurmountable.

Colorado Rockies (47-80)

The Rockies quietly won five of their first nine series after the All-Star break, yet they keep falling further into oblivion in the NL West where the other four teams have gone a combined 83-40 since the intermission.