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Who's Hot and Who's Not: MLB Teams

The Kansas City Royals did not lose in this window. Nine games, nine wins, 55 runs scored, 30 allowed.

AthX Engine scored team lines from August 16 through August 25. Kansas City finished with 107 team fantasy points. The Boston Red Sox were next at 92. The Colorado Rockies finished last at 14. The Tampa Bay Rays, who went 9-0 on the prior 10-day board, sat 25th at 25 team fantasy points (4-6).

Sibling boards: hitters and pitchers.

Nine-and-oh, then seven-and-two

Kansas City's 10 days match the baseball story cleanly. Noah Cameron threw a one-hit shutout on August 16 and five more scoreless later in the window. He led all pitchers. Bobby Witt Jr. tied for fifth among hitters. That is how a team total of 107 happens: an unbeaten record plus a starter who just threw 14 scoreless innings, not one loud weekend.

Boston went 7-2, scored 54, allowed 35, and finished 15 points back. Mickey Gasper led all hitters. The 7-3 win in 11 innings in Miami was one night. The other eight games did the rest.

The Milwaukee Brewers went 5-3 and still finished third (90 FP) because they allowed 22 runs in eight games (2.75 per game). AthX Engine team scoring is not a win column. Run prevention still prints. The Cleveland Guardians went 7-2 (86 FP) and won extra innings in Anaheim after a five-run hole. The Philadelphia Phillies went 7-2 (80 FP) with Trea Turner on the hitter cold board. Clubs can get hot without every star.

The middle of the board is where record lies

The Chicago Cubs went 4-5 and still finished sixth (75 FP) after scoring 54 runs. Pete Crow-Armstrong stayed on the hitter hot board. The New York Yankees (69 FP, 6-2) and Los Angeles Dodgers (68 FP, 6-2) are mid-pack brands having fine fortnights. They are not the 9-0 Royals.

The Seattle Mariners went 6-3 and finished 22nd at 28 team fantasy points. They scored 40 and allowed 67. George Kirby led Tuesday's pitcher board in a 4-1 win. Cal Raleigh sat fourth among hitters. Team FP does not care that the ace and the catcher were fine. Sixty-seven runs allowed will sink the sheet.

Hottest teams (Aug. 16–25)

RankTeamAthX team FPW-LRRAGR/GRA/G
1Kansas City Royals1079-0553096.113.33
2Boston Red Sox927-2543596.003.89
3Milwaukee Brewers905-3502286.252.75
4Cleveland Guardians867-2452395.002.56
5Philadelphia Phillies807-2514195.674.56
6Chicago Cubs754-5544096.004.44
7New York Yankees696-2392584.883.13
8Los Angeles Dodgers686-2423285.254.00
9San Diego Padres635-4362094.002.22
10Baltimore Orioles614-5433294.783.56

Baltimore went 4-5 and still cracked the top 10 after a 13-1 night in St. Louis. One blowout moves a 10-day team board. It does not turn 4-5 into 9-0.

The freeze: Colorado, then the clubs that used to be hot

Fourteen team fantasy points is the floor.

The Rockies went 2-7. They scored 40 and allowed 65 in nine games. That is 7.22 runs allowed per game. Cole Carrigg landed on the hitter cold board. The pitching did not save them.

The next names are ordinary in a brutal way. The Cincinnati Reds (17 FP, 3-8, 58 runs allowed). The Detroit Tigers (19 FP, 2-7). The San Francisco Giants (20 FP, 3-6), even with Devers back on the hitter hot board. The Houston Astros (22 FP, 3-5) still took a 9-7 game in the Bronx on Tuesday. One good road win does not rewrite eight games.

The Rays are the reversal that belongs in the headline. They led the last 10-day team board at 123 FP and 9-0. This window: 25 FP, 4-6, 51 runs allowed. Ten days is long enough to look like a different club. It is not a season.

Coldest teams (Aug. 16–25)

RankTeamAthX team FPW-LRRAGR/GRA/G
1Colorado Rockies142-7406594.447.22
2Cincinnati Reds173-83758103.705.80
3Detroit Tigers192-7324493.564.89
4San Francisco Giants203-6294193.224.56
5Houston Astros223-5314483.885.50
6Tampa Bay Rays254-63551103.505.10
7Atlanta Braves274-5242892.673.11
7Washington Nationals272-7293093.223.33
9Seattle Mariners286-3406794.447.44
10Arizona Diamondbacks294-5395694.336.22

Cold rank 1 is the lowest team FP. Seattle's 6-3 record is the trap. Look at runs allowed before you call a winning week hot.

What 10 days actually tell you

The Royals won the board because they did not lose and Cameron threw 14 scoreless. Boston won the hitter version of a hot week. Milwaukee won on pitching. Tampa Bay showed that a 9-0 window can become a 4-6 window before the next pay period.

Seattle is the other lesson. Kirby and Raleigh can rank. The club can still finish 22nd if it allows 67 runs.

Fantasy points measure what a team did. Price is what the market will pay. They move together, but they are not the same number. See dynamic pricing explained.

What to do next

Read the hitter and pitcher boards from the same window. Open the Royals, Red Sox, Rockies, and Rays on the marketplace. Tuesday's daily board is AthX Top 10 for August 25.

*Sources: AthX Engine daily team scoring aggregated August 16–25, 2026; MLB.com schedule; prior window teams, Aug. 3–12. Information only; not financial advice.*

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