| Rank, Team | The skinny |
| 1. New York Mets (3) | Ollie still a work in progress. |
| 2. Detroit Tigers (6) | Sheff not cooking up much yet. |
| 3. Atlanta Braves (9) | Bergman out-pitches Smoltz? |
| 4. Yankees (1) | Pa-vano wins! Pa-vano wins! |
| 5. Los Angeles Dodgers (8) | It's Jackie's weekend. Think about it. |
| 6. Boston Red Sox (2) | Dice-K vs. Ichiro a pretty cool moment. |
| 7. St. Louis Cardinals (4) | Rebuilding rotation without Carpenter. |
| 8. Angels (7) | Moseley filling in nicely for Weaver. |
| 9. Cleveland Indians (11) | The Cleveland Indians of Milwaukee? |
| 10. Minnesota Twins (14) | Mauer right back at it. |
| 11. Philadelphia Phillies (5) | Not easy walking the walk. |
| 12. San Diego Padres (17) | Maddux owns the Giants. |
| 13. Toronto Blue Jays (10) | Big Hurt off to little start. |
| 14. Arizona D-Backs (26) | Owings' long win streak ends. |
| 15. Chicago White Sox (13) | Can, too, win a series in Oakland. |
| 16. Oakland Athletics (12) | Kendall's bat still in Arizona. |
| 17. Milwaukee Brewers (18) | Prince perfect in Miami. |
| 18. Seattle Mariners (23) | "King Felix" upstaged Dice-K big time. |
| 19. Florida Marlins (21) | Julio's closer job in jeopardy. |
| 20. Cincinnati Reds (22) | Josh out-homering Junior. |
| 21. Pirates (19) | No offense, guys, but where is it? |
| 22. Chicago Cubs (15) | Finding Sampson too strong. |
| 23. Houston Astros (16) | Lidge out (again) as closer. |
| 24. Texas Rangers (25) | Gagne closing in on closer's job. |
| 25. Colorado Rockies (20) | Not worth a dime against Penny. |
| 26. Baltimore Orioles (29) | Trachsel a rotation anchor. |
| 27. Kansas City Royals (27) | Gordon struggling out of chute. |
| 28. Tampa Bay D-Rays (28) | Same old, same old. |
| 29. San Francisco Giants (24) | Good luck, Barry! |
| 30. Washington Nationals (30) | This, folks, seems a very bad team. |