As we hit the season's third weekend, chaos reigns — but which early surprises will have staying power?

Mets are plummeting, Reds are surging and Dodgers are as good as ever.

Some MLB teams in first place right now likely won't be there in September. We all expect the Dodgers to reign, but what about the Braves and Rays?

We ranked all 30 teams by combined challenge performance through the first week of 2026. The results are not what the real standings would suggest.

If anything can give MLB fans an idea of which teams are good with such a small sample, it's run differential.