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The only good part about the summer nearing its end is that playoff baseball is on its way.

With two wild-card slots and parity throughout the game, an astonishing number of teams are still in the hunt for a playoff spot. This made things tricky at the trade deadline because teams were caught between being buyers and sellers, but it should make for a lot of fun down the stretch. 

It's time for another batch of MLB report cards. This time, we'll be grading each team's season at the three-fourths mark of the 2015 campaign. 

Every team is different, so there can't be one universal grading system. But in most cases, grades are directly correlated to preseason expectations.

Teams that were hyped to make noise in 2015 that have failed to do so will receive low marks, while under-the-radar clubs that have surprised the baseball world will earn higher grades. 

It's true that it typically takes years for the bulk of a draft class to be rightfully called MLB-ready, just as it's true that minor league success doesn't always carry over into the big leagues. The 2015 class is no exception to those rules.

But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't get excited about some of the performances that we've seen thus far. After all, these players represent the future of our favorite teams, and for some, the future looks especially bright.

With just a quarter of the 2015 MLB regular season left to go, let's take a look at B/R's All-MLB team at this point of the campaign. 

Over the next few slides, we'll identify the very best of the best at each position. 

In some cases, like with Bryce Harper, Buster Posey and Josh Donaldson, the decision was clear-cut. Those players have been the top guys at their respective positions for all of 2015 and deserve recognition for their achievements. 

We have reached the three-quarter mark of the 2015 MLB season, and pennant races are heating up around the league.

Getting hot at the right time can go a long way in August and September, and even with so many games already in the books, teams continue to shuffle up and down in these rankings on a weekly basis.

So let's take an updated look at how all 30 teams currently stack up.

When putting together this list, we considered the following factors:

The Washington Nationals have some of the most exciting prospects in baseball, and contrary to popular belief, they're not all starting pitchers. 

The Nationals do have a surplus at that position, but shortstop Trea Turner's late addition to the fray and the major league service that second baseman Wilmer Difo and reliever Abel De Los Santos have logged highlight the top talent in the rest of Washington's farm system. 

As August trails on and September approaches from afar, roster expansion is around the corner for the stretch run of the 2015 MLB season. Teams in contention for playoff spots, such as the second-place Los Angeles Angels, may need to call upon their top prospects to give the big club a jolt in the fall.

Baseball is a humbling game. Just ask Paul Goldschmidt and Todd Frazier—two of MLB's brightest stars who just stumbled through a forgettable week.

Neither of those standouts has enjoyed much success since the calendar flipped to August, but no one had a worse week than Starlin Castro, who suddenly finds himself out of a job.

It's been said that records are made to be broken, but sometimes the milestones reached on the journey are just as memorable as the record-breaking moment itself.

The days leading up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline are some of the most anticipated of the entire Major League Baseball season, and this latest edition did not disappoint.

There were blockbusters early and right up until the deadline. Teams made them while in the thick of divisional and Wild Card races as well as on the fringe of postseason discussions.