A new #2 team. This week without commentary (I’m working on my final mock draft…).
These aren’t your typical rankings; I look at record, run differential, and farm system. I weigh the scores on all 3; record makes up half the score, the run differential makes up a third of the score, and a sixth of the score is from farm system.
For Run Differential, I use the Pythagorean Theorem formulated by Bill James to see what a teams record should be; you can predict how well a team should be playing by this. In theory, a team should be in about the same range for their Pythagorean Record as their true record.
Rank | Team | Record | Pythagorean | System | Total | Last Week | |
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1 | TB Rays | 30 | 30 | 29 | 60 | 1 | |
2 | Atlanta Braves | 27 | 26 | 30 | 54 | 10 | |
3 | NY Yankees | 29 | 29 | 6 | 50 | 4 | |
4 | San Diego Padres | 28 | 28 | 7 | 49 | 5 | |
5 | Cincinnati Reds | 25 | 19 | 24 | 46 | 14 | |
6 | Minnesota Twins | 24 | 25 | 15 | 46 | 6 | |
7 | LA Dodgers | 26 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 12 | |
8 | Toronto Blue Jays | 21 | 22 | 23 | 43 | 3 | |
9 | Boston Red Sox | 22 | 18 | 27 | 43 | 15 | |
10 | STL Cardinals | 23 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 8 | |
11 | San Francisco Giants | 19 | 24 | 8 | 38 | 13 | |
12 | Philadelphia Phillies | 20 | 21 | 9 | 37 | 2 | |
13 | Florida Marlins | 14 | 20 | 21 | 34 | 9 | |
14 | Detroit Tigers | 18 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 7 | |
15 | Colorado Rockies | 16 | 23 | 3 | 32 | 16 | |
16 | Texas Rangers | 17 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 11 | |
17 | Oakland Athletics | 15 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 21 | |
18 | NY Mets | 12 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 18 | |
19 | LA Angels | 13 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 20 | |
20 | Chicago Cubs | 10 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 19 | |
21 | Washington Nationals | 11 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 17 | |
22 | Seattle Mariners | 7 | 10 | 26 | 22 | 25 | |
23 | KC Royals | 5 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 22 | |
24 | Chicago White Sox | 9 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 28 | |
25 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 26 | |
26 | Milwaukee Brewers | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |
27 | Houston Astros | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 29 | |
28 | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 24 | |
29 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | |
30 | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
If the playoffs started today…
Playoffs Based on Record | Playoffs Based of Run Differential | ||
Division | Team | Division | Team |
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AL East | Rays | AL East | Rays |
AL Central | Twins | AL Central | Twins |
AL West | Rangers | AL West | Rangers |
AL Wild Card | Yankees | AL Wild Card | Yankees |
NL East | Phillies | NL East | Phillies |
NL Central | Reds | NL Central | Cardinals |
NL West | Padres | NL West | Padres |
NL Wild Card | Cardinals | NL Wild Card | Rockies |