A couple of teams make surges into the top 10.
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 | 28 | 59 | 1 | |
2 | Atlanta Braves | 24 | 26 | 30 | 51 | 2 | |
3 | NY Yankees | 29 | 29 | 7 | 51 | 3 | |
4 | San Diego Padres | 27 | 28 | 8 | 48 | 4 | |
5 | Minnesota Twins | 26 | 25 | 13 | 47 | 6 | |
6 | LA Dodgers | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 7 | |
7 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 19 | 27 | 45 | 9 | |
8 | Toronto Blue Jays | 22 | 20 | 26 | 44 | 8 | |
9 | Cincinnati Reds | 25 | 17 | 21 | 43 | 5 | |
10 | Texas Rangers | 21 | 21 | 14 | 40 | 16 | |
11 | San Francisco Giants | 19 | 24 | 11 | 39 | 11 | |
12 | STL Cardinals | 20 | 27 | 1 | 38 | 10 | |
13 | Philadelphia Phillies | 18 | 22 | 9 | 36 | 12 | |
14 | NY Mets | 17 | 18 | 6 | 31 | 18 | |
15 | LA Angels | 16 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 19 | |
16 | Colorado Rockies | 13 | 23 | 3 | 29 | 15 | |
17 | Florida Marlins | 11 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 13 | |
18 | Detroit Tigers | 14 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 14 | |
19 | Oakland Athletics | 15 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 17 | |
20 | Chicago Cubs | 10 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 20 | |
21 | Washington Nationals | 12 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 21 | |
22 | KC Royals | 6 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 23 | |
23 | Chicago White Sox | 9 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 24 | |
24 | Houston Astros | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 27 | |
25 | Cleveland Indians | 4 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 28 | |
26 | Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 | |
27 | Seattle Mariners | 2 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 22 | |
28 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 25 | |
29 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 29 | |
30 | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 2 | 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 | Braves | NL East | Braves |
NL Central | Reds | NL Central | Cardinals |
NL West | Dodgers | NL West | Padres |
NL Wild Card | Padres | NL Wild Card | Giants |