MLB Power Rankings Update: The A's Are Better Than You Think
Here at numberFire, we like math. We're not about subjectivity. So when we calculate our power rankings, it's not based on what our eyes are telling us or what our feelings say. It's based on straight up math.
For baseball, we use our nERD metric to show how good a team actually is performing. nERD, for those of you who are unaware, tells us how many runs a team should win by against a league-average opponent on a neutral field. A nERD of 1.00, for instance, means that team would be an ordinary one by a run. If that team was facing a squad with a nERD of -0.5, we'd expect them to win by 1.5 runs.
Take a look at how things are shaping up around Major League Baseball, sorted by nERD.
Team | Playoffs | Champs | Division | nERD | |
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1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 80.60% | 16.80% | 64.60% | 1.28 |
2 | Toronto Blue Jays | 49.10% | 5.40% | 22.60% | 0.88 |
3 | Houston Astros | 73.80% | 7.40% | 60.70% | 0.87 |
4 | Oakland Athletics | 11.20% | 1.20% | 4.50% | 0.85 |
5 | St. Louis Cardinals | 97.80% | 14.60% | 78.50% | 0.76 |
6 | San Francisco Giants | 54.00% | 5.30% | 27.50% | 0.51 |
7 | Tampa Bay Rays | 68.60% | 7.30% | 38.60% | 0.51 |
8 | New York Yankees | 42.10% | 2.70% | 17.10% | 0.46 |
9 | Baltimore Orioles | 46.90% | 5.00% | 21.00% | 0.45 |
10 | Kansas City Royals | 67.10% | 5.80% | 54.40% | 0.45 |
11 | Chicago Cubs | 52.80% | 2.40% | 6.90% | 0.36 |
12 | Detroit Tigers | 41.10% | 3.70% | 26.40% | 0.32 |
13 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 72.50% | 4.30% | 14.40% | 0.23 |
14 | Cincinnati Reds | 5.10% | 0.00% | 0.20% | 0.14 |
15 | Washington Nationals | 73.70% | 8.40% | 68.70% | 0.13 |
16 | Los Angeles Angels | 33.10% | 3.30% | 18.60% | 0 |
17 | Cleveland Indians | 9.70% | 0.60% | 4.80% | -0.07 |
18 | New York Mets | 24.10% | 1.30% | 17.80% | -0.07 |
19 | Seattle Mariners | 10.20% | 0.50% | 4.90% | -0.32 |
20 | Boston Red Sox | 3.50% | 0.20% | 0.70% | -0.34 |
21 | Texas Rangers | 20.90% | 1.00% | 11.20% | -0.38 |
22 | Miami Marlins | 2.70% | 0.10% | 1.80% | -0.43 |
23 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 5.40% | 0.10% | 1.90% | -0.54 |
24 | San Diego Padres | 13.00% | 0.60% | 5.60% | -0.62 |
25 | Atlanta Braves | 16.90% | 1.00% | 11.70% | -0.67 |
26 | Minnesota Twins | 21.40% | 0.80% | 13.70% | -0.92 |
27 | Colorado Rockies | 1.30% | 0.00% | 0.40% | -1.06 |
28 | Milwaukee Brewers | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.33 |
29 | Chicago White Sox | 1.40% | 0.00% | 0.70% | -1.51 |
30 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.72 |