MLB Power Rankings: Can Anyone Stop the Angels?
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 beat 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 | 88.50% | 19.20% | 75.60% | 1.09 |
2 | Oakland Athletics | 6.50% | 0.40% | 1.30% | 0.78 |
3 | Houston Astros | 71.20% | 5.20% | 32.50% | 0.77 |
4 | Toronto Blue Jays | 44.00% | 5.20% | 21.70% | 0.75 |
5 | St. Louis Cardinals | 99.10% | 12.50% | 83.50% | 0.54 |
6 | Los Angeles Angels | 87.40% | 11.20% | 64.20% | 0.5 |
7 | Kansas City Royals | 94.60% | 9.50% | 87.40% | 0.5 |
8 | San Francisco Giants | 52.10% | 4.20% | 23.50% | 0.48 |
9 | New York Yankees | 75.70% | 7.70% | 56.80% | 0.46 |
10 | Chicago Cubs | 54.00% | 2.80% | 2.80% | 0.43 |
11 | Cleveland Indians | 13.80% | 1.00% | 2.80% | 0.24 |
12 | Baltimore Orioles | 26.00% | 2.20% | 11.20% | 0.24 |
13 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 83.30% | 5.20% | 13.70% | 0.19 |
14 | Detroit Tigers | 14.70% | 1.20% | 3.40% | 0.18 |
15 | New York Mets | 40.20% | 2.40% | 31.20% | 0.1 |
16 | Tampa Bay Rays | 25.40% | 1.70% | 9.80% | 0.08 |
17 | Washington Nationals | 71.60% | 7.30% | 64.60% | 0.05 |
18 | Cincinnati Reds | 0.50% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.08 |
19 | Miami Marlins | 0.50% | 0.00% | 0.50% | -0.22 |
20 | Seattle Mariners | 5.90% | 0.40% | 1.30% | -0.27 |
21 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1.10% | 0.00% | 0.10% | -0.45 |
22 | San Diego Padres | 2.60% | 0.10% | 0.80% | -0.46 |
23 | Milwaukee Brewers | 1.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.54 |
24 | Boston Red Sox | 1.60% | 0.00% | 0.60% | -0.57 |
25 | Texas Rangers | 3.40% | 0.00% | 0.70% | -0.61 |
26 | Minnesota Twins | 28.60% | 0.40% | 6.20% | -0.75 |
27 | Atlanta Braves | 5.40% | 0.00% | 3.70% | -0.91 |
28 | Colorado Rockies | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.13 |
29 | Chicago White Sox | 1.20% | 0.00% | 0.20% | -1.23 |
30 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.76 |