MLB Power Rankings Update: The Final Stretch
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 | Toronto Blue Jays | 100.00% | 29.60% | 99.20% | 1.31 |
#2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 99.50% | 18.20% | 99.50% | 0.9 |
#3 | Houston Astros | 69.80% | 5.00% | 9.10% | 0.83 |
#4 | Cleveland Indians | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.68 |
#5 | Chicago Cubs | 100.00% | 5.00% | 0.00% | 0.67 |
#6 | San Francisco Giants | 0.50% | 0.00% | 0.50% | 0.65 |
#7 | New York Mets | 100.00% | 13.20% | 100.00% | 0.62 |
#8 | Tampa Bay Rays | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.45 |
#9 | Washington Nationals | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.4 |
#11 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 100.00% | 4.70% | 12.20% | 0.4 |
#10 | St. Louis Cardinals | 100.00% | 6.30% | 87.80% | 0.4 |
#12 | New York Yankees | 100.00% | 3.30% | 0.80% | 0.32 |
#13 | Kansas City Royals | 100.00% | 10.80% | 100.00% | 0.22 |
#14 | Oakland Athletics | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.05 |
#15 | Seattle Mariners | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.05 |
#16 | Los Angeles Angels | 29.60% | 0.80% | 6.30% | -0.07 |
#17 | Boston Red Sox | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.14 |
#19 | Baltimore Orioles | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.16 |
#18 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.16 |
#20 | San Diego Padres | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.2 |
#21 | Detroit Tigers | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.29 |
#22 | Texas Rangers | 95.60% | 2.80% | 84.60% | -0.32 |
#23 | Cincinnati Reds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.34 |
#24 | Miami Marlins | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.44 |
#25 | Minnesota Twins | 5.00% | 0.10% | 0.00% | -0.59 |
#26 | Milwaukee Brewers | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.63 |
#27 | Chicago White Sox | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.69 |
#28 | Atlanta Braves | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.38 |
#29 | Colorado Rockies | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.46 |
#30 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -1.51 |