The 2nd “TBOH Power Ranking” of the season releases, with my current top 10 teams in Major League Baseball. The basic ranking is arrived at through an evaluation of statistics provided by Fangraphs, emphasizing team WAR calculations in hitting and pitching, and factoring in defense through their UZR/150 category.
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For the first time here, I have built-in an actual “standings” component to the statistical evaluations used to determine the final team score for the ranking. Both last year at my website, and back on June 1st here at TBOH, a team’s win-loss record was not factored into the ranking determination. But I am yielding to a simple truth: in the end, it’s about winning games.
Another change from that June 1st piece is that one showed just the Top 10 in the rankings. Beginning with this piece, the TBOH Power Ranking will show all 30 MLB teams, including the hometown Philadelphia Phillies. As could be expected, the Phils don’t fare well. They are currently ranked at the bottom, 30th out of 30 teams.
In addition to simply being the worst team in the MLB standings, the Phillies are statistically 29th in Hitting, 29th in Pitching, and 26th in Fielding. There is clearly a lot of work to be done to improve the product on the field at Citizens Bank Park. With the exception of 3rd baseman Maikel Franco, almost none of that work has even yet begun to appear in Phillies pinstripes.
The Power Ranking below shows the Top 10 teams with a little blurb, followed by the remaining 20 teams in a list. All 30 teams show a number next to their name, which is their points score based on the order of their rankings in the categories mentioned above.
11 – Detroit Tigers (74)
12 – Houston Astros (71)
13 – New York Yankees (70)
14 – San Francisco Giants (69)
15 – Toronto Blue Jays (67)
16 – Arizona Diamondbacks (63)
17 – Minnesota Twins (61)
18 – Cleveland Indians (58)
19 – Miami Marlins (55)
20 – Cincinnati Reds (54)
21 – Boston Red Sox (47)
22 – Texas Rangers (45)
23 – Oakland Athletics (40)
24 – Chicago White Sox (39)
25 – Seattle Mariners (36)
26 – Colorado Rockies (33)
27 – Atlanta Braves (30)
28 – Milwaukee Brewers (27)
29 – San Diego Padres (23)
30 – Philadelphia Phillies (10)