2012 MLB Power Rankings for August 6th: D.C. Winning Arms Race
WhatIfSports.com utilizes its award-winning baseball simulation engine to present the most comprehensive and unbiased ranking possible of all 30 teams in baseball each Monday during the regular season. To come up with the rankings, using only their statistical performance to date this season, each team is simulated against every other team 100 times—50 at home and 50 at the opposing ballpark so that all five pitchers in the current rotation start 10 times at each location.
(Note: This means that if a pitcher who was in the rotation was recently put on the DL, he will not be included in the simulations. This is true of position players as well, but an injury to one position player will usually have a lesser impact on the week-to-week results.)
Teams Ranked by Winning Percentage
(everyone plays everyone 100 times)
| 1. | Texas Rangers | - | 62.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| 2. | Los Angeles Angels | +3 | 58.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 3. | New York Yankees | -1 | 58.6 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 4. | Washington Nationals | - | 57.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 5. | St. Louis Cardinals | -2 | 57.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 6. | Cincinnati Reds | - | 56.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 7. | Detroit Tigers | +3 | 55.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 8. | Arizona Diamondbacks | +1 | 54.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 9. | San Francisco Giants | +4 | 52.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 10. | Pittsburgh Pirates | +5 | 52.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 11. | Chicago White Sox | -3 | 52.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| 12. | New York Mets | +4 | 51.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 13. | Los Angeles Dodgers | -2 | 51.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 14. | Philadelphia Phillies | -2 | 51.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 15. | Tampa Bay Rays | +2 | 50.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 16. | Oakland Athletics | -9 | 50.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 17. | Boston Red Sox | -3 | 50.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 18. | Toronto Blue Jays | +2 | 49.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 19. | Milwaukee Brewers | +4 | 48.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 20. | Seattle Mariners | +2 | 48.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 21. | Atlanta Braves | +7 | 48.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 22. | Cleveland Indians | -1 | 47.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| 23. | Miami Marlins | -5 | 47.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 24. | Baltimore Orioles | +1 | 45.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 25. | San Diego Padres | +2 | 43.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 26. | Minnesota Twins | -7 | 43.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 27. | Kansas City Royals | -3 | 42.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 28. | Colorado Rockies | +1 | 39.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 29. | Chicago Cubs | -3 | 39.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| 30. | Houston Astros | - | 33.4 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
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