2012 MLB Power Rankings for August 20: NL Central Cellar Dwellers
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 ten 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.
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(everyone plays everyone 100 times)
| 1. | Los Angeles Angels | +2 | 59.0 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2. | Cincinnati Reds | +4 | 58.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 3. | Washington Nationals | -1 | 57.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| 4. | New York Yankees | - | 57.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 |
| 5. | St. Louis Cardinals | +2 | 56.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| 6. | Texas Rangers | -5 | 55.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 7. | Detroit Tigers | -2 | 55.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 8. | Chicago White Sox | - | 54.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 9. | Tampa Bay Rays | - | 54.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| 10. | Los Angeles Dodgers | +3 | 53.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 11. | San Francisco Giants | - | 52.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 12. | Arizona Diamondbacks | +2 | 52.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 13. | Atlanta Braves | +4 | 52.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 14. | New York Mets | -2 | 51.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 15. | Philadelphia Phillies | +1 | 50.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 16. | Pittsburgh Pirates | -6 | 49.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 17. | Boston Red Sox | +2 | 49.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 18. | Oakland Athletics | -3 | 49.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 19. | Miami Marlins | +1 | 49.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| 20. | Milwaukee Brewers | +1 | 48.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 21. | Toronto Blue Jays | +1 | 47.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 22. | Seattle Mariners | +1 | 47.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 23. | Cleveland Indians | -5 | 45.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 24. | Kansas City Royals | +3 | 44.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 25. | Colorado Rockies | +3 | 43.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 26. | Baltimore Orioles | -2 | 43.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 27. | San Diego Padres | -2 | 43.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 28. | Minnesota Twins | -2 | 42.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 29. | Chicago Cubs | - | 38.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| 30. | Houston Astros | - | 35.6 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
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