Yankees Finally Reach the Top! Check Out Our MLB Power Rankings for Aug. 24
WhatIfSports.com utilizes its award-winning baseball simulation engine to present the most comprehensive and unbiased ranking possible of all 30 teams in baseball.
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—so that all five pitchers in the current rotation start ten times at each location. Rosters, rotations and stats are up-to-date through Saturday.
(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 a position player will usually have a lesser impact on the weekly results.)
Teams Ranked by Winning Percentage
(everyone plays everyone 100 times)
| 1. | New York Yankees | +1 | 63.5 | 6.2 | 4.6 |
| 2. | Los Angeles Dodgers | -1 | 63.4 | 5.2 | 3.7 |
| 3. | Tampa Bay Rays | - | 61.1 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 4. | Philadelphia Phillies | +2 | 58.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 5. | Texas Rangers | - | 58.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 6. | St. Louis Cardinals | +1 | 55.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 7. | Colorado Rockies | +2 | 54.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 8. | Atlanta Braves | +3 | 54.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 9. | Toronto Blue Jays | +5 | 53.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 10. | Boston Red Sox | -6 | 53.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 11. | Minnesota Twins | -3 | 52.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 12. | Florida Marlins | +3 | 52.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 13. | Los Angeles Angels | - | 51.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 14. | Detroit Tigers | +4 | 51.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 15. | Arizona Diamondbacks | -3 | 49.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 16. | Chicago Cubs | - | 49.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 17. | Chicago White Sox | +4 | 48.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 18. | New York Mets | -8 | 48.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 19. | Milwaukee Brewers | -2 | 47.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 20. | Seattle Mariners | +5 | 47.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 21. | San Francisco Giants | -2 | 47.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 22. | Cleveland Indians | - | 46.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 23. | Houston Astros | -3 | 45.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 24. | Pittsburgh Pirates | +3 | 44.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| 25. | Washington Nationals | -2 | 44.0 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| 26. | Oakland Athletics | +4 | 41.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
| 27. | Cincinnati Reds | -3 | 40.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 28. | Kansas City Royals | -2 | 40.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 29. | San Diego Padres | -1 | 37.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 30. | Baltimore Orioles | -1 | 36.9 | 4.6 | 6.0 |
Paul Bessire is the Product Manager of Content and Quantitative Analysis for WhatIfSports.com, a division of FOX Sports Interactive specializing in free mlb matchup analysis and baseball sim leagues. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at BtB@whatifsports.com. Thanks!
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