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)
| Team | Change | Win Pct | RS/G | RA/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Los Angeles Dodgers | - | 61.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| 2. | Tampa Bay Rays | - | 60.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 3. | New York Yankees | +2 | 58.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 4. | Boston Red Sox | - | 57.2 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| 5. | Minnesota Twins | +8 | 55.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 6. | Philadelphia Phillies | +11 | 54.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 7. | Texas Rangers | +3 | 54.5 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| 8. | New York Mets | -5 | 54.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 9. | San Francisco Giants | +18 | 54.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 10. | Los Angeles Angels | -1 | 52.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| Team | Change | Win Pct | RS/G | RA/G | |
| 11. | St. Louis Cardinals | -4 | 52.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 12. | Cincinnati Reds | +3 | 51.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 13. | Milwaukee Brewers | -7 | 51.8 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 14. | Toronto Blue Jays | -3 | 51.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| 15. | Atlanta Braves | +9 | 51.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 16. | Colorado Rockies | -8 | 51.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 17. | Pittsburgh Pirates | -5 | 49.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 18. | Chicago White Sox | +7 | 48.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 19. | Florida Marlins | -3 | 48.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 20. | Detroit Tigers | -6 | 48.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Team | Change | Win Pct | RS/G | RA/G | |
| 21. | Chicago Cubs | -2 | 48.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 22. | Kansas City Royals | -2 | 48.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| 23. | Seattle Mariners | -5 | 47.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 24. | Arizona Diamondbacks | +4 | 45.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| 25. | Baltimore Orioles | -4 | 45.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 26. | Cleveland Indians | - | 43.4 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 27. | Washington Nationals | -5 | 43.1 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 28. | Houston Astros | -5 | 42.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 29. | Oakland Athletics | - | 35.6 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 30. | San Diego Padres | - | 31.8 | 3.9 | 5.9 |
Paul Bessire is the Product Manager of Content and Quantitative Analysis for WhatIfSports.com, a division of FOX Sports Interactive. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at BtB@whatifsports.com. Thanks!
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