MLB Power Rankings (8-9-2008)

MLB Power Rankings

9/8/2008 Rankings By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com September 8th, 2008

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 and 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)

|   | Team | Change | Win Pct | RS/G | RA/G |

| 1. | Chicago Cubs | - | 63.6 | 5.4 | 4.0 |

| 2. | Boston Red Sox | +1 | 60.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 |

| 3. | Milwaukee Brewers | +1 | 60.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 |

| 4. | Tampa Bay Rays | -2 | 59.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 |

| 5. | New York Yankees | - | 57.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 |

| 6. | Toronto Blue Jays | +12 | 54.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |

| 7. | Los Angeles Dodgers | +9 | 54.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |

| 8. | St. Louis Cardinals | +3 | 54.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 |

| 9. | Texas Rangers | +3 | 53.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 |

| 10. | Philadelphia Phillies | -3 | 53.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 |

| 11. | Los Angeles Angels | +4 | 52.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 |

| 12. | Cleveland Indians | +1 | 52.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 |

| 13. | Chicago White Sox | -5 | 51.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 |

| 14. | Detroit Tigers | -4 | 51.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 |

| 15. | New York Mets | -9 | 51.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 |

| 16. | Arizona Diamondbacks | -7 | 50.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 |

| 17. | Minnesota Twins | -3 | 50.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 |

| 18. | Florida Marlins | -1 | 49.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |

| 19. | Colorado Rockies | +2 | 49.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 |

| 20. | Houston Astros | - | 48.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 |

| 21. | Seattle Mariners | +3 | 48.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |

| 22. | Atlanta Braves | -3 | 46.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 |

| 23. | Baltimore Orioles | -1 | 44.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 |

| 24. | Cincinnati Reds | +1 | 42.7 | 4.6 | 5.3 |

| 25. | San Francisco Giants | +5 | 42.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 |

| 26. | Kansas City Royals | +2 | 40.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 |

| 27. | Washington Nationals | -1 | 40.6 | 3.8 | 4.8 |

| 28. | Pittsburgh Pirates | -1 | 39.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 |

| 29. | Oakland Athletics | - | 38.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 |

| 30. | San Diego Padres | -7 | 36.6 | 3.9 | 5.3 |

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