Power Rankings, Week 2

[bcshorts]

Now up, the latest installment of the largely popular and highly controversial power rankings. These power rankings take a higher percentage of what's happened in the first two weeks into account, although still rely on early predictions as a basis for determining the staying power of these teams. There are several cases of discontinuity from the first weeks rankings, a result of combining new factors and a very small sample size on which to base these rankings. Only win/loss factors are taken into account again, with no looks toward hitting, pitching, or defense. These will be combined at a later point, but the stats vary too much still. So, prepare yourselves with another batch of hate mail, and enjoy!

As a note, I apologize for the lack of explanations, but I had a Penguins game to watch, and a lot of studying to do.

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (10-3, 6-0), +2
2. Florida Marlins (10-1, 5-0), +9
3. Chicago Cubs (7-4, 3-2), +1
4. New York Mets (6-6, 3-3), +1
5. New York Yankees (7-6, 4-3), -3
6. Boston Red Sox (6-6, 4-2), +0
7. St. Louis Cardinals (8-5, 3-3), +2
8. Toronto Blue Jays (10-4, 5-2), +6
9. Atlanta Braves (6-6, 1-5), -8
10. Tampa Bay Rays (5-7, 2-4), -3

11. Detroit Tigers (7-5, 3-2), +7
12. Seattle Mariners (8-5, 3-3), +9
13. Chicago White Sox (7-5, 4-2), +9
14. Oakland A's (5-7, 3-3), -1
15. San Diego Padres (9-4, 4-2), +11
16. Cincinnati Reds (6-5, 4-2), +4
17. Kansas City Royals (7-5, 4-2), +10
18. Minnesota Twins (7-7, 4-3), -3
19. Philadelphia Phillies (5-6, 2-3), -9
20. Los Angeles Angels (4-8, 1-5), -12

21. Pittsburgh Pirates (6-6, 3-3), +7
22. Texas Rangers (5-7, 2-4), +2
23. Arizona Diamondbacks (4-8, 2-4), -11
24. Cleveland Indians (4-9, 3-4), -8
25. Colorado Rockies (4-7, 1-4), -8
26. Baltimore Orioles (6-6, 2-4), -1
27. Milwaukee Brewers (4-8, 2-4), -8
28. San Francisco Giants (4-8, 2-4), -5
29. Houston Astros (4-8, 3-3), +0
30. Washington Nationals (1-10, 1-4), +0

[NYgiantsfan5689]

I would put the Marlins up on top definitely, but otherwise I don't have much of an issue with this, looks good to me. Although I'd definitely have the Padres up higher and the Sox and Yankees a bit lower.

[ljshorty89]

I say the Yankees should be significantly lower, but other than that I can kinda see most of the rankings. I'm not sure the Mets should be #4, but as you said, it's only 2 weeks in.

[realmofotalk]

1. Florida
2. Los Angeles
3. San Diego
4. Toronto
5. Chicago Cubs
6. Seattle
7. St. Louis
8. Boston + points for 4 game winning streak
9. New York Mets
10. New York Yankees
11. Detroit Tigers
12. Chicago White Sox
13. Kansas City
14. Minnesota
15. Atlanta - dropped due to being swept by Florida, lost 2 of 3 to the Pirates
16. Cincinnati
17. Pittsburgh
18. Philadelphia - worst ERA in baseball
19. Oakland
20. Tampa Bay
21. Arizona - lost 2 of 3 tough pitching duels with San Francisco
22. Baltimore - freefalling
23. Texas
24. San Francisco
25. Houston
26. Cleveland
27. Milwaukee
28. Colorado
29. Anaheim - have lost 5 of their last 6, Vlad is out, bullpen is in bad, bad shape
30. Washington - suck ass as usual

[DirtyKash]

1. Florida
2. Los Angeles
3. Toronto
4. Chicago Cubs
5. St. Louis
6. San Diego
7. New York Mets
8. Boston
9. Chicago White Sox
10. Detroit Tigers
11. Seattle
12. Kansas City
13. Minnesota
14. New York Yankees
15. Atlanta
16. Tampa Bay
17. Cincinnati
18. Pittsburgh
19. Oakland
20. Texas
21. Philadelphia
22. Baltimore
23. Arizona
24. Cleveland
25. Anaheim
26. Houston
27. Milwaukee
28. San Francisco
29. Colorado
30. Washington

[realmofotalk]

Marlins keep winning.
Team looks great.
World Series.

[bcshorts]

Want to wager?
Not that great.
No playoffs.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

My pick of them winning the division at least so far is looking good. 2 weeks down. 5 and a half months to go

[browntown653]

Every 6 years the Marlins will win a WS.

[GiantsFanatic]

Woo hoo, that means the Giants will make it to the playoffs!

[love_that_reefer]

Marlins should definitely be first, Boston and both NY teams should be lower and the Rays should not be in the top ten.