Diamond Mine

Power Ranking BETA

Here’s my 1st attempt at a power ranking. I’m basing the results on a component score of a team’s OPS, SP ERA, RP ERA, and Team Defensive Efficiency. Team defense counts just as much as everything else and the team RP pitching counts half as much as everything else.

Diamond Mine Power Ranking as of May 25th 2008:

1-Arizona Diamondbacks
2-Atlanta Braves
3-Chicago Cubs
4-Oakland Athletics
5-Chicago White Sox
6-Toronto Blue Jays
7-Tampa Bay Rays
8-St. Louis Cardinals
9-Boston Red Sox
10-Philadelphia Phillies
11-Cleveland Indians
12-Baltimore Orioles
13-Los Angeles Dodgers
14-Florida Marlins
15-New York Mets
16-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
17-Minnesota Twins
18-New York Yankees
19-Houston Astros
20-San Francisco Giants
21-San Diego Padres
22-Texas Rangers
23-Milwaukee Brewers
24-Colorado Rockies
25-Washington Nationals
26-Kansas City Royals
27-Cincinnati Reds
28-Detroit Tigers
29-Seattle Mariners
30-Pittsburgh Pirates

Based on these results, We expect to see the Braves to improve their play going further into the season. The World Series could be Oakland and Arizona. The Blue Jays, at this point, are playing more complete baseball than any team in the AL East, but the Red Sox performance is pretty strong and they seem to be improving. No matter how you slice the numbers and observe the sport form every possible angle, the Pirates are always the worst team in baseball. The Rockies are better than they have been playing, but not by much at all. Expect the Angels to drop off later in the season. Ironically, their bullpen ERA is hurting them even though they have the best closer in baseball. The Marlins will not be able to hold the NL East. Their Starting pitching is relatively weak to the other top teams in baseball. The Cardinals just look real good this year, but so far, they are not as strong across the board as the Cubs. The deciding factor there is the significantly better defense of the south-siders. Near the bottom of the list, there are very few surprises. This analysis shows the Yankees with an OUTSIDE chance at the playoffs. If they could only overcome the monster Blue Jays in that division. :-)