2018 Aggregated MLB Computer Rankings

Updated on Tuesday Sep. 18th

Our MLB Power Rankings are calculated by aggregating computer rankings from around the web and determining each team’s average ranking. Some of these sites also project teams’ future success. We collect this info and calculate each team’s average win/loss projection, playoff odds and championship odds. Our own opinions and biases are checked at the door. We simply work with what other sites have put out.

Power Rankings

Our MLB Power Rankings table is straightforward. Each team’s ranking reflects an averaging of rankings from across the five sites that we pull from. Up or down movement versus the previous week is provided for each team. Averaged win/loss projections, playoff odds and championship odds round out the table.

MLB Computer Power Rankings MLB Strength of Schedule Rankings

RK	TEAM	TEAM	REC	AVG	1-WK MOVE	W	L	PLAYOFFS	CHAMPS
1	Astros	HOU	94-56	1.0	-	102.11	59.89	>99%	23.70%
2	Red Sox	BOS	103-47	2.4	-	110.12	51.88	>99%	19.30%
3	Dodgers	LAD	83-68	3.2	↑ 1	89.79	72.21	86.53%	15.47%
4	Yankees	NYY	91-58	5.0	↓ 1	98.11	63.89	>99%	6.53%
5	Athletics	OAK	90-60	6.2	-	96.96	65.04	>99%	3.53%
6	Cubs	CHC	88-62	6.6	-	94.91	67.09	>99%	9.80%
7	Indians	CLE	83-66	8.0	-	91.18	70.82	>99%	7.93%
8	Cardinals	STL	83-68	9.6	-	88.71	73.29	71.77%	2.53%
9	Braves	ATL	83-67	9.6	-	89.53	72.47	98.80%	5.63%
10	Brewers	MIL	86-65	10.0	-	92.21	69.79	98.83%	4.13%
11	Rays	TB	83-66	10.4	↑ 1	90.30	71.70	<1%	<1%
12	Nationals	WSH	76-75	11.4	↑ 1	82.25	79.75	<1%	<1%
13	Diamondbacks	ARI	78-73	12.4	↓ 2	83.81	78.19	1.60%	<1%
14	Mariners	SEA	83-67	14.0	↑ 2	89.07	72.93	<1%	<1%
15	Rockies	COL	82-68	14.2	↓ 1	87.87	74.13	40.77%	1.53%
16	Angels	LAA	74-76	14.4	↓ 1	79.67	82.33	<1%	<1%
17	Pirates	PIT	75-74	16.8	-	81.65	80.35	<1%	<1%
18	Mets	NYM	70-80	17.8	↑ 1	76.12	85.88	<1%	<1%
19	Phillies	PHI	76-73	18.2	↓ 1	82.15	79.85	1.23%	<1%
20	Giants	SF	60-91	19.0	-	73.62	88.38	<1%	<1%
21	Blue Jays	TOR	68-82	22.4	↑ 1	73.13	88.87	<1%	<1%
22	Twins	MIN	69-81	22.8	↑ 2	75.14	86.86	<1%	<1%
23	Rangers	TEX	64-86	23.0	↓ 2	69.40	92.60	<1%	<1%
24	Reds	CIN	64-87	23.6	↓ 1	69.63	92.37	<1%	<1%
25	Padres	SD	60-91	24.2	-	64.81	97.19	<1%	<1%
26	White Sox	CHW	59-90	25.4	-	64.19	97.81	<1%	<1%
27	Tigers	DET	61-89	26.8	-	66.48	95.52	<1%	<1%
28	Marlins	MIA	59-91	28.2	-	63.91	98.09	<1%	<1%
29	Royals	KC	52-98	28.8	-	57.06	104.94	<1%	<1%
30	Orioles	BAL	43-107	29.6	-	46.91	115.09	<1%	<1%

Heat Chart

Our heat chart shows how each of the five sites we pull from ranks all 30 teams. We pull from FiveThirtyEight (538), numberFire (nF), Massey Ratings (MY), Sagarin (Sag) and Team Rankings (TR).

TEAM	TEAM	538	nF	MY	SAG	TR	AVG
Astros	HOU	1	1	1	1	1	1.0
Red Sox	BOS	2	3	2	2	3	2.4
Dodgers	LAD	3	2	6	3	2	3.2
Yankees	NYY	4	4	9	4	4	5.0
Athletics	OAK	5	6	3	5	12	6.2
Cubs	CHC	7	11	4	6	5	6.6
Indians	CLE	6	7	13	8	6	8.0
Cardinals	STL	9	13	7	10	9	9.6
Braves	ATL	12	8	8	7	13	9.6
Brewers	MIL	10	9	10	11	10	10.0
Rays	TB	8	5	12	12	15	10.4
Nationals	WSH	11	10	16	13	7	11.4
Diamondbacks	ARI	14	14	17	9	8	12.4
Mariners	SEA	16	12	5	20	17	14.0
Rockies	COL	13	19	11	14	14	14.2
Angels	LAA	15	15	15	16	11	14.4
Pirates	PIT	18	17	14	15	20	16.8
Mets	NYM	17	18	18	18	18	17.8
Phillies	PHI	20	16	19	17	19	18.2
Giants	SF	19	20	21	19	16	19.0
Blue Jays	TOR	23	21	20	25	23	22.4
Twins	MIN	22	22	26	23	21	22.8
Rangers	TEX	21	27	23	22	22	23.0
Reds	CIN	24	24	25	21	24	23.6
Padres	SD	25	25	22	24	25	24.2
White Sox	CHW	26	23	24	28	26	25.4
Tigers	DET	27	26	27	27	27	26.8
Marlins	MIA	29	28	28	26	30	28.2
Royals	KC	28	29	29	29	29	28.8
Orioles	BAL	30	30	30	30	28	29.6

Division Rankings

We rank the six MLB divisions by determining the average ranking (AVG) of the teams that make up each division. The versus out of division opponents (vOOD) info is the combined record of teams within a division versus teams outside of the division. The win percentage (W%) is the winning percentage of teams within a division versus teams outside of the division.

RK		AVG	vOOD	W%
1	AL West	11.7	239-179	.572
2	NL Central	13.3	224-184	.549
3	AL East	14.0	223-195	.533
4	NL West	14.6	206-212	.493
5	NL East	17.0	197-219	.474
6	AL Central	22.4	157-257	.379