2018 Aggregated MLB Computer Rankings

Updated on Tuesday Oct. 2nd

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	103-59	1.0	-	103.00	59.00	100.00%	22.43%
2	Red Sox	BOS	108-54	2.6	-	108.00	54.00	100.00%	16.43%
3	Dodgers	LAD	92-71	3.0	-	92.00	71.00	100.00%	21.47%
4	Yankees	NYY	100-62	4.4	-	100.00	62.00	100.00%	6.63%
5	Athletics	OAK	97-65	6.4	-	97.00	65.00	100.00%	3.83%
6	Cubs	CHC	95-68	7.2	-	95.00	68.00	100.00%	4.67%
7	Indians	CLE	91-71	7.6	-	91.00	71.00	100.00%	8.63%
8	Brewers	MIL	96-67	7.6	↑ 2	96.00	67.00	100.00%	8.87%
9	Braves	ATL	90-72	9.6	↓ 1	90.00	72.00	100.00%	4.73%
10	Cardinals	STL	88-74	11.4	↓ 1	88.00	74.00	<1%	<1%
11	Rays	TB	90-72	11.6	-	90.00	72.00	<1%	<1%
12	Nationals	WSH	82-80	12.2	-	82.00	80.00	<1%	<1%
13	Rockies	COL	91-72	12.4	↑ 2	68.47	93.53	100.00%	2.30%
14	Mariners	SEA	89-73	12.8	-	89.00	73.00	<1%	<1%
15	Diamondbacks	ARI	82-80	13.0	↓ 2	82.00	80.00	<1%	<1%
16	Pirates	PIT	82-79	15.8	-	82.00	80.00	<1%	<1%
17	Angels	LAA	80-82	16.4	-	80.00	82.00	<1%	<1%
18	Mets	NYM	77-85	17.0	-	77.00	85.00	<1%	<1%
19	Phillies	PHI	80-82	19.6	-	80.00	82.00	<1%	<1%
20	Twins	MIN	78-84	20.2	↑ 1	78.00	84.00	<1%	<1%
21	Giants	SF	73-89	21.0	↓ 1	73.00	89.00	<1%	<1%
22	Blue Jays	TOR	73-89	21.6	-	73.00	89.00	<1%	<1%
23	Padres	SD	66-96	23.0	↑ 1	66.00	96.00	<1%	<1%
24	Reds	CIN	67-95	23.8	↑ 1	67.00	95.00	<1%	<1%
25	Rangers	TEX	67-95	24.4	↓ 2	67.00	95.00	<1%	<1%
26	White Sox	CHW	62-100	26.0	-	62.00	100.00	<1%	<1%
27	Tigers	DET	64-98	27.4	-	64.00	98.00	<1%	<1%
28	Marlins	MIA	63-98	28.0	-	63.00	99.00	<1%	<1%
29	Royals	KC	58-104	28.6	-	58.00	104.00	<1%	<1%
30	Orioles	BAL	47-115	29.4	-	47.00	115.00	<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	3	3	2	2	3	2.6
Dodgers	LAD	2	2	6	3	2	3.0
Yankees	NYY	6	4	4	4	4	4.4
Athletics	OAK	8	5	3	5	11	6.4
Cubs	CHC	7	12	5	6	6	7.2
Indians	CLE	4	7	14	8	5	7.6
Brewers	MIL	5	8	7	9	9	7.6
Braves	ATL	9	9	10	7	13	9.6
Cardinals	STL	13	13	9	12	10	11.4
Rays	TB	11	6	12	14	15	11.6
Nationals	WSH	14	10	17	13	7	12.2
Rockies	COL	10	19	11	10	12	12.4
Mariners	SEA	12	11	8	17	16	12.8
Diamondbacks	ARI	16	14	16	11	8	13.0
Pirates	PIT	15	17	13	15	19	15.8
Angels	LAA	18	16	18	16	14	16.4
Mets	NYM	20	15	15	18	17	17.0
Phillies	PHI	17	18	23	19	21	19.6
Twins	MIN	19	20	21	21	20	20.2
Giants	SF	22	23	22	20	18	21.0
Blue Jays	TOR	21	21	19	25	22	21.6
Padres	SD	25	22	20	23	25	23.0
Reds	CIN	23	24	26	22	24	23.8
Rangers	TEX	24	26	25	24	23	24.4
White Sox	CHW	28	25	24	27	26	26.0
Tigers	DET	26	27	28	28	28	27.4
Marlins	MIA	27	28	29	26	30	28.0
Royals	KC	29	29	27	29	29	28.6
Orioles	BAL	30	30	30	30	27	29.4

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	12.0	246-184	.572
2	NL Central	13.3	237-192	.552
3	AL East	13.8	228-202	.530
4	NL West	14.5	213-217	.495
5	NL East	17.4	202-227	.471
6	AL Central	22.0	163-267	.379