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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of June 17th

By Andrew Perna

(@Andrew_Perna)

The Opsera is a statistic RealGM Executive Editor Chris Reina created in order to objectively rank teams by how well they hit (OPS) and pitch (ERA). 

In order to determine the Opsera rating for each, we take their OPS, multiply that number by 10 to move the decimal point over one place to the right and then subtract their ERA from that number.  

All statistics are through Sunday, June 16 games.

Rankings from last week are in parenthesizes.

 

1. (4) Detroit Tigers – 4.24

Miguel Cabrera is hitting .352/.447/.625 as he enjoys towards another MVP season.

2. (3) St. Louis Cardinals – 4.17

Adam Wainwright is the only pitcher in baseball with 10 wins.

3. (6) Atlanta Braves – 4.09

After hitting 12 home runs in his first 23 games, Justin Upton has just three dingers since April 28.

4. (8) Boston Red Sox – 4.03

Clay Buchholz (9-0) still hasn't lost in 2013. The Red Sox are 2-1 in games he pitches and doesn't figure into the decision.

5. (T1) Cincinnati Reds – 3.88

Aroldis Chapman is averaging a career-high 15.6 K/9, but batters are hitting 29 points higher (.170) against the closer than they did last season.

6. (5) Colorado Rockies – 3.83

Troy Tulowitzki is on the DL with a rib injury, which isn't good for the Rockies despite their 7-2 record without the shortstop in 2013.

7. (T1) Texas Rangers – 3.79

8. (12) Oakland Athletics – 3.71

9. (9) Pittsburgh Pirates – 3.55

10. (19) Kansas City Royals – 3.44

11. (11) Baltimore Orioles – 3.35

12. (7) Arizona Diamondbacks – 3.33

13. (10) New York Yankees – 3.17

T14. (16) San Francisco Giants – 3.16

-- (18) Tampa Bay Rays – 3.16

16. (13) Cleveland Indians – 3.14

T17. (21) Los Angeles Angels – 3.13

-- (26) Toronto Blue Jays – 3.13

19. (14) Chicago Cubs – 3.11

20. (15) Los Angeles Dodgers – 3.08

21. (17) Washington Nationals – 3.07

22. (22) Milwaukee Brewers – 2.93

23. (20) Chicago White Sox – 2.88

24. (25) San Diego Padres – 2.84

25. (T23) Philadelphia Phillies – 2.79

26. (T23) Seattle Mariners – 2.78

27. (27) Minnesota Twins – 2.67

28. (28) New York Mets – 2.46

29. (30) Houston Astros – 2.11

30. (29) Miami Marlins – 2.04

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of May 28th

By Andrew Perna

(@Andrew_Perna)

The Opsera is a statistic RealGM Executive Editor Chris Reina created in order to objectively rank teams by how well they hit (OPS) and pitch (ERA). 

In order to determine the Opsera rating for each, we take their OPS, multiply that number by 10 to move the decimal point over one place to the right and then subtract their ERA from that number.  

All statistics are through Tuesday, May 28 games.

Rankings from last week are in parenthesizes.

 

T1. (1) Texas Rangers – 4.20

They don't have a hitter among the league leaders, but the Rangers have the fifth-best OPS (.768) in baseball.

-- (T2) Cincinnati Reds – 4.20

Cincinnati has the third-lowest ERA (3.23) thanks to five starters with sub-3.40 ERAs.

3. (4) St. Louis Cardinals – 4.17

A week after a Sports Illustrated cover, the Cardinals still have the best ERA (3.07) in the game -- injuries and all.

4. (T2) Detroit Tigers – 4.11

Detroit has a nice early lead in the AL Central and Justin Verlander hasn't even been himself.

5. (9) Colorado Rockies – 3.96

Troy Tulowitzki is having an MVP-caliber season (.327/.394/.588 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI), but the Rockies are teetering. Are they a top-five club or destined for a bottom half finish in the NL West?

6. (5) Atlanta Braves – 3.94

7. (7) Arizona Diamondbacks – 3.92

8. (8) Boston Red Sox – 3.90

9. (11) Pittsburgh Pirates – 3.81

10. (10) New York Yankees – 3.59

11. (15) Baltimore Orioles – 3.41

12. (16) Oakland Athletics – 3.40

13. (6) Cleveland Indians – 3.38

14. (12) Chicago Cubs – 3.37

15. (19) Los Angeles Dodgers – 3.21

16. (14) San Francisco Giants – 3.20

17. (20) Washington Nationals – 3.18

18. (17) Tampa Bay Rays – 3.11

19. (13) Kansas City Royals – 3.10

20. (18) Chicago White Sox – 3.09

21. (24) Los Angeles Angels – 3.03

22. (21) Milwaukee Brewers – 2.73

T23. (23) Seattle Mariners – 2.69

-- (25) Philadelphia Phillies – 2.69

25. (22) San Diego Padres – 2.68

26. (27) Toronto Blue Jays – 2.65

27. (26) Minnesota Twins – 2.24

28. (28) New York Mets – 2.37

29. (29) Miami Marlins – 1.88

30. (30) Houston Astros – 1.67

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of May 21st

By Andrew Perna

(@Andrew_Perna)

The Opsera is a statistic RealGM Executive Editor Chris Reina created in order to objectively rank teams by how well they hit (OPS) and pitch (ERA). 

In order to determine the Opsera rating for each, we take their OPS, multiply that number by 10 to move the decimal point over one place to the right and then subtract their ERA from that number.  

All statistics are through Tuesday, May 21 games.

Rankings from last week are in parenthesizes.

1. (2) Texas Rangers – 4.21

The Rangers are mashing the baseball (.775 OPS) and keeping hitters at bay (3.54 ERA).

T2. (1) Detroit Tigers – 4.04

How huge would Miguel Cabrera be if he played in a major market?

-- (T9) Cincinnati Reds – 4.04

Cincinnati has won eight of their last 10 games.

4. (3) St. Louis Cardinals – 4.00

The Cardinals average 3.12 strikeouts per walk.

5. (T7) Atlanta Braves – 3.95

Atlanta has the highest chance to make the playoffs (88.5%) in all of baseball.

6. (4) Cleveland Indians – 3.92

We knew they'd hit, but you couldn't have predicted the highest OPS (.786) in the game.

7. (11) Arizona Diamondbacks – 3.91

8. (5) Boston Red Sox – 3.89

9. (6) Colorado Rockies – 3.85

10. (T7) New York Yankees – 3.74

11. (15) Pittsburgh Pirates – 3.73

12. (13) Chicago Cubs – 3.51

13. (T9) Kansas City Royals – 3.49

14. (12) San Francisco Giants – 3.37

15. (14) Baltimore Orioles – 3.34

16. (20) Oakland Athletics – 3.24

17. (17) Tampa Bay Rays – 3.22

18. (19) Chicago White Sox – 3.19

19. (18) Los Angeles Dodgers – 3.01

20. (16) Washington Nationals – 2.94

21. (22) Milwaukee Brewers – 2.84

22. (25) San Diego Padres – 2.82

23. (23) Seattle Mariners – 2.77

24. (27) Los Angeles Angels – 2.74

25. (24) Philadelphia Phillies – 2.65

26. (21) Minnesota Twins – 2.43

27. (28) Toronto Blue Jays – 2.42

28. (26) New York Mets – 2.33

29. (29) Miami Marlins – 1.97

30. (30) Houston Astros – 1.51

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of May 14th

Miguel Cabrera leads the Major Leagues with 40 RBI and the Tigers lead our team rankings.

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of April 30th

The Rockies, Red Sox and Rangers hold the top three spots in our rankings, while the Padres, Astros and Marlins bring up the rear.

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Ready For Regression

A number of players have been uncharacteristically productive in one way or another over the season's first three weeks.

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of April 22nd

Ian Kinsler, once thought to be dispensable in Texas, leads the Major Leagues with 1.5 WAR as the Rangers sit second in our rankings.

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of April 15th

The Braves are 11-1 this season and riding a nine-game winning streak.

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of April 8th

A week into the 2013 season, the Rockies are an offensive power, the Dodgers are incredibly hard to score against and the Mets, Red Sox and Reds are very balanced.

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