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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of May 14th

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 Monday, May 13 games.

Rankings from last week are in parenthesizes.

 

1. (1) Detroit Tigers – 4.42

Miguel Cabrera is flirting with another Triple Crown and the Tigers are benefiting.

2. (4) Texas Rangers – 4.30

The Rangers rank fourth in both team OPS and ERA.

3. (7) St. Louis Cardinals – 4.14

St. Louis had rotation "issues" entering the season, but they have the lowest ERA in the game.

4. (6) Cleveland Indians – 3.98

They lead baseball with 50 home runs and have gotten great production from Justin Masterson (6-0, 3.14 ERA).

5. (3) Boston Red Sox – 3.91

John Farrell's club has cooled down, but they still rank in our top five and are just two games back of the Yankees in the AL East.

6. (2) Colorado Rockies – 3.87

T7. (5) Atlanta Braves – 3.86

-- (9) New York Yankees – 3.86

T9. (8) Kansas City Royals – 3.64

-- (12) Cincinnati Reds – 3.64

11. (10) Arizona Diamondbacks – 3.63

12. (T14) San Francisco Giants – 3.61

13. (13) Chicago Cubs – 3.60

14. (11) Baltimore Orioles – 3.58

15. (17) Pittsburgh Pirates – 3.50

16. (16) Washington Nationals – 3.34

17. (20) Tampa Bay Rays – 3.31

18. (24) Los Angeles Dodgers – 3.01

19. (18) Chicago White Sox – 2.99

20.(T14) Oakland Athletics – 2.98

21. (21) Minnesota Twins – 2.94

22. (19) Milwaukee Brewers – 2.93

23. (22) Seattle Mariners – 2.89

24. (27) Philadelphia Phillies – 2.67

25. (25) San Diego Padres – 2.60

26. (23) New York Mets – 2.40

27. (26) Los Angeles Angels – 2.39

28. (28) Toronto Blue Jays – 2.34

29. (29) Miami Marlins – 2.03

30. (30) Houston Astros – 1.17

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of April 30th

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 Monday, April 29 games.

Rankings from last week are in parenthesizes.

 

1. (T3) Colorado Rockies – 4.55

The Rockies are being led by Troy Tulowitzki (22 RBI), Dexter Fowler (8 HR) and Wilin Rosario (.350 AVG).

2. (T3) Boston Red Sox – 4.50

Beer and chicken and Bobby Valentine gone, the Red Sox have baseball's best record.

3. (2) Texas Rangers – 4.42

Yu Darvish looks like a Cy Young candidate with a 4-1 mark, 1.65 ERA and 49 Ks in less than 33 innings.

4. (1) Atlanta Braves – 4.16

As you might expect, the Braves have the second-lowest ERA (3.24) in all of baseball. The offense is powerful once again as well.

5. (14) Detroit Tigers – 3.81

The Tigers jumped up nine spots from last week thanks in part to four straight wins and a +22 run differential.

6. (5) Cincinnati Reds – 3.79

The Reds are in a battle with the Pirates, Cardinals and Brewers for honors in the NL Central.

7. (T7) Arizona Diamondbacks – 3.73

Before long, the Diamondbacks are expected to have to fend off the Giants and Dodgers.

8. (T7) Kansas City Royals – 3.66

The offense is below average, but James Shields has helped make the pitching staff one of the best in the Major Leagues.

9. (9) Baltimore Orioles – 3.61

Chris Davis is an early AL MVP candidate. He's hitting .352/.444/.750 with nine home runs and 28 RBIs.

T10. (6) New York Yankees – 3.55

Injuries may finally be catching up to the Yankees, who had been toe-to-toe with the Red Sox for first in the division.

-- (12) St. Louis Cardinals - 3.55

12. (18) Chicago Cubs – 3.46

13. (19) Washington Nationals – 3.36

14. (10) Oakland Athletics – 3.30

T15. (13) Pittsburgh Pirates – 3.29

-- (T21) Milwaukee Brewers – 3.29

17. (17) Cleveland Indians – 3.27

T18. (20) San Francisco Giants – 3.25

-- (T21) Tampa Bay Rays – 3.25

20. (16) Chicago White Sox – 3.02

21. (23) Minnesota Twins – 3.01

22. (11) New York Mets – 2.91

23. (15) Los Angeles Dodgers – 2.85

24. (25) Philadelphia Phillies – 2.81

25. (27) Seattle Mariners – 2.69

26. (24) Los Angeles Angels – 2.51

27. (26) Toronto Blue Jays – 2.44

28. (28) San Diego Padres – 2.25

29. (29) Houston Astros – 1.95

30. (30) Miami Marlins – 1.76

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of April 22nd

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 Monday, April 22 games.

Rankings from last week are in parenthesizes.

 

1. (1) Atlanta Braves – 5.14

Chris Johnson is hitting .407 and Justin Upton has nine home runs.

2. (6) Texas Rangers – 4.68

Ian Kinsler is in a three-way tie for the ML lead in WAR (1.5).

T3. (T2) Boston Red Sox – 4.46

Mike Napoli leads all of baseball with 25 RBI in 19 games.

-- (8) Colorado Rockies – 4.46

Recent HBP aside, Troy Tulowitzki is healthy and hitting .328/.400/.690.

5. (16) Cincinnati Reds – 4.20

The Reds have the highest on-base percentage (.352) in baseball.

6. (10) New York Yankees – 3.72

Only the Braves have more HRs than the injury-depleted Yankees.

T7. (7) Arizona Diamondbacks – 3.71

The Diamondbacks have been well-balanced through the season's first three weeks.

-- (12) Kansas City Royals – 3.71

The Royals have a 3.31 team ERA, thanks to newcomers Ervin Santana (2.48) and James Shields (3.00).

9. (13) Baltimore Orioles – 3.63

Chris Davis has just one home run in his last 10 games, but is still hitting .391/.474/.828.

10. (4) Oakland Athletics – 3.61

Light-hitting no more, the A's have a .763 OPS (sixth).

11. (T2) New York Mets – 3.45

12. (11) St. Louis Cardinals – 3.42

13. (25) Pittsburgh Pirates – 3.40

14. (9) Detroit Tigers – 3.35

15. (5) Los Angeles Dodgers – 3.25

16. (17) Chicago White Sox – 3.18

17. (18) Cleveland Indians – 3.16

18. (19) Chicago Cubs – 3.14

19. (14) Washington Nationals – 3.13

20. (15) San Francisco Giants – 3.12

T21. (27) Milwaukee Brewers – 2.94

-- .(29) Tampa Bay Rays – 2.94

23. (20) Minnesota Twins – 2.92

24. (21) Los Angeles Angels – 2.84

25. (24) Philadelphia Phillies – 2.38

26. (T22) Toronto Blue Jays – 2.30

27. (T22) Seattle Mariners – 2.02

28. (28) San Diego Padres – 2.01

29. (26) Houston Astros – 1.63

30. (30) Miami Marlins – 1.04

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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

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Complete List Of 2013 MLB Free Agents

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of August 24th

The Yankees, Nationals, Cardinals, Reds and Rangers make up the top-five, while the Twins, Rockies, Cubs, Indians and Astros bring up the rear in this week's rankings.

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MLB Team Rankings For The Week Of August 17th

With Evan Longoria back in the lineup, the Rays jumped seven spots in this week's rankings.

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