By Christopher Reina
The OPS statistic is an excellent indicator of offensive production, so it is little surprise that the Yankees, Phillies and Tigers are all over .800 as a club.
1. New York Yankees: .832
Alex Rodriguez leads the AL with an OPS of 1.034, while Jorge Posada is fifth.
2. Philadelphia Phillies: .810
Chase Utley is just a hair shy of 1.000, while Ryan Howard is posting a .946 OPS.
3. Detroit Tigers: .802
Magglio Ordonez has an OPS of 1.008 to go along with his league-best .351 batting average.
4. Boston Red Sox: .797
In what is a bit of a down year for him, David Ortiz has an OPS of .982.
5. Florida Marlins: .784
Miguel Cabrera is second in the NL with an OPS of 1.015, while Hanley Ramirez?s OPS is .967.
6. Milwaukee Brewers: .779
Prince Fielder has an OPS of .987, while ROY favorite Ryan Braun has been even better, with an OPS of 1.051.
7. Atlanta Braves: .778
For the 8th time over the past 10 seasons, Chipper Jones will have s slugging percentage over .500.
8. Colorado Rockies: .774
The Rockies are an offensive anomaly in the pitching rich/offensive poor NL West.
9. New York Mets: .771
The Mets have good balance, but only one player (David Wright) with an OBP in the .400?s.
10. Cleveland Indians: .768
Ryan Garko leads the Indians with an OPS of .881.
11. Cincinnati Reds: .762
Adam Dunn has an OPS of .929, which is good for 10th in the NL.
12. Seattle Mariners: .760
Ichiro Suzuki leads the Mariners with an OPS of .830.
13. Tampa Bay Devil Rays: .755
The Devil Rays are the only team to have still not won 50 games, but are in the top half of this statistic.
14. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: .754
Compare the Angels ERA to the Devil Rays? ERA and it reveals the 25 win differential.
15. Baltimore Orioles: .741
Brian Roberts has an OPS of .857 for the Orioles.
16. Chicago Cubs: .741
The good OPS figures from Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano are weighed down by the remainder of the lineup.
17. St. Louis Cardinals: .740
Albert Pujols is not quite as good as ever, but is very good again, with an OPS of .987.
18. Texas Rangers: .738
The Rangers have been disappointing offensively, despite playing in such a hitter?s park.
19. Oakland Athletics: .736
Jack Cust has an OPS of .958 this season.
20. Houston Astros: .733
Carlos Lee?s .884 has been one of the lone bright spots.
21. Los Angeles Dodgers: .730
The Dodgers had a .780 OPS last season, which goes a long ways as to why they will likely be on the outside of the playoffs.
22. Pittsburgh Pirates: .727
Xavier Nady has an OPS of .834 this season, offsetting the disappointing campaign from Jason Bay.
23. Arizona Diamondbacks: .727
How could Arizona have the most wins in the NL, but the fourth worst OPS?
24. Toronto Blue Jays: .722
It is tough for the Blue Jays to compete with the Red Sox and Yankees when their OPS is so substantially lower.
25. Minnesota Twins: .722
The Twins have been carrier in all ways, including OPS, by Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter.
26. Kansas City Royals: .720
The Royals had an OPS of .764 during the month of July when they went 13-12.
27. Chicago White Sox: .715
The White Sox had an OPS of .747 when they won the World Series in 2005.
28. San Diego Padres: .711
The Padres fortunately have a team ERA of 3.49.
29. San Francisco Giants: .707
How bad are the Giants? They have a team OPS of .707 despite Barry Bonds? MLB-leading 1.084.
30. Washington Nationals: .696
Dmitri Young has a team-leading OPS of .884.






