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, July 22nd

Rankings from last week are in parenthesizes.


1. (1) St. Louis Cardinals – 4.09

The NL MVP is Yadier Molina's to lose -- .336/.384/.483 with 7 home runs and 51 RBI.

2. (3) Boston Red Sox – 4.00

The Red Sox lead baseball with an OPS of .787.

3. (4) Detroit Tigers – 3.98

If Miguel Cabrera's hip becomes a problem, the Tigers might be in trouble. He leads all position players with 5.6 WAR.

4. (2) Atlanta Braves – 3.97

The Braves (3.35) don't have the ERA that the Pirates (3.09) do, but they've gotten more valuable length from their starters (16 more quality starts).

5. (5) Pittsburgh Pirates – 3.92

Jason Grilli's injury is alarming, but they have Mark Melancon waiting in the wings.

6. (6) Cincinnati Reds – 3.88

7. (7) Tampa Bay Rays – 3.76

8. (8) Texas Rangers – 3.66

9. (10) Los Angeles Dodgers – 3.62

10. (9) Oakland Athletics – 3.58

11. (15) Baltimore Orioles – 3.37

12. (T11) Colorado Rockies – 3.33

13. (14) Los Angeles Angels – 3.29

14. (13) Arizona Diamondbacks – 3.25

T15. (T11) Washington Nationals – 3.21

-- (16) Cleveland Indians – 3.21

-- (17) Chicago Cubs – 3.21

18. (22) Milwaukee Brewers – 3.10

19. (18) Philadelphia Phillies – 3.06

20. (T19) New York Yankees – 3.04

21. (T19) Toronto Blue Jays – 3.02

22. (21) Kansas City Royals – 2.98

T23. (24) New York Mets – 2.97

-- (25) Seattle Mariners – 2.97

25. (23) San Francisco Giants – 2.90

26. (26) Chicago White Sox – 2.87

27. (27) San Diego Padres – 2.66

28. (28) Minnesota Twins – 2.59

29. (29) Miami Marlins – 2.44

30. (30) Houston Astros – 1.78