Ladies and Gentlemen. The Detroit Tigers are my number one ranked team this week. They are off to a fantastic start this season. They are folled by San Diego and the New York Mets. The Dodgers had a good week which propels them into the number four ranking. The Cleveland Guardians have a 20-14 record despite having a -23 run differential on the season. Something’s got to give with them. Same goes with the Athletics. A 19-16 record with a -22 run differential.
The bottom 5 remain the same. I think Baltimore will get something going at some point, but they are going to need better pitching. Paul Skenes could win the Cy Young Award and Oneil Cruz could be an MVP candidate and Pittsburgh might still lose 100 games. Colorado should be relegated along with the Angels and Marlins.
Team Rankings
Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Runs | Runs Allowed | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Detroit Tigers | 22 | 13 | 179 | 116 | 131.85 |
2 | San Diego Padres | 22 | 11 | 133 | 95 | 130.91 |
3 | New York Mets | 22 | 13 | 168 | 112 | 130.48 |
4 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 23 | 11 | 182 | 140 | 129.90 |
5 | Chicago Cubs | 21 | 14 | 208 | 146 | 126.54 |
6 | San Francisco Giants | 22 | 13 | 164 | 129 | 123.72 |
7 | New York Yankees | 19 | 15 | 187 | 135 | 120.93 |
8 | Seattle Mariners | 20 | 13 | 168 | 139 | 119.50 |
9 | Cincinnati Reds | 18 | 17 | 176 | 142 | 111.40 |
10 | Philadelphia Phillies | 19 | 15 | 159 | 151 | 108.31 |
11 | Houston Astros | 17 | 16 | 132 | 119 | 106.14 |
12 | Boston Red Sox | 18 | 18 | 179 | 162 | 104.74 |
13 | Kansas City Royals | 19 | 16 | 120 | 119 | 104.65 |
14 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 18 | 16 | 176 | 170 | 104.63 |
15 | Cleveland Guardians | 20 | 14 | 131 | 154 | 101.43 |
16 | Milwaukee Brewers | 17 | 18 | 165 | 159 | 100.32 |
17 | Tampa Bay Rays | 16 | 18 | 131 | 128 | 98.10 |
18 | Athletics | 19 | 16 | 150 | 172 | 97.85 |
19 | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 19 | 161 | 163 | 95.13 |
20 | Atlanta Braves | 15 | 18 | 135 | 141 | 93.46 |
21 | Minnesota Twins | 15 | 20 | 133 | 132 | 93.19 |
22 | Texas Rangers | 17 | 18 | 113 | 131 | 92.16 |
23 | Washington Nationals | 16 | 19 | 151 | 179 | 87.69 |
24 | Toronto Blue Jays | 16 | 18 | 120 | 153 | 86.19 |
25 | Miami Marlins | 13 | 20 | 147 | 201 | 74.48 |
26 | Baltimore Orioles | 13 | 20 | 129 | 184 | 73.08 |
27 | Chicago White Sox | 10 | 24 | 124 | 148 | 71.45 |
28 | Los Angeles Angels | 13 | 20 | 117 | 181 | 69.96 |
29 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 23 | 114 | 162 | 68.91 |
30 | Colorado Rockies | 6 | 28 | 106 | 195 | 41.88 |
Aaron Judge is the best hitter in baseball. Pete Alonso continues to be the Mets most valuable player. Ohtani is heating up now. Schwarber still hits home runs and gets walked a lot. Most disappointing starts to the season: Bryce Harper #34, Elly De La Cruz #41, Juan Soto #47, Mike Trout #51, Mookie Betts #58, Francisco Lindor #59, Gunnar Henderson #76, Vlad Guerrero Jr. #91, Bo Bichette #122
Here’s the Top 10 batters by TOP
Rank | Player | Team | Bats | G | PA | TBA | TOP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aaron Judge | NYY | R | 34 | 153 | 125 | 0.817 |
2 | Pete Alonso | NYM | R | 35 | 156 | 111 | 0.712 |
3 | Kyle Tucker | CHC | L | 35 | 163 | 113 | 0.693 |
4 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | L | 32 | 148 | 102 | 0.689 |
5 | Oneil Cruz | PIT | L | 32 | 138 | 95 | 0.688 |
6 | Cal Raleigh | SEA | B | 33 | 148 | 100 | 0.676 |
7 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SDP | R | 32 | 138 | 91 | 0.659 |
8 | Kyle Schwarber | PHI | L | 34 | 151 | 99 | 0.656 |
9 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | CHC | L | 35 | 146 | 93 | 0.650 |
10 | Corbin Carroll | ARI | L | 34 | 160 | 102 | 0.637 |
Paul Skenes has his first real bad outing as a major league pitcher and falls all the way to number 23 in my pitcher rankings. It looks like the pitcher rankings will be pretty volatile but I think the cream of the crop will rise as the summer heats up.
Here’s the Top 10 pitchers by TOP
Rank | Name | Team | G | Batters Faced | IP | TBA | TOP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nick Pivetta | SDP | 6 | 133 | 35.1 | 39 | 0.293 |
2 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | 7 | 146 | 37.2 | 43 | 0.295 |
3 | Bryan Woo | SEA | 6 | 147 | 38.1 | 47 | 0.322 |
4 | Max Fried | NYY | 7 | 181 | 44.2 | 59 | 0.326 |
5 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | 7 | 163 | 42.2 | 54 | 0.333 |
6 | Hunter Brown | HOU | 7 | 158 | 43.0 | 53 | 0.335 |
7 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | 8 | 196 | 49.0 | 66 | 0.337 |
8 | Michael King | SDP | 7 | 156 | 38.2 | 53 | 0.340 |
9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | 7 | 153 | 40.0 | 52 | 0.340 |
10 | Clay Holmes | NYM | 7 | 156 | 36.2 | 54 | 0.346 |
All my rankings can be found here: 2025 MLB Season