Team Rankings

The Dodgers are definitely starting to assert themselves after going 9-3 over the last two weeks. Milwaukee climbs up into the second spot while Atlanta drops to third after going 3-8 the last two weeks. The Yankees hold on to the number four spot and the Rays remain number five.

Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Runs Allowed Run Differential Rating
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 54 30 443 291 152 132.92
2 Milwaukee Brewers 50 31 418 298 120 127.03
3 Atlanta Braves 49 33 390 302 88 121.33
4 New York Yankees 48 35 409 308 101 120.70
5 Tampa Bay Rays 48 33 366 342 24 112.41
6 Chicago Cubs 46 38 413 373 40 109.59
7 Philadelphia Phillies 47 37 368 366 2 106.21
8 Chicago White Sox 43 39 392 374 18 104.67
9 Miami Marlins 44 40 359 349 10 103.68
10 Pittsburgh Pirates 42 42 429 401 28 103.25

Batting

The Yankees continue to be the best hitting team in baseball. The Dodgers remain in second, follwed by Washington, Pittsburgh and the Cubs.

A lot of big names are in my Top 20 hitters by TOP this week. Yordan Alvarez continues to lead the way. Kyle Schwarber is back up into second. Juan Soto is in third. Shohei Ohtani is back in the top ten, followed closely by Aaron Judge. Mike Trout is number twelve and Bryce Harper is number fifteen.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 New York Yankees 83 3133 409 1589 397.2 0.508
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 84 3244 443 1634 408.5 0.506
3 Washington Nationals 85 3265 449 1616 404.0 0.497
4 Pittsburgh Pirates 84 3295 429 1630 407.5 0.496
5 Chicago Cubs 84 3316 413 1618 404.5 0.489
6 Chicago White Sox 82 3111 392 1504 376.0 0.487
7 Athletics 84 3242 387 1554 388.5 0.481
8 Colorado Rockies 84 3195 387 1528 382.0 0.480
9 Minnesota Twins 85 3228 412 1540 385.0 0.478
10 Milwaukee Brewers 81 3155 418 1494 373.5 0.478

Top Twenty hitters by TOP

Rank Player Team Bats G PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 Yordan Alvarez HOU L 84 366 58 248 62.0 0.678
2 Kyle Schwarber PHI L 80 356 54 235 58.8 0.660
3 Juan Soto NYM L 65 277 38 177 44.2 0.641
4 Nick Kurtz ATH L 83 376 59 239 59.8 0.636
5 Byron Buxton MIN R 73 329 56 206 51.5 0.626
6 Ben Rice NYY L 78 334 56 208 52.0 0.623
7 Shohei Ohtani LAD L 76 354 59 219 54.8 0.622
8 Aaron Judge NYY R 59 261 43 160 40.0 0.618
9 James Wood WSN L 85 396 72 243 60.8 0.614
10 Corbin Carroll ARI L 80 341 48 206 51.5 0.604
11 Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC L 84 364 51 219 54.8 0.603
12 Mike Trout LAA R 74 335 54 202 50.5 0.603
13 Junior Caminero TBR R 81 354 52 212 53.0 0.599
14 Miguel Vargas CHW R 81 351 56 209 52.2 0.597
15 Bryce Harper PHI L 84 350 55 208 52.0 0.594
16 Oneil Cruz PIT L 64 283 45 168 42.0 0.594
17 CJ Abrams WSN L 82 346 51 203 50.8 0.587
18 Willson Contreras BOS R 80 333 40 194 48.5 0.583
19 Hunter Goodman COL R 78 328 52 191 47.8 0.582
20 Jake Bauers MIL L 72 286 46 166 41.5 0.580

Pitching

The Dodgers continue to hold down the number ranking in pitching, but Milwaukee and the Yankees are right there with them. Seattle moves up two spots to number four and Atlanta holds down the number five ranking.

Jacob Misiorowski continues to dominate the league, holding a 50 point lead over Shohei Ohtani. Ben Brown comes in at number three, followed by Cam Schlittler and Zack Wheeler. Two Dodgers’ pitchers, Justin Wrobleski and Yoshinobu Yamamoto come in at six and seven.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games Batters Faced TBA TOP
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 84 3022 1268.0 0.421
2 Milwaukee Brewers 81 3002 1262.0 0.422
3 New York Yankees 83 3061 1288.0 0.423
4 Seattle Mariners 85 3120 1366.0 0.440
5 Atlanta Braves 82 3024 1346.0 0.447
6 Miami Marlins 84 3118 1398.0 0.450
7 Boston Red Sox 82 3049 1365.0 0.450
8 New York Mets 84 3212 1444.0 0.452
9 San Diego Padres 82 3074 1390.0 0.454
10 Detroit Tigers 84 3108 1408.0 0.455

Top Twenty pitchers by TOP

Rank Name Team G Batters Faced IP TBA TOP
1 Jacob Misiorowski MIL 16 376 99.0 103 0.274
2 Shohei Ohtani LAD 13 313 79.2 101 0.324
3 Ben Brown CHC 20 265 68.0 87 0.328
4 Cam Schlittler NYY 17 394 100.0 134 0.343
5 Zack Wheeler PHI 12 284 75.1 101 0.356
6 Justin Wrobleski LAD 14 344 86.1 123 0.358
7 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 15 373 97.2 136 0.365
8 Drew Rasmussen TBR 16 356 92.0 131 0.368
9 Chris Sale ATL 15 368 90.0 137 0.373
10 Paul Skenes PIT 17 373 93.0 139 0.375
11 Payton Tolle BOS 12 285 71.1 107 0.377
12 Cristopher Sánchez PHI 17 449 110.0 170 0.379
13 Ranger Suarez BOS 15 337 82.2 130 0.386
14 Logan Webb SFG 14 361 90.1 139 0.387
15 Max Meyer MIA 17 401 97.0 155 0.388
16 Keider Montero DET 16 348 87.2 136 0.392
17 Reid Detmers LAA 17 406 99.2 159 0.393
18 Bryan Woo SEA 16 374 93.0 147 0.393
19 Parker Messick CLE 16 372 94.1 147 0.396
20 Kyle Harrison MIL 15 309 77.0 124 0.401

Shoutout to Baseball Reference for providing the stats!

Complete 2026 rankings can be found here: 2026 MLB Season