Team Rankings

The Dodgers hold a very slight edge of the Brewers this week. The Braves, Yankees and Cubs round out the top 5. The Red Sox continue to climb and now up to number seven, just behind the Rays.

Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Runs Allowed Run Differential Rating
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 69 43 572 422 150 125.46
2 Milwaukee Brewers 69 42 555 420 135 124.88
3 Atlanta Braves 67 45 549 441 108 119.92
4 New York Yankees 63 49 512 425 87 114.73
5 Chicago Cubs 63 49 570 481 89 114.25
6 Tampa Bay Rays 65 46 484 453 31 111.61
7 Boston Red Sox 60 51 474 414 60 110.17
8 Chicago White Sox 59 52 531 476 55 108.28
9 Detroit Tigers 54 58 505 442 63 104.33
10 Arizona Diamondbacks 59 53 508 506 2 102.86

Batting

The Nationals continue to lead the league in TOP, followed by the Dodgers, Cubs, Pirates and Yankees.

Yordan Alvarez is dominating the league in TOP. James Wood is a distant second. Pete Crow-Armstrong, Juan Soto and CJ Abrams round out my top five.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 Washington Nationals 113 4371 607 2261 565.2 0.519
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 112 4300 572 2128 532.0 0.497
3 Chicago Cubs 112 4421 570 2188 547.0 0.496
4 Pittsburgh Pirates 113 4432 578 2184 546.0 0.494
5 New York Yankees 112 4187 512 2034 508.5 0.487
6 Miami Marlins 113 4245 496 2051 512.8 0.485
7 Milwaukee Brewers 111 4307 555 2063 515.8 0.483
8 Colorado Rockies 112 4257 538 2040 510.0 0.481
9 Houston Astros 113 4291 528 2050 512.5 0.480
10 Atlanta Braves 112 4225 549 2006 501.5 0.476

Top Twenty hitters by TOP

Rank Player Team Bats G PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 Yordan Alvarez HOU L 111 489 77 346 86.5 0.708
2 James Wood WSN L 113 531 100 342 85.5 0.644
3 Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC L 112 492 73 314 78.5 0.640
4 Juan Soto NYM L 84 359 46 225 56.2 0.628
5 CJ Abrams WSN L 109 466 69 292 73.0 0.627
6 Ben Rice NYY L 107 457 70 282 70.5 0.617
7 Shohei Ohtani LAD L 102 470 70 288 72.0 0.615
8 Kyle Schwarber PHI L 106 470 65 285 71.2 0.606
9 Willson Contreras BOS R 103 424 55 257 64.2 0.606
10 Hunter Goodman COL R 102 426 66 256 64.0 0.601
11 Junior Caminero TBR R 111 483 66 290 72.5 0.600
12 Nick Kurtz ATH L 99 434 62 258 64.5 0.594
13 Byron Buxton MIN R 82 362 57 215 53.8 0.594
14 Matt Olson ATL L 112 491 78 290 72.5 0.591
15 Jake Bauers MIL L 101 399 66 235 58.8 0.589
16 Elly De La Cruz CIN B 92 414 62 243 60.8 0.587
17 Luis García Jr. WSN L 104 374 48 219 54.8 0.586
18 Mike Trout LAA R 93 417 64 241 60.2 0.578
19 Corbin Carroll ARI L 108 469 67 268 67.0 0.571
20 Bryce Harper PHI L 112 472 67 268 67.0 0.568

Pitching

The Brewers continue to lead the league in TOP. They are followed by the Yankees, Dodgers, Tigers and Red Sox.

Jacob Misiorowski continues to dominate the league. Ohtani falls out of the rankings due to lack of pitching. His teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes his spot at number two, follwed by Chris Sale, Cam Schlittler, and Dylan Cease.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games Batters Faced TBA TOP
1 Milwaukee Brewers 111 4090 1720.0 0.422
2 New York Yankees 112 4153 1770.0 0.428
3 Los Angeles Dodgers 112 4079 1782.0 0.438
4 Detroit Tigers 112 4160 1829.0 0.442
5 Boston Red Sox 111 4122 1827.0 0.445
6 Seattle Mariners 113 4129 1840.0 0.448
7 Miami Marlins 113 4195 1901.0 0.454
8 Tampa Bay Rays 111 4072 1843.0 0.454
9 Atlanta Braves 112 4180 1902.0 0.457
10 Toronto Blue Jays 112 4217 1923.0 0.459

Top Twenty pitchers by TOP

Rank Name Team G Batters Faced IP TBA TOP
1 Jacob Misiorowski MIL 21 480 127.0 141 0.294
2 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 20 509 133.2 182 0.358
3 Chris Sale ATL 20 471 117.0 169 0.360
4 Cam Schlittler NYY 23 538 136.2 193 0.361
5 Dylan Cease TOR 20 481 119.1 181 0.377
6 Zack Wheeler PHI 18 403 105.0 154 0.382
7 Justin Wrobleski LAD 18 449 112.2 172 0.383
8 Tarik Skubal DET 16 374 96.2 144 0.387
9 Keider Montero DET 24 465 116.1 179 0.387
10 Drew Rasmussen TBR 21 461 117.1 179 0.388
11 Ranger Suarez BOS 19 409 100.0 160 0.391
12 Parker Messick CLE 22 516 129.2 201 0.392
13 Walbert Ureña LAA 20 423 99.1 167 0.395
14 Cristopher Sánchez PHI 23 603 144.2 240 0.399
15 Shane McClanahan TBR 20 409 99.0 163 0.400
16 José Soriano LAA 22 511 123.0 205 0.404
17 Max Meyer MIA 20 462 111.0 188 0.408
18 Peter Lambert HOU 19 449 108.2 184 0.410
19 Michael King SDP 22 515 125.1 210 0.410
20 Emerson Hancock SEA 20 438 110.1 182 0.416

Shoutout to Baseball Reference for providing the stats!

Complete 2026 rankings can be found here: 2026 MLB Season