Baseball Ratings

The Cubs take back 1st, and take the NL Central. And they party like they won it all. So does Tampa Bay, just for getting into the playoffs. I love baseball, but these celebrations after every time you win anything have got to stop. Take a note from hockey- when the conference is won, and you are on your way to the Cup Finals, you take a picture with the Campbell Bowl or the Prince of Wales Trophy, and get your ass back in the locker room to prepare.

Ratings through games of Sunday, September 21

	Team	Rating	Last Week
1	Chi_Cubs	96.4	2
2	Boston	93.8	1
3	Tampa_Bay	91.5	3
4	LA_Angels	89.6	5
5	Philadelphia	86.2	6
6	Toronto	80.9	4
7	Chi_White_Sox	80.6	12
8	NY_Mets	78.9	11
9	Milwaukee	73.3	7
10	Minnesota	73.2	13
11	NY_Yankees	72.7	8
12	St_Louis	62.4	10
13	LA_Dodgers	62.4	16
14	Cleveland	55.1	19
15	Houston	54.2	9
16	Florida	53.3	14
17	Arizona	50.5	24
18	Oakland	35.8	20
19	Detroit	34.0	23
20	Texas	32.2	18
21	Atlanta	29.1	22
22	Cincinnati	25.3	17
23	Baltimore	23.7	15
24	Colorado	19.4	26
25	Kansas_City	15.9	25
26	San_Francisco	14.8	27
27	Pittsburgh	9.3	21
28	San_Diego	7.2	30
29	Seattle	3.6	28
30	Washington	3.1	29

Latest MLB rankings

Boston regains the top spot in the latest rankings. Actually, had I posted this last week, they would have regained the top spot last week. Meanwhile, Philly's making a charge, Milwaukee fired their manager, and both the White Sox and Twins are in free fall. Neither one wants the division I guess.

Ratings through games of Sunday, September 14

	Team	Rating	Last Week
1	Boston	96.0	1
2	Chi_Cubs	96.0	2
3	Tampa_Bay	95.2	3
4	Toronto	87.8	4
5	LA_Angels	81.9	6
6	Philadelphia	81.0	10
7	Milwaukee	79.3	5
8	NY_Yankees	76.7	8
9	Houston	75.7	9
10	St_Louis	72.8	7
11	NY_Mets	71.1	12
12	Chi_White_Sox	71.0	11
13	Minnesota	57.5	13
14	Florida	44.3	17
15	Baltimore	42.9	14
16	LA_Dodgers	41.5	15
17	Cincinnati	38.1	18
18	Texas	33.5	19
19	Cleveland	31.9	16
20	Oakland	30.6	21
21	Pittsburgh	30.1	22
22	Atlanta	28.7	24
23	Detroit	28.0	20
24	Arizona	24.3	23
25	Kansas_City	13.6	26
26	Colorado	12.6	25
27	San_Francisco	8.5	28
28	Seattle	7.4	27
29	Washington	6.4	29
30	San_Diego	3.2	30

MLB rankings

Because school started a week earlier than I thought, and I got laid off for the second time in three years, I have been extremely busy lately. But here are the latest MLB rankings. College football rankings will come out after about 4 weeks. They don't work so good at the beginning of the season.

Ratings through games of Sunday, August 31

	Team	Rating	Last Week
1	Chi_Cubs	96.7	1
2	Tampa_Bay	94.7	2
3	Boston	92.8	3
4	Milwaukee	88.2	6
5	LA_Angels	86.7	5
6	Chi_White_Sox	84.8	4
7	Philadelphia	79.2	9
8	Minnesota	77.4	7
9	Toronto	75.6	10
10	NY_Mets	73.1	12
11	St_Louis	72.6	8
12	NY_Yankees	69.5	11
13	Houston	55.9	15
14	Arizona	48.9	13
15	Cleveland	46.2	17
16	LA_Dodgers	45.8	14
17	Detroit	41.3	16
18	Florida	41.1	19
19	Baltimore	40.9	18
20	Texas	33.8	21
21	Oakland	30.0	20
22	Colorado	23.8	23
23	Atlanta	23.5	22
24	Cincinnati	20.5	25
25	Pittsburgh	15.0	24
26	Kansas_City	10.8	26
27	San_Francisco	9.7	27
28	Seattle	6.7	28
29	San_Diego	5.7	29
30	Washington	4.0	30

MLB rankings

Law School, year 1 is in the books. Three weeks off before year 2 begins, and I feel fine.

The updated standings, a day late.

Ratings through games of Sunday, August 17

	Team	Rating	Last Week
1	Chi_Cubs	96.8	1
2	Tampa_Bay	92.4	3
3	Boston	91.5	4
4	LA_Angels	89.7	2
5	Chi_White_Sox	86.2	5
6	Milwaukee	80.3	7
7	Minnesota	75.7	9
8	St_Louis	74.5	10
9	NY_Yankees	73.0	8
10	Philadelphia	71.3	6
11	Toronto	71.2	12
12	NY_Mets	69.2	11
13	LA_Dodgers	63.4	14
14	Arizona	56.7	15
15	Baltimore	50.9	17
16	Houston	49.9	19
17	Detroit	46.9	13
18	Florida	42.6	16
19	Cleveland	37.6	22
20	Texas	35.7	21
21	Oakland	35.7	20
22	Atlanta	34.9	18
23	Pittsburgh	21.9	23
24	Colorado	21.4	25
25	Cincinnati	16.3	26
26	Kansas_City	16.1	24
27	San_Francisco	8.3	27
28	Seattle	5.7	28
29	San_Diego	5.0	29
30	Washington	1.3	30

Blakeslee Power Ratings

A little shake up at the top as both Sox stumble, Minnesota gets a boost from Fransisco Liriano, and the Tigers (boo) and Mets (yes!) had bad weeks.

For the explanation, the post is here.

Through games of Sunday, August 3

	Team	Rating	Last Week
1	Chi_Cubs	95.5	2
2	Boston	93.2	1
3	Tampa_Bay	92.8	4
4	LA_Angels	91.1	5
5	Chi_White_Sox	82.7	3
6	Philadelphia	82.2	8
7	NY_Yankees	81.3	6
8	Minnesota	75.4	10
9	Milwaukee	75.4	7
10	St_Louis	69.5	13
11	NY_Mets	64.8	9
12	Toronto	64.1	12
13	Oakland	56.5	11
14	LA_Dodgers	55.6	16
15	Arizona	53.9	15
16	Detroit	50.9	14
17	Florida	45.1	19
18	Texas	44.4	18
19	Baltimore	43.2	20
20	Atlanta	40.1	17
21	Houston	36.0	23
22	Cleveland	30.0	21
23	Pittsburgh	24.8	25
24	Kansas_City	24.1	26
25	Colorado	22.2	24
26	Cincinnati	19.3	22
27	San_Francisco	7.2	27
28	Seattle	4.8	28
29	San_Diego	2.3	29
30	Washington	2.0	30

Blakeslee Power Rankings

All right, I've been working on some ratings for a while, and here they are. I'll try to publish these every Monday or Tuesday, depending on when the majority of the series' finish. They are a compilation of runs for and against, record, and a strength of schedule component. Then I figure out what an average team would do in the league, and rate each team's season from 0 to 100. For the nerds out there, it is based on a normal distribution of the teams and where they lie on the curve, so a team 1 standard deviation better than the mean would have a rating of 84.1, 2 standard deviations better would have a rating of 97.7, etc...

For reference:
2003 Detroit Tigers: (43-119) 0.19
2001 Seattle Mariners: (116-46) 99.62

Ratings through games of Sunday, July 27

	Team	Rating	Last Week
1	Boston	93.1	2
2	Chi_Cubs	91.7	1
3	Chi_White_Sox	89.2	5
4	Tampa_Bay	89.1	3
5	LA_Angels	89.1	4
6	NY_Yankees	81.9	11
7	Milwaukee	80.0	7
8	Philadelphia	79.9	6
9	NY_Mets	74.2	12
10	Minnesota	71.7	9
11	Oakland	71.6	8
12	Toronto	67.2	13
13	St_Louis	62.4	10
14	Detroit	59.4	14
15	Arizona	55.2	20
16	LA_Dodgers	52.0	15
17	Atlanta	49.2	17
18	Texas	45.3	18
19	Florida	41.2	19
20	Baltimore	38.6	16
21	Cleveland	30.7	21
22	Cincinnati	26.7	22
23	Houston	25.5	23
24	Colorado	25.3	26
25	Pittsburgh	22.3	25
26	Kansas_City	14.9	24
27	San_Francisco	7.7	27
28	Seattle	4.6	28
29	San_Diego	2.6	30
30	Washington	1.5	29