Category Archives: Baseball
MLB Rankings – 6/26/2013
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of June 26, 2012 at 2pm. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | ESPN | TeamRankings.com | SOS | Run Diff |
| St. Louis | 1 | – | 48-29 | 1 | 2 | 25 | +114 |
| Boston | 2 | ↑1 | 46-33 | 2 | 1 | 6 | +76 |
| Detroit | 3 | ↑3 | 42-33 | 3 | 4 | 16 | +76 |
| Pittsburgh | 4 | ↑1 | 47-30 | 7 | 3 | 21 | +34 |
| Cincinnati | 5 | ↓3 | 45-33 | 4 | 10 | 20 | +52 |
| Oakland | 6 | ↑2 | 45-34 | 6 | 8 | 17 | +49 |
| Tampa Bay | 7 | – | 41-37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | +21 |
| Baltimore | 8 | ↑1 | 43-35 | 8 | 5 | 2 | +14 |
| Texas | 9 | ↓5 | 44-33 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +25 |
| Atlanta | 10 | – | 45-33 | 5 | 11 | 30 | +56 |
| NY Yankees | 11 | ↑1 | 42-33 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Toronto | 12 | ↑6 | 38-38 | 12 | 12 | 1 | -1 |
| Cleveland | 13 | ↑1 | 39-37 | 16 | 13 | 9 | +16 |
| Arizona | 14 | ↓3 | 41-35 | 10 | 14 | 22 | +20 |
| Colorado | 15 | ↓2 | 39-39 | 18 | 15 | 24 | +28 |
| Kansas City | 16 | – | 35-39 | 20 | 16 | 8 | +7 |
| SF | 17 | ↓2 | 38-39 | 13 | 18 | 19 | -18 |
| LA Angels | 18 | ↑3 | 34-43 | 21 | 22 | 11 | -8 |
| Minnesota | 19 | ↓2 | 34-49 | 22 | 20 | 10 | -25 |
| San Diego | 20 | – | 39-39 | 17 | 19 | 23 | -21 |
| Washington | 21 | ↑1 |
38-38 | 15 | 17 | 28 | -28 |
| Chi Cubs | 22 | ↓3 | 31-44 | 24 | 27 | 14 | -18 |
| Chi WSox | 23 | – | 32-42 | 26 | 26 | 12 | -34 |
| Milwaukee | 24 | ↑2 | 32-43 | 27 | 25 | 13 | -41 |
| LA Dodgers | 25 | ↑2 | 34-42 | 23 | 24 | 18 | -41 |
| Seattle | 26 | ↓2 | 34-44 | 25 | 23 | 7 | -62 |
| Philadelphia | 27 | ↓2 | 37-41 | 19 | 21 | 29 | -55 |
| NY Mets | 28 | ↑1 | 30-43 | 28 | 28 | 27 | -44 |
| Houston | 29 | ↓1 | 29-49 | 29 | 29 | 5 | -104 |
| Miami | 30 | – | 26-50 | 30 | 30 | 26 | -88 |
Past Rankings:
Final Regular Season MLB Rankings – 10/4/2012
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of October 4, 2012 at 8:15am. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | ESPN | TeamRankings.com | SOS | Run Diff |
| NYY | 1 | – | 95-67 | 6 | 2 | 5 | +136 |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | ↑1 | 90-72 | 9 | 4 | 7 | +120 |
| Texas | 3 | ↓1 | 93-69 | 2 | 5 | 11 | +101 |
| Oakland | 4 | ↑2 | 94-68 | 8 | 1 | 24 | +99 |
| LA Angels | 5 | – | 89-73 | 10 | 6 | 6 | +68 |
| Washington | 6 | ↓2 | 98-64 | 1 | 7 | 23 | +137 |
| Atlanta | 7 | ↑1 | 94-68 | 4 | 8 | 22 | +100 |
| Baltimore | 8 | ↓1 | 93-69 | 7 | 3 | 4 | +7 |
| Detroit | 9 | – | 88-74 | 12 | 9 | 13 | +56 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | – | 97-65 | 3 | 11 | 29 | +81 |
| Chi WSox | 11 | – | 85-77 | 13 | 12 | 14 | +72 |
| St. Louis | 12 | ↑1 | 88-74 | 11 | 14 | 28 | +117 |
| SF | 13 | ↓1 | 94-68 | 5 | 10 | 26 | +69 |
| LA Dodgers | 14 | ↑4 | 86-76 | 14 | 15 | 24 | +40 |
| Seattle | 15 | ↓1 | 75-87 | 20 | 13 | 3 | -32 |
| Toronto | 16 | ↑1 | 73-89 | 22 | 17 | 1 | -68 |
| Arizona | 17 | ↓2 | 81-81 | 16 | 19 | 25 | +46 |
| Boston | 18 | ↓2 | 69-93 | 24 | 22 | 2 | -72 |
| Milwaukee | 19 | – | 83-79 | 15 | 18 | 30 | +43 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | – | 81-81 | 17 | 16 | 18 | +4 |
| Pittsburgh | 21 | ↑2 |
79-83 | 18 | 24 | 27 | -23 |
| NY Mets | 22 | – | 74-88 | 23 | 23 | 16 | -59 |
| Kansas City | 23 | ↓2 | 72-90 | 21 | 20 | 212 | -70 |
| San Diego | 24 | – | 76-86 | 19 | 21 | 21 | -59 |
| Minnesota | 25 | – | 66-96 | 26 | 25 | 10 | -131 |
| Cleveland | 26 | ↑1 | 68-94 | 27 | 26 | 9 | -178 |
| Miami | 27 | ↓2 | 69-93 | 25 | 27 | 15 | -115 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 64-98 | 28 | 28 | 17 | -132 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 61-101 | 29 | 29 | 20 | -146 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 55-107 | 30 | 30 | 19 | -211 |
Past Rankings:
Cheers.
MLB Playoff Probabilities – 9/25/2012
The big move from last week is Detroit who jumps from a 23.3% to a 55.3% chance to make the playoffs. Moving in the opposite direction you have the White Sox who lost five game in a row at the end of last week including being swept by the Angels. This have dropped them from 88.2%, where they were on September 18, to 45.5% today. They also fell 4 spots in the rankings to number 11.
Philadelphia, after climbing to 6.1% last week, appears to be done with their hot streak as they drop back to 1.7% and are all but done.
Baltimore has more or less locked up a spot in the playoffs getting to 99.6%, which is made even more impressive since their run differential is currently -7 (Update: -11). How can you not root for these guys?
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 25, 2012 at 8:15am. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | Projected Record | Prob make playoffs | SOS | Run Diff |
| NYY | 1 | ↑1 | 89-64 | 94-68 | 100% | 5 | +107 |
| Texas | 2 | ↓1 | 91-62 | 95-67 | 100% | 11 | +119 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | ↑3 | 83-70 | 87-75 | 11.8% | 7 | +102 |
| Washington | 4 | ↓1 | 93-60 | 98-64 | 100% | 24 | +142 |
| LA Angels | 5 | – | 84-69 | 87-75 | 5.7% | 6 | +81 |
| Oakland | 6 | ↓2 | 86-67 | 89-73 | 73.2% | 8 | +72 |
| Baltimore | 7 | ↑1 | 88-66 | 92-70 | 99.6% | 4 | -7 |
| Atlanta | 8 | ↑2 | 88-65 | 92-70 | 100% | 19 | +89 |
| Detroit | 9 | – | 81-72 | 86-76 | 55.3% | 13 | +49 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | ↑1 | 92-61 | 96-66 | 100% | 30 | +85 |
| Chi WSox | 11 | ↓4 | 82-72 | 86-76 | 45.5% | 14 | +65 |
| SF | 12 | – | 89-64 | 93-69 | 100% | 26 | +68 |
| St. Louis | 13 | – | 83-71 | 85-77 | 81.9% | 29 | +100 |
| Seattle | 14 | ↑2 | 72-81 | 75-87 | 0% | 2 | -36 |
| Arizona | 15 | ↑3 | 77-76 | 80-82 | 0.1% | 25 | +46 |
| Boston | 16 | ↓1 | 69-85 | 72-90 | 0% | 3 | -34 |
| Toronto | 17 | ↓3 | 67-86 | 71-91 | 0% | 1 | -62 |
| LA Dodgers | 18 | ↓1 | 79-74 | 83-79 | 5.7% | 23 | +10 |
| Milwaukee | 19 | – | 79-74 | 82-80 | 10.6% | 28 | +41 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | – | 77-76 | 81-81 | 1.7% | 21 | +7 |
| Kansas City | 21 | – |
70-83 | 74-88 | 0% | 12 | -50 |
| NY Mets | 22 | ↑2 | 70-83 | 74-88 | 0% | 15 | -58 |
| Pittsburgh | 23 | ↓1 | 75-78 | 78-84 | 0% | 27 | -20 |
| San Diego | 24 | ↓1 | 73-80 | 76-86 | 0% | 22 | -48 |
| Minnesota | 25 | ↑1 | 64-90 | 68-94 | 0% | 10 | -122 |
| Miami | 26 | ↓1 | 66-87 | 69-93 | 0% | 16 | -101 |
| Cleveland | 27 | – | 64-91 | 66-96 | 0% | 9 | -176 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 59-94 | 63-99 | 0% | 17 | -129 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 59-94 | 62-100 | 0% | 20 | -122 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 50-104 | 52-110 | 0% | 18 | -218 |
Past Rankings:
Cheers.
MLB Playoff Probabilities – 9/25/2012
The big move from last week is Detroit who jumps from a 23.3% to a 55.3% chance to make the playoffs. Moving in the opposite direction you have the White Sox who lost five game in a row at the end of last week including being swept by the Angels. This have dropped them from 88.2%, where they were on September 18, to 45.5% today. They also fell 4 spots in the rankings to number 11.
Philadelphia, after climbing to 6.1% last week, appears to be done with their hot streak as they drop back to 1.7% and are all but done.
Baltimore has more or less locked up a spot in the playoffs getting to 99.6%, which is made even more impressive since their run differential is currently -7 (Update: -11). How can you not root for these guys?
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 25, 2012 at 8:15am. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | Projected Record | Prob make playoffs | SOS | Run Diff |
| NYY | 1 | ↑1 | 89-64 | 94-68 | 100% | 5 | +107 |
| Texas | 2 | ↓1 | 91-62 | 95-67 | 100% | 11 | +119 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | ↑3 | 83-70 | 87-75 | 11.8% | 7 | +102 |
| Washington | 4 | ↓1 | 93-60 | 98-64 | 100% | 24 | +142 |
| LA Angels | 5 | – | 84-69 | 87-75 | 5.7% | 6 | +81 |
| Oakland | 6 | ↓2 | 86-67 | 89-73 | 73.2% | 8 | +72 |
| Baltimore | 7 | ↑1 | 88-66 | 92-70 | 99.6% | 4 | -7 |
| Atlanta | 8 | ↑2 | 88-65 | 92-70 | 100% | 19 | +89 |
| Detroit | 9 | – | 81-72 | 86-76 | 55.3% | 13 | +49 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | ↑1 | 92-61 | 96-66 | 100% | 30 | +85 |
| Chi WSox | 11 | ↓4 | 82-72 | 86-76 | 45.5% | 14 | +65 |
| SF | 12 | – | 89-64 | 93-69 | 100% | 26 | +68 |
| St. Louis | 13 | – | 83-71 | 85-77 | 81.9% | 29 | +100 |
| Seattle | 14 | ↑2 | 72-81 | 75-87 | 0% | 2 | -36 |
| Arizona | 15 | ↑3 | 77-76 | 80-82 | 0.1% | 25 | +46 |
| Boston | 16 | ↓1 | 69-85 | 72-90 | 0% | 3 | -34 |
| Toronto | 17 | ↓3 | 67-86 | 71-91 | 0% | 1 | -62 |
| LA Dodgers | 18 | ↓1 | 79-74 | 83-79 | 5.7% | 23 | +10 |
| Milwaukee | 19 | – | 79-74 | 82-80 | 10.6% | 28 | +41 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | – | 77-76 | 81-81 | 1.7% | 21 | +7 |
| Kansas City | 21 | – |
70-83 | 74-88 | 0% | 12 | -50 |
| NY Mets | 22 | ↑2 | 70-83 | 74-88 | 0% | 15 | -58 |
| Pittsburgh | 23 | ↓1 | 75-78 | 78-84 | 0% | 27 | -20 |
| San Diego | 24 | ↓1 | 73-80 | 76-86 | 0% | 22 | -48 |
| Minnesota | 25 | ↑1 | 64-90 | 68-94 | 0% | 10 | -122 |
| Miami | 26 | ↓1 | 66-87 | 69-93 | 0% | 16 | -101 |
| Cleveland | 27 | – | 64-91 | 66-96 | 0% | 9 | -176 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 59-94 | 63-99 | 0% | 17 | -129 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 59-94 | 62-100 | 0% | 20 | -122 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 50-104 | 52-110 | 0% | 18 | -218 |
Past Rankings:
Cheers.
MLB rankings – 9/25/2012
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 25, 2012 at 8:15am. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | ESPN | TeamRankings.com | SOS | Run Diff |
| NYY | 1 | ↑1 | 89-64 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +107 |
| Texas | 2 | ↓1 | 91-62 | 2 | 2 | 11 | +119 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | ↑3 | 83-70 | 11 | 7 | 7 | +102 |
| Washington | 4 | ↓1 | 93-60 | 1 | 6 | 24 | +142 |
| LA Angels | 5 | – | 84-69 | 9 | 5 | 6 | +81 |
| Oakland | 6 | ↓2 | 86-67 | 8 | 3 | 8 | +72 |
| Baltimore | 7 | ↑1 | 88-66 | 6 | 4 | 4 | -7 |
| Atlanta | 8 | ↑2 | 88-65 | 7 | 8 | 19 | +89 |
| Detroit | 9 | – | 81-72 | 12 | 11 | 13 | +49 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | ↑1 | 92-61 | 3 | 10 | 30 | +85 |
| Chi WSox | 11 | ↓4 | 82-72 | 10 | 12 | 14 | +65 |
| SF | 12 | – | 89-64 | 5 | 9 | 26 | +68 |
| St. Louis | 13 | – | 83-71 | 13 | 14 | 29 | +100 |
| Seattle | 14 | ↑2 | 72-81 | 19 | 13 | 2 | -36 |
| Arizona | 15 | ↑3 | 77-76 | 17 | 17 | 25 | +46 |
| Boston | 16 | ↓1 | 69-85 | 22 | 20 | 3 | -34 |
| Toronto | 17 | ↓3 | 67-86 | 24 | 21 | 1 | -62 |
| LA Dodgers | 18 | ↓1 | 79-74 | 15 | 18 | 23 | +10 |
| Milwaukee | 19 | – | 79-74 | 14 | 15 | 28 | +41 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | – | 77-76 | 16 | 16 | 21 | +7 |
| Kansas City | 21 | – |
70-83 | 21 | 19 | 12 | -50 |
| NY Mets | 22 | ↑2 | 70-83 | 23 | 23 | 15 | -58 |
| Pittsburgh | 23 | ↓1 | 75-78 | 18 | 24 | 27 | -20 |
| San Diego | 24 | ↓1 | 73-80 | 20 | 22 | 22 | -48 |
| Minnesota | 25 | ↑1 | 64-90 | 26 | 25 | 10 | -122 |
| Miami | 26 | ↓1 | 66-87 | 25 | 26 | 16 | -101 |
| Cleveland | 27 | – | 64-91 | 27 | 27 | 9 | -176 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 59-94 | 29 | 28 | 17 | -129 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 59-94 | 28 | 29 | 20 | -122 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 50-104 | 30 | 30 | 18 | -218 |
Past Rankings:
Cheers.
MLB Playoff Probabilities – 9/18/2012
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 18, 2012 at 12:18pm. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | Projected Record | Prob Make Playoffs | SOS | Run Diff |
| Texas | 1 | – | 87-59 | 95-67 | 99.9% | 11 | +123 |
| NYY | 2 | – | 83-63 | 91-71 | 98.0% | 5 | +97 |
| Washington | 3 | ↑1 | 89-57 | 98-64 | 99.9% | 25 | +128 |
| Oakland | 4 | ↑1 | 84-62 | 90-72 | 88.2% | 8 | +80 |
| LA Angels | 5 | ↑1 | 80-67 | 86-76 | 8.5% | 6 | +70 |
| Tampa Bay | 6 | ↓3 | 78-69 | 84-78 | 1.3% | 7 | +71 |
| Chi WSox | 7 | ↑1 | 80-66 | 88-74 | 88.2% | 14 | +76 |
| Baltimore | 8 | ↑1 | 83-64 | 90-72 | 92.5% | 4 | -14 |
| Detroit | 9 | ↑2 | 77-69 | 86-76 | 23.3% | 13 | +38 |
| Atlanta | 10 | ↓3 | 85-63 | 92-70 | 99.9% | 20 | +84 |
| Cincinnati | 11 | ↓1 | 88-59 | 96-66 | 99.9% | 30 | +78 |
| SF | 12 | – | 84-63 | 91-71 | 99.9% | 26 | +46 |
| St. Louis | 13 | – | 77-70 | 83-79 | 47.1% | 29 | +83 |
| Toronto | 14 | ↑1 | 66-79 | 73-89 | 0% | 1 | -37 |
| Boston | 15 | ↑1 | 67-81 | 73-89 | 0% | 3 | -19 |
| Seattle | 16 | ↓2 | 70-78 | 75-87 | 0% | 2 | -35 |
| LA Dodgers | 17 | – | 76-71 | 82-80 | 21.6% | 23 | +16 |
| Arizona | 18 | – | 72-74 | 78-84 | 0.3% | 24 | +30 |
| Milwaukee | 19 | ↑2 | 74-72 | 81-81 | 14.3% | 28 | +41 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | ↓1 | 74-74 | 81-81 | 6.1% | 21 | -6 |
| Kansas City | 21 | ↑1 |
66-80 | 73-89 | 0% | 12 | -43 |
| Pittsburgh | 22 | ↓1 | 74-72 | 81-81 | 10.6% | 27 | -4 |
| San Diego | 23 | ↑1 | 71-76 | 77-85 | 0% | 22 | -38 |
| NY Mets | 24 | ↓1 | 66-81 | 73-89 | 0% | 15 | -52 |
| Miami | 25 | ↑1 | 65-83 | 71-91 | 0% | 16 | -93 |
| Minnesota | 26 | ↓1 | 60-87 | 66-96 | 0% | 10 | -120 |
| Cleveland | 27 | – | 61-86 | 67-95 | 0% | 9 | -179 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 58-88 | 65-97 | 0% | 17 | -101 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 58-89 | 63-99 | 0% | 19 | -114 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 48-99 | 53-109 | 0% | 18 | -206 |
Cheers.
MLB Rankings – 9/18/2012
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 18, 2012 at 12:18pm. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | ESPN | TeamRankings.com | SOS | Run Diff |
| Texas | 1 | – | 87-59 | 1 | 1 | 11 | +123 |
| NYY | 2 | – | 83-63 | 7 | 3 | 5 | +97 |
| Washington | 3 | ↑1 | 89-57 | 2 | 5 | 25 | +128 |
| Oakland | 4 | ↑1 | 84-62 | 4 | 2 | 8 | +80 |
| LA Angels | 5 | ↑1 | 80-67 | 9 | 6 | 6 | +70 |
| Tampa Bay | 6 | ↓3 | 78-69 | 11 | 7 | 7 | +71 |
| Chi WSox | 7 | ↑1 | 80-66 | 10 | 9 | 14 | +76 |
| Baltimore | 8 | ↑1 | 83-64 | 8 | 4 | 4 | -14 |
| Detroit | 9 | ↑2 | 77-69 | 12 | 11 | 13 | +38 |
| Atlanta | 10 | ↓3 | 85-63 | 6 | 8 | 20 | +84 |
| Cincinnati | 11 | ↓1 | 88-59 | 3 | 10 | 30 | +78 |
| SF | 12 | – | 84-63 | 5 | 12 | 26 | +46 |
| St. Louis | 13 | – | 77-70 | 13 | 14 | 29 | +83 |
| Toronto | 14 | ↑1 | 66-79 | 24 | 15 | 1 | -37 |
| Boston | 15 | ↑1 | 67-81 | 23 | 17 | 3 | -19 |
| Seattle | 16 | ↓2 | 70-78 | 20 | 13 | 2 | -35 |
| LA Dodgers | 17 | – | 76-71 | 14 | 18 | 23 | +16 |
| Arizona | 18 | – | 72-74 | 17 | 19 | 24 | +30 |
| Milwaukee | 19 | ↑2 | 74-72 | 16 | 21 | 28 | +41 |
| Philadelphia | 20 | ↓1 | 74-74 | 15 | 16 | 21 | -6 |
| Kansas City | 21 | ↑1 |
66-80 | 22 | 20 | 12 | -43 |
| Pittsburgh | 22 | ↓1 | 74-72 | 18 | 23 | 27 | -4 |
| San Diego | 23 | ↑1 | 71-76 | 19 | 22 | 22 | -38 |
| NY Mets | 24 | ↓1 | 66-81 | 21 | 24 | 15 | -52 |
| Miami | 25 | ↑1 | 65-83 | 25 | 26 | 16 | -93 |
| Minnesota | 26 | ↓1 | 60-87 | 26 | 26 | 10 | -120 |
| Cleveland | 27 | – | 61-86 | 27 | 27 | 9 | -179 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 58-88 | 28 | 28 | 17 | -101 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 58-89 | 29 | 29 | 19 | -114 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 48-99 | 30 | 30 | 18 | -206 |
Yunel Escobar, Homosexual Slurs, and the 2008 Presidential Election
I just came across this poll question on ESPN about people’s opinions regarding the Yunel Escobar’s suspension, and I couldn’t help but notice that this map (below) look very similar to the 2008 presidential election map. I suppose you could view the map below as essentially serving as a state by state snap shot of how residents (well residents who read ESPN.com and vote in their polls) feel about homosexual slurs. Take a look at this map:
Now take a look at this map that shows which states voted for McCain and Obama in the 2008 presidential election:
The similarities are striking. The states that judge the punishment to be too harsh, the blue states in ESPN’s map, align very strongly with red states in the presidential map. Similarly, the green (Too lenient) and red (Just right) states align very closely with the blue states in the presidential election map. All six of the green states voted for Obama in the last election with the exception of South Dakota. Of the red states in the ESPN map only Montana, North Dakota West Virginia went for McCain in 2008. Likewise, of the blue states in the ESPN map only Indiana, North Carolina, and Florida went for Obama. Finally, here is a two by two table with a break down of the relationship between Yunel Escobar opinions and presidential states. (The p-value for the fisher test of independence between rows and columns is 8.213e-07). So, it seems there is a significant association between how people feel about Yunel Escobar’s suspension for using a gay slur and how that state voted in the 2008 presidential election.
Cheers.
MLB Ranking – 9/12/2012
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 11, 2012 at 12:18pm. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | ESPN | TeamRankings.com | SOS | Run Diff |
| Texas | 1 | – | 83-57 | 2 | 1 | 11 | +116 |
| NYY | 2 | – | 79-61 | 8 | 3 | 5 | +92 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | – | 77-63 | 9 | 5 | 7 | +78 |
| Washington | 4 | ↑1 | 87-54 | 1 | 4 | 25 | +132 |
| Oakland | 5 | ↓1 | 80-60 | 7 | 2 | 8 | +83 |
| LA Angels | 6 | – | 77-64 | 10 | 6 | 6 | +65 |
| Atlanta | 7 | ↑3 | 81-61 | 4 | 8 | 19 | +82 |
| Chi WSox | 8 | – | 76-64 | 11 | 10 | 14 | +62 |
| Baltimore | 9 | ↑2 | 78-62 | 5 | 7 | 3 | -22 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | ↓1 | 85-57 | 3 | 9 | 30 | +82 |
| Detroit | 11 | ↓4 | 73-67 | 12 | 11 | 13 | +32 |
| SF | 12 | ↑1 | 79-62 | 6 | 12 | 26 | +43 |
| St. Louis | 13 | ↓1 | 75-66 | 13 | 15 | 29 | +43 |
| Seattle | 14 | – | 67-74 | 19 | 13 | 2 | -20 |
| Toronto | 15 | ↑2 | 64-75 | 22 | 14 | 1 | -42 |
| Boston | 16 | ↓1 | 63-78 | 23 | 18 | 4 | -18 |
| LA Dodgers | 17 | ↓1 | 74-67 | 14 | 17 | 23 | +17 |
| Arizona | 18 | – | 69-72 | 18 | 20 | 24 | +26 |
| Philadelphia | 19 | ↑2 | 70-71 | 16 | 16 | 20 | -8 |
| Pittsburgh | 20 | ↓1 | 72-68 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 0 |
| Milwaukee | 21 | ↑1 |
70-71 | 17 | 22 | 28 | +33 |
| Kansas City | 22 | ↑1 | 63-77 | 24 | 19 | 12 | -45 |
| NY Mets | 23 | ↓3 | 65-76 | 21 | 24 | 15 | -46 |
| San Diego | 24 | – | 67-75 | 20 | 23 | 22 | -38 |
| Minnesota | 25 | – | 59-82 | 26 | 25 | 10 | -101 |
| Miami | 26 | – | 63-79 | 25 | 26 | 16 | -94 |
| Cleveland | 27 | – | 59-82 | 28 | 27 | 9 | -172 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 57-83 | 27 | 28 | 17 | -96 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 55-86 | 29 | 29 | 21 | -121 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 44-97 | 30 | 30 | 18 | -204 |
Past Rankings:
Cheers.
MLB Playoff Probabilities – 9/12/2012
StatsInTheWild MLB rankings as of September 11, 2012 at 12:18pm. SOS=strength of schedule
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | Projected Record | Prob of making playoffs | SOS | Run Diff |
| Texas | 1 | – | 83-57 | 94-68 | 99.4% | 11 | +116 |
| NYY | 2 | – | 79-61 | 90-72 | 87.4% | 5 | +92 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | – | 77-63 | 88-74 | 46.4% | 7 | +78 |
| Washington | 4 | ↑1 | 87-54 | 98-64 | 99.9% | 25 | +132 |
| Oakland | 5 | ↓1 | 80-60 | 90-72 | 74.7% | 8 | +83 |
| LA Angels | 6 | – | 77-64 | 86-76 | 25.0% | 6 | +65 |
| Atlanta | 7 | ↑3 | 81-61 | 91-71 | 99.6% | 19 | +82 |
| Chi WSox | 8 | – | 76-64 | 86-76 | 82.1% | 14 | +62 |
| Baltimore | 9 | ↑2 | 78-62 | 89-73 | 71.7% | 3 | -22 |
| Cincinnati | 10 | ↓1 | 85-57 | 95-67 | 99.9% | 30 | +82 |
| Detroit | 11 | ↓4 | 73-67 | 84-78 | 19.7% | 13 | +32 |
| SF | 12 | ↑1 | 79-62 | 89-73 | 98.6% | 26 | +43 |
| St. Louis | 13 | ↓1 | 75-66 | 84-78 | 47.7% | 29 | +43 |
| Seattle | 14 | – | 67-74 | 75-87 | 0% | 2 | -20 |
| Toronto | 15 | ↑2 | 64-75 | 74-88 | 0% | 1 | -42 |
| Boston | 16 | ↓1 | 63-78 | 72-90 | 0% | 4 | -18 |
| LA Dodgers | 17 | ↓1 | 74-67 | 83-79 | 25.0% | 23 | +17 |
| Arizona | 18 | – | 69-72 | 78-84 | 0.5% | 24 | +26 |
| Philadelphia | 19 | ↑2 | 70-71 | 80-82 | 2.2% | 20 | -8 |
| Pittsburgh | 20 | ↓1 | 72-68 | 82-80 | 24.9% | 27 | 0 |
| Milwaukee | 21 | ↑1 |
70-71 | 79-83 | 1.5% | 28 | +33 |
| Kansas City | 22 | ↑1 | 63-77 | 74-88 | 0% | 12 | -45 |
| NY Mets | 23 | ↓3 | 65-76 | 74-88 | 0% | 15 | -46 |
| San Diego | 24 | – | 67-75 | 75-87 | 0% | 22 | -38 |
| Minnesota | 25 | – | 59-82 | 68-94 | 0% | 10 | -101 |
| Miami | 26 | – | 63-79 | 71-91 | 0% | 16 | -94 |
| Cleveland | 27 | – | 59-82 | 68-94 | 0% | 9 | -172 |
| Colorado | 28 | – | 57-83 | 67-95 | 0% | 17 | -96 |
| Chi Cubs | 29 | – | 55-86 | 64-98 | 0% | 21 | -121 |
| Houston | 30 | – | 44-97 | 52-110 | 0% | 18 | -204 |
Cheers.
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