Hey Sportsfans — it's time for Week 22 of
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| # | Team | Δ | Comment | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Dodgers | 0 | With the death star back in play, the Dodgers have risen to the best record in the MLB. Mookie and Muncy came back from long absences swinging hard and reminding us why we missed them so much. Bobby Miller had a solid outing, Gavin Stone has been back on fire, and Yamamoto is about to come back so the rotation should be solid going on. Oh yeah, and Shohei cemented himself as the main character of the MLB by hitting a walk off grand slam to become the player to join the 40-40 club the quickest. Shockingly, if you went to the Dodgers game day threads, you would think this team was competing with the White Sox for draft picks or something. It's quite frankly a great time to be a Dodgers fan. If only someone would beat those pesty sneks. | 78-53 |
| 2 | New York Yankees | Yankees | 0 | I legitimately am not retaining information on what the rest of our team is doing outside of Judge…like I’m vaguely aware that Verdugo is really bad? Soto’s certainly getting my attention, but like, for a few minutes at a time. It’s not that he doesn’t deserve more, but how do I devote any mental bandwidth to anything but Aaron Judge right now? He’s the most talented hitter to ever live and he was almost doing this shit for the Giants. I gotta take this in like God plucked Babe Ruth from time and placed him in the modern MLB. I wish I was a kid again so he could be my childhood hero. | 77-54 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Phillies | Phillies | +1 | You try not to be too upset with a 3-3 week on the road against playoff teams, but a series win against the Braves would've been really nice. Instead, they unleashed a hit barrage on the Royals, totaling 45 hits in a 3 game series. It's right back to the Braves this week with a 4 game set at CBP, a series that could very well decide the division. It could just as easily put the Braves in easy striking distance for the home stretch. It'll be Suarez (who just returned from injury)/Wheeler/Nola for the last 3 games, but Taijuan Walker is scheduled to start the first game. He may have pitched his last game as a Phillie and he certainly will not be missed by the fanbase. The gamble of signing Wheeler absolutely paid off, Walker not so much. | 76-54 |
| 4 | Milwaukee Brewers | Brewers | +1 | The Brewers had an okay week, going 3-3 against the Cardinals and As. At this point in the season, okay baseball will lock up the division, but this team has to have more weeks like their last two to stay in the mix for a first round bye over the Phillies, Dodgers, and red hot Diamondbacks. | 75-55 |
| 5 | Baltimore Orioles | Orioles | -2 | Last nights lineup had Austin Slater, Eloy Jimenez and Emmanuel Rivera starting in it. That is not a lineup that sparks fear in the opposing pitcher. Every team has their injuries but the Orioles have just way too many to do anything in the playoffs. Hot take, they may even miss the playoffs, who knows. Still a ton of games left and a leaky bullpen can lead to disasters. | 76-56 |
| 6 | Arizona Diamondbacks | D-Backs | +4 | The Diamondbacks have lost only one series in the last two months and have the best record in baseball in that time, and recently have been winning even without three of their best position players (K. Marte, C. Walker, G. Moreno). The rotation is finally complete as Merill Kelly and E-Rod are back from injury, and, barring disaster, the lineup should be mostly complete in the coming weeks, as well. The Snakes have one of the tougher remaining schedules, but their play to this point in the season makes them deserving of the top spot in this week's power rankings. | 75-56 |
| 7 | Cleveland Guardians | Guardians | -1 | I think the Guardians are bipolar. | 75-55 |
| 8 | San Diego Padres | Padres | -1 | Jackson Merrill does it again. That Mets series looked rough at times, but the Pads held on for a split. Won ⅔ against a good twins Squad too, so not a bad week at all. Hope Waldron figures it out in AAA, the dude needed a reset though. Joe is trying to get back to form, Yu is coming back, and Nando is beginning to workout, so things are looking great coming ahead. | 74-58 |
| 9 | Kansas City Royals | Royals | +2 | The Royals have a huge series to start the week. Their postseason seeding, and division hopes, could come down to this series against the Guardians. Winning the series keeps the AL Central in play. Otherwise, the final week may be a matter of seeding and attempting to avoid the Astros in the first round. | 72-58 |
| 10 | Minnesota Twins | Twins | -2 | Well that wasn't an ideal week. we went 2-4 against the Padres and Cardinals. Our competition for the Central both had .500 weeks though, so we're now 3GB which is still within reach. At the pace we've been on for the last couple months, It's starting to look like mid-September will be the point where everything is tied up, then someone will make their run to win the division by 1-2 games. It's just unfortunate that Game 163s don't happen anymore. | 72-58 |
| 11 | Houston Astros | Astros | -2 | It feels like we are building up to something really good, despite the injuries we continue to rack up and endure. Good win on Sunday Night Baseball this week. Remains to be seen if the injuries will just be too much to overcome in the end though. | 70-60 |
| 12 | Atlanta Braves | Braves | 0 | Taking the series from Philthies at home was great. Winning the series against the gNats was necessary, but a sweep would've really made me feel a lot better about this team. Big time injury scares AGAIN with Ozuna and Harris…but it seems we actually mamaged to dodge a bullet this time. A very tough and telling week ahead with 7 games on the road against two very good teams including 4 in Philly. I think we will have a good idea who we are as a team after this week. | 70-60 |
| 13 | New York Mets | Mets | +2 | The Mets are like, the worst good team this year. If you're below the Mets in my rankings, you are bad, sorry. We've been ranked 13th-15th in my rankings since late June, we're the Mendoza line of shitty baseball. Apologies to the Mariners who just fell below the Metzdoza line. | 68-63 |
| 14 | Boston Red Sox | Red Sox | -1 | Who could've predicted the Red Sox would do the same thing they've done the last two seasons!! I can't believe we kept ourselves near contention up to the deadline followed by slowly bleeding any chance we had to make the postseason. Maybe we'll sign starting pitching this offseason! Hahahahahahahahaha. Next year looks so good. Things will be different. We certainly won't have another half assed free agency leading into a season relying on our pitching staff staying healthy and competent despite all prior indications of them not being able to do so. The 2025 Red Sox are gonna be SCARY guys. | 67-62 |
| 15 | Seattle Mariners | Mariners | -1 | Thank you for your Servais, Scott. I'll miss the disappointed dad look. The Mariners have gone full nostalgia for their new coaching staff, so it wouldn't shock me to see Griffey or the Big Unit out taking pictures for the team in the next few weeks. Not much else to say at this point, just need to start winning and get some help. Up next: 3 vs. Flappy Bois, 3 @ Perry Minasian and the Extensions | 66-65 |
| 16 | Chicago Cubs | Cubs | +2 | While the Cubs 4-2 week saw them return to .500 for the first time since the start of June, they probably needed more to hope for a miracle playoff push. At least the bottom of the order looked outstanding, as Pete Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Amaya have been oustanding after some mechanical tweaks, increasing expectations for the future. | 65-66 |
| 17 | San Francisco Giants | Giants | -1 | New goal: finish the season at or above .500. I think that's a wrap, folks. Tyler Rogers pitched me into Doom Mode and the Giants are simply not able to play well enough to sustain hope. But anything could happen. It won't, but it could. Again, it will definitely not happen. But maybe it could. | 66-66 |
| 18 | Detroit Tigers | Tigers | +1 | Are the Tigers going to cross the .500 mark this week??? As of this writing, the boys are sitting at 65-66 while literally piecing together a pitching staff of Skubal and a ragtag bunch, but the young bats all in the lineup together was offered a glimpse of a possible future. A bit lefty heavy, the average age of the lineup has to be the youngest in the league. This week: 1 at CWS, 3 vs. LAA, 3 vs. BOS. | 65-66 |
| 19 | St. Louis Cardinals | Cardinals | +1 | The Cardinals schedule has reached its toughest point, but the team has responded with back to back series wins over the Brewers and Twins. They'll look to beat old friend Mike Shildt and then the Yankees this week to try to climb back into the wild card hunt. | 65-65 |
| 20 | Tampa Bay Rays | Rays | -3 | The west coast treated the Rays how it normally does, which is to say a little crappy. A respectful split final series at the colleseum was nice, but it was followed by a disrespectful encounter with Ohtani where a well fought game didn't feel that close in the end. The trip continues in Seattle which is normally a tough series, but at least we get to see Randy again! Also sneaky stat: after starting hot garbo, the Rays have the best bullpen in baseball after your personal arbitrary cutoff date in the summer. | 65-65 |
| 21 | Cincinnati Reds | Reds | 0 | OH SOMEBODY KILL ME PLEASE! SOMEBODY KILL ME PLEEEEASE! I'M ON MY KNEES, PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE! KILL MEEEE! I WANT TO DIEEE, PUT A BULLET IN MY HEAAAAD! | 63-68 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pirates | 0 | Yasmani Grandal's walk-off homer on Sunday gave the Pirates a winning week, but all it did was move the Bucs a few games closer to fourth place. And while Grandal has been hitting better of late (a .757 OPS since early July), the Pirates shouldn't hesitate to bench him in favor of Henry Davis, who was recently recalled. The Bucs have nothing to play for this year, whcih is why it's odd the team is prioritizing pending free agents like Grandal | 62-68 |
| 23 | Toronto Blue Jays | Blue Jays | 0 | Caveats about playing the Angels and the Reds and all, but MAN, has this team been so much more fun to watch since the All-Star break/trade deadline. Vladdy continues to be as hot as anyone in baseball (EXTEND THE MAN, ROGERS), but the team has also been hitting a lot more home runs and playing with a lot more joy (coincindentally, right when "offensive coordinator" Mattingly leaves the team for a surgery). It would be smart to tank away for a better draft pick next year, but fuck it, keep the young guys rolling and let's carry some momentum into 2025 and try to finish the season over .500. | 63-68 |
| 24 | Texas Rangers | Rangers | 0 | Wew thank god for last seasion because I surely would have mentally snapped at this point. | 60-71 |
| 25 | Washington Nationals | Nationals | 0 | If you had told me that the Nationals would win the 2024 season series with the Braves, I would have called you crazy, yet here we are. Bring on Dylan Crews, in preparation for a Woods, Crews, Soto OF in 2025. | 59-72 |
| 26 | Oakland Athletics | Athletics | 0 | Been pretty busy but where on Earth are Soderstrom and Jacob Wilson? Playing .500 ball for the past 10 games which is totally respectable but they were fun | 56-75 |
| 27 | Los Angeles Angels | Angels | 0 | With GM Perry Minasian receiving an extension, for the first time in a long time there is some semblance of stability in the Angels front office. Still, it is hard to feel too strongly about the move because until owner Arte Moreno sells the team, it is difficult to see how the cycle of mediocrity–which has devolved further into perpetual disarray–will be broken. He can't help but overstep and force the hand of whoever is paid to be heading things. It is sad to think about how close we were to being rid of the con Arte-ist. | 54-77 |
| 28 | Miami Marlins | Marlins | 0 | Max Meyer finally had a QS since being called up recently, his strikeouts are down but at least the runs are going down. Speaking of younger players getting called up recently, Norby has been playing well at the plate. Hes got back to back games with home runs and is adding some much needed production from the lineup at the plate. Its time to call up De Los Santos from jacksonville. We got the rox and giants comin into town this week. | 47-83 |
| 29 | Colorado Rockies | Rockies | 0 | I really don't envy teams that have to play this iteration of the Yankees on a consistent basis. Trying to pitch through Soto, Judge, and Stanton just seems unfair, and watching them go back-to-back-to-back yesterday wasn't exactly my idea of a good time. At least Saturday was fun. On the subject of the Rockies, they need to go 15-16 to finish the season if they went to avoid a second-straight season of 100+ losses. Basically what I'm saying is that the Rockies are going to lose 100+ again. | 48-83 |
| 30 | Chicago White Sox | White Sox | 0 | Is losing 100 games before September good? How about losing 15 series in a row? Here are some White Sox fun facts. The position player leader in fWAR since July 1 is Martin Maldonado. Yeah, the same guy with a .174 season OBP and 18 total PAs before being cut. In that same time, only Maldy, Danny Mendick and Benintendi have an OPS over 700. Yes, the first two have less than 20 PAs in that time and are not with the team. So there is only one member of the team with an OPS over .700 in about two months. Thats, uh, not good. There is only one player with a BA over 250 since July 1 and that's Dominic Fletcher at .283. The pitcher with the highest fWAR in that time is Chris Flexen. He has a 5.69 ERA and the White Sox are 0-10 in his starts. (They have lost 19 straight starts of his, in fact) | 31-100 |
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**Mobile Friendly Ranks + ‘True Rank’**
* *Close* refers to, uh, closeness with the team above them.
* The **one tie** was settled by the first tie-breaker median score.
* It is definitely **not Week 24**. This is Week 22 but I’m not deleting a second time for another typo.
1. Dodgers 1.633
2. Yankees 1.933
3. Phillies 4.033
4. Brewers 5.2
5. Orioles 5.733
6. D-Backs 5.767 — *CLOSE!*
7. Guardians 6.9
8. Padres 7.7
9. Royals 8.967
10. Twins 9.633
11. Astros 9.667 — *CLOSE!*
12. Braves 11.1
13. Mets 14.033
14. Red Sox 14.067 — *CLOSE!*
15. Mariners 15.9
16. Cubs 17.233
17. Giants 17.333 — *CLOSE!*
18. Tigers 17.933
19. Cardinals 18.333
20. Rays 18.967
21. Reds 21.067
22. Pirates 22.033
23. Blue Jays 22.133 — *CLOSE!*
24. Rangers 23.3
25. Nationals 24.667
26. Athletics 25.8
27. Angels 27.233
28. Marlins 28.367
29. Rockies 28.367 — **TIE!**
30. White Sox 29.967
Yes, [snakes can jump](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFeO9uSIJI)
D-backs ranker here, I ranked the Snakes #1 this week. AMA
Red ranker you were getting better
I’m the Guardians voter, ask me anything
4/5 of the NL Central is between 16-22, which, yeah, seems to make a lot of sense.
NL mid truly never dies
To the White Sox voter…sry.
White Sox voter here. Reply if you want me to send you terrible White Sox stats from this year.
least doomer O’s fan
Dodgers voter here. Ask me where I am on Moh’s hardness scale.
Another interesting Power Rankings, Jack!
…also, as a guy who like graphs, after being inspired by *another* data-based series of post (who also happens to be a Giants fan)…I’ve done spent occasional time over the past 2 months to bring you all…
[GRAPHED 2024 /r/BASEBALL POWER RANKINGS OVER THE SEASON!](https://imgur.com/a/ApShtux)
…(everything up to last week is covered, and I’m saving space to see what changes during this last fourth of the season…hope you like it! And please, feel free to tell me of any mistakes I may have made…grazie!)
Rockies voter here. AMA about food at Coors.
And give me suggestions for food at Petco since I’ll be there on Monday.