Hey Sportsfans — it's time for Week 3 of
r/baseball Power Rankings:The ever-changing landscape of baseball continues to develope. Who's pretending and who's for real? Time will tell! For now, enjoy these baseball numbers! Or don't. I am an AI-Generated intro, not a cop.
Every voter has their own style / system and the only voting instructions are these:
"To an extent determined individually, you must take into account how strong a team is right now and likely to be going forward. You must, to some degree, give weight to the events and games of the previous week."
TRANSPARENCY: This link will show you who voted each team where and has added neat statistics!
Auxilliary Post: You can view extra stats and breakdown of this week here.
If something is a little messed up, feel free to pester me let me know.
Total Votes: 28 of 30.
23 comments
**Mobile Friendly Rankings + ‘True Ranl’**
*Clsoe* refers to a >.250 mean score seperation with the team above them.
There waas **ONE TIE!** in the 8th and 9th ranks. It was decided by the first tie-breaker, median score.
1. Yankees 2.071
2. Braves 2.393
3. Dodgers 3
4. Orioles 5.464
5. Brewers 5.536 — *CLOSE!*
6. Guardians 8.786
7. Rangers 9.429
8. Pirates 10.214
9. Cubs 10.214 — **TIE!**
10. Rays 10.964
11. D-Backs 11.179
12. Reds 12.607
13. Royals 13.107
14. Phillies 13.214 — *CLOSE!*
15. Padres 14.5
16. Red Sox 15.321
17. Astros 15.679
18. Blue Jays 16.036
19. Tigers 17.607
20. Twins 18.679
21. Mets 19.893
22. Mariners 21.857
23. Cardinals 22.393
24. Giants 22.643
25. Angels 23.571
26. Athletics 26.036
27. Nationals 26.214 — *CLOSE!*
28. Marlins 28.071
29. Rockies 28.607
30. White Sox 29.714
Yankees’ rank in the radio broadcast rankings just plummeted. Enjoy retirement Sterling!
Oh look, Pirates in the top 10. Where have I seen this before?
My brain says we’re ranked too high but my heart says hell yeah, go Guards
>We Can’t All Be Ranked 42nd on Jackie Robinson Day But the White Sox Tried
Damn. Lethal blow.
Reds voter here, guys listen quick. The phrase is “I would love to attend the disco”, if you don’t see this phrase in next week’s rankings, you’ll know they got me.
This is how I found out Kris Bryant is hurt again.
Four teams receiving #1 votes:
– Yankees (12)
– Dodgers (8)
– Braves (7)
– Brewers (1)
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Had to double-check after reading the Padres comment if there was a relocation announcement I missed
Hi. I’m the Guardians voter. Apparently lots of my fellow voters think the Guardians are better than I do.
Anyway, if you want to ask me a question, you can.
Dodgers A’s
🤝
No comment
cardinals voter here. ama.
At least it isn’t an existential crisis from the reds voter this week. Take the wins where we can get them
Rockies voter here. Ask me anything about how we’re going to get through this disaster class.
Marlins voter here, ama
[](/SFG)Giants voter here, some things to yell at me about:
* This ignores uninteresting ties at the top and bottom of the ranks
**Tied for Outlier: Liking a Team Too Much**
[](/CLE)Guardians **2**
Well, that was a boring list.
Yankees voter, AMA
Damn looks like the Dodgers’ comment was deemed irrelevant.
I immediately scrolled to find the Reds blurb
Glad things haven’t changed
I agree with everything the Padres voter wrote but it would have been nice if they “to some degree, give weight to the events and games of the previous week.”
considering the freakish nature of our season last year this was a week of *huge* victories for us
**Auxiliary Post**
*This feature will now be returning and improved upon in coming weeks.*
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[Week 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1btevmb/2024_rbaseball_power_rankings_week_1_preseason/) / [Week 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1bz8tks/2024_rbaseball_power_rankings_week_2_braves/)
**Interesting**
* The [](/HOU)Astros had the highest Standard Deviation this week. What’s happening in swamp land?
* The [](/STL)Cardinals (23) had the lowest Standard Deviation among teams *not* in the Top or Bot 5. We’ve got you figured out, Red Birds.
* Teams receiving first place votes: [](/ATL)Braves, [](/MIL)Brewers, [](/LAD)Dodgers, [](/NYY)Yankees
* Team receiving last place votes: [](/MIA)Marlins, [](/COL)Rockies, [](/CHW)White Sox
* The largest gap between two teams was between #5 [](/MIL)Brewers and #6 [](/CLE)Guardians
* Smallest? Other than the #8/ #9 tie ([](/PIT)Pirates / [](/CHI)Cubs), The #4 [](/BAL)Orioles and #5 [](/MIL)Brewers are separated by just ~.07 mean score.
* The [](/ATL)Braves and [](/NYY)Yankees are the only Top 10 teams to **only** receive votes within the Top 10.
* The [](/KCR)Royals and [](/MIN)Twins had the highest range of **20**.
* Highest Ranked Animal: #4 [](/BAL))Orioles / Highest Ranked Person: #1 [](/NYY)Yankees / Highest Ranked Inanimate Object: #16 [](/BOS)Red Sox.
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**Your Palworld Sponsored Surprisingly Great Games of the Week**
[](/KCR)Royals +10
[](/CIN)Reds +7
[](/CLE)Guardians +6
[](/PIT)Pirates +5
[](/MIL)Brewers, [](/NYM)Mets +4
[](/NYY)Yankees +3
**Your OSHA Sponsored Safe Slides of the Week**
[](/HOU)Astros -6
[](/ARI)D’Backs -5
[](/TEX)Rangers, [](/SFG)Giants, [](/PHI)Phillies, [](/MIN)Twins, [](/SEA)Mariners -4
[](/TB)Rays, [](/TOR)Blue Jays -3
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Twins voter here! Now that my taxes are done, AMA! And because you’ll probably ask about my #3 Royals rank, let’s talk about it.
My spreadsheet is back again for the year, and I still love it specifically for weeks like this one. No method is perfect, including mine, but this is the best one I’ve found to rank teams even if I’m not following them closely.
How it works is to start by pulling stats I care about for pitching, hitting, defense, and season projections/performance. [Each stat is then scored from 0-100 points,](https://i.gyazo.com/bb91a8deb6bdfef88a9bb6611611aadd.png) with the stat leader getting 100 points and the #30 team getting 0. After that, the points are weighted based on how important they are to me, and then everything is totaled and you get a team’s rank.
The spreadsheet looks at both season stats and 14-day splits, which is meant to act as a shock absorber for hot and cold streaks. But because we’re just 2½ weeks into the season, the spreadsheet only sees the Royals as a hot team and is rewarding them for it. The sheet also takes season win projections into account, but that’s worth about 9% of a team’s total and is meant to be another shock absorber. If a team is hot like the Royals, the other 91% can override the projected wins.
The biggest comparison I’d draw for my spreadsheet is to Pythagorean W-L, and inevitably each year one team in particular is always annoyed by this. If your team is hitting and pitching well, but can’t translate that into wins, you’ll still be ranked high by my sheet because it expects you to recover at some point. Similarly, if you’re a big Fun Differential team that only wins close games, you’ll be ranked lower even if you’re currently leading your division.
I hope that’s a decent explanation, but feel free to ask me anything you’re still curious about!