Pre-Season Power Rankings
1 :NYY: New York Yankees
2 :DET: Detroit Tigers
3 :SF: San Francisco Giants
4 :LAA: Los Angeles Angels
5 :ATL: Atlanta Braves
6 :CHC: Chicago Cubs
7 :NYM: New York Mets
8 :MIL: Milwaukee Brewers
9 :MIN: Minnesota Twins
10 :ARZ: Arizona Diamondbacks
11 :KC: Kansas City Royals
12 :TOR: Toronto Blue Jays
13 :LAD: Los Angeles Dodgers
14 :STL: St. Louis Cardinals
15 :PIT: Pittsburgh Pirates
16 :WAS: Washington Nationals
17 :CHW: Chicago White Sox
18 :OAK: Oakland Athletics
19 :SEA: Seattle Mariners
20 :BAL: Baltimore Orioles
21 :BOS: Boston Red Sox
22 :TB: Tampa Bay Rays
23 :COL: Colorado Rockies
24 :MIA: Miami Marlins
25 :HOU: Houston Astros
26 :CIN: Cincinnati Reds
27 :PHI: Philadelphia Phillies
28 :SD: San Diego Padres
29 :TEX: Texas Rangers
30 :CLE: Cleveland Indians
We have some interesting movement with the first month of the season in the books. :CHC: (+4) :LAD: (+5) :BAL: (+7) are the biggest movers compared to preseason projections. With :NYY: (-4) :NYM: (-8) :SEA: (-8) seriously underperforming preseason expectations.
May Power Ranking
1 :DET: Detroit Tigers 1
2 :CHC: Chicago Cubs 4
3 :SF: San Francisco Giants 0
4 :NYY: New York Yankees -4
5 :LAA: Los Angeles Angels -1
6 :MIL: Milwaukee Brewers 2
7 :LAD: Los Angeles Dodgers 5
8 :ATL: Atlanta Braves -3
9 :KC: Kansas City Royals 2
10 :MIN: Minnesota Twins -1
11 :ARZ: Arizona Diamondbacks -1
12 :PIT: Pittsburgh Pirates 3
13 :BAL: Baltimore Orioles 7
14 :STL: St. Louis Cardinals 0
15 :NYM: New York Mets -8
16 :TOR: Toronto Blue Jays -4
17 :BOS: Boston Red Sox 4
18 :WAS: Washington Nationals -2
19 :TB: Tampa Bay Rays 3
20 :CHW: Chicago White Sox -3
21 :OAK: Oakland Athletics -3
22 :CIN: Cincinnati Reds 4
23 :COL: Colorado Rockies 0
24 :MIA: Miami Marlins 0
25 :HOU: Houston Astros 0
26 :TEX: Texas Rangers 3
27 :SEA: Seattle Mariners -8
28 :SD: San Diego Padres 0
29 :CLE: Cleveland Indians 1
30 :PHI: Philadelphia Phillies -3
A new metric we have is Strength of Schedule faced thus far. Interesting when you compare to the Power Rankings and Armchair standings. This should help show whether teams are underperforming/overperforming and how things may shake out over the long term.
Ease of Schedule for April
1 :DET: Detroit Tigers 10796.497
2 :CHC: Chicago Cubs 10283.866
3 :SF: San Francisco Giants 9861.233
4 :LAA: Los Angeles Angels 7073.071
5 :NYY: New York Yankees 7030.712
6 :MIL: Milwaukee Brewers 5775.518
7 :LAD: Los Angeles Dodgers 4131.192
8 :MIN: Minnesota Twins 3790.96
9 :KC: Kansas City Royals 3231.126
10 :ATL: Atlanta Braves 2825.199
11 :PIT: Pittsburgh Pirates 2142.084
12 :STL: St. Louis Cardinals 1803.571
13 :ARZ: Arizona Diamondbacks 664.124
14 :NYM: New York Mets -31.819
15 :TOR: Toronto Blue Jays -449.451
16 :BAL: Baltimore Orioles -565.731
17 :BOS: Boston Red Sox -683.843
18 :WAS: Washington Nationals -1742.243
19 :OAK: Oakland Athletics -2262.285
20 :TB: Tampa Bay Rays -2426.092
21 :CHW: Chicago White Sox -3522.515
22 :CIN: Cincinnati Reds -3572.977
23 :COL: Colorado Rockies -5209.625
24 :HOU: Houston Astros -6152.132
25 :MIA: Miami Marlins -6552.924
26 :SD: San Diego Padres -6927.257
27 :TEX: Texas Rangers -6962.855
28 :CLE: Cleveland Indians -6969.37
29 :SEA: Seattle Mariners -7252.335
30 :PHI: Philadelphia Phillies -8125.698