These standing are based off a 5pt system and 5 is best and 1 is bad.Once the season starts we will also add the standing to this process and thank you fourfingerwoo for helping with the rankings.
2012 Preseason Power Rankings
1.Rays 38pts
2.Red Soxs 33pts
3.Atlanta 33pts
4.Giants 31pts
5.Rangers 31pts
6.Miami 30pts
7.Nationals 29pts
8.Royals 29pts
9.Tigers 29pts
10.Yankees 28pts
11.Reds 28pts
12.A's 28pts
13.Dodgers 28pts
14.Angels 28pts
15.Mariners 27pts
16.White Soxs 27pts
17.Phillies 27pts
18.Indians 27pts
19.Blue Jays 26pts
20.Brewers 25pts
21.Rockies 25pts
22.Orioles 24pts
23.Padres 24pts
24.Pirates 23pts
25.Dbacks 23pts
26.Mets 23pts
27.Cubs 21pts
28.Cards 19pts
29.Twins 18pts
30.Astros 16pts
Here is how we got the overall standings
Arm Chair Rankings
Position Score: C 1st 2nd 3rd SS OF SP RP Farm Salary flexability Total
NL East
Atlanta 5 3 4 3 3 5 3 5 2 1 33
Miami 2 2 1 3 2 3 5 5 2 5 30
Mets 1 4 5 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 23
Phillies 2 4 4 2 1 2 5 3 3 1 27
Nationals 3 1 1 4 1 2 4 5 3 5 29
NL central
Chicago 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 4 21
Reds 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 5 28
Astros 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 16
Brewers 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 2 5 25
Pirates 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 5 23
Cardinals 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 5 19
NL West
DBacks 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 2 5 23
Rockies 1 5 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 5 25
Dodgers 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 3 5 28
Padres 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 24
Giants 4 3 2 4 1 1 5 4 3 4 31
AL Rankings
Position C 1st 2nd 3rd SS OF SP RP Farm Salary flexability total
AL East
Orioles 4 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 1 5 24
RedSox 1 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 33
Yankees 5 4 1 4 3 1 4 3 2 1 28
Rays 2 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 3 2 38
BlueJays 3 3 2 3 1 3 3 2 5 1 26
AL Central
Sox 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 27
Indians 5 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 2 5 27
Tigers 3 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 29
Royals 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 29
Twins 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 18
AL West
Angels 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 1 28
A's 3 5 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 5 28
Seattle 1 1 5 4 1 2 3 2 3 5 27
Rangers 1 4 2 4 2 5 4 3 5 1 31