Team Rankings

My top 5 teams remain the same. The Dodgers hold fast at number one, while Milwaukee overtakes the Braves for the second spot. The Yankees and Rays round out the top 5. St. Louis holds down the number six spot for the second week in a row, while the Cubs replace the White Sox in the the number seven spot. The Phillies appear in my top 10 for the first time this season coming in at number eight. Seattle slips a spot to number nine and Washington holds on to the number ten ranking.

Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Runs Allowed Run Differential Rating
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 49 29 405 272 133 130.52
2 Milwaukee Brewers 46 29 397 278 119 127.47
3 Atlanta Braves 48 28 377 280 97 126.63
4 New York Yankees 46 30 389 277 112 125.85
5 Tampa Bay Rays 43 31 327 319 8 109.26
6 St. Louis Cardinals 41 34 349 345 4 105.21
7 Chicago Cubs 40 37 366 345 21 104.74
8 Philadelphia Phillies 42 35 329 333 -4 103.99
9 Seattle Mariners 40 39 326 309 17 103.07
10 Washington Nationals 40 38 416 404 12 102.72

Batting

The Yankees, Dodgers and Nationals hold down the top three spots in hitting. The Pirates move up a spot to number four. The White Sox drop three spots this week, letting the Athletics and Cubs overtake them. The Twins move into my top 10 at the number eight spot. Both Milwaukee and Atlanta slide down this week to the nine and ten spots.

Yordan Alvarez continues to be the best offensive player, although he is coming back towards the rest of the field now. His lead has shrunk from 31 points to 25 points. Ben Rice has consistently maintained the number two ranking. Kyle Schwarber bounces around the top ten more than anybody I know. This week, he’s number three. Nick Kurtz continues his climb, and is number four this week. James Wood slipped three spots to number five this week.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 New York Yankees 76 2887 389 1500 375.0 0.520
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 78 2995 405 1503 375.8 0.504
3 Washington Nationals 78 2994 416 1480 370.0 0.497
4 Pittsburgh Pirates 78 3058 391 1496 374.0 0.490
5 Athletics 78 3020 364 1474 368.5 0.490
6 Chicago Cubs 77 3031 366 1477 369.2 0.488
7 Chicago White Sox 76 2878 353 1378 344.5 0.482
8 Minnesota Twins 79 3008 388 1439 359.8 0.479
9 Milwaukee Brewers 75 2929 397 1390 347.5 0.479
10 Atlanta Braves 76 2861 377 1363 340.8 0.477

Top Twenty hitters by TOP

Rank Player Team Bats G PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 Yordan Alvarez HOU L 78 339 54 236 59.0 0.696
2 Ben Rice NYY L 71 307 55 206 51.5 0.671
3 Kyle Schwarber PHI L 74 333 51 222 55.5 0.667
4 Nick Kurtz ATH L 77 353 56 235 58.8 0.666
5 James Wood WSN L 78 362 68 234 58.5 0.646
6 Byron Buxton MIN R 67 302 52 195 48.8 0.646
7 Juan Soto NYM L 60 257 36 165 41.2 0.645
8 Shohei Ohtani LAD L 70 325 53 206 51.5 0.638
9 Munetaka Murakami CHW L 57 246 43 155 38.8 0.630
10 Corbin Carroll ARI L 74 316 46 198 49.5 0.627
11 Aaron Judge NYY R 59 261 43 160 40.0 0.618
12 Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC L 77 329 47 200 50.0 0.610
13 CJ Abrams WSN L 76 324 51 197 49.2 0.608
14 Mike Trout LAA R 74 335 54 202 50.5 0.603
15 Bryce Harper PHI L 77 320 51 190 47.5 0.594
16 Oneil Cruz PIT L 64 283 45 168 42.0 0.594
17 Bobby Witt Jr. KCR R 76 337 40 199 49.8 0.591
18 Matt Olson ATL L 76 332 53 195 48.8 0.587
19 Dillon Dingler DET R 70 292 40 170 42.5 0.586
20 Jordan Walker STL R 74 319 46 187 46.8 0.586

Pitching

The Dodgers, Yankees and Brewers continue to be my top three pitching staffs. The Mets swap places with Seattle this week, moving to number four. Atlanta holds down the number five spot. Miami remains number seven, while Texas moves into the top ten at number eight. Pittsburgh moves into the top ten at number nine while Philadelphia holds down the number ten spot.

Jacob Misiorowski is still dominating, increasing his lead over Shohei Ohtani. Max Fried and Ben Brown swap the number four and number five spots this week. Cam Schlittler rounds out the top five.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games Batters Faced TBA TOP
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 72 2574 1069.0 0.416
2 New York Yankees 70 2583 1082.0 0.421
3 Milwaukee Brewers 69 2570 1092.0 0.427
4 New York Mets 71 2711 1185.0 0.439
5 Atlanta Braves 71 2614 1149.0 0.441
6 Seattle Mariners 73 2697 1190.0 0.444
7 Miami Marlins 72 2691 1214.0 0.453
8 Texas Rangers 71 2620 1186.0 0.454
9 Pittsburgh Pirates 72 2790 1264.0 0.454
10 Philadelphia Phillies 71 2691 1219.0 0.455

Top Twenty pitchers by TOP

Rank Name Team G Batters Faced IP TBA TOP
1 Jacob Misiorowski MIL 15 353 93.0 94 0.266
2 Shohei Ohtani LAD 12 289 73.2 93 0.323
3 Max Fried NYY 10 240 61.2 78 0.326
4 Ben Brown CHC 20 265 68.0 87 0.328
5 Cam Schlittler NYY 16 369 95.0 121 0.330
6 Justin Wrobleski LAD 13 316 79.1 112 0.354
7 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 14 349 91.2 126 0.361
8 Cristopher Sánchez PHI 16 424 105.0 156 0.369
9 Drew Rasmussen TBR 14 308 80.0 115 0.373
10 Paul Skenes PIT 16 350 88.0 130 0.374
11 Zack Wheeler PHI 11 259 68.1 97 0.375
12 Chris Sale ATL 14 342 84.0 128 0.375
13 Bryan Woo SEA 15 354 89.0 134 0.379
14 Ranger Suarez BOS 14 310 76.2 120 0.387
15 Reid Detmers LAA 16 382 94.0 148 0.388
16 Peter Lambert HOU 11 262 64.0 104 0.397
17 Logan Webb SFG 13 337 83.1 134 0.400
18 Payton Tolle BOS 11 261 64.1 104 0.400
19 Brandon Young BAL 12 287 67.1 114 0.400
20 Parker Messick CLE 15 345 86.2 138 0.401

Shoutout to Baseball Reference for providing the stats!

Complete 2026 rankings can be found here: 2026 MLB Season