Team Rankings

The 2026 baseball season is flying by. This is the last week before the All-Star break. The Dodgers, Brewers and Braves lead the National League. The Yankees and Rays lead the American League. Other surprise teams this year include the Marlins and White Sox.

Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Runs Allowed Run Differential Rating
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 59 32 483 320 163 133.17
2 Milwaukee Brewers 55 33 449 322 127 127.52
3 Atlanta Braves 52 36 431 335 96 120.60
4 New York Yankees 49 40 427 349 78 114.34
5 Tampa Bay Rays 52 35 396 361 35 114.06
6 Chicago Cubs 50 40 455 409 46 110.64
7 Miami Marlins 49 42 418 394 24 106.61
8 Philadelphia Phillies 50 40 402 395 7 106.38
9 Chicago White Sox 47 42 428 402 26 105.78
10 St. Louis Cardinals 47 40 403 390 13 105.57

Batting

The Yankees took a nose dive this week and fall from first to fourth in my TOP rankings for batting. The Dodgers are now the top team in the league by TOP batting. The Nationals are close behind in second. And the Pirates hold onto third. The Cubs are in fifth place, and the Rockies, Marlins, White Sox, Twins and Brewers round out the top 10.

Yordan Alvarez is trying to duplicate what Aaron Judge did last year. He’s been my top hitter nearly the entire season so far. Kyle Schwarber actually holds onto the number two spot this week. Aaron Judge and Juan Soto fall out of my rankings due to not enough plate appearances. Nick Kurtz remains in the third spot, with Byron Buxton and Ben Rice rounding out the top 5. Shohei Ohtani, James Wood, Corbin Carroll, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Mike Trout finish off the top 10.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 Los Angeles Dodgers 91 3517 483 1776 444.0 0.507
2 Washington Nationals 91 3503 485 1766 441.5 0.506
3 Pittsburgh Pirates 91 3590 475 1796 449.0 0.501
4 New York Yankees 89 3342 427 1668 417.0 0.500
5 Chicago Cubs 90 3555 455 1758 439.5 0.495
6 Colorado Rockies 91 3469 443 1691 422.8 0.489
7 Miami Marlins 91 3439 418 1674 418.5 0.489
8 Chicago White Sox 89 3385 428 1634 408.5 0.486
9 Minnesota Twins 91 3466 448 1668 417.0 0.482
10 Milwaukee Brewers 88 3427 449 1630 407.5 0.480

Top Twenty hitters by TOP

Rank Player Team Bats G PA Runs TBA Expected Runs TOP
1 Yordan Alvarez HOU L 84 366 58 248 62.0 0.678
2 Kyle Schwarber PHI L 80 356 54 235 58.8 0.660
3 Nick Kurtz ATH L 83 376 59 239 59.8 0.636
4 Byron Buxton MIN R 73 329 56 206 51.5 0.626
5 Ben Rice NYY L 78 334 56 208 52.0 0.623
6 Shohei Ohtani LAD L 76 354 59 219 54.8 0.622
7 James Wood WSN L 85 396 72 243 60.8 0.614
8 Corbin Carroll ARI L 80 341 48 206 51.5 0.604
9 Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC L 84 364 51 219 54.8 0.603
10 Mike Trout LAA R 74 335 54 202 50.5 0.603
11 Junior Caminero TBR R 81 354 52 212 53.0 0.599
12 Miguel Vargas CHW R 81 351 56 209 52.2 0.597
13 Bryce Harper PHI L 84 350 55 208 52.0 0.594
14 Oneil Cruz PIT L 64 283 45 168 42.0 0.594
15 CJ Abrams WSN L 82 346 51 203 50.8 0.587
16 Willson Contreras BOS R 80 333 40 194 48.5 0.583
17 Hunter Goodman COL R 78 328 52 191 47.8 0.582
18 Jake Bauers MIL L 72 286 46 166 41.5 0.580
19 Bobby Witt Jr. KCR R 79 350 42 203 50.8 0.580
20 Matt Olson ATL L 82 357 54 206 51.5 0.577

Pitching

The Brewers have finally overtaken the Dodgers as the top ranked pitching staff due to the rough week by the Dodgers pitchers. Seattle slides up into the third spot, while the Yankees slip to fourth. The Braves, Tigers, Red Sox, Marlins, Mets and Rays round out the top 10.

Shohei Ohtani will win the MVP award, but he probably won’t win the Cy Young Award. He’s only the second best pitcher in baseball behind Jacob Misiorowski. Ohtani’s teammates Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Justin Wrobleski come in at third and fourth this week. Cristopher Sánchez rounds out the top 5.

Top Ten teams by TOP

Rank Team Games Batters Faced TBA TOP
1 Milwaukee Brewers 88 3262 1369.0 0.421
2 Los Angeles Dodgers 91 3285 1398.0 0.427
3 Seattle Mariners 91 3318 1412.0 0.428
4 New York Yankees 89 3310 1420.0 0.431
5 Atlanta Braves 88 3258 1459.0 0.449
6 Detroit Tigers 90 3325 1497.0 0.453
7 Boston Red Sox 88 3275 1477.0 0.453
8 Miami Marlins 91 3384 1531.0 0.454
9 New York Mets 90 3437 1570.0 0.459
10 Tampa Bay Rays 87 3223 1480.0 0.461

Top Twenty pitchers by TOP

Rank Name Team G Batters Faced IP TBA TOP
1 Jacob Misiorowski MIL 17 397 104.0 114 0.288
2 Shohei Ohtani LAD 14 340 85.2 115 0.339
3 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 16 398 104.2 141 0.354
4 Justin Wrobleski LAD 15 371 93.1 134 0.361
5 Cristopher Sánchez PHI 18 475 117.0 176 0.371
6 Zack Wheeler PHI 13 308 80.0 115 0.373
7 Cam Schlittler NYY 18 414 104.0 155 0.377
8 Bryan Woo SEA 17 399 99.1 152 0.381
9 Keider Montero DET 18 365 92.2 139 0.383
10 Casey Mize DET 13 280 71.2 108 0.386
11 Chris Sale ATL 16 392 95.0 153 0.391
12 Drew Rasmussen TBR 17 378 97.0 148 0.392
13 Ranger Suarez BOS 17 376 91.1 148 0.394
14 Dylan Cease TOR 16 373 90.1 147 0.394
15 Paul Skenes PIT 18 395 97.0 155 0.394
16 Max Meyer MIA 18 426 103.0 170 0.400
17 Parker Messick CLE 18 423 106.0 169 0.401
18 Michael King SDP 18 420 102.1 168 0.403
19 Kyle Harrison MIL 16 324 79.2 131 0.404
20 Jacob deGrom TEX 17 380 95.2 154 0.406

Shoutout to Baseball Reference for providing the stats!

Complete 2026 rankings can be found here: 2026 MLB Season