The FDH Lounge 2018 midseason MLB team UQB ratings

By Rick Morris

FantasyDrafthelp.com has long utilized our UQB, the Ultimate Quantitative Baseline, as one tool for evaluating fantasy players in a variety of different sports.  Now the sister brand The FDH Lounge is adapting the concept for team sports.  Here is our look at where the 30 MLB teams stand at the end of the first half of the 2018 season heading into the All-Star break.

Teams are measured in a variety of categories: the most recent version of our power rankings, a formula based 50% on our power rankings & 50% on each team’s strength of schedule, OBP, OPS+, FIP, ERA+, Pythagorean record, SRS and Run Differential.  Obviously, the lower the cumulative number, the better.  We have broken the teams into different tiers every time that there is a 20-point gap between one team’s cumulative number and the next.

		PR+
TIER 1	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Total	Rank
Hou	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	1
Bos	1	5	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	20	2
NYY	3	5	2	2	4	2	3	2	3	26	3
		PR+
TIER 2	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Total	Rank
LAD	8	9	7	6	3	7	5	5	5	55	4
Cubs	4	14	3	6	19	5	4	4	4	63	5
		PR+
TIER 3	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Total	Rank
Cleve	10	23	5	10	9	8	6	7	5	83	6
TB	13	4	17	9	6	9	12	9	10	89	7
Oak	5	1	10	4	19	14	14	11	13	91	8
Atl	14	22	9	6	15	14	7	6	7	100	9
Sea	7	3	11	4	10	20	16	15	16	102	10
Mil	11	15	15	19	12	6	8	9	8	103	11
LAA	18	7	13	10	17	11	11	11	10	108	12
Ariz	9	9	23	29	12	4	9	7	8	110	13
Phil	6	20	22	19	5	10	10	11	13	116	14
Col	12	9	6	24	17	16	17	15	16	132	15
Wash	19	24	14	21	11	11	12	11	10	133	16
St L	20	15	19	17	8	13	15	15	15	137	17
SF	15	9	20	17	7	18	18	18	18	140	18
Tor	16	8	12	13	23	22	22	19	22	157	19
Pit	17	15	15	14	14	22	21	21	19	158	20
Cin	22	18	8	10	28	26	19	19	19	169	21
Minn	21	26	18	14	22	21	20	22	19	183	22
Tex	25	9	20	25	25	16	23	22	23	188	23
		PR+
TIER 4	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Total	Rank
NYM	24	27	26	21	21	25	24	22	24	214	24
SD	26	18	30	30	16	22	26	25	26	219	25
Det	27	28	25	26	26	18	25	26	25	226	26
Mia	23	25	27	21	24	30	27	26	27	230	27
ChiSox	28	28	24	16	29	28	28	29	28	238	28
Balt	30	20	28	27	27	27	29	28	29	245	29
KC	29	28	29	28	30	29	30	30	30	263	30

MLB power rankings for mid-July

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Boston (2-2-2)

2 Houston (4-1-1)

3 New York Yankees (1-3-3)

SECOND TIER

4 Chicago Cubs (6-7-6)

5 Oakland (14-15-12)

6 Philadelphia (12-9-10)

7 Seattle (3-4-4)

8 LA Dodgers (17-13-11)

9 Arizona (10-8-9)

10 Cleveland (13-11-8)

11 Milwaukee (5-5-7)

12 Colorado (15-16-16)

13 Tampa Bay (19-18-14)

14 Atlanta (7-6-5)

15 San Francisco (18-19-13)

16 Toronto (24-21-18)

17 Pittsburgh (16-17-20)

18 LA Angels (11-12-19)

19 Washington (8-10-17)

20 St. Louis (9-14-15)

21 Minnesota (23-22-25)

22 Cincinnati (27-26-22)

23 Miami (28-27-23)

24 New York Mets (21-25-27)

25 Texas (25-24-21)

26 San Diego (22-23-26)

27 Detroit (20-20-24)

THIRD TIER

28 Chicago White Sox (29-28-28)

29 Kansas City (26-29-29)

30 Baltimore (30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Oakland (5 spots), Colorado, Minnesota and Philadelphia (4 spots), Detroit, LA Dodgers and New York Mets (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta (9 spots), St. Louis (5 spots), Milwaukee and Texas (4 spots), Pittsburgh and Seattle (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM

1 AL WEST 57

2 AL EAST 63

3 NL WEST 70

4 NL CENTRAL 74

5 NL EAST 86

6 AL CENTRAL 117

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 230

2 AL 237

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #1003 – Stipe Miocic UFC Title loss aftermath

By Rick Morris

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MLB power rankings for start of July

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Houston (4-1)

2 Boston (2-2)

3 New York Yankees (1-3)

4 Seattle (3-4)

SECOND TIER

5 Atlanta (7-6)

6 Chicago Cubs (6-7)

7 Milwaukee (5-5)

8 Cleveland (13-11)

9 Arizona (10-8)

10 Philadelphia (12-9)

11 LA Dodgers (17-13)

12 Oakland (14-15)

13 San Francisco (18-19)

14 Tampa Bay (19-18)

15 St. Louis (9-14)

16 Colorado (15-16)

17 Washington (8-10)

18 Toronto (24-21)

19 LA Angels (11-12)

20 Pittsburgh (16-17)

21 Texas (25-24)

22 Cincinnati (27-26)

23 Miami (28-27)

24 Detroit (20-20)

25 Minnesota (23-22)

26 San Diego (22-23)

27 New York Mets (21-25)

THIRD TIER

28 Chicago White Sox (29-28)

29 Kansas City (26-29)

30 Baltimore (30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: San Francisco (6 spots), Cincinnati, Miami and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Cleveland, Oakland, Texas and Toronto (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: LA Angels and Washington (7 spots), Detroit (4 spots), Minnesota, Pittsburgh and San Diego (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM

1 AL WEST 57

2 AL EAST 67

3 NL CENTRAL70

4 NL WEST 75

5 NL EAST 82

6 AL CENTRAL 114

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 227

2 AL 238