The FDH Lounge 2018 final 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 season.  This is the third time that we have run these numbers, with the previous two times occurring at the All-Star break and on Labor Day.

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 15-point gap between one team’s cumulative number and the next.  Rankings in the categories are listed, then the ranking at the All-Star break, then the ranking on Labor Day, then the current ranking.

 

		PR+
TIER 1	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Pr Rank	Pr Rank	Rank
Hou	2	6	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1T	1
Bos	1	3	1	1	5	5	2	2	2	2	1T	2
NYY	3	3	6	4	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3
		PR+
TIER 2	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Pr Rank	Pr Rank	Rank
LAD	9	14	6	4	2	7	3	3	4	4	4	4
Cleve	8	22	4	6	4	2	5	6	4	5	6	5
Cubs	5	3	2	17	19	2	7	6	7	5	6	6
Oak	4	6	10	2	20	10	6	5	6	8	7	7
Mil	6	1	12	13	13	10	9	9	10	11	12	8
TB	13	10	4	6	6	8	11	14	12	7	8	9
Atl	10	21	11	10	11	10	8	6	7	9	10	10
St L	11	2	14	12	10	14	11	12	10	17	9	11
		PR+
TIER 3	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Pr Rank	Pr Rank	Rank
Wash	15	22	2	15	18	13	9	9	9	16	13	12
Col	7	14	12	23	14	9	14	12	14	18	18T	13
Ariz	16	16	23	29	8	5	13	9	13	13	11	14
Pit	14	6	16	13	15	19	15	15	15	20	17	15
Sea	12	9	18	9	16	19	18	17	17	10	14	16
LAA	21	12	18	10	21	16	16	15	15	12	15	17
		PR+
TIER 4	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Pr Rank	Pr Rank	Rank
Phil	19	24	18	23	7	17	20	19	20	14	16	18
NYM	22	25	21	15	12	23	17	17	17	24	23	19
Tor	18	10	22	8	23	25	23	24	22	19	20	20
Minn	17	27	17	17	22	19	18	21	19	22	24	21
SF	20	18	27	29	9	14	21	19	21	18	18T	22
Cin	26	13	9	19	26	23	24	23	24	21	21	23
Tex	27	17	15	26	29	18	22	21	22	23	22	24
		PR+
TIER 5	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Pr Rank	Pr Rank	Rank
SD	23	18	30	27	17	25	25	24	25	25	26	25
		PR+
TIER 6	PR	SOS	OBP	OPS+	FIP	ERA+	Pythag	SRS	RunDiff	Pr Rank	Pr Rank	Rank
Det	28	29	27	28	24	19	25	26	26	26	27	26
ChiSox	25	28	26	19	28	27	27	28	27	28	25	27
Mia	24	26	25	23	25	30	29	26	29	27	28	28
KC	29	29	24	22	26	28	28	29	27	30	30	29
Balt	30	20	29	21	30	29	30	30	30	29	29	30

MLB power rankings for end of regular season

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Boston (2-2-2-1-1-1-1)

2 Houston (4-1-1-2-2-4-2)

SECOND TIER

3 New York Yankees (1-3-3-3-3-2-3)

4 Oakland (14-15-12-5-4-3-4)

5 Chicago Cubs (6-7-6-4-5-6-5)

6 Milwaukee (5-5-7-11-9-11-8)

7 Colorado (15-16-16-12-14-10-17)

8 Cleveland (13-11-8-10-11-8-6)

9 LA Dodgers (17-13-11-8-10-12-10)

10 Atlanta (7-6-5-14-12-13-14)

11 St. Louis (9-14-15-20-18-14-7)

12 Seattle (3-4-4-7-7-5-9)

13 Tampa Bay (19-18-14-13-13-15-11)

THIRD TIER

14 Pittsburgh (16-17-20-17-16-19-19)

15 Washington (8-10-17-19-17-20-18)

16 Arizona (10-8-9-9-8-7-12)

17 Minnesota (23-22-25-21-21-18-22)

18 Toronto (24-21-18-16-20-23-16)

19 Philadelphia (12-9-10-6-6-9-13)

20 San Francisco (18-19-13-15-15-17-15)

21 LA Angels (11-12-19-18-19-16-20)

22 New York Mets (21-25-27-24-26-21-21)

FOURTH TIER

23 San Diego (22-23-26-26-27-28-24)

24 Miami (28-27-23-23-25-26-28)

25 Chicago White Sox (29-28-28-28-28-27-23)

26 Cincinnati (27-26-22-22-22-22-25)

27 Texas (25-24-21-25-24-24-27)

28 Detroit (20-20-24-27-23-25-26)

29 Kansas City (26-29-29-29-29-29-29)

FIFTH TIER

30 Baltimore (30-30-30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Colorado (10 spots), Minnesota and Pittsburgh (5 spots), Atlanta and Miami (4 spots), Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Philadelphia (6 spots), San Francisco (5 spots), Arizona and St. Louis (4 spots), Seattle (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 61

2 NL CENTRAL 62

3 AL WEST 66

4 NL WEST 75

5 NL EAST 90

6 AL CENTRAL 107

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 227

2 AL 234

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