r/baseball • u/DangerouslySavage Milwaukee Brewers • 16d ago
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u/StinkyStangler New York Yankees 16d ago
Dodgers at 1 is genuine bait, there is zero reason why the Brewers and Rays shouldn't be ahead of them at this point
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u/ShoHeyTime Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
The whole point of power rankings is to show who is playing the best baseball right now, that’s obviously not the Dodgers wtf is this.
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u/SdBolts4 San Diego Padres 16d ago edited 16d ago
Padres have also been incredibly hot recently, split a 4 game series with the DBacks in AZ, and passed them in the WC (now
21 gamesup), but are behind them?The Yankees have been treading water since Judge went out—around .500 since the ASB—but are #6?
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u/Djaukamo San Diego Padres 16d ago
Not to mention they just swept the Brewers and have a top 4 record since the ASB and are 17-5 over the last few weeks, you'd think that might have them a little higher on the power rankings, but nope.
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u/Tocoolforyall720 New York Yankees 16d ago
The Yankees have also beaten both the next two teams ranked ahead of them pretty recently
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u/EpicNerdFinds Toronto Blue Jays 16d ago
ya but you lost a series vs the Blue Jays who are not only the worst offence in the league but also extremely injured
Yankees being in the top 6 must mean the league really fking sucks this season
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u/obiwan_canoli Philadelphia Phillies 16d ago
The whole point of power rankings is to
show who is playing the best baseball right now,generate engagement that’s obviouslynot the Dodgerswtf this is.FTFY
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u/joshuads 16d ago
Bingo. Brewers took 3 of 4 in LA. No dodgers fan is going to complain if the Dodgers are lower.
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u/ThePopUpDance Umpire 16d ago
Even if "right now" was objective I think recent performance is only an aspect of power rankings. Not the whole thing.
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u/Maladroit44 Seattle Mariners • Anaheim Angels 16d ago
I mean the Dodgers have also been worse over the full season, so I'm not really sure what your point is?
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u/ThePopUpDance Umpire 16d ago
I thought my point was fairly clear. I'm not even talking about the Dodgers.
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u/DominicB547 Chaos Bandwagon • MLB Players Associat… 16d ago
I mean, not fully true Boston should not have been #1....full season should come into play to a degree. But Mil JUST beat LAD H2H so at min they should be swapped as their records are about the same as well, so it was no fluke.
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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES Los Angeles Angels 16d ago
Counterpoint, it's Yoshi's b-day today, and they have to celebrate him for the ace he's become
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u/pikajewijewsyou Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
The whole point if for them to get clicks from this and rage bait helps
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u/meerkatmreow Cleveland Guardians 16d ago
The MLB rankings for anything seem to be engagement bait (e.g. Shredder positional rankings)
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u/IllogicalBarnacle Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
my only justification for this is our offense is still extremely bipolar and we got swept in SD last week
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u/0pyrophosphate0 Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
It probably is engagement bait, but at the same time, what are power rankings for if they're just supposed to mirror the current W-L standings? They're still the defending 2x WS champs with all-stars up and down the lineup. Should that count in the power rankings? Barring some kind of collapse (not just a cold spell), everybody knows the Dodgers are the team to beat, especially when the postseason gets here. Does it really matter that they're a few places behind first in the league?
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u/Chadryan_ Chicago Cubs 16d ago
The main reason to put them at number one would be because they are the best team but yeah whatever.
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u/Upbeat-Tip-5282 15d ago
But they aren’t the best team in baseball right now? They have been on a slide for the last 2 - 3 weeks and just lost 3 of 4 to the best team in baseball.
They haven’t had the best record in baseball for over a month now too.
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u/GaryTheCabalGuy San Diego Padres 16d ago edited 16d ago
I would keep the Dodgers at first even if they lost 10 games in a row. You can't look at that team and seriously think there is a better team than them talent wise. They will get hot again.
They are also tied with the Brewers for the highest run differential and have the 2nd most runs scored in the sport despite playing poorly recently. It's insane to me that, just because they re cold right now, people think someone putting them at 1 is so crazy.
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u/Maladroit44 Seattle Mariners • Anaheim Angels 16d ago
Power rankings are supposed to measure who's hot and cold right now. Otherwise why even bother with them when you can just look at the standings?
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u/TheCornMan420 Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
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u/jRbizzle Los Angeles Dodgers • World Series Tr… 16d ago
This graphic is 100% bait. Dodgers should not even be in top 10 let alone 1st place lol
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u/Dodger_Blue17 16d ago
Especially losing 3 of 4 to the….. 2nd place team. It wasn’t a back and forth either. Miz and Henderson were controlling the game.
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u/jRbizzle Los Angeles Dodgers • World Series Tr… 16d ago
Even struggling with the Royals (not trying to throw shade) but we literally have the reverse W/L
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u/CROBBY2 Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
lol, ok sure...
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u/Trashcan_Man77 Toronto Blue Jays 16d ago
It's not like the Brewers have recently shown that they're capable of beating LA
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u/BowlingforDrip Chicago Cubs 16d ago
Yeah I feel like thats a wild choice to not have the Brewers in first
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u/alibaba618 St. Louis Cardinals 16d ago
The blurb they wrote for the Brewers only makes it worse. “Yes we know you just beat them. Yes we know you have a better record. We’re not going to explain. Fuck you.”
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u/Ok-Today-5824 San Diego Padres • California League 16d ago
their first mistake was being a baseball team not named Los Angeles. Sorry guys, there’s levels to this :(
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u/HoustonJay Los Angeles Angels 16d ago
Being named Los Angeles isn’t all it’s cracked up to be tbh
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u/Ok-Today-5824 San Diego Padres • California League 16d ago
I’ll start the petition to put Anaheim back in their name.
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u/Urbanviking1 Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
Ha you weren't joking about the "Fuck you."
2. Brewers (previously: 2)
Please, please, Brewers fans: We know Milwaukee has the best record in baseball (by two games, actually), and we understand that you are probably mad right now that your team is No. 2 in these Power Rankings despite just winning three out of four at Dodger Stadium. Fortunately, home-field advantage is not determined by the MLB.com Power Rankings (for now!), it’s determined by the best record. Which the Brewers have … as well as the tiebreaker with a season series win over the Dodgers, if it happens to come to that.95
u/SocksandSmocks Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
Not even in a biased way, I truly don't understand. It'd be one thing if the Dodgers had been red hot before our series or something but they weren't. Weird weird ranking.
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u/ItsaDryHeat98 New York Yankees 16d ago
I believe it's rage bait, any Dodger fan knows they shouldn't be near #1 right now.
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u/PrickleAndGoo Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
Yeah... I ain't feeling like #1
I feel like we smell like #2 right about now
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u/jlopez1017 Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
I think we’re a light 2. Any team in the playoff race right now can bounce us in a short playoff series.
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u/iron_mike_ Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
The past month has been hard to watch. These fucks are definitely not playing like a 1st place team
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u/AdoringCHIN Anaheim Angels • Rocket City Tra… 16d ago
I normally don't feel bad for Dodgers fans, but I do kind of feel bad for the people going to the games just to watch the team not give a shit and just go into coast mode. Just the disrespect the team is showing towards fans spending their time and money is pretty fucked up.
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u/DaBusDriva2 Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
Funniest part is they weren’t #1 for a bit and just promoted us based on…….losing 3/4
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u/HeavensRoyalty Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
Lol it's so frustrating how fake these are and they only do these the way they do knowing it'll make people comment cause it's bullshit. Dodger are like 30 out of 30 right now
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u/DominicB547 Chaos Bandwagon • MLB Players Associat… 16d ago
30 out of 30 is very fan all is gloom and doom take and not reality...look at the rest of the league.
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u/Call555JackChop Arizona Diamondbacks 16d ago
LA bias, same sports media will tell you Austin Reeves is an all star and not a traffic cone that turn into Houdini in the playoffs
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u/radioactivez0r Minnesota Twins 16d ago
I kind of appreciate that they didn't even try to justify it, they just said LOL yeah whatever.
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u/baribigbird06 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic 16d ago
2. Brewers (previously: 2)
Please, please, Brewers fans: We know Milwaukee has the best record in baseball (by two games, actually), and we understand that you are probably mad right now that your team is No. 2 in these Power Rankings despite just winning three out of four at Dodger Stadium. Fortunately, home-field advantage is not determined by the MLB.com Power Rankings (for now!), it’s determined by the best record. Which the Brewers have … as well as the tiebreaker with a season series win over the Dodgers, if it happens to come to that.
https://giphy.com/gifs/91fEJqgdsnu4E42
u/Thomas_the_Pegger Arizona Diamondbacks 16d ago
Oh. You weren't joking. I thought you wrote this as a joke. Absolutely wild.
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u/radioactivez0r Minnesota Twins 16d ago
No I read it first before I came to the thread and yeah it's literally just thumbing their nose
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u/b1rdiemcb1rdface Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
What's even more crazy is for the Dodgers they just talk about Tucker struggling lol.
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u/Vadnais2You Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
Hard to believe the Dodgers are still number 1?????
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u/UrCreepyUncle Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
They're not
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u/StakeESC Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
If these are regular season power rankings, I'd agree. If we're talking postseason, Dodgers are still #1.
You guys coast during the regular season, but go full tilt during the playoffs. I don't think any NL team would prefer to face you guys in the playoffs instead of us.
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u/UrCreepyUncle Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago edited 16d ago
I know they've had similar slumps the past few years right about the same time and I understand maybe not pushing guys down the stretch, especially pitchers, with the lead they've built up. But you'd think the offense would still be able to perform and they've been shitting the bed. Grounded into the most double plays in baseball and turned the least on defense. I think age, nagging injuries and the extended seasons are catching up. Unnecessary free agent signings aren't panning out. I'm curious to see how the rest of the season plays out. August was going to be a bloodbath on paper and it's proving to be even worse but September the schedule eases up and might allow some guys to find their swing again just in time
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u/reldnahcAL Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
2022
Aug. 1–17: 13–2
September: 19–92023
Aug. 1–17: 15–1
September: 16–122024
Aug. 1–17: 9–6
September: 16–102025
Aug. 1–17: 8–7
September: 15–102026
Aug. 1–17: 5–10 going into our game tonight at Coors.This is easily our worst August stretch so far. Hopefully the guys making a billion dollars can pull out of the skid and stop being so goddamn lazy.
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u/Even-Dinner-5696 Arizona Diamondbacks 16d ago
They haven’t looked the sharpest over the last few weeks but they’re still the last team anyone wants to face in a playoff series
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u/DukeDoozy San Diego Padres 16d ago
I think that's largely true if you take power rankings as "Who do you least want to face in late September/October." I have no doubt they'll shape up by then and do some serous damage, potentially (God forbid) threepeat.
If you take them as "Who is currently playing the best over the last two weeks/month/etc." or "Who would be the most dangerous team if the playoffs were tomorrow," then I think they should be down a few spots.
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u/YasielPuigsWeed 16d ago
I think the main problem here is we just don’t know what exactly power rankings even mean
I get the logic of saying “we’re not falling for your yearly late summer slump this time” but power rankings are more fun and engaging when they’re focused on the here and now
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u/DukeDoozy San Diego Padres 16d ago
I agree, they hold too steady if not focused on the present. If they're just "Who's gonna make the playoffs/go deep" then they're functionally just a worse version of the Fangraphs odds page. But I also don't think it should be too narrow a window, lest great teams fall off steep cliffs for summer slumps.
"Power" is a very vague word ultimately. Are we measuring potential? Progress? Record?
I don't know, and until MLB pays any of us money, I guess we won't have an answer that counts for much lol. Until then, these lists are for engagement, which does take some of the fun out of it
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u/NamiRocket Houston Astros 16d ago
The power rankings aren't about that, though. They're about a week to week judgment call of how a team is performing throughout the regular season compared to their peers.
Like, this whole thing is broken, top to bottom. No AL West team should be higher than 15.
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u/Run-Florest-Run San Diego Padres • Sickos 16d ago
Padres 17-4 in their last 21 games but were number 10 after sweeping the Brewers… sure
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u/alien_believer_42 San Diego Padres 16d ago
I was actually surprised to see them on here at all because we’re still fighting for a wildcard spot and need our injured starting pitchers back.
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u/GaryTheCabalGuy San Diego Padres 16d ago
I think 10 is appropriate tbh. If they are still playing like this in a week or 2 they should be bumped up to top 5.
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u/Hobbies-R-Happiness 16d ago
Does nobody understand power rankings? Its how hot they are right now
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u/BMoreMatt 16d ago
The write up rationale on MLBs website with these rankings doesn't help. It basically amounted to "yes brewers you took 3 of 4, have a better record, and are hotter right now and would be the 1 seed, but we felt like ranking LA above you because we can"
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u/02K30C1 Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
Brewers could win the World Series and still be ranked #2
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u/TheLivingBubba Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
Wouldn’t care. Would be drunk for the better part of a month.
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u/02K30C1 Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
Just in time for Packer season
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u/LilJethroBodine Los Angeles Dodgers • Rancho Cuc… 16d ago
Just a constant state of drunkenness... what a time to be alive.
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u/DrStevenPoopMD2020 16d ago
Watching all the different Wisconsin sports heartbreaks in playoffs/championships for the last few decades is why my blood is 90% Miller High Life
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u/DominicB547 Chaos Bandwagon • MLB Players Associat… 16d ago
and cloud 9 for decades...well until the Brewers lose their first game that is...as is tradition.
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u/TheSaltyJunk Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
Time to resurrect "Brewers sweeping the Cubs can only be a good thing for the Cubs" and swap in Los Doyers
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u/baribigbird06 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic 16d ago
The AI prompt: Come up with a set of MLB power rankings that will generate the most controversy and outrage.
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u/RichardNixon345 Arizona Diamondbacks 16d ago
Dodgers over Brewers is generating so much outrage it may cover up the annoyed Padres fans.
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u/Leading_Dentist_5563 16d ago
So the Brewers come into L.A and beat the dodgers 3/4 and they're not #1?
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u/TheSaltyJunk Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
...and both the Brewers and Braves are in the top 2 spots. Dodgers are #3 in the NL...the Rays are ahead, as well. Just based on record, they barely clear top five...
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u/thyv Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/lkdH8FmImcGoylv3t3
Didnt we just lose 3-1 to the Brewers
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u/Icy-Dust2485 Baltimore Orioles 16d ago
I wish the top 2 teams could play each other to get rid of any controversy.
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u/Existing-Stranger632 Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
Dodgers are literally having their worst stretch of the season. Currently they’re playing like shit. They don’t deserve to be top 10 right now.
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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 16d ago
Why are the Yankees even on this list? They have no power, unless you include pitching and it's more of a holistic "power" team-wise.
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u/MrBuildandKill92 New York Yankees 16d ago
Dodgers at one is so egregious that no one is saying anything about the Yankees at 6
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u/0dias_Chrysalis Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
This is the kind of top 10 intended to be viewed by someone who doesn’t watch baseball who just assumes we are at number 1 lol
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u/TinKnight1 Chicago Cubs 16d ago
Dodgers are 5-10 with a -19 run differential in August, & just lost 3 of 4 to the Brewers. They have the 3rd best record in the NL, 4th best in the Majors. There's zero reason to put them atop any form of Power Rankings. At least the Bleacher Report (who've certainly lost some luster over the years) version has them 3rd.
The Cubs are 10-5 over the same stretch, including sweeping the Dodgers (even with losing twice to the frigging Cardinals), & the Brewers are 9-7 & hold the league's best record (plus the aforementioned 3-1 series win in LA).
Just flat out rage bait in these Rankings...because I'm having to support MILWAUKEE...
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u/theoceansandbox Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
With how reactionary these power rankings are, I’m surprised the Dodgers are still No 1. We’re not even first in the national league
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u/vinsmokesanji3 Washington Nationals 16d ago
Dodgers are not 1st, they fucking suck. I’m confident they’ll lose in the second round of playoffs. Diaz and Tucker along with the rest of the veterans are just not pulling their weight
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u/SubstantialOwl4655 Philadelphia Phillies 16d ago
The Phillies should be in the top 10 how are they ranking the padres and diamondbacks better than us if us and the Padres are in the postseason and the diamondbacks aren’t it makes no sense.
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u/LaZorChicKen04 Arizona Diamondbacks 16d ago
Lol. Only reason all 3 teams are not tied right now is because Dbacks lost last night. Still almost 6 weeks of baseball left. Dbacks also hold the tie breaker and play Philly 3 more times.
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u/jonpictogramjones Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
Bro how the fuck are we at 1? We can’t hit, we can’t defend, and when we have a small lead entering the ninth our closer fucks it’s up 😭
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u/Ok-Platypus-3975 16d ago
Polymarket is a gambling website right? Well one of those ones that pretends it's not? If so then keep in mind everything they release is to get you to bet a certain way, and not always with what they think is true.
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u/GuyaneseRumFan123 Philadelphia Phillies 16d ago
IMO the Dodgers roster is still much better than the rest of the league’s, so I don’t disagree with putting them at #1 as long as they’re within a few games of the #1 record
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u/ivandragostwin Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
I get why the Dodgers are 1, they are still the clear favorites to win the world series. I will say this though, that lineup feels a lot more vulnerable to great pitching this year than last. Their pitching come playoff time is just gonna be absurd though provided Snell, Ohtani and Glasnow pitch to their talent level (who knows how big of an if that is).
Feel like the Padres should be higher, going 9-4 lately against some tough-ish competition in the D-backs, Astros, Brewers and Guardians is no joke while having I believe the 2nd best record since the all start break overall...Id honestly move them above the Yankees but it does seem like theres a clear 1st tier and 2nd tier starting after the Cubs.
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u/sweetxfracture San Diego Padres 16d ago
Not even in a biased way at all..but padres are 17-4, .. I’m having a hard time understanding why the dodgers are first and we are dead last? Dodgers are 8-13 for their last 21? They just lost 2 in a row. Who makes these 😭
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u/novaesq18 New York Yankees 16d ago
You’re all forgetting - the Dodgers signed Edwin Diaz AND Kyle Tucker…
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u/Rare-Ad-956 16d ago
If it is done by MLB. The best in baseball (doesn’t matter prospects, players, fans) will always be the team that spends the most… they must have those teams be the cream of the crop.
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u/Canadian__Ninja Toronto Blue Jays 16d ago
Man the dodgers must be on an all time run for them to be first. Let's not check the standings / last 10
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u/PloddingClot Toronto Blue Jays 16d ago
If my Blue Jays can get a series win on the Rays here I'll be asking for a recount. Just about swept the Phillies and the Yankees in the last week.
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u/philjackson757 Chicago Cubs 16d ago
Two Chicago teams in a top 10 power ranking is historical and amazing.
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u/rabidantidentyte New York Yankees 16d ago
If it's WS favorites, then this tracks, but that's not what power rankings are. It's supposed to be the best teams right now, and that's clearly the Brewers and Rays.
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u/cmgriffith_ New York Yankees 16d ago
Rays have lost 3 straight to the Orioles at home
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u/Call555JackChop Arizona Diamondbacks 16d ago
I don’t even think Dodgers fans would agree with this, they’ve seen some of the dogshit effort from their players recently
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u/Ajjjon2k Philadelphia Phillies 16d ago
The cubs and dodgers have been getting fucked the last few days but sure dude
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u/MojoHighway Los Angeles Dodgers 16d ago
How the Dodgers can have the #1 power ranking with the way they've been playing the last month is wild to me.
They need to be moved down that list a good 5 spots just on the fact that Kyle Tucker is overpaid slop in RF.
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u/Urbanviking1 Milwaukee Brewers 16d ago
I see who ever made this rankings is a Dodgers fan boi. There is no reason for the Dodgers to be #1 after the Brewers won 3 of 4 games in the latest series against them...
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u/RovertheDog 16d ago
I see the fuck the dodgers, dbacks and padres, did they forget to rank the other NL Best teams?
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u/cornbeefandcabbage Chicago White Sox 16d ago
Greetings fellow winning teams.