The Marlins Surge, And A Crowded Top Five

A quick lap of the standings, offenses and pitching staffs.

The Marlins jumped eleven spots in the power ranking on the back of an 8-2 run, even at a 36-36 record. Up top, the Yankees climbed back to first while the Braves slid three to fourth. Plenty moving this week.

Power Rankings

Power ranking — record, run differential and last-10 form, blended into one order.

New York sits first at 43-27 with a plus-107 run differential, but the real mover is Miami, up eleven spots to sixth on the strength of going 8-2 over their last ten. The Cardinals quietly snuck into fifth too.

• 1▲3New York Yankees43-27 · +107 run diff · L10 7-3
• 2–Milwaukee Brewers43-26 · +112 run diff · L10 6-4
• 3–Los Angeles Dodgers45-27 · +141 run diff · L10 5-5
• 4▼3Atlanta Braves46-25 · +107 run diff · L10 5-5
• 5▲3St. Louis Cardinals38-31 · +12 run diff · L10 7-3
• 6▲11Miami Marlins36-36 · +0 run diff · L10 8-2
• 7▲2Chicago White Sox38-32 · +12 run diff · L10 6-4
• 8▲5Tampa Bay Rays41-27 · +8 run diff · L10 5-5
• 9▲7Washington Nationals37-35 · +13 run diff · L10 6-4
• 10▼3Philadelphia Phillies38-33 · -23 run diff · L10 6-4

Best offenses

Team OPS — on-base plus slugging. Higher is better.

The Dodgers lead the team OPS ranking at .788, with the Yankees right behind at .763. Below them the Athletics, Nationals and Braves are packed within a point of each other.

• 1Los Angeles Dodgersteam OPS0.788OPS
• 2New York Yankeesteam OPS0.763OPS
• 3Athleticsteam OPS0.745OPS
• 4Washington Nationalsteam OPS0.745OPS
• 5Atlanta Bravesteam OPS0.744OPS

Best staffs on the mound

Team ERA — the whole staff, starters and bullpen. Lower is better.

Atlanta tops the team-ERA ranking at 3.29, a hair ahead of the Yankees at 3.32. The Dodgers sit third at 3.37 but own the best WHIP of the group at 1.09.

• 1Atlanta Braves1.18 WHIP3.29ERA
• 2New York Yankees1.19 WHIP3.32ERA
• 3Los Angeles Dodgers1.09 WHIP3.37ERA
• 4Milwaukee Brewers1.21 WHIP3.45ERA
• 5Seattle Mariners1.20 WHIP3.69ERA

Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.