Thursday, July 4, 2013

MMDA Power Rankings: Midseason Edition


Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential after 84 games. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order. This is an attempt to rank the league's best teams to this point.

Congratulations to the Northeast Huskies, who unseat Wilmington at the top of the charts thanks to a league-best +156 run differential. The Atlantic and Northeast divisions continue to be the most robust, with the top five teams in the rankings and with eight of 10 teams at .500 or better.

No Team W L Division R/G RA/G Diff
1 Northeast 58 26 Northeast 5.60 3.74 +156
2 Wilmington 58 26 Atlantic 5.73 4.12 +135
3 Mohawk Valley 51 33 Atlantic 5.30 3.64 +139
4 Brooklyn 51 33 Atlantic 6.17 4.69 +124
5 West Side 47 37 Northeast 4.65 4.36 +25
6 Spokane 45 39 Pacific 4.12 3.77 +29
7 Northwest 44 40 Pacific 4.85 4.51 +28
8 Fighting 44 40 Northeast 4.48 4.27 +17
9 Jersey 43 41 Northeast 4.32 4.20 +10
10 St. Louis 43 41 Central 4.32 4.36 -3
11 Cape Cod 42 42 Northeast 4.29 4.23 +5
12 Goldenrod 42 42 Central 4.46 4.63 -14
13 Rosehill 41 43 Central 4.13 4.18 -4
14 Death Valley 39 45 Atlantic 4.30 5.05 -63
15 California 34 50 Pacific 4.14 4.73 -49
16 Columbus 34 50 Pacific 3.58 4.95 -115
17 Elysian Fields 33 51 Central 4.00 5.06 -89
18 Rochester 32 52 Atlantic 4.51 5.43 -77
19 Miami 30 54 Pacific 3.61 5.17 -131
20 Lake County 29 55 Central 3.98 5.44 -123

Top Run-Creation Teams (R/G)
Brooklyn (6.17)
Wilmington (5.73)
Northeast (5.60)
Mohawk Valley (5.30)
Northwest (4.85)

Top Run-Prevention Teams (RA/G)
Mohawk Valley (3.64)
Northeast (3.74)
Spokane (3.77)
Wilmington (4.12)
Rosehill (4.18)

Midseason Playoff Seeding
We have eight teams with 44 or more wins as our projected playoff field.

Bracket 1
No. 1 Wilmington (1)
No. 8 Northwest

No. 4 Mohawk Valley
No. 5 West Side

Bracket 2
No. 2 Northeast
No. 7 Fighting Irish (3)

No. 3 Brooklyn (2)
No. 6 Spokane

Notes on tie-breakers: (1) Wilmington wins the No. 1 seed based on a better  in-division record than Northeast—the two teams have not yet played; (2) Brooklyn wins the No. 3 seed based on a better head-to-head record versus Mohawk Valley; (3) Fighting Irish wins the No. 7 seed based on a better head-to-head record versus Northwest.

Midseason Awards
As selected by the Strat game engine.

MVP Award                             
M.Cabrera, Brooklyn
M.Trout, Brooklyn
D.Wright, Wilmington
R.Cano, Northeast
C.Headley, Mohawk Valley

Cy Young Award
C.Kershaw, Spokane
R.Dickey, Wilmington
J.Shields, Northeast
Y.Darvish, Mohawk Valley
C.Kimbrel, Northwest

First-Team All-Stars
CA—Y.Molina, Wilmington
1B—A.Pujols, Death Valley
2B—R.Cano, Northeast
3B—M.Cabrera, Brooklyn
SS—I.Desmond, Miami
LF—R.Braun, Goldenrod
CF—M.Trout, Brooklyn
RF—T.Hunter, Goldenrod
SP—C.Kershaw, Spokane
SP—J.Shields, Northeast
SP—Y.Darvish, Mohawk Valley
SP—D.Price, Mohawk Valley
SP—J.Weaver, St. Louis
SP—H.Kuroda, Columbus

Second-Team All-Stars
CA—B.Posey, Rosehill
1B—A.LaRoche, Mohawk Valley
2B—A.Hill, California
3B—A.Beltre, Rochester
SS—J.Rollins, West Side
LF—M.Prado, Rosehill
CF—A.McCutchen, Mohawk Valley
RF—G.Stanton, Fighting Irish
SP—R.Dickey, Wilmington
RP—C.Kimbrel, Northwest
SP—J.Verlander, Jersey
RP—R.Cook, Northwest
RP—F.Rodney, Wilmington
SP—J.Niese, Rosehill