MMDA Final Power Ranking & Award Winners For 2014 Season

An attempt to rank the league's best teams at the conclusion of the season, after all 162 games have been played. Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential.

Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order. The playoff brackets appear further down the page.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Northeast	101	61	Northeast	5.02	4.17	+137
2	Brooklyn	99	63	Pacific	5.67	4.31	+221
3	Fighting Irish	93	69	Northeast	4.89	4.11	+126
4	Goldenrod	91	71	Central	4.62	4.35	+44
5	Northwest	88	74	Pacific	4.01	3.56	+73
6	Mohawk Valley	87	75	Atlantic	4.35	3.80	+88
7	Rochester	86	76	Atlantic	4.42	3.90	+84
8	Death Valley	86	76	Atlantic	4.58	4.22	+59
9	Spokane	84	78	Pacific	3.68	3.55	+21
10	West Side	80	82	Northeast	4.60	4.12	+77
11	Wilmington	80	82	Atlantic	4.37	4.64	-43
12	Miami	80	82	Northeast	4.06	4.37	-51
13	Rosehill	79	83	Central	3.94	4.29	-57
14	California	78	84	Pacific	4.38	4.65	-44
15	Jersey	76	86	Atlantic	4.14	4.37	-38
16	St. Louis	75	87	Central	3.65	4.25	-97
17	Cape Cod	71	91	Northeast	4.38	5.02	-104
18	Elysian Fields	69	93	Pacific	3.72	4.56	-135
19	Columbus	61	101	Central	3.33	4.40	-173
20	Lake County	56	106	Central	3.40	4.56	-188

Playoff Bracket A 

No. 1 Northeast (101)

No. 8 Rochester (86)

No. 4 Goldenrod (91)

No. 5 Northwest (88)

Playoff Bracket B

No. 2 Brooklyn (99)

No. 7 Death Valley (86)

No. 3 Fighting Irish (93)

No. 6 Mohawk Valley (87)

MMDA Power Ranking After Block Five

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after block five (138 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Brooklyn	88	50	Pacific	5.75	4.15	+221
2	Northeast	82	56	Northeast	4.95	4.33	+86
3	Fighting Irish	80	58	Northeast	4.80	4.09	+98
4	Death Valley	73	65	Atlantic	4.62	4.31	+43
5	Rochester	72	66	Atlantic	4.38	3.78	+82
6	Mohawk Valley	72	66	Atlantic	4.29	3.91	+53
7	Goldenrod	72	66	Central	4.38	4.57	-26
8	Northwest	71	67	Pacific	3.96	3.60	+50
9	Spokane	71	67	Pacific	3.54	3.54	-1
10	Miami	71	67	Northeast	4.14	4.20	-8
11	Wilmington	71	67	Atlantic	4.55	4.72	-24
12	California	68	70	Pacific	4.40	4.61	-29
13	Jersey	67	71	Atlantic	4.34	4.37	-4
14	West Side	66	72	Northeast	4.57	4.23	+46
15	Cape Cod	66	72	Northeast	4.36	4.62	-37
16	St. Louis	64	74	Central	3.55	4.20	-89
17	Rosehill	63	75	Central	3.67	4.33	-91
18	Elysian Fields	60	78	Pacific	3.78	4.54	-105
19	Columbus	53	85	Central	3.42	4.48	-146
20	Lake County	50	88	Central	3.51	4.37	-119

Top Eight Run-Creation Teams 

No	Team	R/G	Index
1	Brooklyn	5.75	135
2	Northeast	4.95	117
3	Fighting Irish	4.80	113
4	Death Valley	4.62	109
5	West Side	4.57	107
6	Wilmington	4.55	107
7	California	4.40	104
8	Rochester	4.38	103
	Goldenrod	4.38	103

Top Eight Run-Prevention Teams 

No	Team	RA/G	Index
1	Spokane	3.54	120
2	Northwest	3.60	118
3	Rochester	3.78	112
4	Mohawk Valley	3.91	109
5	Fighting Irish	4.09	104
6	Brooklyn	4.15	102
7	St. Louis	4.20	101
	Miami	4.20	101

MMDA Power Ranking After Block 4

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after block four (108 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Northeast	63	45	Northeast	5.03	4.55	+52
2	Brooklyn	61	47	Pacific	5.41	4.67	+80
3	Death Valley	61	47	Atlantic	4.99	4.44	+59
4	Fighting Irish	60	48	Northeast	4.66	4.06	+64
5	Wilmington	60	48	Atlantic	4.56	4.35	+22
6	Mohawk Valley	59	49	Atlantic	4.19	3.51	+73
7	Goldenrod	59	49	Central	4.56	4.31	+27
8	Miami	57	51	Northeast	4.18	4.14	+4
9	Rochester	56	52	Atlantic	4.47	3.92	+60
10	West Side	53	55	Northeast	4.59	4.11	+52
11	Rosehill	53	55	Central	3.77	4.08	-34
12	Jersey	51	57	Atlantic	4.27	4.37	-11
13	California	51	57	Pacific	4.29	4.65	-39
14	Spokane	51	57	Pacific	3.33	3.70	-40
15	St. Louis	51	57	Central	3.50	4.11	-66
16	Northwest	50	58	Pacific	3.57	3.88	-33
17	Cape Cod	50	58	Northeast	4.34	4.71	-40
18	Columbus	47	61	Central	3.63	4.29	-71
19	Elysian Fields	44	64	Pacific	3.80	4.74	-102
20	Lake County	43	65	Central	3.70	4.23	-57

Top Run-Creation Teams 

1. Brooklyn, 5.41 R/G (27% above avg)
2. Northeast, 5.03 R/G (19% above avg)
3. Death Valley, 4.99 R/G (18% above avg)
4. Fighting Irish, 4.66 R/G (10% above avg)
5. West Side, 4.59 R/G (8% above avg)

Top Run-Prevention Teams 

1. Mohawk Valley, 3.51 RA/G (21% above avg)
2. Spokane, 3.70 RA/G (15% above avg)
3. Northwest, 3.88 RA/G (9% above avg)
4. Rochester, 3.92 RA/G (8% above avg)
5. Fighting Irish, 4.06 RA/G (4% above avg)

MMDA Midseason Power Rankings & Award Winners

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after block three (84 games), roughly the midpoint of the season. Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Northeast	50	34	Northeast	5.17	4.40	+64
2	Wilmington	50	34	Atlantic	4.63	4.11	+44
3	Fighting Irish	47	37	Northeast	4.56	4.12	+37
4	Brooklyn	46	38	Pacific	5.60	4.86	+62
5	Mohawk Valley	46	38	Atlantic	4.17	3.55	+52
6	Goldenrod	46	38	Central	4.50	4.50	0
7	Miami	45	39	Northeast	4.11	4.02	+7
8	West Side	44	40	Northeast	4.60	3.94	+55
9	Rochester	44	40	Atlantic	4.65	4.05	+51
10	Death Valley	44	40	Atlantic	4.93	4.55	+32
11	Jersey	43	41	Atlantic	4.43	4.14	+24
12	St. Louis	42	42	Central	3.50	4.01	-43
13	Spokane	42	42	Pacific	3.27	3.86	-49
14	California	39	45	Pacific	4.32	4.43	-9
15	Rosehill	38	46	Central	3.65	4.21	-47
16	Cape Cod	37	47	Northeast	4.10	4.46	-31
17	Northwest	37	47	Pacific	3.50	3.98	-40
18	Columbus	37	47	Central	3.70	4.31	-51
19	Elysian Fields	33	51	Pacific	3.79	4.95	-98
20	Lake County	30	54	Central	3.70	4.42	-60

Top Run-Creation Teams (R/G)

Brooklyn (5.60)
Northeast (5.17)
Death Valley (4.93)
Rochester (4.65)
Wilmington (4.63)

Top Run-Prevention Teams (RA/G)

Mohawk Valley (3.55)
Spokane (3.86)
West Side (3.94)
Northwest (3.98)
St. Louis (4.01)

Dutchmen Keep Adding Players Selected In 2014 Draft

What do the following nine young players have in common?

Jose Fernandez, rhp
Zack Wheeler, rhp
Danny Salazar, rhp
Kevin Gausman, rhp
Carlos Martinez, rhp
Chris Owings, ss
Nick Franklin, 2b
Kolten Wong, 2b
Robbie Erlin, lhp

All nine are property of Elysian Fields—that's what!—and all have been acquired since the 2014 draft. Manager Clyde Elkins drafted Zack Wheeler (#23), Carlos Martinez (#43), Nick Franklin (#63) and Robbie Erlin (#83) in February, but he pulled off a series of trades with the Crows, Lions, Manatees and Nighthawks to acquire the other five prospects.

In deals for that Fab Five—Jose Fernandez (#2), Kevin Gausman (#34), Chris Owings (#51), Danny Salazar (#28) and Kolten Wong (#68)—Elkins surrendered big league talent such as Nate Eovaldi, Prince Fielder, Cole Hamels, Matt Joyce and Wil Myers as the Dutchmen sacrificed present card value for a projected future payout.

MMDA Power Rankings: Second Block Edition

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after two blocks (54 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Brooklyn	32	22	Pacific	5.91	4.74	+63
2	Mohawk Valley	32	22	Atlantic	4.48	3.44	+56
3	Miami	32	22	Northeast	4.44	3.78	+36
4	Death Valley	30	24	Atlantic	5.35	4.43	+50
5	Northeast	30	24	Northeast	4.91	4.63	+15
6	Goldenrod	30	24	Central	4.31	4.22	+5
7	Wilmington	30	24	Atlantic	4.13	4.19	-3
8	Fighting	29	25	Northeast	4.94	4.65	+16
9	West Side	28	26	Northeast	4.50	3.93	+31
10	Jersey	28	26	Atlantic	4.26	4.39	-7
11	Cape Cod	27	27	Northeast	4.57	4.28	+16
12	Rochester	26	28	Atlantic	4.78	4.41	+20
13	Spokane	26	28	Pacific	3.09	3.83	-40
14	Rosehill	25	29	Central	3.70	3.94	-13
15	Columbus	24	30	Central	3.69	4.11	-23
16	Northwest	24	30	Pacific	3.44	3.96	-28
17	St. Louis	24	30	Central	3.26	4.09	-45
18	California	23	31	Pacific	4.31	4.78	-25
19	Lake County	21	33	Central	3.81	4.52	-38
20	Elysian Fields	19	35	Pacific	3.76	5.35	-86

Top Run-Creation Teams (R/G)

Brooklyn (5.91)
Death Valley (5.35)
Fighting Irish (4.94)
Northeast (4.91)
Rochester (4.78)

Top Run-Prevention Teams (RA/G)

Mohawk Valley (3.44)
Miami (3.78)
Spokane (3.83)
West Side (3.93)
Rosehill (3.94)

MMDA Power Ranking: Block One Edition

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after one block (30 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Miami	20	10	Northeast	3.97	2.43	46
2	Mohawk Valley	18	12	Atlantic	4.97	3.47	45
3	Cape Cod	18	12	Northeast	5.13	3.73	42
4	Jersey	18	12	Atlantic	4.33	3.97	11
5	Wilmington	18	12	Atlantic	4.13	4.00	4
6	Brooklyn	17	13	Pacific	6.07	5.10	29
7	Northeast	17	13	Northeast	5.00	5.00	0
8	Goldenrod	17	13	Central	4.50	4.53	-1
9	Rochester	16	14	Atlantic	4.97	3.90	32
10	Death Valley	16	14	Atlantic	5.10	4.30	24
11	Fighting Irish	16	14	Northeast	4.50	4.43	2
12	St. Louis	16	14	Central	3.10	3.80	-21
13	West Side	15	15	Northeast	4.03	3.23	24
14	Spokane	13	17	Pacific	3.23	4.07	-25
15	California	12	18	Pacific	4.17	5.10	-28
16	Columbus	11	19	Central	3.93	4.87	-28
17	Elysian Fields	11	19	Pacific	3.43	4.90	-44
18	Northwest	11	19	Pacific	2.73	4.33	-48
19	Rosehill	10	20	Central	3.70	4.73	-31
20	Lake County	10	20	Central	3.60	4.70	-33

Top Run-Creation Teams (R/G)

Brooklyn (6.07)
Cape Cod (5.14)
Death Valley (5.10)
Northeast (5.00)
Mohawk Valley (4.97)

The Dodgers' high-octane offense features three of the top seven hitters in the league. Mike Trout (1.560), Miguel Cabrera (1.159) and Hanley Ramirez (1.035) rank first, fifth and seventh in the MMDA in total average. (Google it.)

Top Run-Prevention Teams (RA/G)

Miami (2.43)
West Side (3.23)
Mohawk Valley (3.47)
Cape Cod (3.73)
St. Louis (3.80)

Johnny Cueto (1.08), Corey Kluber (1.09) and Jarred Cosart (1.78) drove the Manatees' pitching success in Block One, with there of the top ERAs in the MMDA.