Not only does the Predictalator run every upcoming game 50,000 times, it plays every team against every other team to come up with the ultimate Power Rankings. The Predictalator is successful because it best accounts for actual matchups and team's abilities to exploit opponent's weaknesses, so the Power Rankings are not necessarily the best way to know who would win between two teams. They are, however, the best possible way to measure which teams have put together the most impressive seasons. The best team may not be favored against the second-best team, but it would be favored more significantly against the rest of the teams in the sport.
To build the MLB Power Rankings below, we "played" every team against every other team 50,000 times each and ranked by overall winning percentage of those games. These Power Rankings are as of (5/21/2012) rosters and projected depth charts.
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2012 MLB Team Rankings (5/21/2012)
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1 |
Texas Rangers |
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2 |
Atlanta Braves |
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3 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
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4 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
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5 |
New York Yankees |
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6 |
Boston Red Sox |
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7 |
Tampa Bay Rays |
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8 |
Detroit Tigers |
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9 |
Washington Nationals |
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10 |
Baltimore Orioles |
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11 |
Miami Marlins |
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12 |
Cincinnati Reds |
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13 |
Chicago White Sox |
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14 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
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15 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
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16 |
San Francisco Giants |
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17 |
Los Angeles Angels |
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18 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
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19 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
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20 |
Cleveland Indians |
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21 |
New York Mets |
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22 |
Chicago Cubs |
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23 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
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24 |
Kansas City Royals |
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25 |
Colorado Rockies |
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26 |
Houston Astros |
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27 |
Seattle Mariners |
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28 |
San Diego Padres |
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29 |
Oakland Athletics |
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30 |
Minnesota Twins |