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 (6/10/2012) rosters and projected depth charts.
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2012 MLB Team Rankings (6/10/2012)
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1 |
Texas Rangers |
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2 |
New York Yankees |
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3 |
Atlanta Braves |
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4 |
Tampa Bay Rays |
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5 |
Washington Nationals |
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6 |
Cincinnati Reds |
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7 |
Boston Red Sox |
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8 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
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9 |
Miami Marlins |
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10 |
Chicago White Sox |
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11 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
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12 |
San Francisco Giants |
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13 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
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14 |
New York Mets |
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15 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
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16 |
Detroit Tigers |
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17 |
Baltimore Orioles |
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18 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
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19 |
Cleveland Indians |
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20 |
Los Angeles Angels |
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21 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
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22 |
Colorado Rockies |
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23 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
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24 |
Kansas City Royals |
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25 |
Chicago Cubs |
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26 |
Oakland Athletics |
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27 |
Houston Astros |
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28 |
Seattle Mariners |
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29 |
Minnesota Twins |
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30 |
San Diego Padres |