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Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 93 | 69 | 102.6 | 101.4 | 101.6 | .615 | .634 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| It's okay, Mark Buehrle. Fifteen straight years of 198 2/3 innings is still pretty good. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 86 | 76 | 93.2 | 98.2 | 97.8 | .579 | .598 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10.3% | 35.6% |
| The Astros champagne celebration was insane! Most of them missed each other, but enough of the champagne cleared the fences. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 95 | 67 | 90.1 | 85.8 | 86.3 | .551 | .571 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Home field advantage throughout the playoffs should be just what they need, since they had it in last year's World Series and that worked out fine. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 97 | 65 | 90.2 | 97.3 | 95.8 | .587 | .567 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Good luck in the playoffs, Cubs. Fans sitting in the front rows: get exactly the heck out of the way of everything. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 81 | 80 | 83.8 | 93.3 | 93.3 | .546 | .565 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| Not a bad year overall. They were in the wild card chase to the final week, and they didn't trade away a Cy Young winner. Actually, that's their best year ever. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 87 | 75 | 87.9 | 87.6 | 89.3 | .543 | .563 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Alex Rodriguez is likely to be the first player to win Comeback Player of the Year immediately after winning Goaway Player of the Year. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 92 | 70 | 89.3 | 98.6 | 97.0 | .582 | .562 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| So, Alex Wood starts Game 1, right? | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 100 | 62 | 95.8 | 89.6 | 88.9 | .578 | .558 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If your team is not in the playoffs, then you can take complete solace in the fact that the Cardinals are, and they won't play your team for several more months. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 98 | 64 | 92.4 | 92.5 | 91.0 | .577 | .557 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| You know what they say in baseball: trading for J.A. Happ the fourth time is a charm. (Jose Bautista was on the sixth charm.) | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 80 | 82 | 81.2 | 85.7 | 86.6 | .515 | .535 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| And now for Kevin Kiermaier to spend an offseason of doing what he was adept at all season: clean carpets. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 90 | 72 | 88.9 | 90.8 | 88.2 | .552 | .532 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| I'm sure everything will go fine for the Mets this postseason. They got all their times being no-hit out of the way. At worst, most of them. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 88 | 74 | 82.9 | 80.1 | 80.4 | .511 | .531 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 3.0% |
| Bizarre, but true: if the playoffs began today, Texas would win the AL West. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 83 | 79 | 88.5 | 92.7 | 89.1 | .545 | .525 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stunning fact: the Nationals are 2-0 in the last two years on the final weekend when they throw a no-hitter. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 84 | 78 | 88.7 | 89.7 | 89.1 | .542 | .522 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| With Tim Hudson and Jeremy Affeldt retiring from baseball, the Giants are on pace to have all their pitchers retire by 2022. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 81 | 81 | 83.1 | 77.6 | 79.2 | .495 | .515 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| There are two options for the Orioles: re-sign Chris Davis, or you fools just re-sign Chris Davis. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 78 | 84 | 80.5 | 80.2 | 80.9 | .493 | .513 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Dave Dombrowski is almost finished on next year's Red Sox roster. It's basically the same roster, only they all wear striped polo uniforms. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 85 | 77 | 79.4 | 76.4 | 77.8 | .492 | .512 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -10.3% | -30.1% |
| Remember, it's not whether you win or lose, but how you used Jo-Jo Reyes down the stretch. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 83 | 79 | 80.6 | 72.1 | 72.8 | .476 | .496 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -7.1% |
| They were in the playoff race until the final weekend, but we have some nice lovely parting gifts for them: the fact that Eddie Rosario was the first rookie since Ray Lankford to hit at least 15 triples. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 76 | 86 | 73.4 | 77.1 | 78.5 | .471 | .491 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Only a few months to lobby the league to allow a second designated hitter to replace the catcher, and honestly, they've built a terrific case for it. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 68 | 94 | 77.3 | 77.8 | 79.9 | .468 | .488 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The A's season ended with a Dull loss. In other news, jokes sometimes write themselves. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 79 | 83 | 81.7 | 80.4 | 80.3 | .496 | .476 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Paul Goldschmidt had the second-finest offensive season in Diamondbacks history. Good to see it not go to waste. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 74 | 87 | 68.9 | 73.9 | 75.0 | .453 | .473 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Noted power hitter Miguel Cabrera won his fourth batting title in five years, and has the fifth best batting average of anyone since the start of the Expansion Era. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 76 | 86 | 72.2 | 70.1 | 71.8 | .448 | .467 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If you had to pick one game to summarize the White Sox season, would you pick the time Jeff Samardzija gave up nine runs in a game, the other time he gave up nine runs in a game, or the time he gave up 10 runs in a game? | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 71 | 91 | 73.6 | 74.1 | 72.9 | .450 | .430 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Looking to 2015, the Marlins need bullpen help, an outfielder, and a manager. And Ichiro's, like, standing right there. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 74 | 88 | 72.2 | 70.8 | 69.9 | .443 | .423 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If A.J. Preller could do it all over again, he'd probably make all the same trades, but hope that it works out this time. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 64 | 98 | 68.8 | 71.3 | 72.3 | .427 | .407 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Bryan Price is coming back as manager next year, since they'll need someone to fire in the first month to motivate the team. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 68 | 94 | 72.2 | 67.4 | 68.4 | .426 | .406 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Time to convert Miller Park back into a dormant Willy Wonka-style chocolate factory for the winter. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 68 | 94 | 70.5 | 64.9 | 63.5 | .412 | .393 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Nolan Arenado and Carlos Gonzalez combined for 82 home runs, breaking Barry Bonds' single season record. (With an asterisk.) | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 67 | 95 | 60.5 | 61.2 | 61.6 | .386 | .367 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shelby Miller finally won a game since mid-May. Miracles can happen on the final day. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 63 | 99 | 61.9 | 57.0 | 56.8 | .368 | .350 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Now it's time to say goodbye To all our Hit List friends P-H-I (See you real soon) L-L-Y (Why? Because we like doing formula-based power rankings interspersed with wry commentary) L-O-S-E-S | |||||||||||||
...And scene.