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I Know It’s Early, But How Can ESPN Have Us Ranked Dead Last?


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1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

How is having the O's 30th getting more clicks than the Marlins or the Pirates?  I don't see why it would.

It's got us talking about it and some people mad.

If they put the Pirates last Pirate fans wouldn't be mad they'd say, yep, we suck.   8 guys hitting under .200, we deserve it.

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1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Here you go guys, ESPN RPI rankings.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/rpi

The Orioles being ranked 9th -- albeit it on record and strength of schedule versus whatever "Power" means in the phrase, "power rankings" -- is a more egregious misrepresentation of the team's ability to win than is the subjective 30th ranking. They are somewhere from 29 to, maybe, 26 on the high end. 

But ranking any team behind a team that was probably ranked @ #29 pre-season, can't field a squad and hasn't played a game in over a  week is idiotic.

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1 minute ago, Beef Supreme said:

The Orioles being ranked 9th -- albeit it on record and strength of schedule versus whatever "Power" means in the phrase, "power rankings" -- is a more egregious misrepresentation of the team's ability to win than is the subjective 30th ranking. They are somewhere from 29 to, maybe, 26 on the high end. 

But ranking any team behind a team that was probably ranked @ #29 pre-season, can't field a squad and hasn't played a game in almost two weeks is idiotic.

I don't disagree with that in general, but the rankings could get pretty volatile this year from players opting out or being quarantined. There are some teams that are in pretty bad shape, and don't figure to recover for a while, if at all. The mid-20s sounds about right to me. 

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They'd have ranked us dead last even if we just won it all, it's just how they are.

"Sure, on the surface, the Orioles just won the world championship, but underneath that champion's exterior lies a deeply flawed team that I suspect will go on a fifteen game losing streak any moment now."

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1 minute ago, spiritof66 said:

I don't disagree with that in general, but the rankings could get pretty volatile this year from players opting out or being quarantined. There are some teams that are in pretty bad shape, and don't figure to recover for a while, if at all. The mid-20s sounds about right to me. 

I expect they will be volatile. Even the best teams could be dereailed by the factors you mentioned, regardless of "rankings."

When one of the worst teams isn't even playing, there is no justification for ranking that team anywhere but #30.

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2 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

Sounds like an invitation to discuss politics. I respectfully decline. :no:

Sports. Not politics. Postponed games. Players on IL.

If any writer is not taking all that into account -- especially the not playing games part -- than they are living in a bubble.

Thank you.

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