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

[DrungoHazewood]

14 hours ago, ORIOLE33 said:

But you can only rank on what has happened so far. 

"What has happened so far" also includes everything we know about the team, the players, and their opponents for the last 5, 10, 15 years.  The last week's game results are a tiny fraction of our body of knowledge.

[OFFNY]

On 8/5/2020 at 10:40 PM, OFFNY said:

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The Marlins, on the other hand, have an .833 Winning Percentage for the season ........ that's tied with the Twins for the best in the Major Leagues.

 

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Now, it's up to .857 ........ the best in the Major Leagues.

 

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[byrdz]

“If you ain’t first, you’re last.”

[OFFNY]

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(AUGUST 13th)

 

With an overall record of 10-7, the Orioles are ranked 9th overall out of 30 Major League teams in the ESPN's RPI Rankings.

The Detroit Tigers are the lowest-ranked team with a winning record, at 21st overall while sporting a record of 9-7.

 

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

 

In ESPN's Power Rankings, the Orioles have moved up to 29 overall ........ but that was several days ago, when the Orioles' overall record was only 7--7 (now, it is 10-7.)

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29629132/mlb-power-rankings-every-team-biggest-surprise-far

 

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[OFFNY]

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(SEPTEMBER 7th)

 

Yesterday afternoon, the Orioles had a record of 19-21 ........ even still, they moved down 2 spots from #23 to #25.

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29818105/mlb-power-rankings-one-big-thing-team-needs-do-stretch

 

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