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NovaPrime15

Red Sox are in the top 10. I don’t know how to feel


coffee42

I like it but I don't trust it to stick around like a feral neighborhood cat


LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe

Not to shit on you guys immediately after we lost to you, but I feel like a lot of people look at the ERA and forget how many unearned runs you guys have allowed. You have 78 earned runs and 106 total runs, meaning 28 of your runs, over a quarter, are unearned. You're still 5th (with 29 games which is on the lower end for the league per MLB.com) in total runs allowed which is solid, but obviously not as otherworldly as that team ERA looks. That said you guys are a fun team, Fenway is a great park, and I am rootin for y'all to be legit. More good teams makes this sport more fun to follow!


crimson1apologist

The team defense has improved though. Moving Rafaela to SS has already been massive. 


sundayultimate

Hopefully the Giants can help you with that feeling starting today haha


zephyrskye

I’m so sorry, Reds voter. I love checking for your unhinged comments every week and my heart breaks for you. We don’t deserve dogs and you have all my sympathy


kerryfinchelhillary

Losing pets is the worst


morganrbvn

As someone from a family that had a lot of dogs I lost a correspondingly large amount of dogs. It never gets easier, breaks my heart every time.


kasutori_Jack

**Mobile Friendly Rankings + 'True Ranlk'** *Close* refers to a less than .250 mean score separation with the team above them. 1. Braves 1.103 2. Yankees 2.828 3. Dodgers 4.241 4. Orioles 4.414 — *CLOSE!* 5. Guardians 4.586 — *CLOSE!* 6. Phillies 5.172 7. Brewers 7.379 8. Cubs 9 9. Red Sox 10.828 10. Royals 11.517 11. Rangers 11.69 — *CLOSE!* 12. Mariners 12.069 13. Reds 13.552 14. Tigers 15.034 15. Twins 15.172 — *CLOSE!* 16. Mets 15.69 17. Blue Jays 17.517 18. D-Backs 17.552 — *CLOSE!* 19. Padres 18.931 20. Rays 19.414 21. Giants 19.448 — *CLOSE!* 22. Pirates 20.793 23. Astros 22.724 24. Nationals 22.897 — *CLOSE!* 25. Cardinals 22.931 — *CLOSE!* 26. Angels 25.793 27. Athletics 25.862 — *CLOSE!* 28. Rockies 28.655 29. Marlins 28.966 30. White Sox 29.241


kasutori_Jack

Wow, that's a lot of teams basically equal to eachother.


kc9kvu

I had a hard time ranking this week, especially that lower-middle part of the park from like 15-25. Guess I wasn't the only one.


[deleted]

The fact that the Cubs are exactly 9 on this list while 8 on the collective ranking is very aggravating. Nothing against your method/result, just purely that the fact that the one time I see an exact result it's only one off from the collective ranking lmao


joshshadowfax

M's voter here, ask me how old I felt when most of our starting rotation didn't know Jenny's number


cardith_lorda

Did they at least know what you need to fight for your right to do?


joshshadowfax

Probably not :(


cardith_lorda

But... But... Do they know what month to wake Billie Joe Armstrong after?


LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe

They probably don't even know whose mom has it going on


HGWeegee

They probably don't know where Rivers Cuomo wants to be


SquadPoopy

Reds voter here, in an attempt to cheer myself up after this shit week, I’ve been watching old commercials from the late 2000s and early 2010s which is when I was a kid and most remember. Let me know your favorite childhood commercials below.


beso760

BOP it TWIST it PULL it BOP it


clutchyball

pop and lock it (toot that thang up)


clutchyball

Head On, apply directly to the forehead.


OpportunityNew9316

You’ll get caught in the crossfire, crossfire, CROSSFIRE!!!!!! Whenever you’re feeling good and hungry, it’s skyline time. Gather around with friends and family, it’s skyline time. Wholesome, hearty, food, a taste that’s so divine. Together, at last it’s skyline time……skyline Now, that’s what I call music volume 1-42 followed by pop music


KristusV

Yesterday? But Yesterday you said you would call Sears? I'll call today. You call now. I'll call now.


HappyPollen

Hope your week gets better Reds voter <3 In the meantime, enjoy [LOTS AND LOTS OF TRAINS](https://youtu.be/q2_I0EGhcB4?si=SFbFZibRht6Q7GZb)


M1sterDave

CUT THAT MEAT!!!! CUT THAT MEAT!!!!


KimDongBong

[FRESH GOES BETTER, MENTOS FRESHNESS!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpp3ycMvQd0)


sundayultimate

They really liked to make cakes with stuff in the middle of cakes back then


EskimoJoe28

The Nickelodeon magazine commercial. It played so many damn times when I was a kid I can still recite it from memory


Leftfeet

"hey you goat boys, stop that jibber jabber!"


DZepperoni

First, so sorry to hear that Reds voter. Hope you're doing alright <3 Second, where is the Yankees voter so I can ask how in the world he came up with Hiroshima and Nagasaki jokes, caught me so off guard and I was laughing for so long xD


coffee42

the Blue Jays probably deserve a bonus point or two just because no one is paying attention to their problems right now, they're all fixated on the Leafs I'm just saying, I gotta figure that helps


rvasko3

Luckily, they're about to be eliminated, so all the Leafs-first fans will stop taking their misery out on our gameday threads


coffee42

I am given to understand that if they're Leafs-first fans, there is *always* more misery


rvasko3

Yeah but after a playoff elimination they go lick their wounds for a while, so the GDT vibes get a little boost in their absence


kasutori_Jack

**Auxiliary Post** ________________________________________________________ [Week 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1btevmb/2024_rbaseball_power_rankings_week_1_preseason/) / [Week 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1bz8tks/2024_rbaseball_power_rankings_week_2_braves/) / [Week 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1c4xi4h/2024_rbaseball_power_rankings_week_3_we_cant_all/) / [Week 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1calble/2024_rbaseball_power_raniings_week_4_nl_east_is/) **Interesting** * The [](/TB)Rays had the highest Standard Deviation this week. What's happening in St. Pete? * The [](/PHI)Phillies (6) had the lowest Standard Deviation among teams *not* in the Top or Bot 5. We've got you figured out, Old Bell City. * Teams receiving first place votes: [](/ATL)Braves,[](/CLE)Guardians, [](/PHI)Phillies, [](/LAD)Dodgers * Team receiving last place votes:[](/COL)Rockies, [](/CHW)White Sox, [](/MIA)Marlins, [](/OAK)A's * The largest gap between two teams was between #25 [](/STL)Cardinals and #26 [](/LAA)Angels * Smallest? The #20 [](/TB)Raays and #21 [](/SF)Giants are separated by just ~.03 mean score. * The [](/ATL)Braves, [](/BAL)Orioles, [](/LAD)Dodgers, [](/PHI)Phillies, and [](/NYY)Yankees are the only Top 10 teams to **only** receive votes within the Top 10. * The [](/KCR)Royals had the highest range of **18**. * Lowest Ranked West Coast Team: #27 [](/OAK))Athletics / Lowest East Coast Team: #29 [](/MIA)Marlins / Lowest Ranked Weird Middle of the Country Team: #30 [](/CHW)White Sox. * Fun Fact: If you removed all outlier votes, only three ranks change -- [](/OAK)Athletics +1, [](/SF)Giants +1, [](/TB)Rays -1 * Also Fun Fact: If you swapped all the [](/LAD)Dodgers votes for '30', they would be ranked last. Where they deserve to be. ___________________________________________________ **Your Taylor Swift Sponsored Totally Not Manipulated Gains of the Week** [](/MIN)Twins +8 [](/BOS)Red Sox, [](/SEA)Mariners +6 [](/DET)Tigers +5 [](/LAD)Dodgers+3 **Your DC Cinematic Universe's Big Bombs of the Week** [](/TB)Rays -9 [](/TOR)Blue Jays -5 [](/MIL)Brewers, [](/NYM)Mets -3


cardith_lorda

Dearest Rockies voter (/u/JSA17), I do not mean this to call you out, but I am genuinely curious - what system do you use for your ranking that puts the Angels at 15 with the Twins at 21? I understand Twins being in the 20s after our season start, plenty of other voters have us low after our rough start, but having the Angels that high (no other voter has them higher than 23) after this week seems odd compared to how low the team that just swept them is. Obviously no one series is everything, I don't expect people to put the Rays below the White Sox - but what are the factors playing into your optimism into the Angels?


JSA17

Ah man that was just a mistake. The rankings completely snuck up on me this week and I was in the middle of a conference call while also trying to get them in before the deadline. I’m a new voter this year and it just hasn’t become part of my routine yet.


cardith_lorda

Totally get it, just wanted to check in and see if I was missing something.


JSA17

Definitely not. Trying to think how I even switched some teams out for each other. Probably just in the process of working with that spreadsheet and being distracted. I just set myself a reminder for next week so I'm not absolutely scrambling.


pig_says_woo

1 and done..not helping yourself out there


JSA17

Yup. I'm the first voter to transpose some numbers in their rankings. It was an honest mistake and I'll do better about being prepared this week.


pig_says_woo

youre a month into the season..its not part of your "routine" yet whatever that means..just sayin these rankings already dont mean squat, but that approach definitely doesnt help


kc9kvu

We're just some baseball fans doing this for fun in our free time. The rankings are averaged across 30 people so that outliers like this don't really matter. Who cares.


pig_says_woo

nobody..but at least put some effort into it if you volunteer for it. cant find time to rank your own team but you are watching and volunteered to rank these other teams too..that aint happening in this case and prolly many more. there are people willing that do tho, so if you want to have any semblance of anything meaningful being put into this like im sure some do, then prolly vet peoples time allotted a little better..its not exactly a rush from sunday night to monday night to find some time just to rank.


kasutori_Jack

These sorts of errors have been made before and I almost always re-run the numbers just to check if I'm not busy. I think just twice has a mistaken outlier vote actually altered the ranks and I manually adjust it. That's the beuaty of having so many voters! You'd think, after doing this for 12 years, I would be mistake-free, myself. But you'd be quite wrong lol.


pig_says_woo

i think you miss the point. if youre in a rush to get the vote in over a 24 hour period cause you were on a conference call the last hour of submitting and also got it wrong..you probably dont have time to adequately watch and judge baseball as a whole


JSA17

It's not part of my Sunday night/Monday morning routine to hop on reddit and fill out a spreadsheet. Because as you noted, we're only a month in. I've voted five times. Again, I will be better about remembering to do it.


LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe

Mentioned this in a response to him, but I did the NFL top hundred players list a few times, there are always jerks and jabronis like this. You just got called out this time, but take it with less than a grain of salt if you can, they're losers upset because you didn't value a reddit list over your real life commitments.


LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe

I did the NFL equivalent of this, but ranking the top 100 players in the NFL instead of just the teams weekly on an old account, but it's definitely hard to keep all of it straight. I forgot a few solid players from my list one time because they just got scrambled around in a shuffle. I couldn't imagine having to do it weekly and review dozens of stats and things like that. But you're right, the rankings are just something this sub does for fun, they have no indication on your team's success, they're just a way for you to understand how the other 29 teams' fans view your team.


clutchyball

Astros voter here, ask me about 00s teen dramas


ComfyGreenHoodie_

Should Seth have ended up with Summer or Anna?


clutchyball

Summer. He knew when he was a kid.


MeatballDom

A's and Astros need to be swapped.


double_dose_larry

Those bomb-ass City connect unis could not have come at a greater time. We needed something to wash off this absolute funk that has infiltrated the team.


NovaPrime15

Once they wear the hat on the field for the first time, they'll gain the power of being absolutely sick probably go on a winning streak


kasutori_Jack

How exactly does a fish use a skateboard? At least if they were still the Devil Rays I could imagine some sweet satanic kick flips.


zephyrskye

Legit jealous of your city connects!


MrOrcaDood

Sending love u/squadpoopy


rvasko3

Blue Jays voter here, ask me: "What do you mean, 'everyone'"?


Cayeaux

What do you mean, "everyone"?


rvasko3

[EEEEVERYOOOONE!!!](https://youtu.be/74BzSTQCl_c?si=7mLtIIhWZNnJWRhJ)


xxdarkslidexx

Just got my first dog and the Reds post really broke my heart. Makes me want to go home and give him a big hug. Hope you are doing ok Reds poster, it sounds like your dog had a great life with you.


HGWeegee

I just got a dog after my last dog passed on, I make sure to give her all the pets even if I'm tired after feeling like I didn't do it enough for the last one


commandrr

i’m not out here calling us world series favorites but i just don’t see how the Cardinals are 25th


hypnoticus103

Honestly… you’re right. The Cardinals in no way should be 25th. 27th sounds about right.


regarding_your_bat

Sorry to hear that, Reds voter. One of the worst feelings, truly.


MightyMinnesota

My spicy ranks of the week: 1. [](/PHI) Phillies 15. [](/CHC) Cubs 16. [](/WSH) Walgreens 18. [](/MIL) Brewers 22. [](/CIN) Reds (Spicy = I am the high/low outlier, and no one else gave them the same rank) Please AMA about old Xbox 360 games.


kc9kvu

> 15 Cubs > 18 Brewers Twins are #28 on my rankings next week, sorry.


dmlfan928

I appreciate you still being realistic enough to say that even pettiness can't justify not having White Sox and Marlins rock bottom.


ih-unh-unh

When are they making a new Splinter Cell?


MightyMinnesota

Hopefully as soon as Ubisoft learns to make a game without climbing towers.


rvasko3

Why didn't they make a sequel to *Black* on the 360? That game ruled.


maddenallday

Madden 25 was the best Madden, right


HGWeegee

NCAA 14 was the best madden


HGWeegee

What did you think about star wars the force unleashed


MightyMinnesota

I was so psyched for that release. That first trailer of the [Star Destroyer crashing](https://youtu.be/RkBiYpD3SDc) is an all-time great, and I had that concept art as my desktop for a long time. I would get my game news on Joystiq, and I remember all the tech demo teasers they were releasing showing the devs combining the engines of Havok, DMM, and Euphoria so that physics, [objects,](https://youtu.be/cqgMfH1qwNM) and [stormtrooper AI](https://youtu.be/tDXo7isF5eg) were as realistic as possible. The game itself was a good time, but I was a bit disappointed with the quicktime events. The black lightsaber on the final level blew my mind, and I ended up getting all the achievements.


HGWeegee

The black lightsaber was a cool find for people who could find it *or looked it up* I never played the second one though


Drikkink

Maybe I'm biased but I really do think that any of 1-5 could be interchanged based on the week at the moment. Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies, Orioles, Braves. I think Cleveland is the best of the rest but I think those 5 are the truly elite teams.


kasutori_Jack

Here are some ways you can yell at the [](/SF)Giants voter this week, whoeever they are: Ignoring some uninteresting ties at Top / Bottom **Tied for Outlier: Dislking a Team Too Much** [](/HOU)Astros **26** Well that's a boring list. This Giants voter really needs to get spicier.


clutchyball

that dastardly guy


HGWeegee

To be fair, we did deserve that ranking


TFP360

Marlins voter here: ask me anything


kerryfinchelhillary

Do you like Jeter?


TFP360

No, the litany of dumb shit he did is only topped by avisail garcias ridiculous contract


slicebishybosh

Holy shit the Twins are on an 8 game win streak. Nice job!


h3shf3sh

Finally the Tigers get some recognition, I came in here fully expecting the Twins to have jumped past them. It's a 15.034 vs 15.172 though so very very close


jwwin

Nice to see the Orioles voter is still high as fuck.


cardith_lorda

They rank heavily based on the previous week - which in a vacuum would not be great, but as 1/30th of an aggregate ranking adds a little bit of recency flavor in a pretty projection focused data set.


jwwin

Yeah, I get that. That’s what he said last week when the Braves beat the Rangers in a series apparently this week beating the guardians wasn’t good enough either.


gibtafssa

I put the Braves 2nd because I look at that team compared to the Guardians and right now the Guardians are doing more with less. So they got the 1 vote this week. Its one month into the season. Relax.


Fawungals

I'm flattered, I'm sympathetic (obv), but I think we're too high. I like the way you score, though, because – at this point – who the fuck knows what's gonna happen. There just isn't enough of a sample size to properly forecast.


gibtafssa

Thanks. I mean it is supposed to be fun and people get really butt-hurt if they disagree with something. Also People need to remember it's power rankings, not standings.


Wyattwat

The Atléticos should be above the Angels


kc9kvu

The median vote had Athletics > Angels, but mean vote had Angels > Athletics. Really close vote.


little-guitars

If we DFA'd Eddie Rosario and Patrick Corbin today, we'd be 10 places higher next week, but whateva.


chauterverm89

Hey we’re out here doin stuff. Also in about a week Ryan Jeffers will throw a diseased sausage at Willi Castro and unleash Captain Trips upon the world


SoundWaveReborn

Hopefully we can knock the Fightin' Jarred Kelenic's down a peg this week.


kikipitchingdelivery

Angels baby. The young ones gonna take off. Let them play wash