All 8 teams that would make the playoffs if the season ended today are in the top 13.
Just as a reminder: some of the things that go into these rankings include runs scored and allowed, run distributions, wOBA, wRC, FIP, xFIP, DRS, UZR, etc., Base Runs, BABIP and HR/FB% adjustments, and our guts.
| Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Comments |
| 1 | Yankees | 72 | 46 | AJ Burnett has seen his ERA go up each month this year, topping out at 9.58 in August thus far. |
| 2 | Red Sox | 73 | 45 | Boston position player have been great, leading the league in hitting (.354 wOBA) & fielding (+37 UZR). |
| 3 | Phillies | 78 | 41 | Ryan Madson... still doing a nice job as the closer (22 for 23 in saves, and a 2.16 ERA and 2.15 FIP). |
| 4 | Rangers | 68 | 52 | Alex Ogando hasn't exactly hit a wall as some may have expected; ~3.55 FIP through June, and ~3.27 FIP since. |
| 5 | Brewers | 69 | 51 | Yuniesky Betancourt has followed up a .322 wOBA July with a .408 wOBA (and .405 BABIP) August. |
| 6 | Cardinals | 64 | 56 | Jake Westbrook has the highest groundball rate in the majors (60.9%) - his best since '05. |
| 7 | Braves | 70 | 50 | In the AL Central, Atlanta's record would be good for a 5.5 game lead. In the NL East, they're 9 games out. |
| 8 | Diamondbacks | 67 | 53 | Your NL wins leaders, with 15, are Roy Halladay (expected) and Ian Kennedy (not quite expected). |
| 9 | Rays | 64 | 55 |
Lowest ERA amongst AL closers? Kyle Farnsworth's 1.96. Not too shabby for $2.6 M, plus there's a club option for '12. |
| 10 | Mets | 58 | 61 | Jason Isringhausen is still sitting on 299 career saves. He has 6 this year, to go along with his -0.3 fWAR. |
| 11 | Reds | 59 | 61 | Joey Votto has the highest career BABIP (.355) amongst active players with at least 2,000 PA. |
| 12 | Blue Jays | 60 | 59 | Brandon Morrow's still leading AL starters in strike-out rate, by a lot. His 10.1 K/9 is well ahead of Michael Pineda's 9.1 K/9. |
| 13 | Tigers | 64 | 55 | Victor Martinez is hitting above his career level (123 wRC+ vs. 121), but is only at 1.8 fWAR. DH'ing a lot < catching a lot. |
| 14 | Angels | 65 | 55 | Ervin Santana's last four starts; 35.1 IP (3 CG), 3 ER, 30 K, 6 BB, with a no-hitter mixed in. |
| 15 | White Sox | 59 | 60 | For the second year in a row, Alexei Ramirez is leading AL shortstops in UZR, at +8.2 runs. |
| 16 | Giants | 65 | 55 | Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum, and Matt Cain are #5, #7, and #8 in the NL in pitcher fWAR, respectively. |
| 17 | Rockies | 56 | 65 | Jason Hammel has kind of reverted to his Rays days this year, walking batters and not K'ing many guys. |
| 18 | Indians | 60 | 57 | Justin Masterson is 5th in the AL in fWAR (4.6), and even has a chance to pass the two Angels (5.1, 5.0) and end up in 3rd. |
| 19 | Athletics | 53 | 66 | So, maybe Trevor Cahill doesn't have magic powers? 3.97 ERA, 3.92 FIP, 3.79 xFIP, with a .290 BABIP. |
| 20 | Dodgers | 54 | 64 | For the fourth year in a row, Chad Billingsley's ERA - FIP gap has gotten larger (from -0.71 in '07 to +0.62 this season). |
| 21 | Marlins | 56 | 63 | Wes Helms finally got released. In his recent four year stretch as a Marlin, he accumulated a grand total of -0.3 fWAR. |
| 22 | Royals | 50 | 70 | Kyle Davies finally got released. Positive fWAR, but an ugly 5.59 career ERA, and he was 1-9 with a 6.75 ERA this season. |
| 23 | Padres | 53 | 68 | Jesus Guzman has gotten a chance to play recently, and has rewarded San Diego with a .338/.381/.562 batting line. |
| 24 | Nationals | 57 | 62 | Chien-Ming Wang is 1-2 with a 3.60 ERA in three starts since returning from the DL. He also has just 3 K's in his 15 IP. |
| 25 | Cubs | 52 | 68 | Not that it's hugely significant, but they're the worst baserunning team in the majors by quite a bit (-14 runs at FanGraphs). |
| 26 | Mariners | 51 | 67 | We're getting pretty late into the season, and Ichiro is still below replacement level (-0.5 fWAR, -0.6 brWAR). |
| 27 | Pirates | 56 | 62 | Ronny Cedeno isn't hitting at all (.272 wOBA), but plus glovework at shortstop has him at 1.3 fWAR - 3rd on the team for position players. |
| 28 | Twins | 52 | 67 | Delmon Young isn't doing much to build on his 2010 break-out with the bat, but his unintentional walk rate is a career high (5%). |
| 29 | Orioles | 45 | 72 | The O's are the only team in the majors to only have one pitcher throw at least 120 IP for them (Jeremy Guthrie with 164). |
| 30 | Astros | 38 | 82 | Double their pitcher fWAR, and they'd still be in last place - only 2.6 (and more than all of it from Bud Norris and Wandy Rodriguez). |
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