BTB Power 30

For the last few days, I've been musing about creating some form of "power rankings" to evaluate the teams. There are a lot of different ones out there, but most are subjective. I don't want my own opinions to be involved in this, because I'd like it to be a relatively objective approach.

The rankings are determined by the sum of rankings from the following:

1. Third-order winning percentage from Baseball Prospectus.
   
2. My own "computer poll" - a ranking of a team's OBP, SLG, and opponents' OBP and SLG.
   
3. ESPN's RPI, which seems like the best measure to rank a team's current performance. (This takes into account strength of schedule, winning percentage, and opponents' winning percentage).
   
4. The rank of of team's average of 6 power rankings from various media outlets / baseball sites (none are dropped, unlike the BCS):

• Baseball Prospectus
  
• Mike Greenfield's TeamRankings.com
  
• CBS Sportsline
  
• RotoTimes.com
  
• SI.com
  
• FoxSports.com

So the best score possible is a 4 (if you ranked #1 in all four summed categories). The worst score possible is a 120.

So, without further ado, this week's BTB Power 30:

1. Marlins - 11
   
2. White Sox - 14
   
3. Orioles - 15
   
4. Dodgers - 18
   
5. Cardinals - 18
   
6. Nationals - 26
   
7. Twins - 30
   
8. Mets - 41
   
9. Blue Jays - 43
   
10. Braves - 44
    
11. Tigers - 51
    
12. Red Sox - 51
    
13. Giants - 53
    
14. A's - 57
    
15. Brewers - 68
    
16. Angels - 68
    
17. D'Backs - 69
    
18. Padres - 73
    
19. Indians - 74
    
20. Astros - 76
    
21. Rangers - 76
    
22. Cubs - 83
    
23. Yankees - 84
    
24. Phillies - 86
    
25. Mariners - 90
    
26. Devil Rays - 91
    
27. Reds - 110
    
28. Royals - 112
    
29. Rockies - 112
    
30. Pirates - 116

That's this week's ranks list. Later, I will post some of the biggest variances and such and talk about where each team was ranked in some of the polls.