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⚾ 2025 MLB Elo Power Ratings, Playoff Odds & Wins Above Replacement (WAR) rankings 📈
The following table is a list of MLB teams with their Elo ratings and their predicted wins throughout the 2025 season.
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⚾ 2025 MLB Elo Power Ratings, Playoff Odds & Wins Above Replacement (WAR) rankings 📈
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We Love the MLB Trade Deadline — But Is It Overrated?
Every year, we obsess over who buys, who sells and who stands pat. Sometimes, it moves the needle — but probably not as often as we think.
Jul 25
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We Love the MLB Trade Deadline — But Is It Overrated?
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Did the Milwaukee Brewers Pull Off Baseball's Perfect Retool?
The Brew Crew got younger, replaced nearly their whole roster, and built what might be MLB's best team — all without a down year.
Jul 22
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Did the Milwaukee Brewers Pull Off Baseball's Perfect Retool?
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Why We Might Need MLB's All-Star Game More Now Than Ever
In an era of gambling apps, algorithms and hyper-optimization, baseball’s pointless midsummer exhibition may be the last refuge of what sports used to…
Jul 15
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Why We Might Need MLB's All-Star Game More Now Than Ever
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Are James Wood and Oneil Cruz Statcast’s Next HR Derby Chosen Ones?
The STANTON metric flags them as tater-blasters in the mold of other Derby dominators — from Aaron Judge to Giancarlo himself.
Jul 14
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Are James Wood and Oneil Cruz Statcast’s Next HR Derby Chosen Ones?
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Is MLB Due for a Second Half — and October — of Parity?
The betting markets still consider the Dodgers huge favorites. But a weak group of top first-half teams seems to be foreshadowing old-school chaos…
Jul 11
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Is MLB Due for a Second Half — and October — of Parity?
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Which All-Stars Tend to Stay All-Stars?
Each summer, MLB’s best and brightest gather for a midseason showcase. But does it really highlight the stars of tomorrow — or just capture a moment…
Jul 8
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Which All-Stars Tend to Stay All-Stars?
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The 2014-15 Kansas City Royals Were One of Baseball’s Great Underdog Stories
Before they became champions, the Royals were lowly and long-suffering — but their sudden rise made them one of the greatest “Little Teams That Could…
Jul 3
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The 2014-15 Kansas City Royals Were One of Baseball’s Great Underdog Stories
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Bobby Bonilla Was More Than The Patron Saint Of Bad Contracts
You’ve heard of “Bobby Bonilla Day” — but the full story of how he got paid (and mostly earned it!) is even more interesting.
Jul 1
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Bobby Bonilla Was More Than The Patron Saint Of Bad Contracts
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J.D. Drew and the Curse of Talent
Drew is a quintessential Hall of Pretty Damn Good Players inductee. Should he have been something more?
Jun 30
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J.D. Drew and the Curse of Talent
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Cal Raleigh and MLB’s Greatest Career Years
The Big Dumper is also the biggest breakout in baseball. Plus, win-forecast movers, and Paine's favorite Peñas.
Jun 26
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Cal Raleigh and MLB’s Greatest Career Years
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Ohtani in Full
Shohei Ohtani returns to the mound — and reignites a two-way debate. Plus, the Giants' Devers double-down in a wild NL West, and Gage Wood logs a…
Jun 19
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Ohtani in Full
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