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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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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Pete Alonso and the Mets Belong Together
After an offseason seemingly spent headed for divorce, Alonso is giving the Mets every reason to recommit. Plus, mapping the best ex-player MLB…
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Pete Alonso and the Mets Belong Together
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Team Timelines: How the Oakland A's Played Moneyball
A look at the different franchise eras that led up to the season immortalized by book and film — and the moves that made it all possible.
Apr 22
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Team Timelines: How the Oakland A's Played Moneyball
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Busted O's and Killer B's
Has the shine already come off the Orioles' potential? Plus, a tribute to the Astros' classic Killer B's, and a haiku about Kris Bryant.
Apr 16
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Classic Post: Jackie Robinson Was An Analytics Superstar
As baseball celebrates No. 42 again, the metrics still confirm his greatness.
Apr 14
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Classic Post: Jackie Robinson Was An Analytics Superstar
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Giant Steps
The San Francisco Giants keep surprising everyone, as always. Plus, Kyle Tucker might be the next Alfonso Soriano — if he's lucky.
Apr 9
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⚾ Baseball Bytes: Giant Steps
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Will the Dodgers Ever Lose? Are the Braves Screwed?
Your guide to early MLB records.
Apr 2
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Will the Dodgers Ever Lose? Are the Braves Screwed?
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Can MLB’s Orphans Write a New Kind of Underdog Story?
Forget "Moneyball". The A's and Rays are simply trying to survive two of the strangest seasons in modern baseball history.
Apr 1
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Can MLB’s Orphans Write a New Kind of Underdog Story?
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The Yankees’ Torpedo Bats Are a Formula 1 Moment in MLB
What happens when a sport is totally blindsided by (legal) technological innovation?
Mar 31
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The Yankees’ Torpedo Bats Are a Formula 1 Moment in MLB
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These Are Baseball’s Boom-or-Bust Squads For 2025
For this group of teams, high variance equals high drama.
Mar 27
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These Are Baseball’s Boom-or-Bust Squads For 2025
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Don’t Forget About These Good Baseball Players On (Possibly) Bad Baseball Teams
Stars can’t always save a team, but they can still make it worth watching.
Mar 14
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Don’t Forget About These Good Baseball Players On (Possibly) Bad Baseball Teams
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Interview: Out of the Park Baseball 26 with Rich Grisham
I spoke with Grisham, the game's development manager, about the evolution of sports sims, the future of the genre, and what’s next for the legendary…
Mar 12
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Interview: Out of the Park Baseball 26 with Rich Grisham
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