Atlanta on the Rise...Again

Baseball Playoffs Now has been a Braves fan this season for the simple reason that they continually show up on the Underrated list and the Teams on the Rise standings. Playing in a relatively tough division, Atlanta is second in the major leagues in run ratio - scoring 1.310 runs for every 1 given up - as well as second overall in quality wins against schedule. Their play over the last 10 games is 8th in the majors and the Braves are now only 1.5 games behind Florida. Looking at the Watch List to predict teams on the rise, we wrote at the beginning of the month, "Look for the Braves to take over." Atlanta is proving us right.

MLB Division Rankings
1 - NL-C
2 - AL-E
3 - NL-E
4 - AL-C
5 - AL-W
6 - NL-W

AL Power Ratings
1 - BOS
2 - TAM
3 - CHW
4 - OAK
5 - BAL
6 - LAA
7 - CLE
8 - TOR
9 - MIN
10 - NYY
11 - TEX
12 - KAN
13 - DET
14 - SEA

NL Power Ratings
1 - CHC
2 - ATL
3 - ARI
4 - NYM
5 - HOU
6 - LAD
7 - FLA
8 - PHI
9 - PIT
10 - MIL
11 - STL
12 - CIN
13 - WAS
14 - COL
15 - SDG
16 - SFO

MLB Playoff Prediction
American League Divisional Series
No. 1 seed BOS over no. 3 seed OAK in 5 games.
No. 2 seed CHW over no. 4 seed TAM in 5 games.

National League Divisional Series
No. 1 seed CHC over no. 3 seed ATL in 4 games.
No. 2 seed ARI over no. 4 seed STL in 4 games.

American League Championship Series
No. 1 seed BOS over no. 2 seed CHW in 6 games.

National League Championship Series
No. 1 seed CHC over no. 2 seed ARI in 4 games.

*** World Series ***
*** No. 1 seed CHC over no. 1 seed BOS in 5 games. ***