A Little More Parity

After a comfortable ride at #2 in the Division Rankings - flirting with the top spot for a couple days - the NL East drops to third. Brokering this change is a stronger effort by the AL East (of whom Tampa and Baltimore are 2nd and 7th in recent play respectively) and slightly shoddy work by the NL East.

Over the last ten games, the AL East went 29-21 and the NL East earned a 23-27 record. We now have a slight American League advantage in division rankings, borne out by this past weekend's .551 interleague quality win record for the AL compared with .470 on the National League side.

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 - OAK
4 - CHW
5 - CLE
6 - LAA
7 - TOR
8 - BAL
9 - MIN
10 - NYY
11 - TEX
12 - KAN
13 - DET
14 - SEA

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

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

National League Divisional Series
No. 1 seed CHC over no. 4 seed NYM in 3 games.
No. 2 seed ARI over no. 3 seed ATL in 5 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. ***