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MLB 12 The Show Team Rankings (Overall, Hitting, Pitching and Defense)

01:49 AM - February 27, 2012 by garyjr33

Compiled these from the American League and National League uniform videos for fun. I am sure they will change a little bit with the new additions, since the roster cutoff, but still fun to look at.

Overall Hitting Pitching Defense

1. Yankees 1. Rangers 1. Yankees 1. Yankees
2. Rangers 2. Red Sox 2. Giants 2. Red Sox
3. Phillies 3. Phillies 3. Phillies 3. Angels
4. Tigers 4. Yankees 4. Braves 4. Phillies
5. Red Sox 5. Tigers 5. Marlins 5. Rangers
6. Cardinals 6. Rockies 6. Tigers 6. Dodgers
7. Angels 7. Blue Jays 7. Reds 7. Diamondbacks
8.Diamondbacks 8. Cardinals 8. Rays 8. Reds
9. Braves 9. Diamondbacks 9. Brewers 9. Rays
10. Blue Jays 10. Angels 10. Angels 10. Orioles
11. Reds 11. Reds 11. Nationals 11. Brewers
12. Giants 12. Brewers 12. Cardinals 12. Rockies
13. Marlins 13. Braves 13. Diamondbacks 13. Cardinals
14. Brewers 14. Orioles 14. Rangers 14. Twins
15. Nationals 15. Nationals 15. Red Sox 15. Padres
16. Rays 16. Marlins 16. Dodgers 16. Tigers
17. Dodgers 17. Indians 17. Blue Jays 17. Blue Jays
18. Rockies 18. Rays 18. White Sox 18. Mariners
19. Indians 19.Giants 19. Indians 19. Cubs
20. White Sox 20. Dodgers 20. Royals 20. Royals
21. Royals 21. White Sox 21. Mets 21. Indians
22. Orioles 22. Cubs 22. Mariners 22. Braves
23. Cubs 23. Padres 23. A's 23. Giants
24. Padres 24. Royals 24. Cubs 24. Pirates
25. A's 25. A's 25.Padres 25. Astros
26. Mets 26. Mariners 26. Twins 26. Nationals
27. Mariners 27.Pirates 27. Pirates 27. Marlins
28. Twins 28. Twins 28. Rockies 28. A's
29. Pirates 29. Mets 29.Orioles 29. White Sox
30. Astros 30. Astros 30. Astros 30. Mets

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# 41 KMRblue1027 @ 02/27/12 06:30 PM

The Phillies are where they should be with hitting #1 scoring NL team after Utley returned on May 22. Pitching they should be #1 They have a rotation that should have 3 pithers that should have maxed out overall rating with a bullpen that's has a few good pitchers like Paps and Bastardo (With his .119 BAA last season). Defense they have Victornio, Utley, Polly and Rollens but not many other solid defenders they should be like 5th-8th.

# 42 Vin @ 02/27/12 07:42 PM

This is so bad.

# 43 DubTrey1 @ 02/27/12 08:03 PM

Astros dead last... sad, but true. Wonder if I can sell the team in Franchise mode

# 44 Vin @ 02/27/12 08:11 PM

Using fWAR, active roster only, and the last three years. The best teams in each category are as follows with their Show ranking in parenthesis:

Batting:
1. Yankees (4)
2. Red Sox (2)
3. Rays (18)(WTF?)
4. Brewers (12)
5. Cardinals (8)

Pitching:
1. White Sox (18) (Again, WTF?)
2. Giants (2)
3. Rangers (14)
4. Yankees (1)
5. Rockies (28) (!)

Defense:
1. Rays (9)
2. Reds (8)
3. Diamondbacks (7)
4. Giants (23)
5. Mariners (18)

I'm sure the rest of the game is great, but this truly disappoints me.

# 45 jayhawkblue @ 02/27/12 08:34 PM

Brewers seem pretty well rounded, but I think they should be ranked higher in hitting. Sure, they lost Fielder, but they got Aramis and got rid of McGehee, then replaced the useless Betancourt with Alex Gonzalez.

# 46 ParisB @ 02/28/12 01:07 AM

Yea, I'm not one to get involved in rankings threads, but this is pretty bad unfortunately. I understand a couple weird ones here and there, but c'mon.

In the AL last year, the Angels had the best staff or was top 3 in every category, and they just added CJ Wilson! And with their bullpen getting heat early on, they did end up having something like the 2nd lowest ERA once the season was over. That's truly disappointing that SCEA has them 10th, since along with the Rays they will be pretty dominant and well ahead of the pack.

Other than the Phillies and Rays, no team an throw 4 starters as good as the Angels, and Jerome Williams was pretty nasty last season after Joel Pineiro was weighing them down statistically.

# 47 idrisguitar @ 02/28/12 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ParisB


	Yea, I'm not one to get involved in rankings threads, but this is pretty bad unfortunately. I understand a couple weird ones here and there, but c'mon. In the AL last year, the Angels had the best staff or was top 3 in every category, and they just added CJ Wilson! And with their bullpen getting heat early on, they did end up having something like the 2nd lowest ERA once the season was over. That's truly disappointing that SCEA has them 10th, since along with the Rays they will be pretty dominant and well ahead of the pack. Other than the Phillies and Rays, no team an throw 4 starters as good as the Angels, and Jerome Williams was pretty nasty last season after Joel Pineiro was weighing them down statistically.

and the rays are 8th

although i have a feeling the age on their rotation means SCEA will rate them lower but give them high potential.

Moore may be an obvious stud, but SCEA cant rate him too highly considering his experience.

# 48 hahjrb @ 02/28/12 09:07 AM

My question is are these rankings based on just active 25 man rosters or count the entire organization? If its the total club then some of these ratings may be lost on us. We don't really know what every player may rank in the minors to change the rankings from what the big league club would give us.

# 49 garyjr33 @ 02/28/12 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by baseballstar77


	In my opinion the Mets are not 29th in hitting, hitting isn't all about homeruns and RBI'S. The Mets finished 6th in the MLB in hits by a team. They also finished 6th in the MLB in batting average and on base percentage. To me this is a better indicator of showing how well a team can hit.

But once you get those hits, and have batting averages and guys on base...you need to have the clutch hitting (base hits or home runs to get them across home plate for RBIs. Maybe they factor in that a lot with making their rankings. Ultimately, scoring more runs than the other team or more points than the other team is what any sport boils down to on its most fundamental level. And stopping runs or goals or points of course. I would be curious to see what the rankings would look like solely taking into account runs scored vs. runs against. Not that that would be accurate.

That being said, in reality, the rankings in the game do not matter that much. Teams perform below or above expectations every year, and everyone has their own opinion on team or player rankings. Some people are biased in their opinions while others are not. Some teams win with predominantly defense and others win predominantly with offense even though so many sports writers/analysts say "defense wins championships." Some teams go on a streak at the right time (2011 Cardinals) or wrong time (2011 Red Sox). The unpredictability of individual sports contests/games or seasons is the true beauty of sports, and it is the part of the reason why people love to watch sports so much.

# 50 CabreraMVP @ 02/28/12 03:44 PM

Tigers look good. 4th, 4th, 6th, and 16th. Not bad

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