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MLB 13 The Show - Overall Team Ratings, Including Batting, Pitching and Defense

12:57 PM - February 22, 2013 by Steve_OS

Thanks to chrisjohnson83 (who has already confirmed his legit copy of the game with me), we have screenshots of the overall team ratings for MLB 13 The Show. This includes batting, pitching and defensive team ratings.

The ratings are accurate as of the January 24th roster update, so there will probably be subtle changes before release date on March 5th.

Overall Team Rating

1. Detroit Tigers
2. St. Louis Cardinals
3. Boston Red Sox
4. Los Angeles Angels
5. Toronto Blue Jays
6. Texas Rangers
7. Washington Nationals
8. Atlanta Braves
9. Cincinnati Reds
10. Philadelphia Phillies
11. New York Yankees
12. Los Angeles Dodgers
13. Colorado Rockies
14. Chicago White Sox
15. Arizona Diamondbacks
16. Tampa Bay Rays
17. San Francisco Giants
18. Oakland Athletics
19. Kansas City Royals
20. Milwaukee Brewers
21. Baltimore Orioles
22. Pittsburgh Pirates
23. Seattle Mariners
24. Cleveland Indians
25. San Diego Padres
26. Minnesota Twins
27. Chicago Cubs
28. New York Mets
29. Miami Marlins
30. Houston Astros

Team Batting

1. Detroit Tigers
2. Los Angeles Angels
3. Colorado Rockies
4. Boston Red Sox
5. Texas Rangers
6. Toronto Blue Jays
7. Cincinnati Reds
8. St. Louis Cardinals
9. Washington Nationals
10. Los Angeles Dodgers
11. New York Yankees
12. Atlanta Braves
13. Philadelphia Phillies
14. Milwaukee Brewers
15. Baltimore Orioles
16. Arizona Diamondbacks
17. Chicago White Sox
18. Kansas City Royals
19. Oakland Athletics
20. Pittsburgh Pirates
21. Cleveland Indians
22. San Francisco Giants
23. Seattle Mariners
24. Tampa Bay Rays
25. Miami Marlins
26. New York Mets
27. San Diego Padres
28. Minnesota Twins
29. Chicago Cubs
30. Houston Astros

Team Pitching

1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Washington Nationals
3. Atlanta Braves
4. St. Louis Cardinals
5. Tampa Bay Rays
6. New York Yankees
7. Toronto Blue Jays
8. Los Angeles Dodgers
9. San Francisco Giants
10. Boston Red Sox
11. Cincinnati Reds
12. Texas Rangers
13. Detroit Tigers
14. Los Angeles Angels
15. Arizona Diamondbacks
16. Oakland Athletics
17. Chicago White Sox
18. Kansas City Royals
19. San Diego Padres
20. Seattle Mariners
21. Cleveland Indians
22. Pittsburgh Pirates
23. Colorado Rockies
24. Milwaukee Brewers
25. Baltimore Orioles
26. Chicago Cubs
27. Minnesota Twins
28. New York Mets
29. Houston Astros
30. Miami Marlins

Team Defense

1. New York Yankees
2. Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Los Angeles Angels
4. Tampa Bay Rays
5. Cincinnati Reds
6. Philadelphia Phillies
7. Atlanta Braves
8. Chicago Cubs
9. Baltimore Orioles
10. San Francisco Giants
11. Texas Rangers
12. Washington Nationals
13. Colorado Rockies
14. St. Louis Cardinals
15. Boston Red Sox
16. Kansas City Royals
17. Arizona Diamondbacks
18. San Diego Padres
19. Detroit Tigers
20. Houston Astros
21. Pittsburgh Pirates
22. Cleveland Indians
23. Seattle Mariners
24. Oakland Athletics
25. Miami Marlins
26. Toronto Blue Jays
27. Minnesota Twins
28. Milwaukee Brewers
29. Chicago White Sox
30. New York Mets

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Member Comments

# 181 Lovesports @ 02/23/13 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Bat


	There is actually a good number of M's fans on this board. Personally, I hope both the Yankees and Sox sink into the ocean :P

Lets sink the greatest rivalry in sports...what a great idea! I get that every team has fans, that doesnt mean we change the thread to "who starts in the RF for the m's". Lets stay on the subject, thats all.

# 182 AUTiger1 @ 02/23/13 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SportsGamingBlake


	I wonder when people will start to realize that the team who made the biggest splash in the offseason doesn't have to be one of the top rated teams and is not guaranteed to win (Marlins, Angels 2012). I mean, Braves, Jays, and Red Sox are too high. Defending champs at 17? Seriously? So those ratings are basically saying that they got lucky last year?

How are saying the Braves are too high at 8?

# 183 Jdezzy209 @ 02/23/13 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DodgerFanatic2K3


	I know it's going to look like I'm just hating being a Dodger fan but besides the pitching there not that good overall They won it all last year because every call and bounce went their way early on in the playoffs

Your joking right... 6 elimination games won because the ball bounced their way? 2 championships in 3 years cause we got every call? Do you even know good baseball when you see it? Oh yeah ... Your a dodger fan...

# 184 bkrich83 @ 02/23/13 02:44 AM

This thread is great.

Every posters favorite team is underrated, and their rival is overrrated?

Did I read Dodger fan say Giants won a couple of world championships because they got EVERY call and EVERY break? Wow. Talk about sour grapes

# 185 HustlinOwl @ 02/23/13 02:53 AM

lol only 6 pages last year

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...g-defense.html

# 186 dodgerblue @ 02/23/13 03:01 AM

Wow these are pretty surprising. So the Giants are the defending champs and are behind Colorado and not even considered the best in their own division? The Phillies at number 10? Dodger defense at 2? SMH.

# 187 nomo17k @ 02/23/13 03:10 AM

Seeing how this thread has become one of the most active threads in recent memory, I cannot help but be disappointed by the prospect of more realistic player rating system diminishing to nothingness....

SCEA must be doing something right about rating to get people excited it this much.....

# 188 AccidentalGenius @ 02/23/13 03:18 AM

I laughed when I saw that the Rockies had the #23 best pitching in the game...they have the the worst by far. And third in offense? Really? Besides Tulo and Cargo they have nobody else. They had the third worst record in the league last year, and now they have a better team than the defending champs..oh great. The reason the Giants are so low is that: Lincegum will have a horrible rating based on his performance last year, they have undervalued guys in the bullpen such as Kontos and Javi Lopez, the game does not factor in the manager, Pence will have bad ratings, there is no team or clubhouse chemistry , and the game doesn't appreciate the amazing defense of Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford. These ratings are only based on the the teams on paper NOT how they play out in the field. The Giants do all the little things right and they are ultimately a top 10 team. Also, Dodgers fans stop hating on the Giants. No matter how much money you spend and how many excuses you come up with, you will never be able to beat us.

# 189 seanjeezy @ 02/23/13 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by nomo17k


	Seeing how this thread has become one of the most active threads in recent memory, I cannot help but be disappointed by the prospect of more realistic player rating system diminishing to nothingness.... SCEA must be doing something right about rating to get people excited it this much.....

The question is from what are the ratings and subsequent rankings derived from? Traditional stats? Sabermetrics? Both? Neither? I think if people knew exactly how the ratings were determined then there wouldn't be as much bellyaching...

# 190 nomo17k @ 02/23/13 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	The question is from what are the ratings and subsequent rankings derived from? Traditional stats? Sabermetrics? Both? Neither? I think if people knew exactly how the ratings were determined then there wouldn't be as much bellyaching...

The issue with a ranking system like this is that it really doesn't mean much for the purpose of evaluating team talents... I think it's just there to have something like "power ranking" that's kinda popular in the media, to just feed people with something to talk about.... (...see i'm really jaded.....hahaha)

I think the team ratings are derived from player ratings. When you play franchise and look at team ratings before and after spring training, you see the rankings can be drastically different. I'm assuming that's because pre-season, the team ratings are derived from all players (don't know if that's just 40 man or all including minors), but after the spring training and 25/40 man rosters are done, then the team ratings probably are derived from the players on those more limited roster.

So team ratings aren't really what many think they are...

# 191 CWSJ @ 02/23/13 04:52 AM

Like I said in a post before about my teams I like which giants are one of them yea they won the World Series but the rankings aren't made up by the playoffs or even by team season performance. It's most likely a culmination of individual player ratings.

The giants are barely an above average team talent wise besides posey who is awesome . Their players just go on hot streaks at the right time.

But I do not think they should be 17 I think based on talent they should be around 12th

# 192 bkrich83 @ 02/23/13 04:58 AM

People put to much stock in overall ratings, they do the same thing in Madden. The overall ratings imo, rarely equal to the sum of all the parts.

# 193 juicer420 @ 02/23/13 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by bkrich83


	People put to much stock in overall ratings, they do the same thing in Madden. The overall ratings imo, rarely equal to the sum of all the parts.

I think you're right. The game of baseball values quality lead-off hitters, defensive range, base running, bullpen pitching etc.

The overall ratings of a player in a video game always values home run power and RBI totals etc.

When looking at the rankings, I think it's kind of obvious that the overall ranks are weighted slightly more towards hitting.

# 194 Picci @ 02/23/13 07:47 AM

Just got done reading this whole thread. Too funny. Playing the show for many years, the system used is nothing new or different. The team rankings are based on the MLB talents + your farm system. For those who need proof, check your MLB12 game, especially if your using OSFM rosters or current stock. You'll see similar.

Take for example John Lackey of the Red Sox. I know that name may ruffle Bosox fans but with his current rating back to his normal contract bounces back, he would be the ace on many other teams. In Boston, he maybe ranked 5th or 6th best pitcher in 2013.

Also, non MLB players fillers used by SCEA are generic. Some of them maybe prospects, others highly rated fictitious names (think DD). Many of the teams are so closely matched that 1 or 2 players makes a difference that pushes teams up/down the rankings.

# 195 Knight165 @ 02/23/13 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	The question is from what are the ratings and subsequent rankings derived from? Traditional stats? Sabermetrics? Both? Neither? I think if people knew exactly how the ratings were determined then there wouldn't be as much bellyaching...

I seriously...SERIOUSLY...doubt it.

M.K.
Knight165

# 196 Bluejaysfan65 @ 02/23/13 11:46 AM

Blue Jays at #5 overall ranking.... Seems a bit low to me after the offseason they just had...

# 197 leinhart_6 @ 02/23/13 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluejaysfan65


	Blue Jays at #5 overall ranking.... Seems a bit low to me after the offseason they just had...

At least they are in the top 5

# 198 Rules @ 02/23/13 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by HustlinOwl


	lol only 6 pages last year http://www.operationsports.com/forum...g-defense.html

So you are saying last year they did a better job of ranking MLB teams?

# 199 bkrich83 @ 02/23/13 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluejaysfan65


	Blue Jays at #5 overall ranking.... Seems a bit low to me after the offseason they just had...

Aye carumba.

# 200 Knight165 @ 02/23/13 12:34 PM

All this talk of team ratings...

I just want to know where this guy got the game!

M.K.
Knight165

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