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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

# 161 woz411 @ 02/22/13 10:43 PM

Seems like 99.45% of this thread is debating....

# 162 gator3guy @ 02/22/13 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	Who are essentially replacing Figgins and Carp... Not exactly a big drop in defense there...

It was meant to be a joke but Figgins and Carp combined for just over 500 innings in the OF and rarely, if ever at the same time. This year they could be looking at Ibanez and Morse manning corner spots, Morales possibly playing some first base, and Montero catching a decent amount of games. That's potentially 4 "DH's" in the lineup at once. Saunders isn't good enough in center to make up for Morse and Ibanez either. I understand Seattle has had trouble developing any sort of offense recently and I get trying to improve that part of their game, but it would be foolish to think their won't be a dropoff in defense as a result.

# 163 seanjeezy @ 02/22/13 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by gator3guy


	It was meant to be a joke but Figgins and Carp combined for just over 500 innings in the OF and rarely, if ever at the same time. This year they could be looking at Ibanez and Morse manning corner spots, Morales possibly playing some first base, and Montero catching a decent amount of games. That's potentially 4 "DH's" in the lineup at once. Saunders isn't good enough in center to make up for Morse and Ibanez either. I understand Seattle has had trouble developing any sort of offense recently and I get trying to improve that part of their game, but it seems like the defense will take a big step back this year as a sacrifice for offense.

Lol no, speaking as someone who is far more familiar with the team than you are, that situation would never happen. Smoak at 1st, not Morales. Saunders in left, not Ibanez. Gutierrez in center, not Saunders. Montero and Jaso are both equally bad at catching so no difference there.

Whoever told you Ibanez was going to be a starter or play a significant number of games in left needs to check their facts

# 164 BBallcoach @ 02/22/13 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by juicer420


	Whoa whoa...ease up there. I was more or less making a joke. I never said I thought the Giants should be number 1. I was stating that 17 is ridiculously low for a team who won the World Series just 5 months ago. And where is this Kershaw injury gave the Giants the division bs coming from? 2nd time I read this. The Giants won the division by 8 games! Kershaw made 33 starts last year. He only missed a couple starts. Assuming they won those games...they still lose the division. The Giants play a winning brand of baseball. They just don't do it with home runs (except in clutch moments). This rating shows that it's heavily weighted towards home runs and power numbers. I agree though, they might not be the overall best team, but a team that proves they can WIN should be a lot higher. Winning is the name of the game after all.

its the way it came off, hopefully no harm, but They should be up there I cannot argue that. 2 out of the 3 WS proves they need to be high, they are a winning team and there should if anything be an overrating of their players

# 165 BBallcoach @ 02/22/13 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	Lol no, speaking as someone who is far more familiar with the team than you are, that situation would never happen. Smoak at 1st, not Morales. Saunders in left, not Ibanez. Gutierrez in center, not Saunders. Montero and Jaso are both equally bad at catching so no difference there. Whoever told you Ibanez was going to be a starter needs to check their facts

He did say they could look like that... injuries do happen

# 166 seanjeezy @ 02/22/13 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BBallcoach


	He did say they could* look like that... injuries do happen*

I'm not sure why people think Ibanez will receive significant playing time... his situation is similar to Griffey's in '09, this is his swan song. If Guti or Saunders goes down then Wells is the first in line.

# 167 gator3guy @ 02/22/13 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	Lol no, speaking as someone who is far more familiar with the team than you are, that situation would never happen. Smoak at 1st, not Morales. Saunders in left, not Ibanez. Gutierrez in center, not Saunders. Montero and Jaso are both equally bad at catching so no difference there. Whoever told you Ibanez was going to be a starter or play a significant number of games in left needs to check their facts

You honestly think Ibanez signed with the M's to sit the bench? There's a reason Morse is playing RF.

Some combination of those players will have to be in the lineup. They all can't be bench guys. Montero is going to get his ABs one way or another. Morales is going to have to play some first in order to get his bat in the lineup. Even more so when Zunino comes up. Gutierrez can't be counted on to be the gold glover he once was let alone counted on to be in the lineup after his health issues the last couple of years. And one of the best defenders in the league, Ryan, could see his PT cut if he continues to hit below the Mendoza line.

# 168 Willard76 @ 02/22/13 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by seanjeezy


	Lol no, speaking as someone who is far more familiar with the team than you are, that situation would never happen. Smoak at 1st, not Morales. Saunders in left, not Ibanez. Gutierrez in center, not Saunders. Montero and Jaso are both equally bad at catching so no difference there. Whoever told you Ibanez was going to be a starter or play a significant number of games in left needs to check their facts

Jaso is in Oakland now - Montero everyday could be interesting!

# 169 gator3guy @ 02/22/13 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Willard76


	Jaso is in Oakland now - Montero everyday could be interesting!

Montero's just keeping the seat warm.

# 170 Lovesports @ 02/22/13 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by baseballin23


	does it even matter what the Mariners do?

Haha true...who cares

# 171 Bat @ 02/22/13 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Lovesports


	Haha true...who cares

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

# 172 raiderzride4free @ 02/23/13 12:21 AM

A's should def. be a bit higher than where they are. IMO

# 173 Bbush @ 02/23/13 12:22 AM

I hate how they always overrate the red sox. They shouldn't be in the top 15

# 174 Rasco11 @ 02/23/13 12:27 AM

Yankees #1 in team defense is laughable to me!!! C'mon...

# 175 CWSJ @ 02/23/13 12:30 AM

My 3 teams for baseball are jays Yankees and giants..

As for my feelings on ratings:

Yankees- right where they should be. They are skilled but age is catching up. They wouldn't have gotten as far as they did in playoffs if it wasn't for Raul Ibanez pull a bunch of rabbits out of a hat.

Giants- are just over the average mark when. It comes to talent. Their players just get hot at the right moments. Have you ever noticed they always make for a good feel good story, well that is because they are the underdogs majority of the time. They should be ranked 13th

Jays- the only thing that upsets me about their ranking is that Red Sox is ahead of them. Last year jays were being hyped as a top 10 team with chances of making playoffs. Then they ran into the worst injury situation almost of all time. This offseason they improved drastically on pitching and acquired Jose Reyes or Reyes w.e lol. They are now being predicted to not only make the playoffs but win the World Series . In my opinion they are not to high and not to low they are right on the money. If the jays prove them selves this season I guarentee they will be top 3 next year game

# 176 MLB Bob @ 02/23/13 12:37 AM

as far as the giants being under rated, the Giants have an MVP at a position that most teams either have a offensive liability or defensive liability. If you have a few good pitchers and every position is reasonably filled, having that MVP as a catcher makes the team a lot better. But individually, not a lot there thats outstanding.

# 177 slickkill77 @ 02/23/13 12:38 AM

The one thing The Show gets wrong every year. The overall rankings, team defense etc...

And to the person that used errors to prove how good the Mariners defense is....just no. Errors are not a good way to judge a defense at all unless you live in the 1960's. They may have a good defense, but errors are not the way you argue that point.

Just like the player rankings, way too much weight is given to certain ratings which end up boosting teams way to high like the Rockies

# 178 AUTiger1 @ 02/23/13 01:10 AM

How are the Red Sox #3? WTF man? I have no reason to believe the Red Sox won't make a serious run at 90 losses again this year. They have no pitching!

# 179 ElectricAggie @ 02/23/13 01:46 AM

The Astros aren't last in every category! Hurray!

# 180 Lovesports @ 02/23/13 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasco11


	Yankees #1 in team defense is laughable to me!!! C'mon...

Actually its not

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