MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

[SoxFan01605]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

NYY have the best pitching in baseball. Not the RedSox.


NYY = best team money can buy (unfortnately)

Not true. I believe that the pitching rating goes beyond rotation and includes bullpen. The Yankees have a lot of questions in their 'pen and the Sox have one of the deepest bullpens in baseball.

The rotations are actually closer than some people think as well (though 1-5 I agree the Yankees likely have the edge if all are healthy and play to peak).

So, OVERALL pitching-Advantage Red Sox...at least on paper.

[sa012]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

NYY have the best pitching in baseball. Not the RedSox.


NYY = best team money can buy (unfortnately)

Yankees might have the edge in starting pitching 1-5, eventhough 1-3 is pretty much even, but the Sox bullpen blows the Yankees away!!!

[TribeFan80]

Cleveland seems right.

The Orioles got screwed. The are much better offensively, I mean the scored the 11th most runs in the majors.

[dmbfan1970]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

Can't believe the Royals are ahead of the Marlins, White Sox and Cardinals overall... Wierd.
Some of these rankings don't make sense to me.

[rudyjuly2]

Re: MLB 09: The Show team rankings [pastapadre.com]

While I do believe the Rays should be ahead of the Tigers defensively, I believe I can explain the rationale behind the ranking.

In essence, the Tigers added two Gold-Glove caliber players to the left side of their infield in Brandon Inge and Adam Everett. (A massive, gigantic, colossal improvement over Carlos Guillen and Edgar Renteria)

Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco are also among the league's best at fielding their respective positions, and while Magglio Ordonez and Guillen may not be gazelles gliding through the Comerica outfield, they are adequate.

Finally, Miguel Cabrera has evolved into a reliable and sure-handed first baseman, and Gerald Laird is no slouch behind the plate.

Hope that helps.

Exactly. The Tigers defense should be much better this year. Of course, the left side of the infield is the worst offense in the league.

On one report that also tracks range, Marcus Thames in LF, Guillen at 3B and Renterria at SS were among the worst defensive players in the league. Inge >> Guillen at 3B, Guillen > Thames in LF and Everett/Santiago >> Renterria in terms of defense. Those three changes will be good for the team. Their infield should be really solid and Granderson is great in CF. Mags lacks range but once was a good OF.

[N51_rob]

Re: MLB 09: The Show team rankings [pastapadre.com]

Wow so acording to SCEA and their ranking the Orioles are on the verge of being the worst team team in the game. That should make playing with them this year fun.

One question though: The Orioles scored the 11th most runs in the majors last season and they have the 30th ranked offense?

[cardinals fan 020207]

This is bull sh** that my cards are raked 12th in batting when we had the second best batting average in the national league and I think that we even bet out the cubs in that one but that is alright when the cards win the division we will send the cubbies back paking to 101 years without a worldseries..GO CARDS

[Tovarich]

Re: MLB 09: The Show team rankings [pastapadre.com]

What's everyone getting so worked up about pre-season rankings for? If my pre-season top 4 last year was this, what level of crazy would I have been called?
1. Phillies
2. Rays
3. Red Sox
4. Dodgers

Free agents are still a plenty, the rankings will change, relax folks. 10th seems a bit high for the Reds, and I'm a Reds fan, but the difference between 10th and 20th is 5 games, 10 max? Relax people. We don't know who is going to be good yet.

[Brewhaha]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

Angels, Twins, Reds, Rockies too high.

Rays, Dodgers, Dbacks, Indians, Brewers too low.

[Mark IV]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

Astros had the best fielding % and fewest errors last year in the entire major league, so that equals a 15th ranking?

Uhh..okay.

...and not surprising they make San Diego higher up than they should be, considering they're a San Diego studio.

[mgkibbles]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

The Phillies pitching is 10th? hahahahaha Omg how does that work? Hamels (World Series MVP), Blanton (Didn't lose a game with the Phillies), Moyer (Jamie is wine), Myers (did anyone watch him 2nd half of the year), pluse we have Happ, Carrascco, and Kendrick... Do I even need to begin to explain the bullpen because I'm pretty sure Lidge didn't blow one damn save all season, and Madson was the bridge to Lidge baby! But yea 10th sounds right

[mgkibbles]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

Astros had the best fielding % and fewest errors last year in the entire major league, so that equals a 15th ranking?

Uhh..okay.

...and not surprising they make San Diego higher up than they should be, considering they're a San Diego studio.

Lol yea these lists are strange dude.

[Full_Collapse]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

A Little love for the Reds.

Surprising, but I'll take it.

I immediately scrolled down to the bottom of the rankings thinking I would find the Reds there. Pleasantly shocked to see them at #10 overall.

[Russell_SCEA]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

This is bull sh** that my cards are raked 12th in batting when we had the second best batting average in the national league and I think that we even bet out the cubs in that one but that is alright when the cards win the division we will send the cubbies back paking to 101 years without a worldseries..GO CARDS

They are 11th in the finished game some of those ratings have been changed since CD.

[gotigers15]

Re: MLB 09: The Show Team Rankings (Pasta Padre)

I don't think you guys completely understand ... the rankings are tied in with each individual player's rating, not just arbitrarily assigned by the devs in an attempt to 'stick it' to your favorite team.

For example, the Tigers were awful in 2008 but great in '08. The reason why it was such is because the rankings:

A) Don't include team chemistry or other external variables.

B) Are based on a conglomerate analysis of each player's rating.

Since the Tigers are loaded with talented players, they are ranked highly despite their 74-88 mark.

This leads to situations where the Cardinals' offense and Astros' defense - who both appear to work as a solid unit, rather than with individual superstars - are ranked lower than they should be.