The 2023 MLB season is reaching the home stretch, with the Wild Card race starting to heat up in each league.
Below are my MLB power rankings for the 2023 season. Throughout the year, I will post our full 2023 MLB Power Rankings (ranked from first to worst) and a section highlighting some of the biggest risers and fallers since our last update.
All MLB betting odds are current as of Aug. 21, from Caesars Sportsbook.
MLB Power Rankings: All 30 Teams
These MLB Power Rankings consider not only a team’s performance this season but their outlook moving forward.
Rk | Team | W-L Record | Since Last Rk |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Atlanta Braves | 80-43 | ⬆️ 1 |
2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 76-47 | ⬆️ 4 |
3 | Baltimore Orioles | 77-57 | ⬆️ 1 |
4 | Texas Rangers | 72-52 | ⬇️ 2 |
5 | Tampa Bay Rays | 75-51 | ⬇️ 4 |
6 | Houston Astros | 70-55 | ⬆️ 1 |
7 | Seattle Mariners | 69-55 | ⬆️ 12 |
8 | Toronto Blue Jays | 69-56 | ⬆️ 4 |
9 | Milwaukee Brewers | 68-57 | ⬆️ 8 |
10 | Philadelphia Phillies | 67-57 | ⬆️ 4 |
11 | Boston Red Sox | 66-58 | ⬆️ 4 |
12 | Chicago Cubs | 64-59 | ⬆️ 9 |
13 | Minnesota Twins | 65-60 | ⬆️ 5 |
14 | San Francisco Giants | 65-59 | ⬇️ 5 |
15 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 64-61 | ⬇️ 10 |
16 | Miami Marlins | 64-61 | ⬇️ 5 |
17 | Cincinnati Reds | 64-61 | ⬇️ 4 |
18 | Los Angeles Angels | 61-64 | ⬇️ 8 |
19 | San Diego Padres | 59-66 | ⬇️ 3 |
20 | New York Yankees | 60-64 | ⬇️ 12 |
21 | Cleveland Guardians | 59-66 | ⬆️ 1 |
22 | New York Mets | 58-67 | ⬇️ 2 |
23 | Washington Nationals | 57-68 | ⬆️ 4 |
24 | Detroit Tigers | 57-67 | ⬆️ 2 |
25 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 55-69 | ⬇️ 2 |
26 | St. Louis Cardinals | 55-70 | ⬇️ 2 |
27 | Colorado Rockies | 48-76 | ⬆️ 1 |
28 | Chicago White Sox | 49-75 | ⬇️ 3 |
29 | Kansas City Royals | 40-86 | ↔️ |
30 | Oakland Athletics | 34-90 | ↔️ |
MLB Power Rankings: Moving Up
2. Los Angeles Dodgers 🔼4
In what looked like what was going to be a down year for the Dodgers, they have opened up an 11.5-game lead in the NL West with a +143 run differential.
Mookie Betts has eclipsed 100 runs scored, while Freddie Freeman is putting forth an MVP-caliber season.
7. Seattle Mariners 🔼12
Remember when Julio Rodriguez was having a sophomore slump? The 22-year-old just set a major league record for hits within a four-game span, pulling the Mariners within three games of first place in the AL West.
23. Washington Nationals 🔼4
The Nationals have been low-key decent since the All-Star Break.
They clearly do not have a realistic chance of making the postseason, but they are currently closer to making the playoffs than the New York Yankees. Los Angeles Angels, and St. Louis Cardinals.
MLB Power Rankings: Moving Down
15. Arizona Diamondbacks 🔽10
After a stellar start to their 2023 season, the wheels completely fell off for the Diamondbacks in July (worst team in MLB 7/1-8/11). They now sit 13 games back of the division-leading Dodgers, but luckily remain only one game back in the Wild Card race.
18. Los Angeles Angels 🔽8
After making the decision to keep Shohei Ohtani and become buyers at the trade deadline, the Angels have been one of the very worst teams in baseball.
At least Los Angeles can root for Ohtani as he cruises to another AL MVP award before he leaves in free agency.