{"id":1290,"date":"2008-11-22T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2010-04-02T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T14:34:38","slug":"bgb-team-picker-full-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1290","title":{"rendered":"BGB Team Picker – Full results"},"content":{"rendered":"

We revealed on Thursday that the Chicago Cubs had come out on top in our first ever stab at an MLB Team Picker, with the Giants and the Pirates coming in second and third respectively.\u00c2\u00a0 How did the other twenty-seven teams shape up?\u00c2\u00a0 Here is the full list.<\/p>\n

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#<\/span><\/td>\nTeam<\/span><\/td>\nRoots and Tradition<\/span><\/td>\nUnderdog status<\/span><\/td>\nHope for the future<\/span><\/td>\nFollowing from afar<\/span><\/td>\nRoad trip potential<\/span><\/td>\nTotal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nChicago Cubs<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n17.5<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n84.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSan Francisco Giants<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n16.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n16.5<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nPittsburgh Pirates<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nCincinnati Reds<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n67.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nNew York Yankees<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n65.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nOakland A’s<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n16.5<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nNew York Mets<\/td>\n8.5<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n64.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nChicago White Sox<\/td>\n15.5<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n64.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nTampa Bay Rays<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBoston Red Sox<\/td>\n15.5<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nPhiladelphia Phillies<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n61.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nL.A. Dodgers<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n12.5<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n17.5<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nCleveland Indians<\/td>\n15.5<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n17.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n58.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nToronto Blue Jays<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n57.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nArizona Diamondbacks<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nDetroit Tigers<\/td>\n15.5<\/td>\n12.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nAtlanta Braves<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n55.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nFlorida Marlins<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n19.5<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n16.5<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nTexas Rangers<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n16.5<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nMinnesota Twins<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n15.5<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nBaltimore Orioles<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n17.5<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n54.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nSt Louis Cardinals<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n54.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nColorado Rockies<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nL.A. Angels<\/td>\n8.5<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n17.5<\/td>\n50.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nKansas City Royals<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nMilwaukee Brewers<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n49.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nHouston Astros<\/td>\n8.5<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n46.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nSan Diego Padres<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n16.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n13.5<\/td>\n45.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nWashington Nationals<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n19.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nSeattle Mariners<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n7.5<\/td>\n43.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In terms of surprises, the Reds are higher up than we initially thought they would be when we started this process.\u00c2\u00a0 While we expected the Mariners, Nationals, Padres and Royals would all end up in the lower third, the poor showings by the Angels and the Brewers don’t reflect their appeal in terms of being current contenders for postseason spots.\u00c2\u00a0 Perhaps this suggests the rankings need some work?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Brewers have several low scores, although they have been hurt by the timing of these rankings in terms of the ‘Hope for the Future’ category: they’ve just lost Sabathia and Sheets and have not yet replaced them.\u00c2\u00a0 If we ran the same system in March they would be likely to move up a few spots. Meanwhile the Halos are particularly hurt by playing relatively few day games during the working week and personally we feel that this is a very valid reason for a team being downgraded.<\/p>\n

The Cubs dominated the rankings and it’s going to be tough for anyone to catch them in the near future.\u00c2\u00a0 However, we will be looking at ways to improve the system and it may be that their advantage could be reduced as a result of these changes.\u00c2\u00a0 If you have any suggestions, please let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We revealed on Thursday that the Chicago Cubs had come out on top in our first ever stab at an MLB Team Picker, with the Giants and the Pirates coming in second and third respectively.\u00c2\u00a0 How did the other twenty-seven teams shape up?\u00c2\u00a0 Here is the full list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[553,42],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb-2","tag-mlb-2","tag-team-picker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7296,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions\/7296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}