2023 Dodgers Way Too Early Power Rankings

[Dodgers GM (matty)]

Once again, I took the competitive rosters of each team, threw them into a baseball simulator and came up with some pretty interesting rankings. The simulator uses a head-to-head schedule which provides us with the 162-game record.

Looking at the projected records this year, it will be a close season for most of us. Good luck to everyone and I hope you enjoy the preview of the season!


2023 Dodgers Way Too Early Power Rankings
1.MIN 113-79 - Headlined by Juan Soto and Julio Urias, Twins will chew bubblegum and kick ass this year.

2.LAD 107-55 - Headlined by Freddie Freeman and Shane McClanahan, Dodgers will look to defend their title from the approaching competition.

3.PHI 104-58 - Headlined by Manny Machado and Jacob DeGrom, Phillies will battle neck and neck for the NL East Crown.

4.KC 103-59 - Headlined by... let me see... one, two, five... f*ck this. Royals will look forward to more triumphs than disappointments this year.

5.WAS 102-60 - Headlined by Bobby Witt Jr. and Triston McKenzie, Nationals will finish just enough for that sweet wild card poontang.

6.MIL 98-64 - Headlined by Will Smith and Corbin Burnes, Brewers will need all the stats to keep NL Central dwellers from approaching.

7.TOR 97-65 - Headlined by Byron Buxton and Sandy Alcantara, the Blue Jays will pray for healthy ACLs and UCLs all year.

8.BAL 97-65 Headlined by Randy Arozarena and Shane Bieber, the Orioles look to push the AL East Crown for all its worth. Go lil Orioles Go.

9.TEX 92-70 - Headlined by Aaron Judge and Zack Wheeler, Rangers will be looking for more records broken, and ceilings shattered as they amass their vengeance.

10.HOU 92-70 - Headlined by Pete Alonso and Jesus Luzardo, Astros will need put the peddle to the metal if they want a sniff at the wild card.

11.LAA 91-71 - Headlined by Shohei Ohtani and... what? Shohei Ohtani, Angels will be betting on 600ABs/200IP from one man, can they do it? Stay tuned for the next episode of DragonBall Z あなたをファック

12.ARI 91-71 - Headlined by Ronald Acuna and Hunter Brown, Diamondbacks will be taking on water and plugging in holes.

13.CHI 89-73 - Headlined by Bryce Harper and Framber Valdez, Cubs will roll the dice on injuries hoping for some spectacular seasons.

14.CLE 94-78 - Headlined by Rafael Devers and Hayden Wesneski, Guardians will hope for some miracle ace to show up and carry the pitching staff to glory.

15.NYM 82-80 - Headlined by Mike Trout and Jon Gray, the Mets will again have the first-place batting stats and last place pitching stats, culminating into the perfect #15 ranking.

16.SF 79-83 - Headlined by Xander Bogaerts and Alek Manoah, may less bums walk the golden streets of San Fran in hopes the Giants can seek victory.

17.STL 79-83 - Headlined by Michael Harris and Max Fried, The Cardinals will look beyond the fact it will need more arms and legs to have shot at this rodeo.

18.NYY 75-87 - Headlined by Trea Turner and Yu Darvish, the Yankees will need more sunshine and more winds blowing to move it's victory ship anywhere.

19.CWS 73-89 - Headlined by Nathaniel Lowe and Gerrit Cole, the White Sox will need miracles across the league to ascend to the high heavens.

20.BOS 73-89 - Headlined by Kyle Schwarber and Aaron Nola, the Red Sox need less partying and more ACLs to have a shot at the big show.

21.PIT 72-90 - Headlined by Cedric Mullins and Spencer Strider, the Pirates forgot to bring a pitching staff to the season and will return next year.

22.COL 72-90 - Headlined by Jake Cronenworth and Kevin Gausman, the Rockies will need some aging talent to prove their worth to make the wild card dream.

23.MIA 70-92 - Headlined by Jose Abreu and Cristian Javier, the Marlins will unfortunately the little fish in the big NL East Sea.

24.ATL 69-93 - Headlined Miguel Vargas and Max Scherzer, the Braves will need some x factors and then some, to make it anywhere.

25.SD 67-95 - Headlined by Corbin Carroll and **Crickets Chirping**, the Padres were never informed to bring a pitching staff and will look to convert some of their +15 Infielders and Outfielders.

26.TB 62-100 - Headlined by Jose Altuve and Hunter Greene, the Rays will come up short to qualify for anything worthy other than that sweet top 5 draft pick.

27.SEA 59-103 - Headlined by Chris Taylor and Reid Detmers, the Mariners are already savoring the sweetness of a top 5 draft pick.

28.CIN 59-103 - Headlined by Jake McCarthy and Braxton Garrett, the Reds can party hardy when they're sitting with a top 5 draft pick.

29.DET 57-105 - Headlined by Carlos Correa and Jason Adam, the Tigers are not sure if the simulation hates them or if they forgot to sign a traditional starter to the team. Enjoy a top 5 pick.

30.OAK 55-107 - Headlined by William Contreras and Nestor Cortes, the Athletics look to become a worst to first team while securing a top 5 draft pick.


2023 Playoff Prediction
AL East Champ - TOR
AL Central Champ - MIN
AL West Champ - TEX
AL Wild Card - KC

NL East Champ - PHI
NL Central Champ - MIL
NL West Champ - LAD
NL Wild Card - WAS

World Series - KC vs WAS


Top 10 Catchers
1. JT Realmuto LAD
2. Will Smith MIL
3. Daulton Varsho KC
4. Adley Rutschman KC
5. Salvador Perez PIT
6. MJ Melendez WAS
7. Wilson Contreras CLE
8. Sean Murphy MIL
9. William Contreras OAK
10. Alejandro Kirk HOU


Top 10 Corner Infielders
1. Jose Ramirez TEX
2. Vlad Guerrero Jr KC
3. Freddie Freeman LAD
4. Manny Machado PHI
5. Pete Alonso HOU
6. Rafael Devers CLE
7. Austin Riley HOU
8. Paul Goldschmidt TEX
9. Nolan Arenado WAS
10. Alex Bregman BAL


Top 10 Middle Infielders
1. Trea Turner NYY
2. Bo Bichette MIN
3. Bobby Witt Jr. WAS
4. Marcus Semien BOS
5. Francisco Lindor NYM
6. Corey Seager NYY
7. Jazz Chisholm Jr WAS
8. Ozzie ALbies HOU
9. Dansby Swanson LAA
10. Xander Bogaerts SF


Top 15 Outfielders
1. Aaron Judge TEX
2. Ronald Acuna Jr ARI
3. Julio Rodriguez KC
4. Juan Soto MIN
5. Kyle Tucker TEX
6. Yordan Alvarez LAA
7. Mookie Betts WAS
8. Mike Trout NYM
9. Fernando Tatis Jr MIN
10. Kyle Schwarber BOS
11. Michael Harris STL
12. Randy Arozarena BAL
13. Cedric Mullins PIT
14. Luis Robert KC
15. Adolis Garcia LAD


Top 20 Starters
1. Corbin Burnes MIL
2. Gerrit Cole CWS
3. Sandy Alcantara TOR
4. Aaron Nola BOS
5. Jacob DeGrom PHI
6. Dylan Cease MIL
7. Brandon Woodruff MIL
8. Shane McClanahan LAD
9. Spencer Strider PIT
10. Justin Verlander KC
11. Max Scherzer ATL
12. Shane Bieber BAL
13. Alek Manoah SF
14. Zack Wheeler TEX
15. Julio Urias MIN
16. Kevin Gausman COL
17. Luis Castillo CWS
18. Framber Valdez CHI
19. Zac Gallen BOS
20. Cristian Javier MIA

[D Backs GM (Tyler)]

Thanks for doing this! How does it do with Minor league guys and callups? Thats a huge part of my team this year. Regardless, very happy to jump from last in the league to 12th with one offseason without shipping out too many prospects.

[Dodgers GM (matty)]

I changed it up a little bit from last year and instead only inputted the top 500 drafted players, so the rankings are more weighted towards playing your actual MLB players.

[D Backs GM (Tyler)]

Mar 22, 2023 9:01:34 GMT -5 Dodgers GM (matty) said:

I changed it up a little bit from last year and instead only inputted the top 500 drafted players, so the rankings are more weighted towards playing your actual MLB players.

Encouraging!

[Mets GM (barnstormers)]

I feel good.

The last 2 times I won the World Series the Power Rankings had me around 15th place.

I'm fucking ready.

[D Backs GM (Tyler)]

I have you right in the middle of the pack as well (halfway through write ups). I dont know what it is but no one ever rates the Mets! Maybe real life Mets rub off too much.

[Mets GM (barnstormers)]

"Now I'm not much for inspirational addresses. I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has us to finish dead last. The local press seems to think we'd save everyone a lot of time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves. Me? I'm for wasting sportswriters time, so I'd like hang around and see if we can give them all a nice big shitburger". Barn Mets

"Shitburger"? Tyler D Backs

"Mets win the pennant! Mets win the pennant! Oh my God, the Mets win the pennant." Matty Dodgers

[Deleted]

Majestic as always. If you ever figure out how to export the league file I would love to have it for my OOTP.

[Cubs GM (Scott B)]

I know you can go into players tab, then there is a drop down for owned players. Then on the right is a download. I think it's csv

[Athletics GM (Bird33)]

Another prediction, another 30th Place, doh! A's appreciate the details on the writeup, not an easy task and well done, but hoping we find ourselves out of that cellar dweller spot, don't need to be ending in that hole.