MLB 09 The Show Team Rankings

by pastapadre
Posted February 12th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

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Here are the rankings for each team in MLB 09 The Show. Listed are the overall, batting, pitching, and defense categories. These aren’t ratings exactly but they do display how the teams are situated in each area along with the overall strength to expect out of them. Keep in mind that these may change with the release day roster update. Continue on to view the full lists.

Overall
1: Boston Red Sox
2: New York Yankees
3: Chicago Cubs
4: Philadelphia Phillies
5: New York Mets
6: Los Angeles Angels
7: Tampa Bay Rays
8: Detroit Tigers
9: Minnesota Twins
10: Cincinnati Reds
11: Atlanta Braves
12: Los Angeles Dodgers
13: Colorado Rockies
14: Arizona Diamondbacks
15: Cleveland Indians
16: Toronto Blue Jays
17: Milwaukee Brewers
18: Houston Astros
19: Texas Rangers
20: Kansas City Royals
21: Chicago White Sox
22: San Francisco Giants
23: St. Louis Cardinals
24: Seattle Mariners
25: Florida Marlins
26: Oakland As
27: San Diego Padres
28: Washington Nationals
29: Baltimore Orioles
30: Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting
1: New York Yankees
2: Chicago Cubs
3: Cleveland Indians
4: Boston Red Sox
5: Philadelphia Phillies
6: Texas Rangers
7: Milwaukee Brewers
8: Chicago White Sox
9: Detroit Tigers
10: Tampa Bay Rays
11: Colorado Rockies
12: St. Louis Cardinals
13: Los Angeles Angels
14: Cincinnati Reds
15: Arizona Diamondbacks
16: New York Mets
17: Atlanta Braves
18: Kansas City Royals
19: Florida Marlins
20: Washington Nationals
21: Los Angeles Dodgers
22: San Diego Padres
23: Minnesota Twins
24: Houston Astros
25: Toronto Blue Jays
26: Oakland As
27: Seattle Mariners
28: San Francisco Giants
29: Pittsburgh Pirates
30: Baltimore Orioles

Pitching
1: Boston Red Sox
2: New York Yankees
3: Chicago Cubs
4: Tampa Bay Rays
5: Los Angeles Angels
6: New York Mets
7: Colorado Rockies
8: Toronto Blue Jays
9: Cincinnati Reds
10: Philadelphia Phillies
11: San Francisco Giants
12: Houston Astros
13: Atlanta Braves
14: Minnesota Twins
15: Los Angeles Dodgers
16: Cleveland Indians
17: Seattle Mariners
18: Detroit Tigers
19: Arizona Diamondbacks
20: Oakland As
21: Kansas City Royals
22: Florida Marlins
23: St. Louis Cardinals
24: Chicago White Sox
25: Milwaukee Brewers
26: Texas Rangers
27: San Diego Padres
28: Pittsburgh Pirates
29: Baltimore Orioles
30: Washington Nationals

Defense
1: Boston Red Sox
2: Toronto Blue Jays
3: Philadelphia Phillies
4: New York Mets
5: Seattle Mariners
6: Detroit Tigers
7: Los Angeles Dodgers
8: Tampa Bay Rays
9: New York Yankees
10: Chicago Cubs
11: Los Angeles Angels
12: Atlanta Braves
13: Minnesota Twins
14: Baltimore Orioles
15: Houston Astros
16: St. Louis Cardinals
17: Texas Rangers
18: San Diego Padres
19: Oakland As
20: Colorado Rockies
21: Cleveland Indians
22: Washington Nationals
23: San Francisco Giants
24: Kansas City Royals
25: Milwaukee Brewers
26: Pittsburgh Pirates
27: Cincinnati Reds
28: Chicago White Sox
29: Arizona Diamondbacks
30: Florida Marlins

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Anitra

I'M SO HAPPY EVERYONES LITTLE PREDICTION OF THE CUBS WINNING THE WORLD SERIES IS NOT COMING TO PASS....AGAIN!!!!!!!!! IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I WAS TIRED OF HEARING HOW THEY WILL GO TO THE WORLD SERIES, OR GO TO THE WORLD SERIES AND WIN IT...HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU PICK A TEAM WHO HASN'T WON IN OVER 100 YEARS AND THE LAST 3 PLAYOFF BIRTHS THEY'VE HAD, THEY WERE 0-9 IN EACH SERIES????????? COULDN'T EVEN WIN A GAME. AND ITS OBVIOUS THIS YEAR, THE TEAM FROM LAST YEAR WAS JUST ONE YEAR WONDERS CAUSE THIS YEAR THEY ABSOLUTELY STINK. ITS THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST AND THEY STILL CANT GET INTO FIRST PLACE IN THE CENTRAL WHERE MY PHILLIES ARE 18-6 IN THAT WEAK DIVISION.

Danny

Twins should have way better ratings!

jake

the tigers should have a better pitcher rating

peter

how the hell is dodgers 21 in batting. i have the fuc*ing game and the rankings do not matter only in franchise they do

D-hils

and all these people who are talking about,, my team shouldnt be rankied 23rd we hav three awsome players, look at how many great players on on the top 10 teams
red sox- pedroia, youk, bay, v-tek(fielding), lowell, beckett, paps, saito, smoltz
yanks- teixera, jeter, a-rod, sabathia, posada, rivera,
cubs-soriano(best ratings in game),lilly, dempster, lee, zambrano, ramirez

then u hav the orioles- roberts, mora.................idk, ur missing something ther o's fans

D-hils

alright, i AM a red sox fan and mite be biased but c'mon, people hav to stop hating on them
1. every time i watch a red sox game up until the last week or two ive seen, .985-.990 feilding percentage, number 1 or 2 in the A.L
2.pitching rotation does completely suck this year but this is based on the last three years(2006-2008) and we all no how awsome beckett was and the hype over dice-k, plus wakes domination last year, two no-hitters by really young guys and a bunch of top porspects---u kinda had to expect it
3.Rays suck...no question

Cyrus

padres really suck this year

des the BAL Os fan

man im an Os fan and they do not suck that bad it is rediculous the rankings they got. we got markakis roberts and mora and there just savin up there money. one year theyll just spend it on all the best players youll see

MicDizzle

The Orioles Batting should be in Top 15.

JRFraziaa8

still don't believe that the rays are legit?? LMAO
they are far better than the yankees, even with those additions- who are going to choke under the pressure
i can almost GUARANTEE a rematch of the 2008 ALCS in 09, it all comes down to depth, which the rays have, and the yankees do not, and defense- which the rays have, and the yankees do not
the bronx bombers are TOO OLD
rays will win the world series this year, sucks that this game puts them as third in the AL East
by the way, i live in massachusetts, so i'm probably the only person living around here that sees things logically
GO RAYS

BOS

sure i am a boston fan and i wil always think they deservie the #1 spot but giving them the #1 seed in defense thats a little out of line

PhilliesWSChamps 08

Ethan H. How do u not have the Phillies in the top 5 offenses
1.J-Roll
2.Flyin Hawaiian
3.Chase (2009 MVP)
4.Howard
5.Ibanez
6.Werth
7.Feliz
8.Ruiz
9.P

Top 4 spots have MVPs or MVP potentials.

Phillies Phorever

Phillies are number 11 at pitching thats number 1 twice.

Tenney

Health Rankings...

30. Boston Red Sox

Meeks

Ethan H. you clearly either don't watch the Red Sox, or are a desperate Yankee fan if you think the Red Sox are that bad.

KTS

Oh yeah, dont forget about the Rays rotation, who with the addition of David Price might just be better than both of those teams...

KTS

Chamberlain - Smoltz - This is the matchup that will be huge when Smoltz comes back. If Wakefield is in this spot as opposed to Smoltz, the Yankees win hands down, but it is much closer with Smoltz. Joba has durability question marks, but both will but up monster numbers if healthy. Small advantage to Yankees.
Pettitte - Penny - This tiebreaker goes to the Red Sox, because Pettittes 4.5 ERA only go up as he ages, but Penny is a little younger and has more left in him for a rebound year.

KTS

About the top pitching staffs, I do agree the Yanks look best on paper to start the season. However once the Red Sox get Smoltz back they could have the better staff:
CC - Beckett - Clearly CC is better as of right now, but he threw a lot of innings last year and the time he spent in the AL he was pathetic. However Beckett was not much better last year, so CC has the clear advantage.
Wang - Lester - Another close one, with a slight edge to Lester, because while Wang has a nack for winning games, he is not as dominant as Lester is.
Burnett - Matsuzaka - A certain win for the Red Sox here. Dice-K had incredible stats last year and should be durable, meanwhile Burnett is a threat to land on the DL at all times. Also, Burnett was healthy for a full year last year and had over a 4 ERA, Dice-Ks was under 3.

KTS

Baltimore also has a better ML pitching staff consisting of Till, Matusz, and Arrieta to name a few, all who made the BA top 100 prospect list.
As do the Rangers who had 3 pitchers make that list, the Braves and Tigers had 2 a piece and two of the best prospects in Tommy Hanson and Rick Porcello.
The Mets, Angels, Giants, Rays, White Sox, Red Sox, and Mariners also had more than one pitcher make the BA top 100.
However, the NY Yankees had a lonely 1 pitcher make the top 100 prospect list.
Aside from the lack of front line talent, the rotation isn't even deep in the Yanks Farm. So, they will just have to keep buying their players as usual.

True Yankee Fan 75

I have to disagree, yankees have best pitching staff in baseball. S.P. C.C. ,A.J., Wang, Joba, Pettette, and Hughes/ Kennedy B.P. Rivera, Marte, Veras, Bruney and Ramirez, That does not include the best pitching staff in minors such as Coke,Albaladejo, Sanchez, Robertson and others. Red Sox's rotation doesn't come close. Complete Domination

KTS

I am going to ignore the mistakes in the first half of Yankee Fans comment, and focus on this part "That does not include the best pitching staff in minors such as Coke,Albaladejo, Sanchez, Robertson and others."
This is a complete joke. The Yankees do not even come close to the best pitching staff in the minors, and this commenter or "fan" forgot to mention one of the Yanks better pitching prospects, Andrew Brackman. And he isn't even all that good.
The Oakland A's have the best minor league pitching, with Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, Michael Inoa, and Gio Gonzalez all making Baseball America's top 100 prospect list, and that doesn't even mention Vince Mazzaro and James Simmons, who are also very good prospects.

HERBY LUV BUG

NEWS FLASH MARLINS FANS!!!!! YOU HAVE TO FIELD THE BALL ALSO TO BE RANKED 3RD BEST PLAYER!!!! WE ALL KNOW HANLEY RAMIREZ PLAYS NO DEFENSE AT ALL!!!!!

Ethan H.

please send me emails... at Yankeefan3k0@yahoo.com
in 3k0 of my email the 0 is the number zero (#0)
o ya.. im not an actual yankee fan.. but i make an email for my predictions each year..
for example my email last year was redsox4life727@yahoo.com...
please send them... i would like to hear your thoughts.. teach me something new i didnt know.. please be respectful.. but strongly voice your oppinions...

Ethan H.

i know i am going to hear alot of critisism about this .. but.. thats what makes this country so beautiful... please speek your thoughts.. i want to hear them..

P.S i voice my thoughts so strongly towards francisco rodriguez because i live in the orange county area and i go to many angels games.. everytime "K-rod" (horrible nickname) comes in .. all you hear in that stadium is..."NO.. Not him.. He is going to give me a heart attack.. he is going to blow it...AGAIN"
and his numbers clearly show his unreliableness..

Ethan H.

My predictions for this season...
AL east
1.Yanks
2.Rays(Wild Card)
3.Sox (No Playoffs for the baked beans)
Al Central
1-Tigers
2.Twins
Al West
1. Athletics
2.Angels (No Playoffs)
MVP- Pat Burrell
Cy Young- CC Sabathia
Nl East
1.Mets
2.Phillies(Wild Card)
Nl Central
1. Cubbies
2. Brew Crew
Nl West (slums of the mlb)
1. Arizona
2. Dodgers
3. Giants
MVP-Chase Utley
Cy Young- Tim Lincecum
Winner of the ALCS-Yankees
Winner of the NLCS-Cubbies
World Series goes to the Yankees in 6 games...
i chose the yankees not for their incredible players.. but i believe this alex rodriguez and steroids thing will help the whole team come together as one.. i believe arod's ego will do complete 180.. he is going to be a team player .. not a selfish player.. also this is taking alot of pressure of cc aj and tex... they are not in the center of attention anymore.. the can ease into their roles and they will perform...
It was a lesson arod needed and it happened at the perfect time..

Anitra

how in the world does anybody pick the cubs for any playoff hopes when they haven't won in more than 100 years. Odds for your prediction arent in your favor. expecially this season when they still look terrible in the middle of august.

Ethan H.

Offense..
1-Yankees
2-cubs
3-Rangers
4-Indians
5-Red sox
and so on..
STARTING PITCHING..
1-ITS A TIE.. YANKS AND SOX
2-CUBS
.. and the rest you figger out
Relief..
no doubt .. 1-Red sox
2-Rest of league because i honestly believe everyone else is mediocre
Closing Pitcher
1-Yankees.. no one beats Mariano Rivera.. he is the pinnacle of closers
2-hahahahahah (Not The Mets) Francisco Rodriguez is the biggest joke in baseball.... ya he has the record for most saves in a season.. but... hmmm his Save% was BELOW the leagues average... he puts the first three men on base.. then gets 3 fly balls to the warning track... he gets put into the game when his team is up by three... ends up winning by one... congrats on the angels getting rid of that over-rated bum..
Infield Defense
1. Yanks
2. Red Sox
3. Cubs
Outfield Defense..
1-Angels
2-Giants

Ethan H.

Im a guy who has no favorite team but just loves the sport... i want to to give MY THOUGHTS about the rankings...
Overall..
1-Yankees
2-Cubs
3-Red Sox
4-Rays
5-Mets
6-Phillies
7-Tigers
8-Reds
9-Twins
10-Angels
11-Braves
and for the rest.. no offense.. but i dont want to waste my time..

nick

as are any...

Nick

lmao 25 for the Marlins, their rotation alone puts them in the top 17, their hitting puts them up atleast 3 more spots and that bullpen puts them up 1 more...12...but the Reds are not better,, As, any NL west team, any AL west team (angels not included), Al central (tigers not included)

nick

easily the worst rankings I have ever seen

idk

how is the mets ranked 16th in batting....reyes, wright, beltran, delgado.......come on

Adam

aww... look at my last place pirates. lol

MiamiMarlins

These ratings are based on popularity...There is no way the MARLINS should be ranked behind the mariners, lol...and ranked 19th in offense when they had the second best offense in the NL...ridiculous

Sean

The Giants are 11th in pitching? Seems way too low.

BDawg35

Off topic, but that screenshot of the Tigers piqued my interest. If you're playing spring training games (franchise or RTTS mode?), can you change the jerseys? I used the Tigers in RTTS mode last year. The Tigers wear their regular jerseys in spring training, yet I was forced to use what appears to be a batting practice jersey.

BDawg35

Off topic, but that screenshots of the Tigers piqued my interest. If you're playing spring training games (franchise or RTTS mode?), can you change the jerseys? I used the Tigers in RTTS mode last year. The Tigers wear their regular jerseys in spring training, yet I was forced to use what appears to be a batting practice jersey.

Zona

Soo the D'backs apparently have a better line-up than pitching staff now. Haha! Not at all.

Dre

Looks like the DBacks will need massive tweaking if this follows through to the Opening Day roster release. 19th in pitching is a joke and 29th in defense is nearly as laughable. Bump pitching up to the top 10 and defense somewhere in the middle of the pack and I can live with it. Offense in the middle is safe unless any number of the young guys has a breakout season.

jays fan

I'm counting down the days,hours,minutes until MARCH 3RD

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