TOSS MLB Tie Table (7/01)

It’s been 2 weeks since my last update. There have been plenty of examples for ending games at 9 innings or maybe just add 1 Extra Inning to the game and end it at 10. The best example over the last 2 weeks was the Rays vs Twins marathon. There’s no reason for the Tampa Bay Rays and Minnesota Twins to play 18 innings, using up 19 pitchers between the 2 ball clubs so 1 team can say they were better than the other on that given day. My thoughts are if you are tied through 17 innings, you’re equally as good as one another on the day. Instead, they played an extra game in the series without being compensated for it through record.

Other notable keys over the past 2 weeks in the world of Baseball:

• The Winless Extra Inning teams are no more. On back to back days the White Sox and Dodgers won their 1st Extra Inning game of the season. The White Sox won their first EI game on June 21st with Dodgers following them up on June 22nd to bring everyone out of the depths of 0 wins.
• Arizona lost the lead on EI wins briefly but still lead all the MLB with 12 EI games played in 2019.
• 3 teams have 7 EI Wins on the season to lead the majors:
  • Arizona: 7-5
  • Atlanta: 7-3
  • Pittsburgh: 7-4
• The Houston Astros have the best record in extras sitting at 6-1

Below I’ll show the records if we recorded every extra inning game as if they were ties and then I’ll provide the updated TOSS TIE TABLE to see how the power rankings play out.

As you’ll see below, ties make the playoff races more interesting. If utilizing only 9 innings to view the total/real picture of the MLB landscape, you’ll see some teams in the playoff hunt in this scenario when compared to how things are playing out in actuality.

The biggest differences would be tiebreakers as evidenced with the Chicago Cubs lead in the division over the Milwaukee Brewers instead of a tie at the top.

The other main difference are the Wild Card races. Oakland has been a TOSS table wild card team for weeks because they are 2-6 in Extra Inning games this year. Losing only 1 game in the 10th while losing the other 5 games in the 11th, 12th, and 13th innings. Through this lens the Athletics would seem to be a team whose record doesn’t accurately reflect how good they’ve been.

Teams	W	L	T
Arizona Diamondbacks	36	38	12
Atlanta Braves	43	32	10
Baltimore Orioles	23	55	5
Boston Red Sox	38	37	9
Chicago Cubs	42	36	6
Chicago White Sox	38	41	2
Cincinnati Reds	36	38	7
Cleveland Indians	43	35	5
Colorado Rockies	38	36	10
Detroit Tigers	24	48	7
Houston Astros	47	31	7
Kansas City Royals	27	49	8
Los Angeles Angels	41	41	3
Los Angeles Dodgers	56	27	3
Miami Marlins	29	45	8
Milwaukee Brewers	41	37	6
Minnesota Twins	50	28	5
New York Mets	35	42	8
New York Yankees	51	26	5
Oakland Athletics	44	33	8
Philadelphia Phillies	41	36	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	39	11
San Diego Padres	40	37	6
San Francisco Giants	32	45	6
Seattle Mariners	32	48	8
St. Louis Cardinals	35	38	9
Tampa Bay Rays	45	32	7
Texas Rangers	43	34	7
Toronto Blue Jays	28	48	8
Washington Nationals	40	38	5

• AL Playoff Picture:
  • New York Yankees
  • Minnesota Twins
  • Houston Astros
    • Tampa Bay Rays
    • Oakland Athletics

• NL Playoff Picture:
  • Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Atlanta Braves
  • Chicago Cubs
    • Philadelphia Phillies
    • Milwaukee Brewers

Los Angeles Dodgers	57.5
New York Yankees	53.5
Minnesota Twins	52.5
Houston Astros	50.5
Tampa Bay Rays	48.5
Atlanta Braves	48
Oakland Athletics	48
Texas Rangers	46.5
Cleveland Indians	45.5
Chicago Cubs	45
Philadelphia Phillies	44.5
Milwaukee Brewers	44
San Diego Padres	43
Colorado Rockies	43
Boston Red Sox	42.5
Los Angeles Angels	42.5
Washington Nationals	42.5
Arizona Diamondbacks	42
St. Louis Cardinals	39.5
Cincinnati Reds	39.5
New York Mets	39
Chicago White Sox	39
Pittsburgh Pirates	37.5
Seattle Mariners	36
San Francisco Giants	35
Miami Marlins	33
Toronto Blue Jays	32
Kansas City Royals	31
Detroit Tigers	27.5
Baltimore Orioles	25.5

-J-Raz