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The latest Top 15 teams in baseball are in—and the rankings are getting interesting. 🥇 Philadelphia Phillies — 109.645 🥈 Milwaukee Brewers — 109.114 🥉 Tampa Bay Rays — 108.977 4️⃣ Atlanta Braves — 107.881 5️⃣ Cleveland Guardians — 106.326 6️⃣ Chicago Cubs — 105.745 7️⃣ Los Angeles Dodgers — 105.689 8️⃣ New York Yankees — 105.262 The traditional MLB standings still have the Brewers at the top with the best record in baseball, but the latest WOBAR rankings have a new team in the #1 spot: Philadelphia Phillies. And that's only part of the story. The Guardians sit at #5 in WOBAR despite being outside the top 10 in the overall MLB standings. The Cubs are #6. The Dodgers are #7. The Yankees are #8. As the season enters its final stretch, the rankings are showing us a fascinating picture of how the top teams have performed during the entire season, and how closely some of baseball's biggest contenders are separated. This is where WOBAR adds another dimension to the standings conversation. The race for the best record is one story, the race for the top spot in WOBAR is becoming another. With every game still capable of changing the picture, one question stands out: Who will finish the 2026 regular season as the #1 team in WOBAR? 👇 Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, or some other team?

WorldBaseballRT's tweet photo. The latest Top 15 teams in baseball are in—and the rankings are getting interesting.

🥇 Philadelphia Phillies — 109.645
🥈 Milwaukee Brewers — 109.114
🥉 Tampa Bay Rays — 108.977
4️⃣ Atlanta Braves — 107.881
5️⃣ Cleveland Guardians — 106.326
6️⃣ Chicago Cubs — 105.745
7️⃣ Los Angeles Dodgers — 105.689
8️⃣ New York Yankees — 105.262

The traditional MLB standings still have the Brewers at the top with the best record in baseball, but the latest WOBAR rankings have a new team in the #1 spot: Philadelphia Phillies.

And that's only part of the story.

The Guardians sit at #5 in WOBAR despite being outside the top 10 in the overall MLB standings. The Cubs are #6. The Dodgers are #7. The Yankees are #8.

As the season enters its final stretch, the rankings are showing us a fascinating picture of how the top teams have performed during the entire season, and how closely some of baseball's biggest contenders are separated.

This is where WOBAR adds another dimension to the standings conversation.
The race for the best record is one story, the race for the top spot in WOBAR is becoming another.

With every game still capable of changing the picture, one question stands out:

Who will finish the 2026 regular season as the #1 team in WOBAR?

👇 Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, or some other team?

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5 days ago

Pete Crow-Armstrong didn’t just move into the top spot. He earned his way there, one play at a time. The latest WOBAR rankings have Pete Crow-Armstrong at #1 among MLB hitters with a 185.473 rating, ahead of Yordan Alvarez at 179.808. What makes the movement especially interesting is how his season has evolved. Early in the year, Crow-Armstrong was still searching for consistency. Then something changed. After May 14, his offensive production accelerated dramatically. In a 23-game stretch during June, he hit .412 with a 1.303 OPS, 10 HR, 40 hits and 6 stolen bases. He also thrived after becoming the Cubs' primary leadoff hitter, producing at an elite level in that role. And he hasn't stopped. Through 137 games, PCA is now at: ⚾ 149 Hits 💥 38 Home Runs 🏃 32 Stolen Bases 📈 .283 AVG 🎯 .377 OBP 🔥 .577 SLG 🚀 .954 OPS That's a remarkable progression from his 2024 and 2025 offensive numbers—and his 2026 production has taken another major step forward. Then came this weekend. Three home runs on Saturday. Two more on Sunday. Five home runs in two games. His latest surge pushed him past Alvarez in the WOBAR standings. From a WOBAR perspective, this is where the story gets even more interesting. WOBAR doesn't simply accumulate hits, home runs or OPS. Every plate appearance moves the rating. The result matters. The quality of the opposing pitcher matters. The game situation matters. The environment matters. And over the course of a full season, those individual performances build a player's standing. That's why PCA's climb is so compelling. This isn't one hot game creating a #1 ranking. It's the combination of: 📈 Sustained improvement 💥 Increasing impact at the plate 🏃 Production that comes in multiple ways 🔥 A recent surge that has produced some of the biggest offensive moments of the season ⚾ Hundreds of individual competitive performances building on each other Pete Crow-Armstrong started the season at the same 100.000 baseline as every other player. Today, the gap between where he started and where he stands is +85.473 points. That number tells a story. Not just about what PCA has accumulated. But about how much competitive performance he has earned throughout the season. And with Yordan Alvarez just behind him, this race may be far from over. Who finishes the 2026 season as the #1 hitter in WOBAR? Pete Crow-Armstrong? Yordan Alvarez? Or is someone else about to make a move? 👇 Who do you think will be sitting at the top when the season ends? #WOBAR #Baseball #MLB #BaseballAnalytics #Scouting #PlayerEvaluation #PeteCrowArmstrong #ChicagoCubs #EveryPlayEveryPlayer