Earlier this week MLB 2K10 revealed its team numeric ratings. MLB 10 The Show has now divulged its rankings of all 30 Major League teams across four categories. The New York Yankees are this year’s overall No. 1. The Show’s rankings come in four flavors: Overall, hitting, pitching and defense. I’ve broken them out here.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Overall Team Rankings 1 Yankees 2 Red Sox 3 Phillies 4 Dodgers 5 Rays 6 Braves 7 Angels 8 Rockies 9 Cubs 10 Rangers 11 Diamondbacks 12 Twins 13 White Sox 14 Giants 15 Blue Jays 16 Cardinals 17 Mets 18 Brewers 19 Reds 20 Orioles 21 Mariners 22 Astros 23 Athletics 24 Tigers 25 Padres 26 Marlins 27 Royals 28 Nationals 29 Pirates 30 Indians Team Hitting Rankings 1 Yankees 2 Red Sox 3 Phillies 4 Rangers 5 Rays 6 Rockies 7 Angels 8 Cubs 9 Braves 10 Dodgers 11 Twins 12 Blue Jays 13 Diamondbacks 14 Orioles 15 Mets 16 Giants 17 Reds 18 White Sox 19 Brewers 20 Cardinals 21 Marlins 22 Mariners 23 Nationals 24 Astros 25 Pirates 26 Padres 27 Royals 28 Indians 29 Tigers 30 Athletics Team Pitching Rankings 1 Yankees 2 Dodgers 3 Red Sox 4 Braves 5 Diamondbacks 6 White Sox 7 Phillies 8 Athletics 9 Cubs 10 Angels 11 Twins 12 Rays 13 Giants 14 Tigers 15 Cardinals 16 Rockies 17 Brewers 18 Padres 19 Mariners 20 Royals 21 Reds 22 Mets 23 Rangers 24 Astros 25 Blue Jays 26 Nationals 27 Pirates rummy golds 28 Indians 29 Orioles 30 Marlins Team Defense Rankings 1 Red Sox 2 Mets 3 Mariners 4 Dodgers 5 Phillies 6 Yankees 7 White Sox 8 Rays 9 Astros 10 Blue Jays 11 Rangers 12 Orioles 13 Cardinals 14 Tigers 15 Royals 16 Angels 17 Athletics 18 Nationals 19 Reds 20 Pirates 21 Giants 22 Braves 23 Twins 24 Rockies 25 Indians 26 Cubs 27 Diamondbacks 28 Brewers 29 Marlins 30 Padres Again, I am plainly astonished at the rank given to Boston’s hitting. I’ll admit to not being the most sophisticated rummy mars analyst of stats but this seems either reputational in nature or based on past performance, and in David Ortiz’s case, past performance that’s two years ago. By the same token, I’m flummoxed by the Red Sox’ No. 2 rating in pitching, but that’s an incremental difference between it and the No. 1 where I believe it should be. The Phillies’ No. 7 pitching is a real eye-popper to me. The Roy Halladay trade was Dec. 16 and I can scarcely believe these rankings reflect rummy master a roster before that date. Other notes: The Cardinals and Cubs are almost completely swapped compared with MLB 2K10. They go from 7 and 13 in 2K10, respectively, to 9 and 16 here. Might not be an apples to apples comparison because 2K gave ratings, and these are positions relative to one another, but still, it’s curious. Update: EnigmaNemesis points out this Operation Sports thread, featuring an SCEA community manager, explaining how the ratings are developed. “Player ratings are not done by human hands,” he says. It’s all done by a program that examines the past three years, with the most recent year given the most weight. MLB 10 The Show is a PlayStation 3 exclusive and releases March 2. MLB 10 The Show Team Rankings [Pasta Padre]