Mariners Top MiLB Overall Standings, Nationals Bring Up The Rear

Two weeks into the season, we’re already getting a sense of where teams are around the minor leagues, as well as organizations. 

It’s good news for the Mariners, who have the best combined record among minor league teams as well as the best run differential in the minors (the difference between a team’s runs scored and runs allowed).

The best team in the minors so far has been Seattle’s High-A Everett affiliate. The Mariners club lost two of its first four games but has rolled off eight straight wins since then. The AquaSox have the minors’ best winning percentage (.833) and the minors’ best run differential (+57). The team is impressively filled with prospects as well, led by outfielder Julio Rodriguez, shortstop Patrick Frick and a pitching staff of Brandon Williamson, Emerson Hancock, George Kirby and Levi Stoudt.

It’s also good news for the Indians, who have four teams with winning records in the minors as well as an MLB team with a winning mark. Low-A Lynchburg is the top performing Indians’ farm team. The Hillcats’ 9-3 record is tied for third best in the minors and the club’s +53 run differential is second best in the minors.

The Yankees (led by Scranton and Tampa’s 9-3 starts), Orioles (who have three teams with eight or more wins) and Rangers (led by Down East’s 9-3 start) all have a winning percentage over .600 for their four minor league teams.

ORG	W	L	PCT	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Run Differential
SEA	31	15	.674	282	185	97
CLE	30	16	.652	249	156	93
NYY	31	17	.646	295	215	80
BAL	29	18	.617	288	219	69
TEX	28	18	.609	226	192	34
SFG	28	19	.596	270	196	74
KCR	27	19	.587	229	212	17
PIT	27	19	.587	229	204	25
TBR	27	20	.574	277	219	58
SDP	25	21	.543	234	236	-2
BOS	26	22	.542	244	246	-2
CIN	25	22	.532	239	186	53
MIL	25	22	.532	233	219	14
ATL	25	23	.521	243	201	42
MIA	25	23	.521	220	254	-34
MIN	25	23	.521	210	233	-23
TOR	25	23	.521	247	248	-1
CHW	23	25	.479	232	264	-32
OAK	22	25	.468	218	228	-10
HOU	21	24	.467	244	212	32
ARI	21	26	.447	228	260	-32
CHC	20	25	.444	193	216	-23
DET	20	26	.435	222	239	-17
LAA	20	26	.435	245	304	-59
PHI	19	29	.396	215	269	-54
LAD	18	28	.391	215	255	-40
COL	17	30	.362	200	271	-71
STL	16	32	.333	223	297	-74
NYM	15	31	.326	221	287	-66
WAS	12	36	.250	146	294	-148

At the other end of the spectrum, it’s been a very rough start for the Cardinals (which do not have a farm team with a winning record) and the Mets (which have an 8-4 St. Lucie team but also three teams with four wins or less).

But the roughest start by far has been that of the Nationals farm teams. Washington’s .250 combined winning percentage is significantly worse than anyone else and its -148 run differential is exactly double the next worst team (St. Louis). High-A Wilmington is 6-6, but Washington’s other three teams are all far below .500. Double-A Harrisburg is 4-8. Triple-A Rochester is 2-10.

And Low-A Fredericksburg is easily the worst team in the minors over the first two weeks of the season. Fredericksburg is the only team that remains winless (0-12), and its 33 runs scored are fourth worst in the minors (Harrisburg’s 29 runs scored are worst). Fredericksburg’s 121 runs allowed are easily the worst in the minors so far, and its -88 run differential is also the minors’ worst.

To put that in perspective, Fredericksburg is losing by 7.3 runs per game. In the course of the season so far, Fredericksburg has finished six innings with a lead and has been tied for another six innings. It trailed in 96 innings.

ORG	Team	W	L	PCT	RS	RA	DIFF
SEA	Everett	10	2	.833	94	37	57
BAL	Bowie	9	2	.818	81	48	33
TOR	Buffalo	9	3	.750	65	30	35
TEX	Down East	9	3	.750	50	36	14
CLE	Lynchburg	9	3	.750	90	37	53
COL	Fresno	9	3	.750	69	43	26
CHW	Birmingham	9	3	.750	79	47	32
BAL	Delmarva	9	3	.750	89	47	42
ATL	Gwinnett	9	3	.750	88	49	39
TBR	Bowling Green	9	3	.750	78	50	28
NYY	Scranton/WB	9	3	.750	78	51	27
SEA	Modesto	9	3	.750	63	52	11
NYY	Tampa	9	3	.750	108	73	35
SDP	El Paso	8	3	.727	56	39	17
KCR	Quad Cities	8	3	.727	60	50	10
TEX	Round Rock	8	3	.727	71	52	19
ARI	Reno	8	3	.727	72	58	14
CLE	Lake County	8	4	.667	49	35	14
MIL	Carolina	8	4	.667	57	35	22
SFG	Richmond	8	4	.667	54	39	15
CIN	Dayton	8	4	.667	57	40	17
BAL	Aberdeen	8	4	.667	63	43	20
TOR	Vancouver	8	4	.667	55	47	8
MIN	Wichita	8	4	.667	56	49	7
NYM	St. Lucie	8	4	.667	63	51	12
CIN	Chattanooga	8	4	.667	75	52	23
KCR	Omaha	8	4	.667	60	53	7
SFG	Eugene	8	4	.667	77	54	23
DET	Erie	8	4	.667	71	57	14
MIA	Jacksonville	8	4	.667	71	63	8
CLE	Akron	7	4	.636	59	36	23
SEA	Arkansas	7	4	.636	56	38	18
PIT	Indianapolis	7	4	.636	45	41	4
HOU	Sugar Land	7	4	.636	79	43	36
TEX	Frisco	7	4	.636	57	45	12
PIT	Altoona	7	4	.636	61	53	8
NYY	Somerset	7	5	.583	50	43	7
SFG	San Jose	7	5	.583	65	43	22
ATL	Rome	7	5	.583	61	50	11
TBR	Durham	7	5	.583	82	50	32
CHW	Winston-Salem	7	5	.583	53	51	2
PIT	Bradenton	7	5	.583	67	52	15
PHI	Lehigh Valley	7	5	.583	51	55	-4
ARI	Amarillo	7	5	.583	53	56	-3
BOS	Worcester	7	5	.583	53	56	-3
TBR	Charleston	7	5	.583	68	57	11
LAA	Rocket City	7	5	.583	70	60	10
BOS	Portland	7	5	.583	73	62	11
SDP	Lake Elsinore	7	5	.583	81	84	-3
CHC	Iowa	6	5	.545	49	33	16
CLE	Columbus	6	5	.545	51	48	3
LAA	Inland Empire	6	5	.545	64	63	1
MIL	Nashville	6	5	.545	60	64	-4
OAK	Las Vegas	6	5	.545	65	64	1
OAK	Lansing	6	6	.500	48	36	12
CIN	Daytona	6	6	.500	73	40	33
NYY	Hudson Valley	6	6	.500	59	48	11
CHC	Myrtle Beach	6	6	.500	46	53	-7
MIN	Cedar Rapids	6	6	.500	55	53	2
LAD	Tulsa	6	6	.500	62	53	9
HOU	Fayetteville	6	6	.500	68	53	15
MIA	Beloit	6	6	.500	54	55	-1
PHI	Clearwater	6	6	.500	66	55	11
MIA	Pensacola	6	6	.500	42	56	-14
SDP	San Antonio	6	6	.500	55	56	-1
MIL	Wisconsin	6	6	.500	63	56	7
WAS	Wilmington	6	6	.500	42	58	-16
BOS	Salem	6	6	.500	51	58	-7
PIT	Greensboro	6	6	.500	56	58	-2
OAK	Midland	6	6	.500	65	65	0
KCR	Columbia	6	6	.500	65	68	-3
BOS	Greenville	6	6	.500	67	70	-3
MIN	Fort Myers	6	6	.500	54	72	-18
CHW	Charlotte	6	6	.500	68	83	-15
KCR	NW Arkansas	5	6	.455	44	41	3
SEA	Tacoma	5	6	.455	69	58	11
SFG	Sacramento	5	6	.455	74	60	14
ARI	Hillsboro	5	7	.417	45	52	-7
ATL	Augusta	5	7	.417	53	54	-1
MIN	St. Paul	5	7	.417	45	59	-14
LAD	Great Lakes	5	7	.417	48	59	-11
DET	Lakeland	5	7	.417	60	60	0
TOR	New Hampshire	5	7	.417	61	62	-1
MIL	Biloxi	5	7	.417	53	64	-11
STL	Peoria	5	7	.417	58	64	-6
COL	Hartford	5	7	.417	54	68	-14
STL	Palm Beach	5	7	.417	57	75	-18
MIA	Jupiter	5	7	.417	53	80	-27
HOU	Corpus Christi	4	7	.364	36	47	-11
SDP	Fort Wayne	4	7	.364	42	57	-15
LAD	Rancho Cuca.	4	7	.364	62	60	2
TBR	Montgomery	4	7	.364	49	62	-13
DET	West Michigan	4	7	.364	46	63	-17
CHC	South Bend	4	7	.364	51	63	-12
CHC	Tennessee	4	7	.364	47	67	-20
HOU	Asheville	4	7	.364	61	69	-8
NYM	Brooklyn	4	7	.364	61	78	-17
LAA	Salt Lake	4	7	.364	64	88	-24
WAS	Harrisburg	4	8	.333	29	47	-18
ATL	Mississippi	4	8	.333	41	48	-7
PHI	Jersey Shore	4	8	.333	43	58	-15
TEX	Hickory	4	8	.333	48	59	-11
OAK	Stockton	4	8	.333	40	63	-23
STL	Memphis	4	8	.333	65	81	-16
CIN	Louisville	3	8	.273	34	54	-20
DET	Toledo	3	8	.273	45	59	-14
LAD	Okla. City	3	8	.273	43	83	-40
BAL	Norfolk	3	9	.250	55	81	-26
LAA	Tri-City	3	9	.250	47	93	-46
TOR	Dunedin	3	9	.250	66	109	-43
WAS	Rochester	2	10	.167	42	68	-26
STL	Springfield	2	10	.167	43	77	-34
COL	Spokane	2	10	.167	46	81	-35
NYM	Syracuse	2	10	.167	59	88	-29
PHI	Reading	2	10	.167	55	101	-46
NYM	Binghamton	1	10	.091	38	70	-32
COL	Albuquerque	1	10	.091	31	79	-48
CHW	Kannapolis	1	11	.083	32	83	-51
ARI	Visalia	1	11	.083	58	94	-36
WAS	Fredericksburg	0	12	.000	33	121	-88