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The Angels, who went 4-2 this week, reclaimed the top spot from Tampa Bay (4-3) in the W/L rankings and moved up in the other rankings. Philadelphia (5-1) moves up three places in the W/L rankings for the second week in a row and is now ranked similarly in all three systems. Houston (2-5) was the big loser for the week, dropping in all three ranking systems as they fell behind by four games in the wild card race. This week the W/L and Hybrid ranking agree on who the play-off teams should be in the AL ??? Anaheim, Boston (3-3), Chicago (3-4) and Tampa Bay ??? but the RS/RA system still has Toronto (3-3) ranked above the Rays. Toronto and Tampa Bay have almost identical run differentials, but the Rays have a ten game advantage in the standings. In the NL, there is unanimity on the division winners ??? Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles. However, the Brewers are favored by the W/L rankings, but the Mets are rated higher in the RS/RA and Hybrid rankings. The Brewers have a much lower run differential ??? by 40 runs ??? than the Mets. The three ranking systems are: W/L, which uses only wins and losses RS/RA, which uses runs scored and runs allowed Hybrid, which uses run differentials, except that each additional run counts half the previous one Each system accounts for schedule strength and has a home field advantage factor. Rankings as of games completed on Sunday, September 21, 2008: Team W L W/L +/- Hybrid +/- RS/RA +/- RS RA Ana 96 59 1 +1 2 +1 5 +1 733 658 Tam 92 62 2 -1 3 -1 3 727 632 Bos 91 64 3 1 1 812 653 ChW 86 69 4 5 4 772 684 NYY 85 71 5 +1 7 +1 8 750 702 Tor 83 73 6 -1 4 2 689 596 ChC 94 60 7 6 7 820 636 Min 84 72 8 8 -1 6 -1 801 721 Phi 88 68 9 +3 9 10 767 655 Cle 78 77 10 +4 10 +1 9 768 723 Mil 85 71 11 -2 13 +1 15 723 672 Tex 75 81 12 -1 17 -2 17 -1 858 943 Oak 74 81 13 +3 12 +4 12 +1 620 646 NYM 86 69 14 -1 11 -1 13 -1 770 679 Hou 82 73 15 -5 15 -3 22 -3 685 719 Det 71 83 16 -1 14 -1 11 789 808 StL 80 75 17 18 16 +1 728 697 Bal 67 87 18 16 +1 14 764 828 Fla 81 74 19 20 20 +2 742 742 KCR 70 86 20 21 19 +1 658 766 LAD 81 75 21 19 18 665 626 Ari 78 77 22 22 21 693 672 Cin 72 83 23 24 +1 25 674 755 Col 71 85 24 +3 26 26 711 797 SFG 70 86 25 +3 27 +1 28 619 724 Atl 69 87 26 -1 23 23 +1 722 753 Sea 57 98 27 -3 25 -1 24 -1 631 777 Pit 65 91 28 -2 28 -1 27 713 861 SDP 61 95 29 +1 29 +1 29 618 723 Was 58 98 30 -1 30 -1 30 618 792