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Earl's MLB power ranking · Week 27, 2026

#10

rank

+0.4

rating (points, neutral field)

84-78

record (2026)

+0.6

vs market (Earl \u2212 line)

Chicago is a legitimate top-10 club by my numbers, rated 0.402 runs better than average on a neutral field, and that rating is climbing fast — up 0.211 in a week. The market is still catching up, as their 0.63 cover rate shows they've been consistently undervalued, and the weak -0.07 strength of schedule means that rating is earned rather than schedule-inflated. Buy the White Sox: a 0.402 neutral-field rating implies roughly a -0.4 run adjustment before home edge, which is a thinner number than the public likely prices them at.

Rating over the 2026 season

Week by week

Season	Wk	Rank	Rec	Rating	Inj	vs Mkt	Δ
2026	1	#30	1-5	-2.2	—	-1.7	—
2026	2	#30	4-8	-2.2	—	-0.8	+0.0
2026	3	#30	6-12	-2.2	—	-0.6	+0.0
2026	4	#29	9-14	-1.2	—	+0.4	+1.0
2026	5	#25	14-17	-0.7	—	+0.6	+0.5
2026	6	#18	17-20	-0.3	—	+1.0	+0.4
2026	7	#15	21-21	-0.1	—	+1.1	+0.2
2026	8	#19	25-24	-0.2	—	+1.0	-0.1
2026	9	#14	28-27	+0.0	—	+1.1	+0.2
2026	10	#8	33-29	+0.2	—	+1.2	+0.2
2026	11	#7	36-31	+0.3	—	+1.2	+0.0
2026	12	#7	38-34	+0.2	—	+1.0	-0.1
2026	13	#9	41-38	+0.2	—	+0.9	+0.0
2026	14	#4	45-40	+0.7	—	+1.4	+0.5
2026	15	#10	47-44	+0.3	—	+0.9	-0.3
2026	16	#3	50-45	+0.7	—	+1.3	+0.4
2026	17	#5	53-47	+0.7	—	+1.2	-0.0
2026	18	#5	56-51	+0.6	—	+1.0	-0.1
2026	19	#7	59-54	+0.5	—	+1.0	-0.1
2026	20	#9	62-57	+0.5	—	+1.0	-0.0
2026	21	#5	66-60	+0.6	—	+1.1	+0.1
2026	22	#10	70-63	+0.5	—	+0.8	-0.1
2026	23	#8	73-65	+0.4	—	+0.7	-0.1
2026	24	#11	75-70	+0.3	—	+0.5	-0.1
2026	25	#13	77-75	+0.1	—	+0.4	-0.2
2026	26	#7	81-77	+0.2	-0.1	+0.8	+0.1
2026	27	#10	84-78	+0.4	—	+0.6	+0.2