The Caribbean Series is included in the Continuum Baseball Rankings because it’s between the champions of leagues, and usually are primarily made up of players from those countries anyway (the Asian Series isn’t included because the Australian League is full of North Americans on most teams).
So, Mexico won this year’s Caribbean Series, while Cuba’s champion surprisingly came up the rear. So, how did this affect the Continuum Rankings? Well, nothing major, but there were some small moves, such as the Dominican and Cuba switching around.
Go below the jump for it:
BASEBALL CONTINUUM RATINGS AS OF FEBRUARY 13, 2014 (previous placement noted in parenthesis when different):
1.USA 356.072998689
2.Japan 340.60430423
3.Dominican Republic 297.07461146878 (4)
4.Cuba 291.78644987379 (3)
5.Netherlands 264.261570023
6.Taipei 262.924034149
7.Puerto Rico 237.35020806575
8.Canada 221.291148645
9.Korea 200.567695081
10.Venezuela 194.26866525288
11.Mexico 138.28743278 (12)
12. Italy 154.418157844 (11)
13.Panama 123.568362
14.Australia 82.3756337603
15.Colombia 60.4698693683
16.Brazil 59.8168005729
17.Nicaragua 39.4041924339
18.Spain 33.5452812297
19.Germany 12.4880561214
20.China -10.8089234424
21.Pakistan -32.4143431354
22.Argentina -49.5976341618
23.Philippines -60.1831994271
24.Great Britain -69.9902810789
25.Thailand -96.7578503757
26.Israel -118.359671892
27.Czech Republic -128.920611489
28.New Zealand -150.690146917
29.Sri Lanka -183.131130568
30.Hong Kong -189.73697868
31.South Africa -191.112252876
32.France -219.99396798
33.Afghanistan -244.125590861
34.Russia -247.890646024
35.Indonesia -264.99396798
36.Croatia -275.710019778
37.Austria -295.190503818
38.Ukraine -310.387960257
39.Guam -329.861338136
40.Nepal -353.138578515
41.Bulgaria -357.622894242
42.Lithuania -380.098754586
43.Switzerland -392.468931222
44.Slovakia -406.776541519
45.Poland -420.869348451
46.Belarus -432.207739417
47.Ireland -459.193272647
48.Slovenia -480.638578515
49.Mongolia -481.960266204