Rangers would be favorites if in the Olympics

With a nod to the upcoming Olympics in London — 12 more days to the Sumer Games — Deputy Sports Editor Mike Hiserman ranks Major League Baseball’s 30 teams (records and statistics through Friday’s games):

Dream Team

Texas Rangers (53-34): MLB leader in batting average, on-base percentage and runs; third in American League in earned-run average.

Citius, altius, fortius

New York Yankees (53-33) — 136 home runs, .461 slugging percentage leads majors.

Angels (48-39) — Most exciting young player in baseball offsets game’s most bloated contract.

Going for gold

Washington (50-34) — Staff ace is not Stephen Strasburg, but left-hander Gio Gonzalez with 12-3 record, 2.92 ERA.

San Francisco (47-40) — Minus Tim Lincecum (3-10, 6.42 ERA), rotation has 34-18 record, 3.00 ERA.

Chicago White Sox (48-38) — Adam Dunn homers every 11.4 at-bats, but 58.1% of his outs are by strikeout.

Could hit medal stand

Cincinnati (48-38) — Reds must win to keep toothpicks and sweatbands (Dusty Baker) in the dugout.

St. Louis (46-41) — Defending champions were six games over .500 at the break, same as last season.

Pittsburgh (48-38) — CF Andrew McCutchen (.367, 19 HRs, 14 SBs) is next-best thing to Matt Kemp.

Atlanta (47-39)—Closer Craig Kimbrel inAll-Star game: seven pitches, two strikeouts.

Difficult to judge

Dodgers (48-40) — Record is 24-13 with Kemp, 24-27 without him.

New York Mets (46-41) — With a little more of the Wright stuff (.353, 11 HR, 59 RBI) could be a contender.

Detroit (45-42) — Home Run Derby winner Prince Fielder second on team behind Miguel Cabrera (.326, 19 HRs, 72 RBIs).

Tampa Bay (45-42) — Lineup Friday included only two starters batting better than .253.

Stuck in preliminaries

Boston (44-43) —Team president ends mid-season letter to fans with signoff of “keep the faith.”

Toronto (43-44) —Edwin Encarnacion + Jose Bautista = 50 HRs, 123 RBIs.

Cleveland (45-41) —Justin Masterson’s 4.14 ERA is best in an underachieving rotation.

Milwaukee (41-45) — Best reason to boo Ryan Braun: because you’re jealous your team doesn’t have him.

Oakland (44-43) — AL’s best pitching staff is too often victim of league’s worst offense.

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Baltimore (45-41) — 18-27 record since May 19 is for the birds.

Arizona (42-44) — Diamondbacks will play better or face wrath of Manager Kirk Gibson.

Philadelphia (37-51) — Second-half start will determine whether Phillies flood the trade market.

Miami (41-45) — It’ll take Carlos Lee circa 2007 to help the Marlins’ sputtering offense.

Kansas City (37-48) — Jonathan Broxton on Friday: one inning, two hits, two walks, blown save.

DQ’d

Minnesota (36-50) — Francisco Liriano on Friday: eight innings, four hits, 15 strikeouts, loss.

Seattle (36-52)—Little Chone Figgins (.186) has been a big, big bust.

Chicago Cubs (34-52) — Contenders may go (Ryan) Dempster diving; he has National League-leading 1.99 ERA.

Colorado (34-52) — I’ll say this about Jim Tracy as a manager: He’s um, uh, a real nice guy.

San Diego (34-54) — Best reason Dodgers still lead NL West: 8-2 versus Padres.

Houston (33-54) — AL welcome mat should be a red carpet.