USA Today releases their power rankings for all 30 Major
League Baseball teams on a weekly basis and released their first regular season
set yesterday. Occupying the top spot was the undefeated Detroit Tigers
followed by the undefeated Kansas City Royals. The St. Louis Cardinals were in
the third spot while the top five was rounded out by a pair of American League
East teams in the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays. Where were the
Yankees you ask? Well I’m not sure how much the Sunday night beat down of the
Red Sox counted towards these but nonetheless you could find the Yankees all
the way down at the #28 spot on the list.
It could be worse I guess as the Minnesota Twins were ranked
dead last on the list preceded by the 1-5 Milwaukee Brewers. You have to wonder
how much thought goes into these rankings though as the Miami Marlins sit at
1-5 on the season after being swept by an Atlanta Braves team that their own
fan base wouldn’t even recognize and were ranked ahead of New York at #26.
The team with the highest payroll, the Los Angeles Dodgers,
are 6th while the team may pick to win it all, the Washington
Nationals, are 7th with Oakland, Seattle and Baltimore rounding out
the Top 10 in that order. The defending World Series champion San Francisco
Giants are #13 while the rejuvenated Chicago Cubs are #16.
So after a week of baseball
and the games finally meaning something what does it all mean? Absolutely
nothing. Come speak to me in September and we’ll look back at this list and
laugh.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)