The New York Yankees up and down roller coaster season
continued this week leaving their fans and the rest of the league more confused
than they were last time we checked these rankings out. The Yankees play the
tough teams tough and they lay down against the mediocre teams, unless it’s
Toronto they just lay down against them no matter what, leading to another
likely fall in the rankings and a fall in the standings. Let’s check out just
how far the mighty are falling again this week.
This is a Yankees blog so I won’t keep you waiting long, the
Yankees fell zero spots from the 19th position last week to finish 19th
overall. Not good but could have been a lot worse in my opinion. Speaking of
falling the biggest fall of the week overall went to the Kansas City Royals who
fell three spots from the 10th position to finish 13th overall. Again, not
good. One team did pretty well this week though and garnered the honor of the
biggest rise this week, the Houston Astros. The Astros rose a whopping seven
spots this week from the #25 position to finish the week ranked 18th overall.
There are other teams that continue to do well this season
and in the rankings and the Top 5 of that bunch are the #1 Chicago Cubs, the
San Francisco Giants, the Texas Rangers, the Washington Nationals and the #5 Boston
Red Sox. For every good though we have to go back to the bad and the five worst
teams according to the rankings are the #26 Oakland Athletics, the #27 San
Diego Padres, the #28 Cincinnati Reds, the #29 Atlanta Braves and the #30 Minnesota
Twins.
It’s June and the rising and falling of positions are
getting smaller and smaller. We’re not seeing as many teams rising eight or
nine spots in a week nor are we seeing teams free falling from the top of the
rankings either. It’s called sample size and it’s beginning to become a thing
this season. It’s becoming a thing just in time to be shook up a bit anyway by
the August 1st trade deadline but until then you can now start
trusting in these rankings. They are starting to paint the picture that is the
2016 regular season.
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