It’s hard to believe that this is already the last week of
the 2016 regular season in Major League Baseball. The postseason starts next
week and these power rankings will soon go from weekly to hibernation
unfortunately here on the blog. I enjoy doing them and I think you guys enjoy
reading them, the views on the material say that anyway, but it’s just one of
those things that happens unfortunately. Baseball comes to an end and we are
all left sitting out the window like Lou Gehrig watching winter go by depressingly
while we wait for more baseball next spring. Enough with the deep chatter
though, let’s see what these rankings look like for the final week of the
regular season.
The New York Yankees had another rough week this week but
thankfully it did not show much in the standings as the Baby Bombers finished
the week 15th overall, exactly where they were last week. That is
going to be a common theme throughout these rankings this week, very little to
no movement whatsoever.
The Top Five did change though as the Chicago Cubs remained
at the top spot followed by this week’s biggest rise the Boston Red Sox who
climbed two spots to the #2 position in the rankings. The Washington Nationals
are 3rd overall after clinching the National League East Division
followed by the #4 Texas Rangers and the #5 Los Angeles Dodgers who knocked the
Cleveland Indians to the 6th position and out of the Top 5 for the
first time in a long time this season.
The five worst teams in the rankings are the #26 San Diego
Padres, the #27 Cincinnati Reds, the #28 Atlanta Braves (not a typo), the #29
Arizona Diamondbacks who were also the biggest fall of the week after dropping
two spots and the #30 Minnesota Twins.
To round out the American League East Division the Red Sox
finished 2nd overall, the Toronto Blue Jays finished 7th,
the Baltimore Orioles finished 8th, the Yankees 15th and
the Tampa Bay Rays 25th overall once again.
Playoff baseball. Get ready.
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