Another week done in the 2017 MLB season and another set of
weekly MLB power rankings released by the USA Today. Will the Boston Red Sox be
able to chase down the Houston Astros and take the best record in the American
League away from them? Will the Yankees be able to hang around in the American
League East Division race? Can anyone catch the Dodgers? While these rankings
don’t have the answers to any of those questions for sure you can bet that they
can be used as an indicator of things going forward so let’s check them out.
This is a Yankees blog so we’ll start there. Last week the
Yankees were 9th overall on the rankings and falling fast and that
is exactly where the team remained this week after another lackluster week. The
team is hovering around the .500 mark over the last three months of the season
and a Top 10 finish for the team seems pretty suitable for the team. I wish it
were higher but what can you do? Brian Cashman did all he could and all that
Hal Steinbrenner would allow, now it is up to manager Joe Girardi and the
players to collectively get it done. So do it.
The Top 5 on the list are the Los Angeles Dodgers, the
Washington Nationals who rose one spot, the Boston Red Sox who rose two spots,
the Houston Astros who dropped two spots and the Arizona Diamondbacks who fell
one spot. It’s crazy to think that the Dodgers haven’t lost a series in almost
three months and may clinch the division this month, the Astros were once being
compared to the 1927 Yankees before losing nine of their first twelve games to
start the month of August and the Diamondbacks may have the NL MVP in Paul
Goldschmidt and somehow still no one is noticing outside of Arizona. You can’t
predict baseball.
Don’t look now but the St. Louis Cardinals are back in the
Top 10, the Kansas City Royals were once completely written off and are now 12th
overall according to the list and the Tampa Bay Rays, who many publications
said would win the AL East this season, have fallen off back to the #13
position. But hey, think of all those click baits they benefited from when the
Rays went on their little run. It’s okay though, at least they aren’t the
Phillies.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)