The 2017 MLB regular season is over, 162 games down and
depending on what team you root for your team either has 11 or 12 games left to
win before they can call it a season. The USA Today doesn’t release power
rankings for the postseason though so here is the final set of rankings from
the publication for the 2017 season. Where did the Yankees finish and how do
the standings directly correlate with the 2017 postseason? Keep reading.
The Cleveland Indians are probably the best team in Major
League Baseball and the team finished at the top spot in the final set of
standings which is a great sign for Andrew Miller and company. The Houston Astros
took the second spot from the Los Angeles Dodgers who finished third overall
while the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox rounded out the Top 5.
The Chicago Cubs climbed to the sixth spot overall knocking
the Arizona Diamondbacks to seventh while the New York Yankees finished 8th
to end the season securing the top Wild Card slot in the American League
Playoffs. The 9th best team in the league according to these
rankings were the Colorado Rockies while the Minnesota Twins were 10th
overall and the final team in the American League playoffs this season.
The Milwaukee Brewers had the best record of any team that
didn’t make the postseason and finished 11th overall on the rankings
followed by the St. Louis Cardinals, the Kansas City Royals, the Los Angeles
Angels of Anaheim and the Tampa Bay Rays who were 15th.
The Texas Rangers broke ground on a new $1.1 billion stadium
recently but the on-the-field product was only good enough to secure the 16th
spot on the rankings while the Seattle Mariners, the Baltimore Orioles, the
Toronto Blue Jays and the Miami Marlins who were 20th overall.
The bottom ten teams are not where you want to be but the
future is usually bright for all of these teams as these organizations rebuild
their farm systems and teams from within. In sequential order from 21-30 the
rankings had the Oakland Athletics, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Atlanta Braves,
the San Diego Padres, the Cincinnati Reds, the New York Mets, the Philadelphia
Phillies, the Chicago White Sox, the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit
Tigers. Detroit, you’re officially on the clock.
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