It’s that time again as we take a look at the power rankings
for Major League Baseball that USA Today releases weekly on their site. Last
week the Yankees were riding high off another great weeks’ worth of games and
came in at a season high #6 position. That position, like many this week, are
expected to change so let’s stop speculating and jump right into it.
First and foremost we always start with the biggest rise of
the week and that honor this week goes to the Chicago White Sox who rose nine
spots all the way to the #15 position on the list. The biggest fall this week
goes to a fellow American League East team the Toronto Blue Jays who fell 10
spots all the way to the #21 spot after a terrible week. Speaking of terrible
weeks the Yankees week was far from ideal as the team fell to the #7 spot this
week one position down from their ranking last week.
Finishing out the AL East division is the Tampa Bay Rays who
came in 10th, the Boston Red Sox who came in 17th and the
Baltimore Orioles who finished the week off in the 19th position.
The Top five positions in the rankings went to none other than the St. Louis
Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Detroit Tigers, the Kansas City Royals
and the Houston Astros in that order. The bottom five positions went to the
Cleveland Indians, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Oakland Athletics, the
Colorado Rockies and the Milwaukee Brewers in order.
We are starting to see some of the early season pretenders
start to fall and the slow starters start to rise as teams can no longer hide
behind the small sample size. If New York can stay in the top 10 all season
long that would be ideal if you ask me.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)