We all know it’s coming, the fall from the rankings that the
New York Yankees are most likely to endure. After losing two straight from
Baltimore the team followed that up with three straight losses to the Toronto
Blue Jays inside Yankee Stadium. The Yankees did win the first game of the
Baltimore series and the last game of the Toronto series but I have a sneaking
suspicion that the rankings and their God’s are not going to be kind to the
Bronx Bombers this week.
Let’s not delay the inevitable, the Yankees position. New
York fell one spot this week to fall all the way down to the #9 position. The
rest of the American League East can be found at the #3 position with the
Toronto Blue Jays, the #16 position with the Tampa Bay Rays, the #17 position
with the Baltimore Orioles and the #19 position with the surging Boston Red
Sox.
The biggest rise of the week goes to the New York Mets who
rose four spots all the way to the #5 position while the biggest fall of the
week went to the Washington Nationals after the team fell three spots to the
#14 position. The Top Five teams according to the rankings are the #1 St. Louis
Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Kansas City
Royals and the New York Mets. The five worst teams according to the rankings
are the #26 Cincinnati Reds, the #27 Miami Marlins, the #28 Colorado Rockies,
the #29 Philadelphia Phillies and the #30 Atlanta Braves.
It’s been a tough week for certain teams in the pennant
chase and it’s been a great week for others, it’s just unfortunate that the
Yankees were on the bad side of things this week. No worries, the team can
regain that #6 or #8 spot they have held for most of the season with a good
week this week, they just have to play like they want it and play like they
mean it. See if they can do it next Tuesday when we bring you these rankings
once again.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)