You can always tell when a small sample size starts to
become a large sample size, especially on something like these weekly MLB Power
Rankings released by the USA Today, when you see little-to-no movement across
the board. Some teams jumped and some teams fell but for the most part most
teams stood pat this week on the rankings including the New York Yankees. Let’s
check out the list from another week of MLB play.
As I said before the New York Yankees stood pat in the 6th
position overall while the Boston Red Sox remained right on their heels at the
#7 position. In fact the #8 Cleveland Indians and #9 Milwaukee Brewers also
stood pat behind Boston while the Minnesota Twins snuck up three spots into the
#10 position. The Tampa Bay Rays fell one spot to the #12 position while the
Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays fell one and two spots respectively to
the #16 and #17 positions.
Meanwhile the Top 5 also remained pretty much the same with the Houston Astros
remaining at the top spot followed by the Dodgers (climbed one spot), the
Arizona Diamondbacks (climbed two spots), the Washington Nationals (unchanged
from the 4th spot last week) and the Colorado Rockies (fell three
spots).
Based on these rankings and my pure speculations I have come
up with this potential list of sellers and buyers at the July 31st
trade deadline. Enjoy, criticize and debate in the comments section.
Sellers: Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, San
Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Miami Marlins, Detroit Tigers, New York
Mets, Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Buyers: Houston
Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies, Arizona
Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee
Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers.
Undecided: Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels of
Anaheim, Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh
Pirates and the Atlanta Braves.