Now nearly two weeks into the baseball season, there have
been a lot of surprises, both good ones and bad. The Cubs still hold the top spot in this
week’s rankings, but have a slim lead over the hot Astros. The Marlins were the biggest mover in the
positive direction (up 12 spots from last week), while the Cardinals dropped
like a stone in a river falling 21 spots…Here’s this week’s Power Rankings…
1. Chicago Cubs LW: 1
Bullpen is a bit of a mess these days, but Cubs still have
the best team in baseball, only a matter of time before offense gets
consistent.
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| Courtesy Daily Herald |
2. Houston Astros LW: 6
Astros have won four in a row and most importantly for them
Dallas Keuchel is back healthy (2-0, 0.86 ERA).
Still love their young offensive talent. Had a good week.
3. Washington Nationals LW: 7
Nationals are happy that Bryce Harper is playing like an
MVP…hit 2 HR's including a walk-off HR Sunday. Daniel Murphy remains hot as does the pitching.
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| Bryce Harper |
4. Baltimore Orioles LW: 11
Coming off a 4-2 week.
Dylan Bundy has 2 wins for the leaders in the AL East. Trey Mancini leads the O’s with 4 HR’s, Chris
Davis has 3 for Baltimore.
5. Los Angeles Dodgers LW: 3
Dropped to 3rd place in NL West, but still the
class of the division. Injury worries
with Rich Hill and his blisters. Still have Clayton Kershaw and Corey Seager.
6. Colorado Rockies LW: 5
Bud Black is doing great things in Denver with this young
Rockies team. They just took 3 of four
at San Francisco. Antonio Senzatela,
leads with 2 wins.
7. New York Yankees LW: 18
Joe Girardi’s team has won 7 in a row, swept the Cardinals
at The Stadium. Michael Pineda is pitching well, Greg Bird and Aaron Hicks are
providing some offense too.
8. Cleveland Indians LW: 2
Lost series to Detroit, and White Sox on current homestand. Even as the Tribe has fallen into last place,
it’s still a long season.
9. New York Mets LW: 13
Swept Phillies, but lost 3 of four at Miami. Good news for Mets, that Matt Harvey is off
to 2-0 start…Yoenis Cespedes off to a 6 home run start.
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| Matt Harvey (Courtesy New York Newsday) |
10. Boston Red Sox LW: 4
Have won last two games.
Mitch Moreland won a game with 2 run single. Joe Kelly leads staff with 2 wins.
11. Arizona Diamondbacks LW: 14
2-4 week, included losses against division foes, Los Angeles
and San Francisco. Zach Greinke and
Shelby Miller only have one win a piece for the 8-5 D-Backs.
12. Detroit Tigers LW: 15
Tigers now lead the AL Central, and took 2 of three from the
Indians in Cleveland. Matthew Boyd
pitching well, leads staff with 2 wins.
13. Miami Marlins LW: 25
Tied with Nationals for lead in NL East. Over last week and a half won 5 of 7 against
the Mets. Rookie JT Riddle was no joke
in hitting walk off homer v. New York.
14. Pittsburgh Pirates LW: 19
Enter the week after sweeping the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Andrew McCutchen is hitting again, and young pitchers starting to come through
consistently.
15. Minnesota Twins LW: 12
Dropped consecutive series, to Tigers and White Sox this
week. Ervin Santana threw a gem against the Sox, a one-hitter with 8
strikeouts.
16. San Francisco Giants LW: 8
After starting the week taking 2 of 3 from the Padres, the
Giants dropped 3 of 4 from the Rockies at home.
Giants are a half game behind San Diego in NL West standings.
17. Kansas City Royals LW: 22
Royals have gotten hot of late, having won four straight
games and moving back to the .500 mark.
18. Chicago White Sox LW: 21
Made major league history this week starting an ALL-Garcia
outfield. White Sox finished the week
taking 2 of 3 at Minnesota.
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| 3 Garcia Outfield for White Sox (courtesy CSN Chicago) |
19. Cincinnati Reds LW: 26
Reds maintain the top spot in the NL Central, finished the
week 4-3. Will get tested this week with
three game series against Baltimore in Cincinnati.
20. Atlanta Braves LW: 28
Opened new home this week, taking each of the first three
games against San Diego. Bartolo Colon wins his first game with the Braves.
21. Tampa Bay Rays LW: 20
Lost important piece in starting rotation, Jake Odorizzi is
on the 10-day DL with left hamstring tightness.
22. Texas Rangers LW: 16
Three straight losses for the Rangers who are falling fast
in the AL West. The Rangers are 4-8.
23. Seattle Mariners LW: 10
Mariners having trouble closing out games struggling at back
end of bullpen. Felix Hernandez still King in Seattle.
24. Milwaukee Brewers LW: 27
Brewers have won 5 of their last 6 games. Eric Thames is providing some offense. Thames is 1st player in team
history with 5 homers in first 10 games w/team.
25. Philadelphia Phillies LW: 29
Phillies are in last place in the NL East, but have scored
the third most runs in the division.
26. Los Angeles Angels LW: 24
Falling back to reality, have lost five in a row. The Angels are still in 2nd place
in weak AL West division.
27. Oakland A’s LW: 23
See above. The A’s
have lost 3 in a row but are still in 3rd place in AL West.
28. Toronto Blue Jays LW: 17
Toronto owns the worst record in baseball after two weeks of
the season. 2-10 record has the Jays in last place in the AL East.
29. San Diego Padres LW:
30
San Diego lost 3 in a row to Atlanta in its new home. Padres
are tied for the worst run differential in baseball (- 22).
30. St Louis Cardinals LW: 9
What has happened to the Cardinals? St Louis is the team that shares the worst
run differential with the Padres. St
Louis has lost 3 in a row and are last in NL Central.
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