MLB POWER RANKINGS (July 19 – 25)
1. Yankees (62-35) – Why does Alex Rodriguez get media coverage of every at bat while he attempts to hit homerun #600? He is a self-proclaimed cheater.
2. Rays (59-38) – The Rays have done it, they’ve gotten over the hump. That hump was snapping an 18-game losing streak in Cleveland.
3. Padres (58-39) – Every time I look at the NL West standings I check to see what the lead for the Padres currently is. Well, every time I look, they have at least a …

MLB POWER RANKINGS – FIRST HALF (July 5 – 11)
1. Yankees (56-32) – Umm, east coast teams aren’t supposed to go out west and win 5 of 6 games; it’s just not supposed to work that way.
2. Braves (52-36) – I know the Rays have a better record, but what the Braves have done in the first half cannot go unlooked. This team has learned how to win, home or away – and I’m impressed.
3. Rays (54-34) – If it wasn’t for the Yankees the Rays would have the best …

MLB POWER RANKINGS (June 28 – July 4)
1. Yankees (50-31) – The Yankees will remain number one for a while because of games like this past Sunday. They essentially won because a guy lost a ball in the sun allowing two runs to score (including the hitter).
2. Braves (48-34) – All I can think about is earlier in the season when Atlanta was terrible. What if they were decent? They could be running away with this division!
3. Red Sox (49-33) – Somehow this team is overcoming injury after injury and continue …

MLB POWER RANKINGS (June 14 – 20)
Biggest jumps from last week: Rangers +4, Reds -9
1. Yankees (43-26) – The Yanks were able to prevent losing the season series to their cross-town rivals with a couple nice wins to wrap up the weekend. That team is so good it’s unfair – and it doesn’t even really bother me.
2. Braves (42-28) – Atlanta slides into the two spot after continuing to pitch and slug. If they can continue this, they could be the class of the NL.
3. Rays (42-27) – The Rays are …

MLB POWER RANKINGS (June 7 – 13)
Biggest jumps from last week: Angels +6, Cardinals -9
1. Yankees (40-23) – New York takes over the top spot thanks to a week full of winning. The offense is clicking again, which could keep them up here for a while.
2. Rays (40-23) – Losing 2 of 3 at home to the Marlins isn’t good. I’m not even going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say they’re rivals.
3. Braves (37-27) – This is what we expected the Braves to do from the …

1. Rays (37-20) – The best record in the majors remains at the top spot. I like this John Jaso kid too.
2. Yankees (35-22) – NY is able to salvage a game in Toronto which is good, because the Sox and Jays are right behind them.
3. Braves (33-24) – The Braves had a nine-game winning streak snapped this week, but it put them in first place in the NL East.
4. Twins (33-24) – This team is very consistent. They just keep on winning.
5. Red Sox (33-25) – Don’t look now, …

–I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaack.  Chris, nice job but I see some flaws, haha.  Things will be different this week, that’s for sure!
1. Rays (26-11) – Best record, best team, best team to get perfect gamed.
2. Yankees (24-13) – What a disappointment for the Yankees, they actually let the Twins win a game!  Tex is starting to hit so the Yankees will be #1 in the coming months.
3. Phillies (23-13) – Despite their closer landing on the DL for the second time this year they are still winning ball games and their pitching is getting it done.
4. …

So Jason decided to take a vacation and get away from baseball (Jay, you know that’s impossible), so here is Chris to take over MLBtoday.net’s Power Rankings for the week! Let me know how I did (and by how I did, I mean how badly I did)!
1. Yankees (21-9) – See #2 for explanation of being over the Rays.
2. Rays (22-9) – The Rays may have the best record in the majors still, but after being the victims of a perfect game, they can’t be number 1. I don’t care.
3. Phillies (19-12) – They …

1. Rays (14-5) – A league best 9-1 on the road.
2. Yankees (12-6) – I lied last week, the Rays are playing too well to leave the Yankees at #1.  Things would be different if Vazquez never touched a NY mound again though.
3. Twins (13-6) – 6-0 in series’ this year baby!!!
4. Phillies (11-7) - Howard is locked up, are they still going after Pujols?
5. Cardinals (12-7) – They scored 3 runs on the Giants, ouch.  Oh and in three games, not just one.
6. Tigers  (11-9) – Austin Jackson already making a strong case for ROY in the …

Changes of the week: Rangers (-7), Braves (+6)

1. Yankees (9-3) – It is highly unlikely that the Yankees will fall out of the #1 ranking at all this season, especially since they are off to a fast start.
2. Phillies (8-4) - Despite struggling this week and Rollins going to the DL the Phillies have Roy Halladay who will be their savior throughtout the year.
3. Cardinals (8-4) – After losing a 20 inning game Wainwright was the stopper for the Cards, as usual, and they appear to be back on track.
4. Twins (9-4) – 4-0 in …