Articles in the Power Rankings Category
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1. Yankees (103-59) – With 103 wins, a dominating offense and home-field advantage, this team may sweep their way to the World Series.
2. Phillies (93-69) - The Phillies have home-field advantage vs. the Rockies and Cardinals (if it comes to that), where they actually have LESS wins than on the road.
3. Angels (97-65) – The Baseball Gods are going to be kind to the Angels this postseason, I feel it.
4. Red Sox (95-67) – Sox have a losing record vs. their first round opponent this year at 4-5.
5. Dodgers (95-67) – …
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1. Yankees (100-56) – First to 100 wins and Sabathia leads the AL with 19 wins. Definitely the WS favorite at this point.
2. Cardinals (90-66) - Clinched in Colorado but lost 2 of 3 in what very well may be a first round playoff preview.
3. Phillies (90-65) – Lidge still sucks but this offense is so good he may not be a factor as much as everyone thinks come playoff time.
4. Red Sox (91-64) – After getting swept by the Yankees they should be happy they can’t face them in the …
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1. Yankees (95-55) – Likely the only team to finish with 100+ wins this year after missing out on the playoffs last year.
2. Cardinals (87-63) – The Cy Young winner will be a Cardinal this year, just who will it be Carpenter or Wainwright?
3. Red Sox (89-59) – They still have a chance to win the division with a series vs. the Royals coming up followed by the Yankees.
4. Phillies (87-61) – Definitely the best starting rotation in baseball, but without a steady closer this team will have trouble come …
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Biggest Jumps: Giants +5, Blue Jays -2
1. Yankees (82-48) – Is anyone else annoyed that the Joba rules have changed three times in the last week? Somehow this still doesn’t distract Yankee players like it does me.
2. Cardinals (77-55) - With two Cy Young candidates on the team and a ten game lead in the Central, this team is poised to make a run deep into the playoffs.
3. Angels (77-52) - Got a big boost by adding Kazmir to the rotation but that likely means the end of John Lackey after this season…oh darn.
4. Phillies (75-53) …
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1. Yankees (78-46) – They are still beating up on the Red Sox, even in Boston. This division is theirs to lose.
2. Cardinals (72-54) - Pujols, Holliday, Ludwick, DeRosa, Lugo, Molina, Carpenter, Wainwright, Smoltz, Franklin. That’s their team on paper, to me it’s the second best team on paper.
3. Angels (74-48) - Angels pitching has given up more runs than Texas has by almost 100 runs this season, but they still lead the division by 5.5 games.
4. Phillies (71-50) – Pedro thus far has proved to be far more valuable as a starter than Moyer has …
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1. Yankees (74-44) – At 30 games over they are the team to beat and have over 25 wins since the All-Star break.
2. Angels (70-45) - John Lackey is pitching to the tune of a sub-2 ERA in his last 7 starts.
3. Cardinals (67-52) – If Tim Lincecum wasn’t Tim Lincecum, then Chris Carpenter would be on his way to his 2nd Cy Young of his career.
4. Phillies (66-49) – Having only one loss this week, the Phillies are building a lead in the East, beating up on division opponents.
5. Dodgers …
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1. Yankees (69-42) – Just swept the Red Sox in a 4 game set and have the best record since the ASB. Looking like the team that was predicted to win the WS in the beginning of the season.
2. Angels (65-44) – Just lost 2 of 3 vs the Rangers home but Torii Hunter is still on the DL. This team always wins even when Saunders and Lackey are sucking it up.
3. Dodgers (67-45) – The Dodgers have lost 5 of their last 7 at home, very uncharacteristic.
4. Cardinals (62-51) …
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Biggest Jumps of the Week: Cubs +6, Twins -6
1. Dodgers (62-36) – The favorite to win the WS if they join the Halladay/Lee chase, but will most likely lose Loney in the process.
2. Yankees (60-38) – They are playing the best baseball of anyone after the ASG and have lost just 1 game since.
3. Angels (58-39) – Just snapped an 8-game winning streak thanks to the Twins but this team is hitting stride now which is scary.
4. Phillies (56-40) – Finally got over the .500 hump at home; they are …
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Biggest Jumps of the Week: Astros +4
1. Dodgers – I never expected the Dodgers to be the best team in baseball at the All-Star Break with their young and inexperienced pitching staff.
2. Red Sox – If they get rid of Brad Penny and start one of their prospects at #5 in the rotation I can see them winning the WS, yet again.
3. Angels – Owned the Yankees this past week as usual, but come back from the break without Vlad and Hunter.
4. Yankees – Trail the Red Sox by 3 …
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Biggest Jumps of the Week: Rangers, White Sox +4, Mets -5
1. Dodgers (52-30) – Mannywood is back in his zipcode, it should make for an entertaining July.
2. Red Sox (49-32) – Mike Lowell lands on the shelf but Bay leads the AL in RBI, no biggie.
3. Yankees (48-33) – 9-1 in their last 10, including a sweep of division rival Blue Jays. Now if they could just sweep the Sox they’d be in good shape.
4. Angels (45-35) – Lost a crucial 2 of 3 vs. the Rangers in Texas but …
