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 …

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 …

Biggest Jumps of the Week: Rays +9, Phillies -5
1. Dodgers (48-28) – Own the best home record and the second best road record in MLB.
2. Red Sox (46-29) – Ortiz is batting .333 over the last week with 2 HRs.
3. Angels (41-32) – Not one starting pitcher has more than 4 losses on this team.  I look for them to run away with the division.
4. Yankees (43-32) – Burnett and CC both got wins this week giving up a combined 4 hits.
5. Rays (42-35) – Upton had 8 hits this …

Biggest Jumps of the Week: Mariners +8, Indians -4
1. Dodgers (46-24) – In a little over a week from now Juan Pierre will be looking for a job with Manny Ramirez’s suspension coming to an end.
2. Red Sox (42-27) – Tim Wakefield is 9-3 on the year but has the lowest strike percentage in the AL, not unexpected though.
3. Angels (36-31) – Angels are 9-3 in interleague play and are just 0.5 games back of first place.
4. Phillies (36-31) – Losers of 6 in a row including a sweep by …

Biggest Jumps of the Week: Rockies +9, Mariners -8
1. Dodgers (42-22) – Broxton has gone from setup man to untouchable closer in one year.
2. Red Sox (38-25) – Haven’t lost a game all season to the Yankees, naturally they have to be ranked higher than them.
3. Phillies (36-25) – Raul Ibanez hates bloggers, he is now my enemy.  They are creeping closer to #1 G.
4. Yankees (36-27) – Haven’t beaten the Red Sox all season, naturally they have to be ranked lower than them.
5. Rangers (35-27) – Leading the West …

1. Dodgers (39-20) – Andre Eitherwood!
2. Yankees (33-23) – Even though the stadium has surrendered 100 HRs in 28 games, it has worked in the Yankees favor.
3. Phillies (33-22) – They still have a losing record at home but are NASTY on the road at 21-8.
4. Rangers (33-23) – Francisco may wind up on the DL again but CJ Wilson is 5/6 in save opps.
5. Red Sox (33-24) – Imagine if Papi were Papi and he was hitting .300 with 12 HRs?  This could be a scary run if he …

Biggest Jumps of the Week: Mets, Orioles +4, Twins -5
1. Dodgers
2. Yankees
3. Phillies
4. Red Sox
5. Rangers
6. Brewers
7. Cardinals
8. Detroit
9. Mets
10. Reds
11. Blue Jays
12. Angels
13. Rays
14. Giants
15. Cubs
16. Braves
17. Padres
18. White Sox
20. Twins
21. Royals
22. Indians
23. Diamondbacks
24. Orioles
25. Mariners
26. Marlins
27. Pirates
28. Astros
29. A’s
30. Nationals

1. Dodgers (30-15) - Billingsley has given up more than 3 runs in only one start all season.
2. Red Sox (26-18) - Papelbon blew his 1st save on Saturday and David Ortiz hit his 1st homerun this past week.
3. Yankees (25-19) - Recently won 9 games in a row and Mark Teixeira has 9 HRs in the month of May and is really heating up.
4. Cardinals (26-18) - Cardinals starters had a 24 inning scoreless streak heading into Sunday.  Carpenter, Ankiel and Ludwick coming back from injury will boost this team in the coming weeks.
5. …

Biggest Jumps of the Week: Brewers +8, Royals -7
1. Blue Jays (26-14) – Halladay continues to tear through the league.  Now 8-1, 2.78 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and walked only 8 batters in 68 IP.
2. Dodgers (26-13) – 5-5 since Manny’s suspension, even though replacement Pierre is batting over .400 in that span.
3. Brewers (23-14) – Taking the NL Central by storm.  Hoffman is 9-9 in save opps with a 0.00 ERA.
4. Tigers (20-16) – Swept by the Twins, yet they swept the A’s and this division sucks.  Cabrera batting a healthy …

1. Dodgers (22-11) – Still have the best record in baseball and I will keep them in the top spot this week.  Obviously being Manny-less for 50 games will hurt them in the long run.
2. Blue Jays (22-12) – Although their division lead seems to be shrinking every time I look, the Jays are tied for the most wins in the Majors and have a winning record on the road.
3. Red Sox (20-12) – Depsite Youkilis being hurt and Ortiz with no HRs, still the Red Sox keep winning and …