Has a team every gone wire to wire as the best consensus team in baseball? And will the White Sox be able to pull that off and win the World Series? Should be interesting to see if this team hits any rough patches during the season. They have to… right?
Meanwhile, the Tigers and their league leading 3.17 ERA pitching staff are the darlings of this week’s rankings climbing. But don’t tell that to TSN, who already had the Tigers #1 as of last week. The Tigers are doing well, but #1? Is the guy who writes the rankings for TSN related to Jim Leyland?
Here are your power rankings from the major sites this week. **Note that there is no update from USA Today. They must be busy writing the news for 4th graders…
| Rank | Sportscolumn | ESPN | FoxSports | Sportsline | USA Today** | TSN.ca |
| 1 | White Sox | White Sox | White Sox | White Sox | White Sox | Tigers |
| 2 | Astros | Mets | Tigers | Mets | Mets | White Sox |
| 3 | Mets | Yankees | Mets | Cardinals | Astros | Mets |
| 4 | Cardinals | Reds | Cardinals | Astros | Red Sox | Reds |
| 5 | Red Sox | Astros | Reds | Red Sox | Cardinals | Cardinals |
| 6 | Reds | Tigers | Astros | Yankees | Yankees | Yankees |
| 7 | Yankees | Blue Jays | Yankees | Tigers | Indians | Brewers |
| 8 | Tigers | Red Sox | Brewers | Reds | Tigers | Astros |
| 9 | Rangers | Cardinals | Red Sox | Brewers | Blue Jays | Rockies |
| 10 | Cubs | Indians | Blue Jays | Athletics | Angels | Rangers |
| 11-30 | more | more | more | more | more | more |
