Don’t look now folks but the Yankees are creeping up the Power Rankings charts, making it into the top slot on the ESPN and TSN polls. The reasoning? Well, as TSN puts it: “Bringing in Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle is the kind of bold move that gives the Yankees the kind of boost in the lineup, and help in the rotation that will make them contenders right to the end, again.”
Here are the MLB Power Rankings by major sites this week.
| Rank | Sportscolumn | ESPN | FoxSports | Sportsline | USA Today | TSN.ca |
| 1 | Tigers | Yankees | Tigers | Tigers | Tigers | Yankees |
| 2 | Red Sox | Tigers | Yankees | Mets | Red Sox | Twins |
| 3 | Mets | Twins | White Sox | Red Sox | Mets | Mets |
| 4 | Yankees | Mets | Red Sox | Yankees | Yankees | Tigers |
| 5 | Twins | White Sox | Mets | Twins | White Sox | Angels |
| 6 | White Sox | Red Sox | Twins | White Sox | Twins | Red Sox |
| 7 | Cardinals | A’s | Blue Jays | Blue Jays | Blue Jays | Blue Jays |
| 8 | Blue Jays | Angels | A’s | Cardinals | Cardinals | White Sox |
| 9 | A’s | Blue Jays | Angels | A’s | A’s | A’s |
| 10 | Padres | Cardinals | Cardinals | Angels | Angels | Cardinals |
| 11-30 | more | more | more | more | more | more |
