Despite their recent troubles (4-6 in their last 10) most sites still deem the Tigers to be the best team in the league. Meanwhile the Yankees, Red Sox, and White Sox all fit somewhere in the top 5 yet one of those teams won’t make the playoffs. This should be a very interesting race down the stretch.
Here are your Top 10 MLB Power Rankings this week:
| Rank | Sportscolumn | ESPN | FoxSports | Sportsline | USA Today | TSN.ca |
| 1 | Tigers | White Sox | Tigers | Tigers | Tigers | Yankees |
| 2 | Mets | Tigers | White Sox | Mets | Yankees | Dodgers |
| 3 | Yankees | Yankees | Yankees | Yankees | White Sox | Tigers |
| 4 | White Sox | Mets | Twins | White Sox | Mets | Red Sox |
| 5 | Twins | A’s | Red Sox | A’s | Red Sox | Angels |
| 6 | Red Sox | Twins | Mets | Red Sox | A’s | Reds |
| 7 | A’s | Dodgers | A’s | Twins | Twins | Mets |
| 8 | Cardinals | Red Sox | Blue Jays | Dodgers | Blue Jays | White Sox |
| 9 | Blue Jays | Angels | Dodgers | Blue Jays | Dodgers | A’s |
| 10 | Dodgers | Blue Jays | Twins | Cardinals | Cardinals | Blue Jays |
| 11-30 | more | more | more | more | more | more |