Well, once again, the Red Sox and their .700 record are unanimously the best team in the land. Behind them, the Mets, Tigers and Brewers fight it out for the next couple of places. Not much changed in the power rankings this week. Even the biggest moves up and down were simply by a few slots. The Tigers and Angels moved up while the Twins and Indians were the big losers this week. Expect the Brewers to be knocked down a few slots in next weeks’ poll after losing half of their last 10 games.
Here are the major power rankings this week:
Rank | Sportscolumn | ESPN | FoxSports | Sportsline | USA Today | TSN.ca |
1 | Red Sox | Red Sox | Red Sox | Red Sox | Red Sox | Red Sox |
2 | Mets | Mets | Tigers | Mets | Mets | Brewers |
3 | Braves | Dodgers | Mets | Tigers | Brewers | Mets |
4 | Brewers | Brewers | Indians | Brewers | Braves | Dodgers |
5 | Indians | Indians | Braves | Braves | Tigers | Tigers |
6 | Tigers | Braves | Brewers | Indians | Dodgers | Braves |
7 | Dodgers | Tigers | Dodgers | Dodgers | Indians | Angels |
8 | Angels | Angels | Angels | Angels | Angels | Indians |
9 | Padres | A’s | Padres | Padres | Padres | A’s |
10 | D’backs | Padres | White Sox | White Sox | White Sox | Giants |
11-30 | more | more | more | more | more | more |