New No. 1 in Power Rankings is on another roll
The newest version of MLB.com’s weekly Power Rankings encompasses a new crew atop the checklist, a shakeup among the many remaining golf equipment within the prime 5, and a shocking surge from a National League Central membership that continues to boost eyebrows early on this season.
Biggest Jump: The Pirates stay essentially the most shocking crew of the season up to now after successful seven straight video games final week to enhance to 16-7. Pittsburgh jumped seven locations within the rankings, from No. 19 to No. 12. The Bucs opened the week with a three-game sweep of the Rockies in Denver and adopted that up by taking 4 straight from the Reds at PNC Park. With an thrilling mixture of younger, rising stars and veterans together with franchise icon Andrew McCutchen, that is a enjoyable crew to maintain tabs on.
Biggest Drop: The Angels and Guardians every fell six spots on this week’s rankings. Los Angeles went from No. 13 to No. 19, and Cleveland dropped from No. 11 to No. 17. The Halos opened the week with a win over the Red Sox to salvage one of many 4 video games they performed at Fenway Park, after which dropped two of three to the Yankees in New York earlier than beating the Royals in two of three at Angel Stadium over the weekend. The Guardians, in the meantime, went 2-4 in the course of the week, shedding two of three towards the Tigers in Detroit and two of three towards the Marlins in Miami.
1. Rays, 19-3 (final week: 2)
Since it’s baseball, and something can occur on any given day, the red-hot Rays opened their week with a loss to the Reds. Then Tampa Bay determined to simply not lose once more the remainder of the week, taking the subsequent two in Cincinnati earlier than authoring a house sweep of the White Sox that included two thrilling walk-off victories to stay an ideal 13-0 at Tropicana Field this season. The Rays have additionally homered in 22 straight video games, the longest streak by a crew to start the season (the longest streak general is 31 by the 2019 Yankees).
2. Braves, 14-8 (final week: 1)
Atlanta dropped out of the highest spot within the rankings following a 2-4 week that opened with a pair of wins earlier than a four-game slide that included a loss within the Braves’ sequence finale towards the Padres in San Diego and a sweep at residence by the Astros. Prior to the four-game skid, the Braves had received eight in a row to say the No. 1 place in our rankings. On the brilliant aspect for Atlanta, ace Max Fried was excellent in his second begin again from the injured checklist Sunday, when he tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings towards the defending World Series champions.
3. Mets, 14-9 (final week: 9)
The Mets completed a 10-game California street journey with a loss to the Giants on Sunday night time at Oracle Park, however they nonetheless went 7-3 on the journey and registered a 4-3 document for the week. New York vaulted six spots up the rankings because of its sturdy play away from Citi Field, which has the squad neck-and-neck with the Braves atop the early NL East standings. The Mets will probably be challenged within the coming days, notably within the beginning rotation, with Max Scherzer serving a suspension “for violating the prohibitions on foreign substances” throughout his newest begin, and Justin Verlander nonetheless a minimum of every week or so away from coming off the injured checklist.
4. Brewers, 15-7 (final week: 6)
The Brewers went to Seattle and swept the Mariners in a three-game set to begin the week, however then had their four-game win streak snapped by the Red Sox at American Family Field within the opener of a weekend sequence on Friday. Milwaukee ended up dropping two of three to the Red Sox to conclude a 4-2 week. Rowdy Tellez continued his unimaginable success towards Boston with homers in two of the three video games to extend his complete to seven on the season, whereas Brian Anderson continued his sturdy begin to the season with a pair of homers within the sequence finale Sunday, giving him 5. Unfortunately, that finale included a bullpen meltdown that resulted in a nine-run eighth inning for the Red Sox.
5. Yankees, 13-9 (final week: 4)
The Yanks hadn’t misplaced a sequence to open their 2023 marketing campaign till the Blue Jays got here into the Bronx and took two of three over the weekend, concluding a 3-3 week for New York. Outside of a 9-3 win over the Angels final Thursday, the Yankees’ lineup had a troublesome time scoring runs final week, totaling 10 within the different 5 video games. There had been some shiny spots, although, with star rookie Anthony Volpe belting a go-ahead homer late in Saturday’s win over Toronto earlier than a DJ LeMahieu single received it within the ninth, and rookie right-hander Clark Schmidt’s career-high eight strikeouts towards the Blue Jays on Sunday.
6. Astros (final week: 5)
7. Blue Jays (3)
8. Dodgers (7)
9. Orioles (14)
10. Padres (10)
11. Rangers (12)
12. Pirates (19)
13. Twins (8)
14. D-backs (16)
15. Cubs (18)
16. Mariners (15)
17. Guardians (11)
18. Marlins (23)
19. Angels (13)
20. Cardinals (17)
21. Phillies (20)
22. Red Sox (22)
23. White Sox (21)
24. Giants (24)
25. Tigers (28)
26. Reds (25)
27. Nationals (29)
28. Rockies (26)
29. Royals (27)
30. A’s (30)
Voters: Will Leitch, Alyson Footer, Anthony Castrovince, Mark Feinsand, Nathalie Alonso, Sarah Langs, Arturo Pardavila, Andrew Simon, David Venn, Sweeny Murti, Travis Miller
