May 23, 2011
URBAN ARCHIVE
LAST WEEK'S RANKINGS
Editor's note: Mychael Urban's MLB power rankings -- detailing who's hot, who's not, a little why, a little how, and what it all means.
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1 (2)
Cleveland Indians (29-15)More than 14 of season is gone; its getting harder to call it fools gold.2 (1)
Philadelphia Phillies (28-18)No fools gold here, but wheres the beef beyond Ryan Howard?
3 (8)
St. Louis Cardinals (28-20)Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday, Lance Berkman: best 1-2-3 punch going.4 (5)
San Francisco Giants (27-19)Its not quite so torturous when you expect it to happen every day.5 (4)
Tampa Bay Rays (26-21)15-8 record on the road says a lot about this teams cohesion, character. 6 (6)
Florida Marlins (26-19)Josh Johnsons injury wont be as devastating as you might think.7 (7)
Atlanta Braves (26-23)Batting average not always important. It is in the case of Dan Uggla (.185).8 (13)
New York Yankees (25-20)One of three teams (w Phils, Fish) with winning record at home, on road.9 (3)
Cincinnati Reds (25-22)Five-game losing streak after five-game winning streak typical of hotcold club.10 (11)
Texas Rangers (24-23)If only because its wrong to leave division leader out of top 10.11 (12)
Boston Red Sox (25-21)Adrian Gonzalez-fueled 8-2 run has them a half-game out in AL East.12 (18)
Milwaukee Brewers (24-23)If they ever seriously consider dealing Ryan Braun, contract them.13 (14)
Toronto Blue Jays (23-23)Underrated bullpen overshadowed nationally by Jose Baustista.14 (9)
Los Angeles Angels (24-24)Bobby Abreu has as many career doubles (534) as Lou Gehrig? Wow.15 (10)
Detroit Tigers (23-23)By far the best team in the game trailing division leader by seven games.16 (27)
Chicago White Sox (22-26)Not a very good team overall, but this is what winning 7 of 10 gets you.17 (28)
Seattle Mariners (22-24)By far the highest theyve appeared in these rankings; blame parity.
18 (16)
Oakland A's (22-25)Another month of wasted gems and you can forget about pre-season predictions.19 (17)
Colorado Rockies (23-22)Simply cant afford Carlos Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki to not be great.20 (25)
Arizona Diamondbacks (23-23)Have more than enough talent to get sneaky on everyone this summer.21 (19)
New York Mets (22-24)Owner Fred Wilpons New Yorker interview sort of explains all the trouble.22 (22)
Washington Nationals (21-25)Giants fans who wanted J.J. Hardy likely less enthused about prospect.23 (20)
Baltimore Orioles (21-24)A lot of executives made a mistake in not taking a run at Vlad Guerrero.24 (21)
Los Angeles Dodgers (21-27)With Matt Kemp cooling off, they need relief corps to get better fast.25 (15)
Kansas City Royals (22-24)Early season feel-good story feeling very much like its run its course.26 (23)
Pittsburgh Pirates (22-24)Perennial sub-.500 club only two games under is story worth tracking.
27 (24)
Chicago Cubs (20-25)They can hit with most everyone, but bullpen as a whole is beyond shaky.
28 (26)
San Diego Padres (19-28)Like Rays, better on road than at home. Unlike Rays, not very good anywhere.29 (29)
Houston Astros (17-30)Wandy Rodriguez starts are worth watching. Take other four days off.30 (30)
Minnesota Twins (15-30)Sad enough before Harmon Killebrew passed away. Now its depressing.
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