2019 MLB Power Rankings: A new #1; the Cubs and White Sox both gain some ground

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Presuming that you are a normal person with a normal routine that includes a normal bedtime, we can't really blame you if you're not intune with the world of Pacific Northwest baseball. 

The Mariners: They're Good! As a team, they're slashing .294/.374/.568 -- good for an eye-popping 163 wRC+ -- during their 11-2 start. Granted, their competition (OAK, BOS, LAA, CWS, KCR) hasn't been stellar, but they're still mashing. It feels like we go through this Are-The-Mariners-Now-Good?! routine every season, so maybe it's nice that we're getting out ahead of it. 

More locally, things are going ... the same? As expected? The White Sox have lost 4 straight and somehow climbed 3 spots in our powerful rankings (it's not a perfect science, whatever) and even with the emergence of Yoan Moncada, the realization of yet another 70-win season is starting to set in with Sox fans. Also all 11 of Eloy's hits are singles, which is probably going to be a fun anecdote someone tweets one day in the future, but in the present it's just kinda weird with a pinch of underwhelming. Stretch a single, Eloy! See what happens! 

On the North Side, the Cubs returned to a sense of normalcy with that 10-0 home opener spanking of Pittsburgh. PLUS, the Tyler Chatwood Redemption Tour has arrived bright and early. Terrifying Exciting times are coming to Wrigley! 

Want to see just where your Sox or your Cubs landed on this week's Power Rankings? You can check them all out, and then get Mad Online, right here. 

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