Here is the latest addition of the MLB power rankings, comments and criticisms are always welcome.
Rank(Pv) |
Team |
Record |
Comments |
| 1(1) |  |
95-57 | St. Louis became the first team in the MLB to clinch a playoff berth with a win last Saturday. When they get to 100 wins, it will mark the second time in club history that the team had back to back 100 win seasons. |
| 2(2) |  |
91-59 | Joe Crede could have provided the White Sox with some much needed momentum last night. |
| 3(4) |  |
88-63 | Cleveland has a fantastic chance to get even closer to the White Sox next week with series against the Royals and Devil Rays. |
| 4(3) |  |
88-63 | Boston really needs to win tonight against Tampa Bay; they can’t afford to lose a series to lower tier teams at this point. |
| 5(6) |  |
87-63 | Jaret Wright just can’t catch a break, now he’ll miss some time thanks to a piece of Eric Hinske’s broken bat hitting him in his elbow. |
| 6(7) |  |
85-65 | If the Angels miss the playoffs, they’ll certainly lament several close losses. They’ve lost 13 games by walk-off this year. |
| 7(5) |  |
86-65 | As could be expected, Jeff Francoeur has run into a bit of difficulty this month. His batting average has gone from .413 his first month to .312 in August and now .265 this month. |
| 8(8) |  |
84-67 | The A’s lost four of six in their last homestand and have lost five home series in a row. |
| 9(12) |  |
82-69 | Roger Clemens made his first start in Pittsburgh on Monday, and he’s now pitched in every active ballpark in the MLB. |
| 10(10) |  |
80-71 | Chase Utley is having a pretty bad September to this point, hitting only .197 with one HR. |
| 11(9) |  |
79-72 | Florida still can’t find any stability in the bullpen leading up to Todd Jones, and I’d be surprised if they were able to pull out the NL Wild Card without that. |
| 12(13) |  |
77-74 | Washington is doing damage control after Ryan Church said that Jews are headed for eternal damnation, suspending a volunteer chaplain and issuing an official apology on behalf of Church. |
| 13(17) |  |
75-75 | Wow. The Padres lost 20-1 yesterday to the Rockies. I thought they were a virtual lock to win the NL West, but now I’m really not sure. At least they’ve made it back to .500. |
| 14(11) |  |
76-74 | Brad Radke is no Eric Milton, but he does lead the AL in HRs allowed with 33. |
| 15(18) |  |
75-76 | Pitcher Kameron Loe committed a team record three errors in last Thursday’s win over Seattle. |
| 16(14) |  |
74-76 | Lefty Doug Davis has 193 strikeouts this season, good enough for sixth among all major league pitchers. |
| 17(20) |  |
74-76 | Victor Zambrano (you know, they guy the Mets traded Scott Kazmir for) is getting a chance to be New York’s new closer now that they’ve decided to experiment with their bullpen. |
| 18(15) |  |
74-76 | Reliever Jason Frasor has managed to strand 32 of 35 inherited runners so far this year. |
| 19(16) |  |
74-77 | After leading the league with a club-record 235 homers last year, Chicago has hit only 186 HRs this season. |
| 20(22) |  |
70-80 | Mike Matheny is leading all NL catchers in RBI with 59 RBI in his first year with San Francisco. |
| 21(19) |  |
70-80 | The Orioles have managed to hit just three home runs in their last 13 games. |
| 22(21) |  |
70-80 | The Reds are just 16 homers shy of the club record 221 hit in 1956. |
| 23(25) |  |
68-83 | Alex Cintron is having a good September so far, hitting .382, but he hasn’t managed to draw a walk since July 28th. |
| 24(23) |  |
67-83 | Edwin Jackson, a top pitching prospect, has struggled a lot since he’s been called up, giving up 19 runs in 18.1 innings. |
| 25(25) |  |
67-84 | Jason Grilli’s major league debut on Monday was also his the 30th anniversary of his father’s debut with the Tigers. |
| 26(26) |  |
65-86 | Sitting at 12 wins, Jamie Moyer (42) is the oldest AL pitcher to have double digit wins since Nolan Ryan, who had 12 wins at age 44 for the 1991 Angels. |
| 27(28) |  |
62-88 | Rockies closer Brian Fuentes suffered his first loss since May 18 last week against the Padres. Colorado got the Padres back though, putting up 20 runs yesterday. |
| 27(27) |  |
63-89 | Monday’s victory over the Red Sox matched Tampa Bay’s best second half ever at 35 wins. |
| 29(29) |  |
62-89 | Jason Bay stole his 20th base last week, making him the sixth Pirate ever to have a 30 HR/ 20 steal season. |
| 30(30) |  |
51-99 | Kansas City’s next loss will give them 100 on the season, making the Royals the first team to lose 100 in three of four years since the Toronto Blue Jays lost 100 games three years in a row from 1977-1979. |