baseball power rankings

10. Philadelphia Phillies (15-13): Losing two out of three at home against the Braves proves that this just isn't going to be the Phillies season. Capping the schadenfreude department though: Champion Douchebag Shane Victorino was 0 for 13 in the three-game series.
9. Detroit Tigers (16-13) -You've already got in Justin Verlander, (2-0 0.56 ERA in May) the hottest pitcher in baseball and now on the horizon you've got Jeremy Bonderman and D-Train making minor league starts and prepping to join the team again. By the All-Star break this team could be cruising to the AL Central lead.
8. Tampa Bay Rays (15-17)- Other than Evan Longoria (AL MVP candidate) and Carlos Pena, the Rays haven't hit much this season. Once their bats catch up with their pitching this team can still overtake the entire AL East again.
7. LA Dodgers (22-10)- but for the shame and resultant lack of run production to follow after the Manny Cheater was outed and suspended, this team would be ranked much higher however, their streak is over, time to make way for the ....? Hmmm, maybe there are no teams in the NL West to overtake the Dodgers, even without Manny.
6. New York Mets (16-13)- 7 game winning streak against Braves, Phillies and Pirates have given the Mets the sort of push forward that might just change their season.
5. Milwaukee Brewers (18-13)- The Brewers concluded a stretch of playing games on 20 consecutive days - the maximum allowed in the collective bargaining agreement - with a 14-6 record.
4. Kansas City Royals (18-13)- now that Greinke's magical streak has ended, will this spell the end of Royals dreams for the season?
3. Boston Red Sox (19-12): Without the Yankees to beat up on the Sox are just another team.
2. St Louis Cardinals (19-12): This team is still Pujols and a Bunch of Other Guys nobody's ever heard of outside of Missouri but somehow La Russa keeps them going. On track to win their division, watch out for them even in the post season. They win no matter what happens to the team.
1. Toronto Blue Jays (21-12) They didn't go away after the first hot week or so and they don't appear ready to go away now. Cito Gaston may be managing the Rays of 2009.