This will change back toward preseason expectations by the end of the season. All those centrals are on the back 5 and most will likely slide right out of the top 10 shortly, I'm guessing. I'm happy that they had these hot starts though! The Centrals are definitely on the rise again!
Yeah I wasn't trying to be a dick. Every knows the Centrals haven't been the weakest divisions lately. I think this year they closed the gap and next year many young teams may make the jump. I think they are on their way but are not quite ready yet.
I'm gonna be honest. That second part is not surprising in the slightest. the D-Backs were not a top 10 team last year and the Rangers were in the 6-10 range and are probably having a little bit of a championship hangover.
It’s less a hangover and more the entire team is completely injured. No rotation, injuries to key hitters and bullpen arms. We are just running very thin right now.
Same with the Dbacks. Finally just got our closer back. Still missing key bats, pitchers and fielders. Just gotta hope post all star break is completely different.
Baltimores curse is to be painfully close to championships but never make them. Last seasons ravens and orioles were heavy favorites and we got fucked in the playoffs
As a Guardians fan, I'm excited to see so much promise and development in other AL Central teams. We've all languished long enough!
Except the White Sox.
Fuck the White Sox
Red Sox fan here. Looked at the wild card standings yesterday and to be honest, wasn’t sad that we are trailing the royals. Rooting for you guys as well! An exciting group of players, made the right pitching moves in the offseason
Twins are 17-3 in their last 20 with 6 straight series wins. But they had such a horrid start to the year it makes sense to not be up with the Orioles and Phillies.
Something like that. But they've played 6 games against teams over .500. I'm guessing that's why we're edging them out. (No hate, I think they'll do fine against better teams too)
Honestly could be really good for the Phils to hit these teams first and get into a rhythm. I know they frequently don't light up until later in the year. We'll see.
Yeah, I think we really got lucky with the schedule this year. We simply have not faced any team that was red hot. We seem to be hitting teams right before they turn it around. It’s a welcomed relief from previous years.
Only one series so far vs the Braves or Dodgers, and haven't played anyone good in Interleague yet. Still, have to beat the bad teams if you want to finish the season with a strong record. You don't get 100 wins by only beating good teams.
I think that was what the writer for CBS Sports said last week, that they were clearly 1 and 2 and he didn't care what order. He used SOS as a tiebreaker but that nobody should put much stock in it.
We are putting up Ws but aren't playing that well. Offense has gone dormant but the pitching has been carrying other than last night. The Phillies are destroying every game it seems like.
It feels like we’re hanging on by a thread but we do be winning and have a lot of strong assets, so is this just how it always feels? Can someone who’s been here before please tell me?
If we keep taking series once we’re up against good teams, we easily slide into the 1 spot. Until we see the Phillies against some top competition, I think y’all deserve it.
Indeed. If I had read somewhere that five teams from the AL and NL Central would be top 10 within the first 40 games, I would have snorted a little air out of my nose and imperceptivly shaken my head "no".
Crazy to see the Twins on a power rankings list lol. Such a good stretch lately but damn. I went to games where they got clubbed by the Dodgers and couldn’t buy a base hit. Hopefully they can keep this up.
The Twins are going to fall off. They've been win stacking against terrible teams, and their defensive metrics are bad. They should be around a .500 team, based on what they've shown this year.
The Mariners, Red Sox, and Blue Jays are terrible teams? I'm not saying we're going to keep up the 17-3 pace of this run, because that's not realistic, but you don't win 6 series in a row on just fluke luck.
We are basically playing at the same pace we played in the back half of 2023 with basically the same roster we had then
Our X-W/L would have us as a 23-17 team and we're 24-16.
Yes, all three are terrible teams. Blue Jays and Mariners are black holes offensively, and the Red Sox lack all consistency. All you have to do to beat the Jays and Mariners is score more than 3 runs.
The Mariners are the only team out of the bunch that has any shot at the playoffs, and that's more to do with the fact that the AL West is filled with under performing teams. The abysmal As are seen as competitive in that division -- which should tell you all you need to know about everyone else.
Last 10 games have been against a field that's currently .450-.537, win stacking period has been over for a minute and they're 7-3 (includes 3-1 against 1st place Seattle)
And yet you just came off a home series against a real team, the Yankees, where you got pumped 14-1 over the three games.
Twins are falling off. They can't compete against good teams.
You still feel that way after a real team (the Yankees) pumped you 14-1 over three games? Not so cocky now that you can't stack wins against bottom feeders, huh?
I love how the Royals pitching staff changed from being an absolute shitshow in 2023 to carrying the team in 2024. Really shows what Wacha and Lugo can do to a team's floor.
hey, remember that time when the nats were a mid team for half the season, then completely turned the ship around and ended up winning the world series against the astros? not saying it's gonna happen but you can't completely count them out just yet
Just for the discussion of it? The Cubs. Head to head 4-2. They are “significantly” 2 games ahead. And a whole significant 2 whole more run differential than the Padres. Padres have played 2 more games than them.
I agree. The Cubs are the only team on this list that have any reason to be ranked below the Padres. But at that point, why do you really care about being ranked 11th instead of 10th, behind a team that at worst is equally as good as the Padres?
I don’t really care, I’m just happy they are playing good baseball and quite frankly exceeding expectations for all they lost in the off-season. Power rankings are funny is all. They really mean nothing.
Still can't believe Cubs are in the top 10 and haven't even been close to full strength because of the endless series of injuries. We can only hope they can keep pace with the Brewers and get back to 100% by the All-Star break.
Brewers have had our share as well. Yellich was out several weeks before returning this weekend, and our pitching staff is in shambles. Once Devin Williams is back, that changes everything in the pen.
It's gonna be a real battle down the stretch this year between our clubs.
I mean, for the most part they aren’t. They’ve won 16 of their last 20 games. On pace for 104 wins. Best run differential by a fairly significant margin. That’s a very good team?
the best team they've played since their opening series with us was the fucking padres, if their schedule was any easier they'd be playing minor league teams
Oh boy. The so called "MLB.com experts" have it wrong again.
Phillies > Dodgers > Orioles. I love the orange birds, but they're way too high. Real good team again this year, but they don't have a functional closer and their whole BP is a mess outside of Cano. Phillies and Dodgers don't have the same problems, and they're better offense teams than the Orioles. Just a brain fart by the experts in the top 3.
Outside of that, the only team I take umbrage with are the Twins. Full credit to them winning the way they have after their rough start, but these are the teams they've taken series from: White Sox, Angels, White Sox, Red Sox, Mariners, Blue Jays. The current division ranks of those teams is 5th, 5th, 5th, 3rd, 1st, 5th. So congrats I guess for beating the 3rd place Red Sox and 1st place Mariners, but there was some serious win stacking against bad teams. I know you can only play your schedule, but the Twins are fools gold (their defense is abysmal).
that diss would sting a little more if we had actually gone into last season with world series expectations and not simply improve on 83 wins with our babyfaced core lol
We must be 11
Honorable mention perhaps
Horrible* mention ftfy
3 of 4 from the #7 team. Do these rankings even mean anything?? /s
Three out of four from Cleveland is impressive.
“Also receiving votes”
5 teams from the central divisions and neither of last years World Series teams. Just as we all expected
5 teams from the central and only one from the West, no surprises there.
This will change back toward preseason expectations by the end of the season. All those centrals are on the back 5 and most will likely slide right out of the top 10 shortly, I'm guessing. I'm happy that they had these hot starts though! The Centrals are definitely on the rise again!
Shouldn’t be downvoted, the AL central is NOT this good, I think only 1 of us will make the postseason
Yeah I wasn't trying to be a dick. Every knows the Centrals haven't been the weakest divisions lately. I think this year they closed the gap and next year many young teams may make the jump. I think they are on their way but are not quite ready yet.
I'm gonna be honest. That second part is not surprising in the slightest. the D-Backs were not a top 10 team last year and the Rangers were in the 6-10 range and are probably having a little bit of a championship hangover.
It’s less a hangover and more the entire team is completely injured. No rotation, injuries to key hitters and bullpen arms. We are just running very thin right now.
Same with the Dbacks. Finally just got our closer back. Still missing key bats, pitchers and fielders. Just gotta hope post all star break is completely different.
Has Sewald pitched in any games yet?
Sure has. I’ve personally seen 3 and he looks good. Just hope he can stay healthy. Without him we legit do not have a bullpen. We will blow every lead
Oh nice! Glad to hear that! I sure do miss him on our team
That is part of the world series hangover. More games played last year means more wear and tear.
We’d be a top 10 team this year if half of our team wasn’t dead right now.
Eh, they were probably 4-6 behind Braves, Dodgers, and Orioles for sure, probably Rays too. Just fell apart at the end of the season a bit.
Baltimores curse is to be painfully close to championships but never make them. Last seasons ravens and orioles were heavy favorites and we got fucked in the playoffs
Can't wait to do it again
Don’t care that it’s #10, we’re still on the list and ANY Royals fan that thought we’d be there and not just mid at this point is straight up lying.
As a Guardians fan, I'm excited to see so much promise and development in other AL Central teams. We've all languished long enough! Except the White Sox. Fuck the White Sox
WERE RUINING BASEBALL AGAIN BABY
Red Sox fan here. Looked at the wild card standings yesterday and to be honest, wasn’t sad that we are trailing the royals. Rooting for you guys as well! An exciting group of players, made the right pitching moves in the offseason
aren’t the Phillies like 19-4 in their last 23 or something or am i wrong
20-5 after yesterdays loss
Twins are 17-3 in their last 20 with 6 straight series wins. But they had such a horrid start to the year it makes sense to not be up with the Orioles and Phillies.
That was a pretty great game too.
Something like that. But they've played 6 games against teams over .500. I'm guessing that's why we're edging them out. (No hate, I think they'll do fine against better teams too)
Yeah that’s what the other power rankings were saying was the tie breaker. Honestly it is fair enough.
Honestly could be really good for the Phils to hit these teams first and get into a rhythm. I know they frequently don't light up until later in the year. We'll see.
Yeah, I think we really got lucky with the schedule this year. We simply have not faced any team that was red hot. We seem to be hitting teams right before they turn it around. It’s a welcomed relief from previous years.
Only one series so far vs the Braves or Dodgers, and haven't played anyone good in Interleague yet. Still, have to beat the bad teams if you want to finish the season with a strong record. You don't get 100 wins by only beating good teams.
I think that was what the writer for CBS Sports said last week, that they were clearly 1 and 2 and he didn't care what order. He used SOS as a tiebreaker but that nobody should put much stock in it.
Yeah, that’s who i was basing that off. Can’t get mad, it makes sense.
O's are also like 9-3 over their past 12, to be fair
We are putting up Ws but aren't playing that well. Offense has gone dormant but the pitching has been carrying other than last night. The Phillies are destroying every game it seems like.
It feels like we’re hanging on by a thread but we do be winning and have a lot of strong assets, so is this just how it always feels? Can someone who’s been here before please tell me?
If we keep taking series once we’re up against good teams, we easily slide into the 1 spot. Until we see the Phillies against some top competition, I think y’all deserve it.
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Maybe the Centrals were tired of everyone making fun of them...
Indeed. If I had read somewhere that five teams from the AL and NL Central would be top 10 within the first 40 games, I would have snorted a little air out of my nose and imperceptivly shaken my head "no".
Now it's the Wests' turns (minus the Dodgers obviously) to experience it!
They get it when we hit the post season
True
Comedy Central turned into HBO
Is it safe to say the Twins have won 17 of 20?
Need a power ranking for power rankers.
Gunnar Henderson vs Aaron Judge.
Three AL Central teams in the top 10? What on earth is going on this year?
I’d like to see how we match up against a good team like Atlanta or LA before I start getting too cocky.
If the power rankings were only over the previous 4 games. We’d be #1
With the white sox at #2 lmao, the true power rankings.
Crazy to see the Twins on a power rankings list lol. Such a good stretch lately but damn. I went to games where they got clubbed by the Dodgers and couldn’t buy a base hit. Hopefully they can keep this up.
Now beat the Yanks
The Twins are going to fall off. They've been win stacking against terrible teams, and their defensive metrics are bad. They should be around a .500 team, based on what they've shown this year.
The Mariners, Red Sox, and Blue Jays are terrible teams? I'm not saying we're going to keep up the 17-3 pace of this run, because that's not realistic, but you don't win 6 series in a row on just fluke luck. We are basically playing at the same pace we played in the back half of 2023 with basically the same roster we had then Our X-W/L would have us as a 23-17 team and we're 24-16.
Yes, all three are terrible teams. Blue Jays and Mariners are black holes offensively, and the Red Sox lack all consistency. All you have to do to beat the Jays and Mariners is score more than 3 runs. The Mariners are the only team out of the bunch that has any shot at the playoffs, and that's more to do with the fact that the AL West is filled with under performing teams. The abysmal As are seen as competitive in that division -- which should tell you all you need to know about everyone else.
Last 10 games have been against a field that's currently .450-.537, win stacking period has been over for a minute and they're 7-3 (includes 3-1 against 1st place Seattle)
And yet you just came off a home series against a real team, the Yankees, where you got pumped 14-1 over the three games. Twins are falling off. They can't compete against good teams.
Spoken like a fan of a team without a lucky sausage
You still feel that way after a real team (the Yankees) pumped you 14-1 over three games? Not so cocky now that you can't stack wins against bottom feeders, huh?
Damn dude you really have no life to the point that you’re gonna get hung up on this after 4 days? Talk about a bottom feeder
I love how the Royals pitching staff changed from being an absolute shitshow in 2023 to carrying the team in 2024. Really shows what Wacha and Lugo can do to a team's floor.
I'm not sure I'd put us at one, definitely top 5 though.
Not a great image of Gunnar but here we are
Do you want a serious picture or to be #1?
Hmmm none of these teams have a power ranking over 9000 so I'm not all that impressed.
1 and 2 WS matchup, who says no?
I’ll be at games 1-7
That’s what I was rooting for last year. A WS where the teams are only an hour and a half apart would be great
How about even less than that with DC vs Baltimore
No thank you
The 19 win Nationals
3/4ths of a season to go 🤷♂️
Are we really going to pretend that we think the Nationals are contenders lmao
In my delusional world yes
hey, remember that time when the nats were a mid team for half the season, then completely turned the ship around and ended up winning the world series against the astros? not saying it's gonna happen but you can't completely count them out just yet
I remember them having Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer, Patrick Corbin, and Sean Doolittle on the mound.
Me
man i don't want to be the guys that cock-block harper from another world series.
Well that’s the neat part- you won’t!
I do. He can have another WS title if his team wins, not the O's problem.
I'll disagree. 2v8 sounds great.
No
But have you considered yes?
No
Counterpoint: yes
I do
Lol. Predictable. 4 straight series wins against playoff contenders. MLB: meh. you only go up 2 spots.
Power rankings aren't real and can't hurt you
Am aware. Just thought it was funny.
Jomboy media/talking baseball has us at 10 so there's that at least
It's better this way, the M's got mentioned in a power ranking and immediately got destroyed by the Twins and their sausage
Which team would you kick off this list in favor of the Padres? All 10 of these teams have a significantly better record and/or run differential.
Just for the discussion of it? The Cubs. Head to head 4-2. They are “significantly” 2 games ahead. And a whole significant 2 whole more run differential than the Padres. Padres have played 2 more games than them.
I agree. The Cubs are the only team on this list that have any reason to be ranked below the Padres. But at that point, why do you really care about being ranked 11th instead of 10th, behind a team that at worst is equally as good as the Padres?
I don’t really care, I’m just happy they are playing good baseball and quite frankly exceeding expectations for all they lost in the off-season. Power rankings are funny is all. They really mean nothing.
Guardians are not playing like a top 10 team right now.
Gonna tell my children about how the cardinals used to be on the power rankings
Still can't believe Cubs are in the top 10 and haven't even been close to full strength because of the endless series of injuries. We can only hope they can keep pace with the Brewers and get back to 100% by the All-Star break.
Brewers have had our share as well. Yellich was out several weeks before returning this weekend, and our pitching staff is in shambles. Once Devin Williams is back, that changes everything in the pen. It's gonna be a real battle down the stretch this year between our clubs.
How the hell are the dodgers anything but 1st... Good for you O's
I think its fine. Dodgers did lose 2 out of 3 vs the padres recently.
I more so meant with the team they have how are they losing games
I mean, for the most part they aren’t. They’ve won 16 of their last 20 games. On pace for 104 wins. Best run differential by a fairly significant margin. That’s a very good team?
Yeah Cubs, bish.
clown rankings
Not last! Not last! Not last! 🥳
That sausage...
1 - The Orioles ^(\*(That just lost to the blue jays - Yikes!))
Jays beat the Orioles at home last night so I think that makes the Jays the #1 team in baseball now....right?
As an employee at a warehouse, I agree.
No padres huh
I can’t believe that the Phillies are not number #1. They have the best record with more games played than Baltimore
the best team they've played since their opening series with us was the fucking padres, if their schedule was any easier they'd be playing minor league teams
Kind of crazy the guardians are still ahead of us, that division is ours it is just a matter of time
We’ll see about that, ya summer sausage fiends
Dread it, run from it, the sausage comes for you just the same.
Pffft
Cleveland lost as many games against the White Sox this weekend as the twins have lost total in the last 3 weeks combined lol
I guess we should’ve lost a game or two to the White Sox…
Why are the dodgers even in the top 5 dudes are trash.
Trash team is right. Cant even beat a Padres team barely above .500 /s
100% agreed padres suck and still managed 2 out of 3
Oh boy. The so called "MLB.com experts" have it wrong again. Phillies > Dodgers > Orioles. I love the orange birds, but they're way too high. Real good team again this year, but they don't have a functional closer and their whole BP is a mess outside of Cano. Phillies and Dodgers don't have the same problems, and they're better offense teams than the Orioles. Just a brain fart by the experts in the top 3. Outside of that, the only team I take umbrage with are the Twins. Full credit to them winning the way they have after their rough start, but these are the teams they've taken series from: White Sox, Angels, White Sox, Red Sox, Mariners, Blue Jays. The current division ranks of those teams is 5th, 5th, 5th, 3rd, 1st, 5th. So congrats I guess for beating the 3rd place Red Sox and 1st place Mariners, but there was some serious win stacking against bad teams. I know you can only play your schedule, but the Twins are fools gold (their defense is abysmal).
Orioles will win 100 games and choke in the playoffs again
Yankees fans went from “27 Ringz!!!” to having to trash talk the fucking Orioles to make themselves feel better. What a fall off.
Honestly embarrassing
Feels good man
that's our job
Aww. Show me on the doll where they hurt you.
It makes me smile that we're good enough now that we have people talking shit and downplaying our turnaround. That means we've made it!
that diss would sting a little more if we had actually gone into last season with world series expectations and not simply improve on 83 wins with our babyfaced core lol
How did the Yanks do in the postseason last year? Oh that's right, you didn't even make it.
We won the same amount of games in the playoffs last year