MLB Rankings -- Week 19
Are you ready for the next seven weeks of MLB regular season?
Well get ready for the most challenging baseball playoff races in decades. Only safe team is the Texas Rangers, who own the AL West and have no legitimate competition. Rangers should remain in the #3 spot unless a collapse is on the horizon.
The other five divisions reveal 4 games or less between two leading teams respectively. The AL East is locked in a dead tie between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees, who still rank one and two this week.
As the top five still remain the same, the Philadelphia Phillies have moved into the top ten and are going to fight the Atlanta Braves in the NL East till the end.
After five weeks in the top ten, Ozzie and his Whites Sox’s fell to #11 spot as the Minnesota Twins have leaped into first place in the AL Central. The Detroit Tigers hold third place within the same division, but even barely breathing the Tigers should never be forgotten about. Just ask last year’s Twins players.
In the NL Central, it’s a battle between the 9th and10th place teams, as the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds are still neck and neck, since all-star break.
Otherwise, the bottom feeders remain the same and will cause headaches for contending teams. It’s all these teams have left in 2010, but the power of elimination is no joke and that makes team’s like the Orioles still a factor.
| RANK | TEAM | PREV | REC | COMMENTS |
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1 | (72-46) | The return of Andy Pettitte has been stalled. Hanging on to first... barely. |
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2 | (72-46) | 4-6 in their last 10, but winning 2 in a row and just a game behind the Yankees. It's win the AL East or Wild Card for the Rays |
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3 | (67-50) | Finally....Rangers can play with the AL East teams competitively. |
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4 | (70-47) | Taking 2 out of 3 from second place San Francisco this weekend was huge. |
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5 | (69-49) | The MLB's only 40-win home team at week's beginning continues to hold off the Phillies as they regain their health. |
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7 | (68-50) | The battle rages on, and the Twins are trying to show why THEY are the true number one team in the division. |
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8 | (67-52) | Death, Taxes, and Jacoby Ellsbury on the DL |
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13 | (66-51) | Phillies will phinally be at 100% by the end of the week... can they catch the Braves or at least maintain the Wild Card? |
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11 | (65-51) | After sweeping the Cincinnati Reds and moving atop the NL Central, the Cardinals dropped 2-of-3 to the Cubs and fell one game back. Again. |
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10 | (67-51) | The Reds status atop of the NL Central will be put to test as they encounter a three series on the West Coast (Arizona, LA, San Francisco) over the next 10 days. |
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6 | (65-53) | The WhiteSox have fallen as of late, and need to get their marbles together if they are to contend with the Twins. |
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9 | (67-52) | Lincecum has struggled since the all-star break. The Giants need him to regain his form. |
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14 | (63-55) | Hey, giving Ricky Romero an extension looked good. Now, if it was in the midst of a season where they could be reaching the playoffs... |
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12 | (61-56) | A walk-off hit against the Brewers earned the Rockies a series win this weekend. |
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16 | (60-59) | The Dodgers, who are now 10 game back, are probably having buyers remorse after trading for Octavio Dotel at the deadline. |
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17 | (59-59) | Remember when the Mets were MLB's best at home back in June? Yeah, they forgot too. |
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19 | (58-60) | Still lack the needed run support to remain competitive. |
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18 | (60-59) | Dan Haren finally wins and Abreau as lead-off makes the team fresh again; too little too late. |
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15 | (57-60) | Oakland needs to learn to hit like they pitch and maybe avoid the recent sweeping from the Twins |
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20 | (57-60) | The Mets have played back to the Marlins... but who really cares? |
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21 | (55-64) | The Brewers have played .500 baseball (15-15) since the All Star Break and that's been enough to solidify third place in the NL Central. The NL Central is atrocious. |
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22 | (51-67) | At least they get to sign Bryce Harper this week. |
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23 | (50-69) | The Cubs are 11-18 since the All Star Break, but them taking 2-of-3 from the Cardinals this weekend caused Cincinnati to regain the lead in the NL Central. |
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25 | (49-69) | Indians keep showing some gumption. Jeanmar Gomez has been a wonderful surprise thus far. |
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24 | (51-66) | The Astros head out and play three series against NL East teams (Mets, Marlin, Phillies) - which should be a trainwreck. Fortunately, they're coming off a 3-game sweep of the Pirates. |
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26 | (49-69) | The Royals season continues to unravel right before their eyes. |
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27 | (47-72) | Kelly Johnson has had a nice season. The rest of the team? Not really. |
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28 | (46-73) | Problem is not in the manager's office, it is at the top of the front office. |
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29 | (40-78) | Last week, the Pirates accumulated their 4th 7-game losing streak of the season. Their season high is a 12-game losing streak, in case you're wondering. |
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30 | (42-77) | So much for the Showalter factor. The O's are back to their old ways, losing 2 in a row |
