After the last week of baseball, there have been some big changes to the top 5 in this weeks power rankings. It starts off with the Rays who are going through their biggest slump of the season, sporting a 7 game losing streak. Wander Franco, the number 1 prospect in baseball the last 2 years is getting called up by the Rays on Tuesday just in time for their 3 game series against the Boston Red Sox who just took over first place in the AL East.
Another big mover in this weeks power rankings will be the Houston Astros. The Astro’s are currently on a 7 game win streak and don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. In the last week, the Astros swept both the Rangers (2 games) and the White Sox (4 games). During the next week, they will be playing series against the Orioles and the Tigers, so I’m expecting them to win both of those series pretty handily.
The Brewers dropped out of the top 5 after a pretty rough week of baseball. They got swept by the Reds in 3 games at home, then they went to Colorado and split the 4 game series with the Rockies over the weekend. They fell to 5-5 in their last 10 games as well.
Top 5
1. San Francisco Giants (Prev. 3)
Yastrzemski and Flores send back-to-back homers, June 20, 2021
2. Houston Astros (Prev. 10)
Carlos Correa smokes a solo home run to left field, June 20, 2021
3. Los Angeles Dodgers (Prev. 4)
Albert Pujols hammers three-run homer to left field, June 20, 2021
4. Chicago White Sox (Prev. 2)
Jake Lamb ropes a two-run home run to right field, June 20, 2021
5. Boston Red Sox (Prev. 7)
Rafael Devers crushes 447-ft. home run, June 20, 2021
The Rest of The Top 20
6. San Diego Padres (8)
7. Tampa Bay Rays (1)
8. Oakland Athletics (9)
9. Milwaukee Brewers (5)
10. Chicago Cubs (6)
11. New York Mets (12)
12. Cleveland Indians (11)
13. New York Yankees (13)
14. Seattle Mariners (NR)
15. Los Angeles Angels (18)
16. Cincinnati Reds (19)
17. St. Louis Cardinals (14)
18. Toronto Blue Jays (13)
19. Washington Nationals (NR)
20. Philadelphia Phillies (15)
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