Corey's MLB Power Rankings - 6/19/06
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by user Coreyisarealboy
This week was an absolute mess. Aside from the top three, no position was safe this week. It seems like every team has either a winning streak or a losing streak at the moment.
Oakland has won ten straight, Minnesota seven, and even the Marlins have gotten in on the action with an eight game streak.
Conversely, Atlanta has lost seven straight, the Diamondbacks have been losers of five straight, and the Cubs--less surprisingly--have been on the losing end of six in a row.
| Rank | Last | Team | Record | Comment | |
| 1. | (1) | New York Mets | 43-25 | Tom Glavine became the first Met pitcher to reach 10 wins before July since 1997. Good news for a team that also has Pedro Martinez. | |
| 2. | (2) | Chicago White Sox | 44-25 | After giving up five runs against the Reds on Saturday, Jose Contreras still boasts a 2.96 ERA and his unbeaten streak is still intact. | |
| 3. | (3) | Detroit Tigers | 46-24 | Chris Shelton's two dingers on Sunday matched his total for all of May and half of June combined. This after he had nine after 13 games of the season. | |
| 4. | (6) | St. Louis Cardinals | 42-26 | Two weeks are into Albert Pujols' DL stint and still he leads the majors in home runs and runs batted in. Simply amazing. | |
| 5. | (3) | Boston Red Sox | 39-28 | The Sox need Coco Crisp to start hitting if they want to put distance in between them and the Yanks. Crisp did go 2-for-5 Sunday after being mired in a 2-for-24 slump. | |
| 6. | (3) | New York Yankees | 38-29 | Chien-Ming Wang has a 2.96 ERA in the month of June, but fellow starter Mike Mussina owns a 6.27 this month. | |
| 7. | (12) | Oakland Athletics | 38-31 | If Barry Zito, who has won six straight decisions, could lower his 3.51 ERA just a hair, he could be in contention for the Cy Young Award. | |
| 8. | (8) | Texas Rangers | 38-32 | Though his power numbers are down, Michael Young is still batting .327 and is second in the league in hits with 99. | |
| 9. | (7) | Cincinnati Reds | 37-32 | Since taking over first place in the NL Central, the Reds have gone just 1-8 and are now barely hanging on to a Wild Card lead. | |
| 10. | (16) | Houston Astros | 36-34 | OK, so they just lost two of three to the Royals, but I'm almost positive that wouldn't have happened with Roger Clemens in the rotation. The Rocket returns Thursday. | |
| 11. | (9) | Toronto Blue Jays | 37-32 | Bottom line is that the Jays need A.J. Burnett back ASAP. Toronto is so desperate for pitching, they recalled Josh Towers on Sunday. | |
| 12. | (22) | Minnesota Twins | 34-34 | Not to toot my own horn or anything, but last week I said I'd be surprised if the Twins stayed six games below .500 for the entire season. Well, six games later, they're at .500. | |
| 13. | (15) | San Diego Padres | 36-33 | Could be a testament to how bad the NL West is, but the Padres lead the division with the second worst batting average in the majors. | |
| 14. | (11) | Los Angeles Dodgers | 36-33 | Despite all his injury plagued seasons of recent memory, Nomar Garciaparra (.355/.423/.589) is still one of the best players in the majors. | |
| 15. | (21) | Milwaukee Brewers | 35-35 | Ben Sheets has stated that it's unlikely he'll return before the All-Star break. Even so, the Brewers manage to stay at .500 and perhaps prove they're playoff ready now. | |
| 16. | (10) | Arizona Diamondbacks | 35-34 | The Diamondbacks have suffered an utter collapse after I ranked them No. 1 two weeks ago, winning only one game since. | |
| 17. | (13) | Philadelphia Phillies | 34-35 | The team's only complete game this year was pitched by Gavin Floyd, who is in Triple-A at present time. | |
| 18. | (19) | Seattle Mariners | 34-37 | You could easily make a case for Ichiro as the best leadoff hitter ever. It really is a shame that he came into the league so late and can't make a run at Pete Rose's hits record. | |
| 19. | (25) | Colorado Rockies | 34-35 | The Rockies can't seem to stay consistent with their offense. The Rocks scored 35 runs in a four game sweep of Washington, then score just seven in losing three to the Cards. | |
| 20. | (14) | San Francisco Giants | 34-35 | Thirty-nine year old Moises Alou has a 1.254 OPS at AT&T Park this year in 61 at-bats. | |
| 21. | (20) | Baltimore Orioles | 32-39 | Kris Benson's great night against his former team was a lone bright spot in a week filled with more underachieving from the O's. | |
| 22. | (14) | Washington Nationals | 32-39 | With the Nationals slumping, it's not a question of whether Alfonso Soriano will be moved, it's when. | |
| 23. | (23) | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 31-38 | The Angels have committed 22 errors this month. With a pitching staff as unstable as theirs, it's not safe to start giving other teams runs. | |
| 24. | (18) | Cleveland Indians | 31-37 | The pitching hasn't been there for the Indians lately. Unfortunately, neither has the hitting. | |
| 25. | (29) | Florida Marlins | 29-37 | Surprise! The Marlins have the best team ERA in June at 2.57. | |
| 26. | (27) | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 29-41 | Carl Crawford is reportedly on the trading block, but, as one might expect, the price may not be right for too many teams. | |
| 27. | (20) | Atlanta Braves | 30-40 | Perhaps this is the time for the Braves to start shedding their $92 million salary. | |
| 28. | (26) | Chicago Cubs | 26-42 | Word has it that the entire student population of Notre Dame gathered to pray to Touchdown Jesus to keep Jeff Samardzija healthy now that he's officially a Cub. | |
| 29. | (28) | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26-44 | Manager Jim Tracy reportedly criticized a few of his players for failing to turn difficult defensive plays over the weekend. Welcome to Pittsburgh, Jim. | |
| 30. | (30) | Kansas City Royals | 19-49 | Royals face the Pirates this week in the first Double-A All-Star series ever. |
Date
Mon 06/19/06, 5:44 pm EST
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