Posted May 24, 200519 yr 5 days ago our lead was 3 points over the White Sox. Now it's 12 points. Team by Team TEAM RATING IF OF SP RP WIN% 1. Florida Marlins, 1st NL EAST 160.23 10th 2nd 1st 9th .610 2. Chicago White Sox, 1st AL CENT 148.22 12th 21st 2nd 4th .689 3. St. Louis Cardinals, 1st NL CENT 148.13 4th 6th 3rd 5th .636 4. Baltimore Orioles, 1st AL EAST 136.13 1st 30th 13th 1st .628 5. Arizona Diamondbacks, 1st NL WEST 132.77 13th 16th 5th 6th .600 6. Minnesota Twins, 2nd AL CENT 132.00 22nd 9th 10th 2nd .581 7. Los Angeles Angels, 1st AL WEST 129.78 25th 10th 7th 3rd .591 8. Boston Red Sox, 2nd AL EAST 128.25 15th 1st 12th 12th .581 9. Atlanta Braves, 2nd NL EAST 123.77 7th 17th 4th 19th .568 10. San Diego Padres, 2nd NL WEST 119.59 19th 12th 17th 10th .591 11. New York Yankees, 3rd AL EAST 118.99 2nd 5th 18th 23rd .523 12. Toronto Blue Jays, 3rd AL EAST 118.88 14th 20th 8th 11th .523 13. Texas Rangers, 2nd AL WEST 117.83 3rd 25th 14th 15th .545 14. Philadelphia Phillies, 5th NL EAST 117.46 29th 4th 6th 14th .457 15. Washington Nationals, 3rd NL EAST 115.77 20th 26th 16th 7th .533 16. Milwaukee Brewers, 2nd NL CENT 112.53 23rd 3rd 19th 17th .477 17. Los Angeles Dodgers, 3rd NL WEST 111.39 6th 7th 21st 20th .535 18. Detroit Tigers, 3rd AL CENT 106.28 8th 19th 15th 25th .476 19. Chicago Cubs, 2nd NL CENT 104.83 5th 14th 22nd 24th .476 20. Cleveland Indians, 4th AL CENT 104.20 27th 23rd 23rd 8th .465 21. New York Mets, 4th NL EAST 103.80 11th 8th 20th 26th .511 22. Houston Astros, 6th NL CENT 102.69 18th 28th 9th 16th .341 23. Pittsburgh Pirates, 4th NL CENT 101.67 30th 18th 11th 22nd .452 24. Seattle Mariners, 3rd AL WEST 92.31 21st 13th 25th 13th .419 25. San Francisco Giants, 4th NL WEST 87.32 17th 27th 24th 21st .488 26. Oakland Athletics, 4th AL WEST 79.35 28th 24th 27th 18th .395 27. Colorado Rockies, 5th NL WEST 77.57 9th 22nd 26th 27th .310 28. Cincinnati Reds, 5th NL CENT 77.48 16th 11th 28th 29th .364 29. Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5th AL EAST 60.62 26th 15th 30th 28th .333 30. Kansas City Royals, 5th AL CENT 56.82 24th 29th 29th 30th .295 The SportsLine Team Rankings are derived by creating an average of each team's positional players as well as top 5 starters and top 3 relievers. These players' averages are then combined to create the overall ranking. Players are penalized for games missed and pitchers need to meet innings pitched criteria to make the list. The Rankings are updated daily. Power rankings we were 9th last week, and are now 5th. POWER RANKINGS Current Team Previous 1 Chicago White Sox 1 First step to ruling the world: ruling Chicago. Check. 2 St. Louis Cardinals 2 Well, the prediction they would take over No. 1 this week didn't hold, but they are closing the gap -- by widening their league-best division lead to seven games on the sub-.500 NL Central. 3 Baltimore Orioles 3 Going 3-3 vs. the Royals and Phillies might be a precursor to a hard lesson for the 'new-money' O's. You have to dominate the cellar-dwellers, because needing to go .500-plus vs. contenders is much tougher down the stretch. 4 Boston Red Sox 5 Their next 10 games come against their three top challengers in the AL East, including the next six on the road. The Sox should find out in this stretch whether they're up for their title defense. 5 Florida Marlins 9 Have won first games on homestand after a West Coast trip. Facing Phillies and Mets at home should be a great way to build a cushion in the NL East on the injury-hit Braves. 6 Arizona Diamondbacks 8 Potential worst-to-first campaign gets true test vs. Padres and Dodgers on six-game homestand. 7 San Diego Padres 7 Lost two, and Mark Loretta, after eight-game home winning streak. Now they hit the road for key division series at Arizona and San Francisco. 8 Los Angeles Angels 6 The offense was struggling with Vladimir Guerrero. With him gone for two weeks, the Angels face the No. 1 White Sox (seven games), the No. 4 Red Sox (three) and No. 9 Braves (three). Outside of a three-game home breather vs. the Royals, it is a brutal stretch. 9 Atlanta Braves 4 It was a rough week. They lost two-thirds of their rotation to the DL and had to fiddle with their closing situation, losing five of their past seven. Like always for Bobby Cox and company, it should just be a temporary blip. 10 Minnesota Twins 10 They are winning more than 58 percent of the time, and they're still five games behind the Central-leading White Sox at the quarter pole. 11 New York Yankees 11 The $100 million rotation is heating up. Most likely because they are competing to see who gets to stick around when Roger Clemens joins them by midseason. 12 Texas Rangers 14 In Saturday's blowout, they became the 15th team in major-league history to hit eight or more homers in a game. They also tied an AL record with seven players hitting at least one homer in a game. It is just starting to heat up in Texas -- well, in this part of the state anyway. 13 Los Angeles Dodgers 12 They are struggling vs. top competition, a bad sign for their prospects as a contender. 14 Washington Nationals 13 With all the injuries -- Jose Vidro and Brad Wilkerson the latest -- it is hard to imagine how this team remains this high. But, they continue to thrive in Washington. 15 New York Mets 15 They were close but no cigar vs. the Yankees. Sounds like a good season slogan for the 'New Mets.' 16 Toronto Blue Jays 16 We should find out just how good they are as they face the Red Sox and Twins at home this week. 17 Chicago Cubs 22 Carlos Zambrano's alleged Internet-induced elbow issue is the latest circus act. There is no truth to the rumor he is one of those arguing with fans of the No. 1 White Sox on the CBS SportsLine.com message board. 18 San Francisco Giants 17 Jason Schmidt returns. Tyler Walker takes hold as the closer. Now, Barry Bonds is resuming rehab. The outlook is improving at least. 19 Cleveland Indians 23 They improved to 6-12 in one-run games Monday. The question is: Why are they playing so many close games? Victor Martinez has to wake up sometime, right? 20 Philadelphia Phillies 21 Jim Thome's return will help the excellent starts by Bobby Abreu and Pat Burrell surge even higher. Absolutely the most dangerous cellar-dweller in baseball. 21 Detroit Tigers 19 They had a 4.04 rotation ERA through 40 starts, No. 4 in the AL and 1.5 runs per games less than the comparable figure from 2004. 22 Milwaukee Brewers 18 First-base coach Dave Nelson: "We went from being the Rolls-Royce of stolen bases last year to a Chevette this year. And, we're working our way down to Model T." And base running is the least of their worries. 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 20 They are 1-19 when trailing after eight innings. But the good news is they are 18-4 when leading after eight. This bullpen will be stocking some contenders in the second half. 24 Seattle Mariners 27 They won five of nine games on the homestand after having won just four games at home all season before. They now hit the road. 25 Oakland Athletics 25 Somewhere the Moneyball critics are smiling, especially the ones who said Billy Beane won solely because of the Big Three 26 Cincinnati Reds 26 A Graves mistake? No way. He was awful. An important lesson to learn here: The fans are always right to boo. 27 Houston Astros 24 Their 2-20 record on the road is the worst in baseball and downright embarrassing for a franchise that was one game away from the World Series. 28 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 28 If you ain't got pitching ... Devil Rays starters are 7-23 with a major-league-high 5.94 ERA. They have just one victory in the past 16 games. 29 Colorado Rockies 30 They get Coors Field hangovers, too. The Rockies have lost 27 of 31 on the road, dating back to last season. 30 Kansas City Royals 29 It is hard to like anything about this team except RHP Zack Greinke. Even he is winless in his past 13 starts and 0-5 this season. Hardly justice for his 3.83 ERA in nine starts.
May 24, 200519 yr 10th best infield in the majors even with Lowell hitting under .200 2nd best OF even with JP hitting under .270 #1 SP even with Leiter not playing great 9th best RP with Alfonseca and Mota out Its looking good...GO MARLINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 24, 200519 yr Author Position Rankings Cabrera #1 Dtrain #1 Beckett #3 Lo Duca #4 Juan #4 Delgado #5 Jones #7 Pierre #12 Gonzo #16 Lowell #20 Castillo #21 Perisho #30 AJ #34 Moehler #65 Bump #73 Leiter #175 Mecir #313
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