AL Power Rankings (May 24, 2007)
Team Name / Record / This Week (Last Week) / Comments
Red Sox / 31-15 / 1 (1) / Went 3-3 against the Braves and Yanks but still scored 31 runs in 6 games.
Tigers / 28-17 / 2 (2) / Leading the majors in RS and right on Boston’s tail for best overall record in the AL.
Angels / 28-19 /3 (5) / Escobar pitched lights out this week and Vlad’s been a man on a mission.
Indians / 27-17 / 4 (3) / Sizemore and Hafner still don’t seem themselves but Fausto Carmona’s making people forget about offense and focus on dominant pitching instead.
Yankees / 21-24 / 5 (6) / Still under .500 but won an important series with Boston by getting quality starts from their aces (Wang/Pettitte).
A’s / 23-23 / 6 (4) / I can’t quite put my finger on why I don’t like this team. They’re scoring more than they used to but their lineup still seems like a house of cards…
Twins / 22-24 / 7 (7) / That’s more like it! Johan’s last two starts: 14 IP, 24 K, 1.92 ERA, 0.78 WHIP.
White Sox / 23-20 / 8 (8) / Unbelievably, they’ve scored the fewest runs in the AL. This was a World Champion two years ago?
Mariners / 21-21 / 9 (10) / Ichiro got hot and King Felix returned. Maybe Richie Sexson will get his average over .200 next?
Orioles / 21-25 /10 (9) / Blaming Perlozzo for the GM’s bad buys in the bullpen seems unfair.
Blue Jays / 20-25 / 11 (11) / With Halladay and BJ Ryan on the DL, this team seems snake-bitten. How much longer before AJ Burnett joins them?
Devil Rays / 18-27 / 12 (12) / Has anyone seen Rocco Baldelli recently? Hopefully Elijah Dukes hasn’t killed him...
Royals / 19-28 / 13 (14) / Mark Teahan and Odalis Perez led the team to a winning week.
Rangers / 18-29 / 14 (13) / Teixeira’s heating up and Sosa’s been surprisingly productive but the team still can’t get any quality pitching.
AL MVP: Magglio Ordonez, Tigers (.345/.429/.691, 12 HR, 42 RBI, 21 2B)
AL Cy Young: Josh Beckett, Red Sox (7-0, 2.66 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 8.34 K/9)
AL RoY: BJ Upton, Devil Rays (.308/.384/.555, 8 HR, 26 RBI, 9 SB)
Team Name / Record / This Week (Last Week) / Comments
Red Sox / 31-15 / 1 (1) / Went 3-3 against the Braves and Yanks but still scored 31 runs in 6 games.
Tigers / 28-17 / 2 (2) / Leading the majors in RS and right on Boston’s tail for best overall record in the AL.
Angels / 28-19 /3 (5) / Escobar pitched lights out this week and Vlad’s been a man on a mission.
Indians / 27-17 / 4 (3) / Sizemore and Hafner still don’t seem themselves but Fausto Carmona’s making people forget about offense and focus on dominant pitching instead.
Yankees / 21-24 / 5 (6) / Still under .500 but won an important series with Boston by getting quality starts from their aces (Wang/Pettitte).
A’s / 23-23 / 6 (4) / I can’t quite put my finger on why I don’t like this team. They’re scoring more than they used to but their lineup still seems like a house of cards…
Twins / 22-24 / 7 (7) / That’s more like it! Johan’s last two starts: 14 IP, 24 K, 1.92 ERA, 0.78 WHIP.
White Sox / 23-20 / 8 (8) / Unbelievably, they’ve scored the fewest runs in the AL. This was a World Champion two years ago?
Mariners / 21-21 / 9 (10) / Ichiro got hot and King Felix returned. Maybe Richie Sexson will get his average over .200 next?
Orioles / 21-25 /10 (9) / Blaming Perlozzo for the GM’s bad buys in the bullpen seems unfair.
Blue Jays / 20-25 / 11 (11) / With Halladay and BJ Ryan on the DL, this team seems snake-bitten. How much longer before AJ Burnett joins them?
Devil Rays / 18-27 / 12 (12) / Has anyone seen Rocco Baldelli recently? Hopefully Elijah Dukes hasn’t killed him...
Royals / 19-28 / 13 (14) / Mark Teahan and Odalis Perez led the team to a winning week.
Rangers / 18-29 / 14 (13) / Teixeira’s heating up and Sosa’s been surprisingly productive but the team still can’t get any quality pitching.
AL MVP: Magglio Ordonez, Tigers (.345/.429/.691, 12 HR, 42 RBI, 21 2B)
AL Cy Young: Josh Beckett, Red Sox (7-0, 2.66 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 8.34 K/9)
AL RoY: BJ Upton, Devil Rays (.308/.384/.555, 8 HR, 26 RBI, 9 SB)
1 comment:
Solid. Couple thoughts:
1) I'd flip Toronto and B'more (Jays took five of six from Birds over last two weeks);
2) I'd drop NY below Oakland (have to be impressed with Oakland despite all the injuries); and
3) fine with Mags, but I expect either Arod or Vlad to overtake him in the next two weeks -- still a lot of Ks for Mags compared to those two.
Great job.
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