MLB power rankings (Seattle Times) - Revolution42's Blog

Revolution42's Blog

MLB power rankings (Seattle Times)

Posted on April 19, 2009 at 06:18 PM.

(0)

1 MARLINS (1o) Florida appears set to dominate the NL this season, altho still early can't overlook their pitching and offense, this is a solid team.2 Dodgers (8) Dodgers so exciting, fans are waiting 'til the 7th inning to head home 3 Toronto (15) Rangers may have best offense in AL, but Blue Jays have best offence 4 St. Louis (9) Carpenter out 4-8 weeks; Duncan unveils frumpy Scottish woman as No. 2 starter 5 Cubs (3) About time for Lou to unleash ceremonial first tirade of new season 6 Tampa Bay (1) No one gives better quotations than Jason Bartlett 7 Philadelphia (4) Here's to Harry Kalas: "Outta here!" but never forgotten 8 Boston (2) Dice-K (15-day DL) another victim of the WBC (Wrecks Ballplayers Consistently) 9 Yankees (7) Nick Swisher has given Yankees more pitching help than Carl Pavano ever did 10 Seattle (19) With Guerrero out, Balentien becomes the best *ladimir in baseball 11 White Sox (12) About time for Ozzie to unleash ceremonial first outrageous quote of new season 12 Baltimore (20) A stat to make M's fans weep: Adam Jones, .410 13 Oakland (11) Josh Outman most aptly named pitcher since 1800s lefty Jethro Nastyslider 14 Mets (6) Fancy new stadium has given Mr. Met a big head 15 Angels (5) Angels desperately need Lackey and Santana to come back healthy 16 Detroit (27) Here's to Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, who made baseball a hoot 17 San Diego (29) Were about to change name of spring home to Peoria Sports Inferiority Complex 18 Atlanta (17) Where's Charlie Leibrandt when you really need him? 19 Kansas City (26) Zach Greinke could be the breakout star of 2009 20 Minnesota (13) Joe Mauer could be the breakdown star of 2009 21 Cincinnati (25) If Dusty leads the Reds to the title, they'll retire his toothpick 22 Milwaukee (18) Fielder hoped for Ruthian season; so far (.189-1-6), it's been Dr. Ruthian 23 Colorado (22) Huston Street (9.82 ERA) has been more opener than closer 24 Texas (23) Those who had Ron Washington in "first manager fired" contest are looking good 25 Cleveland (16) Indians want to be just like Cavs, so gunning for a 66-win season 26 Pittsburgh (28) Maholm and Duke, but the rest make you puke 27 San Francisco (14) 2009 Giants: Rowand and Molina's Laugh-In 28 Arizona (21) This year's D-backs make Bob Melvin pine for glory days of the 2004 Mariners 29 Houston (24) Mike Hampton could be Astros' best pitching acquisition since ... Mike Hampton 30 Washington (30) Nationals need major pitching upgrade � and that's just the tip of the Strasburg