Here’s the latest MLB Power Poll with games played through Sunday, June 1st.
AL EAST
Tampa Bay (3) Maybe Tampa should’ve dropped “Devil” from Devil Rays 5 years ago.
Boston (4) Manny Ramirez is proof that even total nutcases can hit 500 homers.
Toronto (9) Not a good sign when your top power hitter is Matt Stairs.
NY Yankees (15) Is moving Joba Chamberlain to the rotation really a good idea?
Baltimore (22) O’s in last, but still playing far better than expected.
AL CENTRAL
Chicago W.S. (14) The lineup’s been awful, and Mark Buehrle is 2-6, yet White Sox are tops in the Central.
MInnesota (16) Delmon Young and Joe Mauer have a combined 393 AB’s and 0 HR’s.
Cleveland (23) Indians hitting a horrific .233 as a team. Hard to believe an MLB team could be that lousy.
Detroit (26) Tigers have 5 former All-Stars from the Marlins. All of them have been disappointing.
Kansas City (27) Kind of hard to recover from those pesky 12 game losing streaks.
AL WEST
LA Angels (2) Outstanding starting pitching has lifted Halos to the top of the West.
Oakland (10) A’s get Eric Chavez off the DL, just in time to put Frank Thomas on it.
Texas (19) Josh Hamilton is single-handedly keeping Rangers relevant.
Seattle (29) As if watching the Sonics wasn’t bad enough, now Seattle fans have to watch the M’s.
NL EAST
Philadelphia (7) Chase Utley continues to annihilate opposing pitching.
Florida (8) Entire Marlins team makes 6 million less than A-Rod, and Marlins have better record than Yanks.
Atlanta (13) Braves should watch The Road Warrior. Have lost 20 consecutive one-run games on the road dating to last season.
NY Mets (17) Pedro’s coming back, but is he enough to save Willie Randolph?
Washington (25) Nats hitting .231 as a team…wow, that’s worse than the Indians!!
NL CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs (1) Cubs have best record in MLB through May. Last time that happened…1908.
St. Louis (5) Albert Pujols closing in on 300 HR’s at the age of 28.
Houston (11) Five straight losses for Astros. Houston…we have a problem.
Milwaukee (12) Brewers desperately need a #2 guy behind Ben Sheets in the starting rotation.
Cincinnati (18) In his first 6 MLB games, Jay Bruce is 13 for 22 with 3 2B’s, 2 HR’s, and 2 SB’s. Not too shabby.
Pittsburgh (21) Pirates are 3-9 against the Cubs, and 23-21 against everyone else.
NL WEST
Arizona (6) More good news for the Rocket. Randy Johnson’s next strikeout will push him past Clemens for 2nd on the all time list.
Los Angeles (20) Nobody on the Dodgers has more than 5 home runs. In a word…pathetic.
San Francisco (24) Father Time may have finally caught up to Omar Vizquel (.188-0-5)
San Diego (28) Can Greg Maddux get some run support here? Not in San Diego.
Colorado (30) Rockies have hit rock bottom, blowing an 8 run lead in Chicago on Thursday.
