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2013 Power Rankings: Week 21 RANK TEAM / RECORD TRENDING COMMENTS 1
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Last Week: 5 The unsung heroes of this 42-9 stretch: The bullpen has a 1.49 ERA since the All-Star break while holding opponents to a .169 average and just four home runs in 84.1 innings. Oh, yeah, Clayton Kershaw: MVP. --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 2
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Last Week: 1 Jason Heyward is hitting .337/.417/.589 in the second half with six home runs. Looks like the leadoff position suits him just fine. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 3
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Last Week: 7 Derek Holland has quietly put together an impressive season with a 2.95 ERA and 157 K's and in 168 innings. Yu Darvish and Holland is as good as any 1-2 punch in the AL right now. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot 4
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Last Week: 2 Max Scherzer is the first MLB pitcher to 18 wins this year, Detroit has the best winning percentage in the AL and scouts for the Skynet Cyborgs were spotted scanning Miguel Cabrera's swing this weekend. We attempted to reach Cabrera for comment but he just kept leaving the park. -- Ryan Callery, Walkoff Woodward 5
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Last Week: 4 Ryan Dempster's plunking of Alex Rodriguez was pretty dumb. Combined with his poor performance, it helped secure Boston's third series loss in a row and stretched the bullpen out just in time for a 7-hour flight to San Francisco so they could play the Giants at 10 p.m. ET. Not wise. -- Hunter Golden, Fire Brand of the AL 6
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Last Week: 3 Have lost seven of nine and now head to San Diego and San Francisco for a short road trip. Jeff Locke has struggled since the All-Star break (WHIP over 2.00) and they need to get Pedro Alvarez (.175 in August) going. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 7
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Last Week: 8 Yadier Molina returns from DL, prospect Kolten Wong is called up, and the Cardinals win key series over the Pirates and Cubs. -- Matt Philip, Fungoes 8
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Last Week: 10 Just when it looked as though Cincinnati had dropped out of the NL Central race, a 5-2 trip (and nine wins in 12 games overall) pulled the Redlegs within 2.5 games of first-place Pittsburgh. -- Chad Dotson,Redleg Nation 9
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Last Week: 6 With Evan Longoria working his way out of a slump, and a few other regulars on the disabled list, the Rays relied on unsung heroes to gain ground in the American League East. Jason Bourgeois and Jose Lobaton accounted for three walk-off wins during the week, brining Tampa Bay to within a game of the Red Sox. -- Tommy Rancel, The Process Report 10
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Last Week: 9 Bartolo Colon hit the DL with a groin strain this week, which is good and bad: The good is it may explain his recent struggles; the bad is it means more reliance on Tom Milone, who has looked very shaky lately. --Jason Wojciechowski, Beaneball 11
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Last Week: 11 Adam Jones has four games with three-plus hits in August and is hitting .375 for the month. -- ESPN.com 12
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Last Week: 12 Eric Hosmer owns the longest average home run distance this season at 422 feet -- ahead of Justin Upton, Hunter Pence, Mike Trout and Mike Napoli. --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 13
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Last Week: 13 The Indians had a glass half-full/glass half-empty kind of week. On the half-full side, Ubaldo Jimenez allowed only one hit in a strong start against Oakland, Asdrubal Cabrera broke an 0-for-20 hitting slump, and they went 4-3 this week. On the half-empty side, Scott Kazmir's comeback has stalled due to a dead arm, Corey Kluber has a sprained finger, and the offense continues to be inconsistent. -- Susan Petrone, It's Pronounced Lajaway 14
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Last Week: 14 Once they get through the Reds this week, the schedule is much easier the rest of the way, with only two series against the Dodgers against winning teams. They're five behind in the wild-card race but not quite dead yet. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 15
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Last Week: 15 It's amazing the Yankees are as close as they are considering CC Sabathia's struggles this year. He leads the AL in hits and earned runs allowed and is third in home runs allowed. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot 16
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Last Week: 16 Twelve of the 16 Nats-Braves games have been won by two runs or fewer. Unfortunately for the Nats the closeness hasn't affected the results. The Braves hold a 12-4 series lead -- Harper Gordek, Nats Baseball 17
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Last Week: 17 Injuries continue to pile up, as Colby Rasmus hit the DL and Jose Reyes missed a number of games this past week. At 10 games under .500, the Jays are figuratively and literally limping to the finish line. --Matthias Koster, Mop-Up Duty 18
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Last Week: 20 The Mets' bats couldn't back up a solid outing by Matt Harvey on Sunday as New York completed a long West Coast trip with a 4-6 record. -- ESPN.com 19
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Last Week: 26 Pitcher Andrew Albers, who was called up earlier this month, looks to be a bright spot. The left-hander has compiled a 2-1 record with a 1.85 ERA in three starts. -- ESPN.com 20
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Last Week: 19 Their 4.33 ERA is 27th in the majors, but since the All-Star break it's 4.78. Move the fences back out! --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 21
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Last Week: 18 After losing three of four to the Yankees and just barely avoiding being swept by the Astros, the Angels' season is more about finding usable pieces for 2014 than it is about competing in 2013. -- Hudson Belinsky, Halos Daily 22
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Last Week: 21 The Rockies are making a push for the wosrt road record in the National League. At 22-40 they're neck and neck with the Astros and Marlins. -- Logan Burdine, Blake Street Bulletin 23
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Last Week: 27 After having one of the worst starting rotations in Major League Baseball to begin the year, the Brewers' starters have turned it around in recent weeks. Their collective 3.30 ERA in the second half is the fifth-best mark in baseball. -- J.P. Breen, Disciples of Uecker 24
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Last Week: 23 Starlin Castro's mental gaffe Saturday continued to add fuel to the fire that he is not part of the team's future. Until he can mature mentally, the front office has to question if the contract it gave him was the right idea. -- Joe Aiello, The View From The Bleachers 25
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Last Week: 25 They enter the week a half-game behind the Padres for fourth/last place. The only other defending World Series champ to finish last was the 1998 Marlins. --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 26
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Last Week: 22 The best hitters since the All-Star break in terms of OBA: Jayson Werth (.509), Mike Trout (.485), Miguel Cabrera (.478) and ... yes, Will Venable (.450), who is hitting .370/.406/.670. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot 27
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Last Week: 29 Marlins have blown just one game they led entering the ninth but have suffered 12 walk-off losses as they're 9-16 when the game is tied entering the ninth. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot 28
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Last Week: 24 The Phillies finally scored their first runs in the Ryne Sandberg era Sunday afternoon, three games in. It's the little things that count now that they are playing for draft position. -- Bill Baer, Crashburn Alley 29
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Last Week: 28 The White Sox have won five of their past seven games and are hitting .307 as a team during that span. -- ESPN.com 30
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Last Week: 30 The only Astros with an OPS+ above league average are Jason Castro, Chris Carter and L.J. Hoes (in 16 games). The only pitchers still on the team with an ERA+ better than league average are Jose Cisnero, who has a 1.63 WHIP, Jarred Cosart in six starts, and Brett Oberholtzer in 34 innings. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot
| 2013 Power Rankings: Week 21 | |||||
| RANK | TEAM / RECORD | TRENDING | COMMENTS | ||
| 1 | Last Week: 5 | The unsung heroes of this 42-9 stretch: The bullpen has a 1.49 ERA since the All-Star break while holding opponents to a .169 average and just four home runs in 84.1 innings. Oh, yeah, Clayton Kershaw: MVP. --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
| 2 | Last Week: 1 | Jason Heyward is hitting .337/.417/.589 in the second half with six home runs. Looks like the leadoff position suits him just fine. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
| 3 | Last Week: 7 | Derek Holland has quietly put together an impressive season with a 2.95 ERA and 157 K's and in 168 innings. Yu Darvish and Holland is as good as any 1-2 punch in the AL right now. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot | |||
| 4 | Last Week: 2 | Max Scherzer is the first MLB pitcher to 18 wins this year, Detroit has the best winning percentage in the AL and scouts for the Skynet Cyborgs were spotted scanning Miguel Cabrera's swing this weekend. We attempted to reach Cabrera for comment but he just kept leaving the park. -- Ryan Callery, Walkoff Woodward | |||
| 5 | Last Week: 4 | Ryan Dempster's plunking of Alex Rodriguez was pretty dumb. Combined with his poor performance, it helped secure Boston's third series loss in a row and stretched the bullpen out just in time for a 7-hour flight to San Francisco so they could play the Giants at 10 p.m. ET. Not wise. -- Hunter Golden, Fire Brand of the AL | |||
| 6 | Last Week: 3 | Have lost seven of nine and now head to San Diego and San Francisco for a short road trip. Jeff Locke has struggled since the All-Star break (WHIP over 2.00) and they need to get Pedro Alvarez (.175 in August) going. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
| 7 | Last Week: 8 | Yadier Molina returns from DL, prospect Kolten Wong is called up, and the Cardinals win key series over the Pirates and Cubs. -- Matt Philip, Fungoes | |||
| 8 | Last Week: 10 | Just when it looked as though Cincinnati had dropped out of the NL Central race, a 5-2 trip (and nine wins in 12 games overall) pulled the Redlegs within 2.5 games of first-place Pittsburgh. -- Chad Dotson,Redleg Nation | |||
| 9 | Last Week: 6 | With Evan Longoria working his way out of a slump, and a few other regulars on the disabled list, the Rays relied on unsung heroes to gain ground in the American League East. Jason Bourgeois and Jose Lobaton accounted for three walk-off wins during the week, brining Tampa Bay to within a game of the Red Sox. -- Tommy Rancel, The Process Report | |||
| 10 | Last Week: 9 | Bartolo Colon hit the DL with a groin strain this week, which is good and bad: The good is it may explain his recent struggles; the bad is it means more reliance on Tom Milone, who has looked very shaky lately. --Jason Wojciechowski, Beaneball | |||
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Last Week: 11 | Adam Jones has four games with three-plus hits in August and is hitting .375 for the month. -- ESPN.com | |||
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Last Week: 12 | Eric Hosmer owns the longest average home run distance this season at 422 feet -- ahead of Justin Upton, Hunter Pence, Mike Trout and Mike Napoli. --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
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Last Week: 13 | The Indians had a glass half-full/glass half-empty kind of week. On the half-full side, Ubaldo Jimenez allowed only one hit in a strong start against Oakland, Asdrubal Cabrera broke an 0-for-20 hitting slump, and they went 4-3 this week. On the half-empty side, Scott Kazmir's comeback has stalled due to a dead arm, Corey Kluber has a sprained finger, and the offense continues to be inconsistent. -- Susan Petrone, It's Pronounced Lajaway | |||
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Last Week: 14 | Once they get through the Reds this week, the schedule is much easier the rest of the way, with only two series against the Dodgers against winning teams. They're five behind in the wild-card race but not quite dead yet. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
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Last Week: 15 | It's amazing the Yankees are as close as they are considering CC Sabathia's struggles this year. He leads the AL in hits and earned runs allowed and is third in home runs allowed. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot | |||
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Last Week: 16 | Twelve of the 16 Nats-Braves games have been won by two runs or fewer. Unfortunately for the Nats the closeness hasn't affected the results. The Braves hold a 12-4 series lead -- Harper Gordek, Nats Baseball | |||
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Last Week: 17 | Injuries continue to pile up, as Colby Rasmus hit the DL and Jose Reyes missed a number of games this past week. At 10 games under .500, the Jays are figuratively and literally limping to the finish line. --Matthias Koster, Mop-Up Duty | |||
| 18 | Last Week: 20 | The Mets' bats couldn't back up a solid outing by Matt Harvey on Sunday as New York completed a long West Coast trip with a 4-6 record. -- ESPN.com | |||
| 19 | Last Week: 26 | Pitcher Andrew Albers, who was called up earlier this month, looks to be a bright spot. The left-hander has compiled a 2-1 record with a 1.85 ERA in three starts. -- ESPN.com | |||
| 20 | Last Week: 19 | Their 4.33 ERA is 27th in the majors, but since the All-Star break it's 4.78. Move the fences back out! --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
| 21 | Last Week: 18 | After losing three of four to the Yankees and just barely avoiding being swept by the Astros, the Angels' season is more about finding usable pieces for 2014 than it is about competing in 2013. -- Hudson Belinsky, Halos Daily | |||
| 22 | Last Week: 21 | The Rockies are making a push for the wosrt road record in the National League. At 22-40 they're neck and neck with the Astros and Marlins. -- Logan Burdine, Blake Street Bulletin | |||
| 23 | Last Week: 27 | After having one of the worst starting rotations in Major League Baseball to begin the year, the Brewers' starters have turned it around in recent weeks. Their collective 3.30 ERA in the second half is the fifth-best mark in baseball. -- J.P. Breen, Disciples of Uecker | |||
| 24 | Last Week: 23 | Starlin Castro's mental gaffe Saturday continued to add fuel to the fire that he is not part of the team's future. Until he can mature mentally, the front office has to question if the contract it gave him was the right idea. -- Joe Aiello, The View From The Bleachers | |||
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Last Week: 25 | They enter the week a half-game behind the Padres for fourth/last place. The only other defending World Series champ to finish last was the 1998 Marlins. --David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
| 26 | Last Week: 22 | The best hitters since the All-Star break in terms of OBA: Jayson Werth (.509), Mike Trout (.485), Miguel Cabrera (.478) and ... yes, Will Venable (.450), who is hitting .370/.406/.670. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot | |||
| 27 | Last Week: 29 | Marlins have blown just one game they led entering the ninth but have suffered 12 walk-off losses as they're 9-16 when the game is tied entering the ninth. -- David Schoenfield, SweetSpot | |||
| 28 | Last Week: 24 | The Phillies finally scored their first runs in the Ryne Sandberg era Sunday afternoon, three games in. It's the little things that count now that they are playing for draft position. -- Bill Baer, Crashburn Alley | |||
| 29 | Last Week: 28 | The White Sox have won five of their past seven games and are hitting .307 as a team during that span. -- ESPN.com | |||
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Last Week: 30 | The only Astros with an OPS+ above league average are Jason Castro, Chris Carter and L.J. Hoes (in 16 games). The only pitchers still on the team with an ERA+ better than league average are Jose Cisnero, who has a 1.63 WHIP, Jarred Cosart in six starts, and Brett Oberholtzer in 34 innings. -- David Schoenfield,SweetSpot | |||
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