I don't feel like we are a #3 team because we have some serious weaknesses right now in everything except the starting rotation, but I don't argue with the ranking because no one in the NL appears to have an all around solid team. If things keeps up, this might be the kind of year a lesser team can steal the NL pennant.
It's hard to hate this first month of the season at all, hard to be pessimistic (cough, cough) cause we won't always be the team with one of the top records in MLB so might as well enjoy it! Hope we keep it up obviously, but yeah
NL is wide open this year. Phillies are hurt and down. There is no team that is head above the rest. I honestly believe the only team that will be better than us in the NL is St louis and they aren't a huge juggernaut but have a nice mix of youth and real established veteran experience.
We deserve #3 based on current performance and where things stand. This definitely isnt a #3 type team though.
Updated: May 15, 2012, 12:35 PM ET Power Rankings: Rangers back in top spot Week 7 After falling out of the top spot last week, the Texas Rangers are back in familiar territory in the No. 1 position in our MLB Power Rankings for Week 7. The Los Angeles Dodgers move up one spot to No. 2, while the Baltimore Orioles rise three spots to move into the No. 3 position. The Atlanta Braves, winners of four of their last five games, and St. Louis Cardinals round out the top five. Tell us what you think about this week's Power Rankings: Use the hashtag #ESPNMLBPOWER or join the discussion on Facebook. This week's voters were Jim Bowden of ESPN Insider, Tim Kurkjian of ESPN The Magazine, David Schoenfield of the SweetSpot Blog Network/ESPN.com and Jayson Stark of ESPN.com. Nearly all team comments come courtesy of the fan bloggers on the SweetSpot Blog Network. Meanwhile, you can rank the teams yourself.
Weekly recap... Week 1: 19th (11th in NL) Week 2: 11th (5th in NL) Week 3: 5th (2nd in NL) Week 4: 5th (2nd in NL) Week 5: 4th (2nd in NL) Week 6: 3rd (1st in NL) Week 7: 2nd (1st in NL)
Yahoo fags have us 4th, behind the Rangers, Rays and O's http://sports.yahoo.com/news/power-...tumble.html;_ylt=AtBJSt8lc947VgPjgWKghQIRvLYF
I'm sick of the Rangers being #1. They haven't been playing as well as they started. It should be: 1.) Dodgers 2.) Orioles 3.) Rangers 4.) Rays
I'd go Rangers, Dodgers, Atlanta, Cards. The Orioles scoring less than .5 runs a game more than their opponents means they don't get on the top 5.
^ about fucken time!!! Updated: May 21, 2012, 11:25 AM ET Dodgers take over top spot Fresh off a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers move up one spot and take over the No. 1 position in our MLB Power Rankings for Week 8. The Baltimore Orioles also move up a spot to No. 2, while the Texas Rangers fall two spots to the No. 3 position. The Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays round out the top five. This week's voters were Jim Bowden of ESPN Insider, Tim Kurkjian of ESPN The Magazine, David Schoenfield of the SweetSpot Blog Network/ESPN.com and Jayson Stark of ESPN.com. Nearly all team comments come courtesy of the fan bloggers on the SweetSpot Blog Network.
