looks starting we're starting the year in 4th behind the cubs, indians and red sox... http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/2017mlbpowerrankings_week1/ranking-mlb-teams-ahead-2017-season
This should not be a surprise.....ESPN has always had an East Coast Bias. IMO, id rather not be rated high.
Don't think it's a surprise to see that every team ranked ahead of LAD here has a better playoff rotation. We have Kershaw and theeeeeennnnn a cloud of smoke. LAD's rotation will get them to the tourney, but once they're in we have to do some praying, yes? And a special prayer for Kershaw, our only lock, to do well in the post as well.
Most overrated team. Cleveland should be the AL favorite if not then the WS favorite. Take a team 1 game away from a title and add a healthy Danny Salazar, add a healthy Carlos Carrasco, add Edwin Encarmacion (replacing Napoli of course), and a healthy Michael Brantley and Yan Gomes, they are stacked.
what... getting some love from espn??? Power Rankings: Astros on top, NL teams rising ESPN — 10 hours ago After last week's lack of turnover in the top 10, things definitely got shaken up this week -- and not just because we have a new No. 1, with the Houston Astros reclaiming the top seed from the Washington Nationals. The New York Yankees took a slight step back while retaining their edge over the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East race, and the Los Angeles Dodgers made their own move into the top five with a 7-2 run. Perhaps the biggest power move within this week's reshuffle was made by the St. Louis Cardinals, with their return to the top 10 while taking over first place in the NL Central and moving past the Cubs in the Power Rankings with their weekend series win over Chicago to drop the Cubs below .500. Among the teams that made a move up in the rankings, nobody soared higher than the Toronto Blue Jays, who moved up eight slots to get back inside the top 20 with their climb back toward .500 and relevance. Not far behind them were the similarly slow-starting Texas Rangers, who moved up six slots apiece. The biggest decline probably isn't a surprise, as the New York Mets tumbled six slots. That caps a week packed with more drama: Matt Harvey's suspension and subsequent shellacking by the Brewers, plus the loss of closer Jeurys Familia for at least three months after surgery to remove a blood clot from his shoulder. Stay tuned for your next dose of Mets mayhem. This week's voters are Bradford Doolittle, Eric Karabell, Tim Kurkjian, David Schoenfield and Mark Simon. Houston Astros Washington Nationals New York Yankees Los Angeles Dodgers Baltimore Orioles St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs Boston Red Sox Colorado Rockies Cleveland Indians
Yeah I was surprised to read theat too... shows what a 7-3 stretch in May is worth ... a slow week at ESPN
