Griff's Power Rankings, Week 5

(Last week’s power rankings in parentheses)

1-Blue Jays (2)

First week in top spot; enjoy, real test begins with Yanks & Bosox

2-Red Sox (3)

Bullpen looking solid and deep; Youkilis ready to return

3-Dodgers (1)

Manny on women’s fertility drug? In-conceivable!

4-Cardinals (4)

Hosting All-Star Game in July; playing like all-stars

5-Mets (17)

Starting to enjoy games at home; new park, no Shea (thank God)

6-Cubs (5)

May well sink quickly with Zambrano on DL for a while

7-Tigers (12)

Verlander returning to rookie form; Zumaya helps

8-Brewers (15)

Manager Ken Macha finally understanding what he’s got

9-Royals (8)

Greinke clear leader over Doc for Cy; Soria sore

10-Reds (11)

Talented young pitchers starting to mature

11-Angels (20)

Halos season finally starting to settle into semblance of normalcy

12-Phillies (9)

Things never seem easy for defending Series champs.

13-Yankees (7)

Mariano gives up back-to-back homers; yikes! Can Mo's end be near

14-Marlins (10)

The rainy season in south Fla? Call it the 21st Century

15-Rays (13)

Evan Longoria so hot even Tony Parker is interested

16-Rangers (21)

Rangers UFC brawlers in a Marquis of Queensbury world

17-Giants (22)

First to take down Manny-less L.A. at Dodger Stadium

18-Mariners (6)

M’s are like the sun; always sinking in the west

19-Braves (19)

Bobby Cox looking for his hitters to step up to plate

20-White Sox (16)

John Danks and Gavin Floyd need to step it up in Sox rotation

21-Twins (18)

Twins will hang around middle of pack all year, then, boom, contenders

22-Diamondbacks (23)

Manager A.J. Hinch ran the farm. Acceptance by vets will be main chore

23-Astros (27)

This team will get better as NL Central comes back to earth around them

24-Orioles (28)

Cito insists O’s just need a little pitching to be good; okay maybe a lot

25-Padres (25)

Quick, name three starting position players for Pads. I thought so

26-Rockies (29)

Since peaking at the ’07 World Series it’s been a downhill schuss

27-Pirates (14)

Lull in Bucs once promising rotation has fans crying a (fourth) river

28-Indians (26)

May be AL’s most disappointing team; Sizemore needs to step it up

29-A’s (24)

Problem? Young pitching is pitching like young pitching; well, yeah

30-Nationals (30)

Have ranked last every week; hey, at least they’re consistent

Comments

[Jeff]

The Jays should not have a signifigant challenge when it comes to the Yankee, all respect towards what the Yanks have done in prior years.
Unfortunately they are going to be taken by the jays.
Jays~Yankees Defense JAYS
Jays~Yankees Hitting JAYS
Jays~Yankees Starting Pitching JAYS
Jays~Yankees Bullpen JAYS
Jays~Yankees Age Yankees are too OLD
Jays~Yankees Should take at least 2 of 3

New York is NOT in good shape at all, and how are they going to do well with 10000 empty seats at all their games at a new stadium, not very good times in NY these days
GO JAYS GO!!!
Boston is the tough team, and they very good, should be a good season for Toronto Fans.
Support your Jays people!!!

[Kevin]

The Yankees and Red Sox are not the first real test for the Jays. Historically, the Jays have had two weaknesses. The first is west coast road trips. They came back 3-2 from this short one, which is probably 2 games better than I thought they would be. Their next big test is inter-league play, which is still about a month away.

[AH]

Power rankings don't mean anything. They have standings. That's good enough.