Griff's Power Rankings, Week 6

(Last week’s power rankings in parentheses)

1-Blue Jays (1)

Halladay will not pitch in Fenway series. Monster looms for youngsters

2-Dodgers (3)

Manny apologizes to team; says he will name baby after Torre

3-Brewers (8)

Macha has hottest team in baseball’s deepest division

4-Mets (5)

Delgado’s hip gives out; can he come back or is it over?

5-Cubs (6)

Wrigleyville still chilly while Milton Bradley looks for game

6-Yankees (13)

Another day another walk-off as A-Rod sucks but presence felt

7-Rangers (16)

Washington second ex-A’s coach in top six while original A’s near bottom.

8-Tigers (7)

Jim Leyland finally has the engines humming in Motown

9-Red Sox (2)

Big Papi hitting like Little Mami; says just write Papi stinks

10-Phillies (12)

Have too many offensive weapons to stay down forever

11-Cardinals (4)

If Pujols ever got hurt, Nats would have to sublet the basement

12-Reds (10)

Votto has mysterious ailment; absence hurts offence

13-Giants (17)

Playing like real NL team two years after Bonds circus left town

14-Royals (9)

A young NL-style team that nobody in AL really wants to play

15-Angels (11)

Returning Lackey throws two pitches and gets tossed? Shake yourself ump

16-Braves (19)

Cox-Gaston intriguing inter-league matchup; Braves 6-10 at home

17-Rays (15)

Sure Maddon’s a little unorthodox, but Sonnanstine batting third? Oops!

18-Astros (23)

Keep an eye on this team as they await successful liftoff

19-Marlins (14)

Just like at Sea World, these Marlins are in the tank

20-Mariners (18)

M’s played Bosox tough, but still doing slow fade into sub-Mariners

21-White Sox (20)

The Chisox total is far less than the sum of the parts; especially in the rotation

22-Twins (21)

Victimized by Yanks for three walkoffs, Mauer is back and, oh yes, he’s real

23-Orioles (24)

Zaun average sinks below Mendoza line; can Matt Wieters era be at hand

24-Pirates (27)

Buccos ship struck broadside by the rest of division; hello Davey Jones

25-Padres (25)

West Coast order of horsehide friars has clearly taken vow of suck-itude

26-Rockies (26)

The biggest Hurdle to Rox contending is not Clint

27-Indians (28)

Tribe has too many good players to stay this low on totem pole for long

28-Diamondbacks (22)

The saying is you have to learn to crawl…but dammit, D’backs are snakes

29-A’s (29)

A’s rotation is same as Jays rotation without Roy Halladay

30-Nationals (30)

President Obama is working on stimulus package

Comments

[Dave]

You Homer!

[DT]

Know what I would really enjoy reading from the Star. Someone to write about JP Riccardi and what he has done in the last few years to completely turn this team around. His drafts from 2003 have all been solid, if not spectacular. His ability to find pitching and turn them into useable Major League talent. His ability to bring on solid coaching, the system right from low A to the Majors is full of quality coaches and the system has to be at least top 10 in the league with the players they are turning out. He has also made some great trades, Marco Scutaro, Fabio Castro (still unproven but doing well in AAA). I would really like somone to put that all together into a nice piece. Doubt its ever going to happen though.