Tony over at MLB Blog Buzz sent an e-mail yesterday asking for submissions for a group Power Ranking project they’re working on, so naturally Dennis and I were happy to oblige.
Once I got into ranking the teams, I realized that outside of the top five and bottom five, doing this during the preseason is really a wild, likely-to-be-wrong crapshoot. But he’ll, what isn’t these days?
I’ve admittedly not paid an extensive amount of attention to the offseason moves of the rest of the league that haven’t made huge headlines, but I think I’ve got a half-decent handle on who’s significantly improved or regressed.
With that said, either Dennis or I apparently have the opportunity to look really smart or really foolish on the Tampa Bay Rays.
As for the rankings, enjoy:
| Dennis | PH8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SF | BOS |
| 2 | BOS | PHI |
| 3 | PHI | NYY |
| 4 | TEX | TEX |
| 5 | CHA | SF |
| 6 | STL | TBY |
| 7 | CIN | MIN |
| 8 | OAK | CHA |
| 9 | NYA | ATL |
| 10 | MIN | CIN |
| 11 | MIL | STL |
| 12 | LAA | MIL |
| 13 | ATL | COL |
| 14 | COL | OAK |
| 15 | DET | SD |
| 16 | CHN | TOR |
| 17 | LAN | CHN |
| 18 | FLA | DET |
| 19 | BAL | LAA |
| 20 | SD | NYN |
| 21 | TOR | FLA |
| 22 | HOU | LAN |
| 23 | SEA | HOU |
| 24 | NYN | SEA |
| 25 | WSN | BAL |
| 26 | TBY | ARZ |
| 27 | ARZ | WSN |
| 28 | PIT | CLE |
| 29 | CLE | PIT |
| 30 | KC | KC |
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I relish the opportunity to look foolish, and this power rankings list proves that. I’m sure that the Rays are better than the 26th most talented team, but I’m ranking them based on other factors. The Yankees aren’t taking a huge step back (yet), and the Red Sox got a lot better, so the games against those two teams are still really tough. The Rays made some personnel moves (Crawford, Garza, and Bartlett) that aren’t great for morale. Sure, Bartlett was basically an extra part, and Garza wasn’t their top guy, but the impression is that they are stocking up for another year. The loss of Crawford is huge, though.
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