ESPN Power Rankings, 2017

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The Orioles are up one slot from their previous week's ranking (from #4 to #3.) 

The Orioles are up 10 slots from the original Pre-season Rankings (from #13 to #3.)

 

ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 2)

 

11) )) Houston Astros

12) )) Chicago Cubs

13) lll BALTIMORE ORIOLES

14) )) New York Mets

15) )) Washington Nationals

16) )) Los Angeles Dodgers

17) )) Boston Red Sox

18) )) Detroit Tigers 

19) )) Arizona Diamondbacks 

10) ) New York Yankees 

11) ) Cleveland Indians

12) ) Colorado Rockies 

13) ) Cincinnati Reds

14) ) Florida Marlins 

15) ) Minnesota Twins

16) ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays

17) ) California Angels 

18) ) Pittsburgh Pirates 

19) ) Texas Rangers

20) ) San Francisco Giants 

21) ) Kansas City Royals 

22) ) Milwaukee Brewers 

23) ) St. Louis Cardinals

24) ) Seattle Mariners 

25) ) Oakland Athletics

26) ) Chicago White Sox

27) ) Toronto Blue Jays

28) ) Philadelphia Phillies 

29) ) San Diego Padres

30) )  Atlanta Braves

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week2/ranking-mlb-teams-week-2-season

 

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[OFFNY]

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The Orioles remained in the same position as they were in from the previous week's ranking (#3.) 

The Orioles are up 10 slots from the original Pre-season Rankings (from #13 to #3.)

 

ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 3)

 

11) )) Houston Astros

12) )) Washington Nationals

13) lll BALTIMORE ORIOLES

14) )) Chicago Cubs

15) )) New York Yankees

16) )) Cleveland Indians

17) )) Colorado Rockies

18) )) Arizona Diamondbacks 

19) )) Boston Red Sox 

10) ) Detroit Tigers 

11) ) Los Angeles Dodgers

12) ) New York Mets 

13) ) Florida Marlins

14) ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 

15) ) Cincinnati Reds

16) ) St. Louis Cardinals

17) ) Oakland Athletics 

18) ) Milwaukee Pilots/Brewers 

19) ) Texas Rangers

20) ) Minnesota Twins 

21) ) Pittsburgh Pirates

22) ) Philadelphia Phillies 

23) ) California Angels

24) ) Kansas City Royals 

25) ) Seattle Mariners

26) ) Chicago White Sox

27) ) San Francisco Giants

28) ) Atlanta Braves

29) ) San Diego Padres

30) ) Toronto Blue Jays

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week3/ranking-mlb-teams-week-3-season

 

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[OFFNY]

On 4/24/2017 at 2:13 PM, OFFNY said:

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ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 3)

 

11) )) Houston Astros

12) )) Washington Nationals

13) lll BALTIMORE ORIOLES

14) )) Chicago Cubs

15) )) New York Yankees

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week3/ranking-mlb-teams-week-3-season

 

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Tim Kurkjian has the Orioles at #1. ll 

 

After Mark Teixeira failed to include the Orioles in his top-5, Kurkjian jumped in and said ........ 

 

"This is not the one that I came up with, this is not the one that I sent in. I have the Orioles at # 1, and I have the Rockies at #5. With the Rockies pitching a little bit better in addition to their perennially good offense, I think it's time to start thinking about the Rockies and the Diamondbacks as potential contenders now ...... and I'm not sure that I thought that 3 weeks ago."

 

Kurkjian appeared to be politely telling Teixeira that he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.)  

 

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[Can_of_corn]

So they kept the power ranking guy on the payroll.

 

Good to know...

[Phantom]

Power rankings are the cheapest way to drive traffic (other than Skip and/or Steven A yelling at each other) because for some reason people care about subjective power rankings in a sport that has actual standings.

[OFFNY]

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The Orioles dropped 3 slots from the previous week's ranking (from #3 to #6.) 

The Orioles are up 7 slots from the original Pre-season Rankings (from #13 to #6.)

 

ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 4)

 

11) )) Washington Nationals

12) )) Houston Astros

13) )) Chicago Cubs

14) )) New York Yankees

15) )) Cleveland Indians

16) lll BALTIMORE ORIOLES

17) )) Arizona Diamondbacks 

18) )) Los Angeles Dodgers 

19) )) Boston Red Sox 

10) ) Colorado Rockies 

11) ) St. Louis Cardinals

12) ) Texas Rangers 

13) ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays

14) ) Milwaukee Pilots/Brewers

15) ) Chicago White Sox

16) ) Seattle Mariners

17) ) Texas Rangers 

18) ) New York Mets

19) ) California Angels

20) ) Florida Marlins 

21) ) Philadelphia Phillies

22) ) Pittsburgh Pirates 

23) ) Minnesota Twins

24) ) San Francisco Giants 

25) ) Oakland Athletics

26) ) Cincinnati Reds

27) ) Toronto Blue Jays

28) ) Atlanta Braves

29) ) San Diego Padres

30) ) Kansas City Royals

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week4/ranking-mlb-teams-week-4-season

 

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The Orioles moved up 1 slot from the previous week's ranking (from #6 to #5.) 

The Orioles are up 8 slots from the original Pre-season Rankings (from #13 to #5.)

 

ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 5)

 

11) )) Washington Nationals

12) )) New York Yankees

13) )) Houston Astros

14) )) Chicago Cubs

15) )) BALTIMORE ORIOLES

16) lll Cleveland Indians

17) )) Los Angeles Dodgers 

18) )) Colorado Rockies 

19) )) Arizona Diamondbacks 

10) ) Boston Red Sox 

11) ) Detroit Tigers

12) ) St. Louis Cardinals

13) ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays

14) ) New York Mets

15) ) Minnesota Twins

16) ) California Angels

17) ) Cincinnati Reds 

18) ) Seattle Mariners

19) ) Chicago White Sox

20) ) Milwaukee Pilots/Brewers 

21) ) Texas Ranges

22) ) Pittsburgh Pirates 

23) ) Florida Marlins

24) ) Philadelphia Phillies 

25) ) San Francisco Giants

26) ) Toronto Blue Jays

27) ) Atlanta Braves

28) ) Oakland Athletics

29) ) Kansas City Royals

30) ) San Diego Padres

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week5/ranking-mlb-teams-week-5-season

 

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[schittenden]

They really love to harp on run differential. 

[OFFNY]

18 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 5)

 

14) )) Chicago Cubs

17) ) Cincinnati Reds 

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week5/ranking-mlb-teams-week-5-season

 

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These two teams play in the same division.

The Reds (17-14) are one full  game ahead of the Cubs (16-15.)

 

This is likely the largest discrepancy between one team that has a better overall record than another team in an MLB power ranking of any kind ...... and I'm sure that the Reds are grateful that this is not Division I-A college football. lll  

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[ORIOLE33]

We should be ahead of the Cubs.

[ChinMusic]

The Cubs are a farce thus far and living off of last season's reputation. You'd think after 30 mediocre games, they'd start to drop a little.

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

It's just silly. I don't know how our offense compared to the Yankees will shake out over the course of a whole season, but they've been other worldly hot while we've been just OK. And that's used in the comparison, that we score almost 1.5 runs less per game. Yes, that's true, for now! 

Just dumb. 

[OFFNY]

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The Orioles remained in the same slot from where they were in the previous week's ranking (#5.) 

The Orioles are up 8 slots from the original Pre-season Rankings (from #13 to #5.)

 

ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 6)

 

11) )) Houston Astros

12) )) Washington Nationals

13) )) New York Yankees

14) )) Los Angeles Dodgers

15) )) BALTIMORE ORIOLES

16) lll St. Louis Cardinals

17) )) Chicago Cubs

18) )) Boston Red Sox 

19) )) Colorado Rockies  

10) ) Cleveland Indians 

11) ) Arizona Diamondbacks

12) ) Minnesota Twins

13) ) Cincinnati Reds

14) ) Milwaukee Pilots/Brewers

15) ) Texas Rangers

16) ) Detroit Tigers

17) ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 

18) ) Toronto Blue Jays

19) ) Seattle Mariners

20) ) New York Mets 

21) ) California Angels

22) ) Chicago White Sox 

23) ) Oakland Athletics

24) ) Philadelphia Phillies 

25) ) Florida Marlins

26) ) San Francisco Giants

27) ) Pittsburgh Pirates

28) ) Kansas City Royals

29) ) Atlanta Braves

30) ) San Diego Padres

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week6/ranking-mlb-teams-week-6-season

 

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[OFFNY]

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The Orioles remained in the same slot from where they were in the previous week's ranking (#5.) 

The Orioles are up 8 slots from the original Pre-season Rankings (from #13 to #5.)

 

ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 7)

 

11) )) Houston Astros

12) )) Washington Nationals

13) )) New York Yankees

14) )) Los Angeles Dodgers

15) )) BALTIMORE ORIOLES

16) lll Colorado Rockies

17) )) Chicago Cubs

18) )) Texas Rangers 

19) )) Cleveland Indians  

10) ) Arizona Diamondbacks 

11) ) Milwaukee Pilots/Brewers

12) ) Boston Red Sox

13) ) St. Louis Cardinals

14) ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays

15) ) Minnesota Twins

16) ) Detroit Tigers

17) ) California Angels

18) ) Seattle Mariners

19) ) Chicago White Sox

20) ) Toronto Blue Jays 

21) ) Cincinnati Reds

22) ) San Francisco Giants 

23) ) Oakland Athletics

24) ) New York Mets 

25) ) Pittsburgh Pirates

26) ) Atlanta Braves

27) ) Kansas City Royals

28) ) Philadelphia Phillies

29) ) Florida Marlins

30) ) San Diego Padres

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week7/ranking-mlb-teams-week-7-season

 

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The Orioles dropped 6 slots from the previous week's ranking (from #5 to #11.) 

The Orioles are up 2 slots from the original Pre-season Rankings (from #13 to #11.)

 

ESPN Power Rankings ))))))(Week 8)

 

11) )) Houston Astros

12) )) Washington Nationals

13) )) Los Angeles Dodgers

14) )) Colorado Rockies

15) )) New York Yankees

16) lll Arizona Diamondbacks

17) )) Chicago Cubs

18) )) Boston Red Sox 

19) )) Cleveland Indians  

10) ) Minnesota Twins

11) ) BALTIMORE ORIOLES

12) ) Tampa Bay Devil Rays

13) ) St. Louis Cardinals

14) ) Milwaukee Pilots/Brewers

15) ) Texas Rangers

16) ) California Angels

17) ) Toronto Blue Jays 

18) ) Detroit Tigers

19) ) Cincinnati Reds

20) ) Chicago White Sox

21) ) Pittsburgh Pirates

22) ) New York Mets 

23) ) Oakland Athletics

24) ) Atlanta Braves 

25) ) San Francisco Giants

26) ) Kansas City Royals

27) ) Seattle Mariners

28) ) Florida Marlins

29) ) Philadelphia Phillies

30) ) San Diego Padres

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/powerrankings_2017week8/ranking-mlb-teams-week-8-season

 

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