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Paul Meyer's Power Rankings: 3/31/06
Friday, March 31, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The first installment sizing up each of the teams in the major leagues:

Rank, team The skinny
1. Toronto Blue Jays (18) We’ll see if money talks.
2. St. Louis Cardinals (1) Reloaded for run in new stadium.
3. Chicago White Sox (2) Can the wizardry of Oz work again?
4. Oakland Athletics (8) A good start, for once, wouldn’t hurt.
5. New York Yankees (3) Damon leads productive offense.
6. Boston Red Sox (4) Turbulent offseason finally over.
7. New York Mets (13) Primed to end Atlanta’s run.
8. Cleveland Indians (5) Another team that needs a good April.
9. Angels (6) Rest of name is too long for this space.
10. Atlanta Braves (7) Fourteen — and no longer counting.
11. Milwaukee Brewers (14) Can Prince make them kings?
12. Philadelphia Phillies (11) Rollins’ streak is early season intrigue.
13. Chicago Cubs (19) Is this Dusty’s final chance?
14. San Francisco Giants (21) Barry’s situation a huge distraction.
15. Houston Astros (9) No charge without Rocket.
16. Arizona Diamondbacks (20) Could challenge for NL West title.
17. San Diego Padres (10) WBC final highlight of Petco’s year.
18. Minnesota Twins (16) Slipping quickly toward mediocrity.
19. Detroit Tigers (23) Pirates alumni open Michigan office.
20. Pirates (29) Will We?
21. Texas Rangers (17) Again, it’s about the rotation.
22. Los Angeles Dodgers (25) Could be a Little better.
23. Seattle Mariners (26) Ichiro getting itchy to win.
24. Washington Nationals (12) Would Sammy really have helped?
25. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (27) New ownership, new optimism. Hur-Ray!
26. Cincinnati Reds (22) Arroyo ain’t enough.
27. Baltimore Orioles (24) Leo’s rockin’, but wins aren’t knockin’.
28. Kansas City Royals (30) Veteran presence will help some.
29. Colorado Rockies (28) They try and try and try.
30. Florida Marlins (15) Girardi got stuck in Fishkill South.
Number in Parentheses is raking at the end of the 2005 season.


First published on March 31, 2006 at 12:00 am