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Paul Meyer's Baseball Rankings
Sunday, May 06, 2007
(Last week's ranking in parentheses)

Rank, Team The skinny
1. New York Mets (1) Oliver's story gets better and better.
2. Boston Red Sox (2) Beckett barreling toward big year.
3. Cleveland Indians (6) Unbeaten when C.C. starts.
4. Atlanta Braves (3) No keeping up with C. Jones.
5. Milwaukee Brewers (4) Vargas is Houdini-like.
6. Los Angeles Dodgers (5) Broxton sets up Saito superbly.
7. Detroit Tigers (7) Sheff finally turned on the oven.
8. Angels (11) Weaver spinning better results.
9. San Diego Padres (9) 41-16 in previous two Mays.
10. New York Yankees (10) It's the strength guy's fault?
11. Minnesota Twins (8) Could use more oomph from Boof.
12. San Francisco Giants (12) A walk in the park for Barry again.
13. Arizona D-Backs (13) Davis a plus despite win-loss record.
14. Seattle Mariners (23) Guillen starting to pick it up.
15. Chicago White Sox (14) Danks but no Danks.
16. Toronto Blue Jays (15) Halladay a workhorse.
17. Oakland Athletics (16) Quick return for disgruntled Melhuse.
18. Pirates (18) LaRoche stand-up guy during struggle.
19. Philadelphia Phillies (19) Take a look at Howard's stats.
20. Florida Marlins (20) Home waters a bit roily.
21. Cincinnati Reds (21) Getting what they need from Lohse.
22. Tampa Bay D-Rays (27) Shields a ray of hope.
23. Houston Astros (24) Oswalt's domination of Reds uncanny.
24. Baltimore Orioles (22) Walking too many to fly.
25. Chicago Cubs (28) Almost double or nothing for D.Lee.
26. St. Louis Cardinals (17) A moment of silence here.
27. Colorado Rockies (25) Are no obstacle for Smoltz.
28. Texas Rangers (26) Ian bein' The Man.
29. Kansas City Royals (29) Made dubious April history.
30. Washington Nationals (30) Church attendance is strong.


First published on May 5, 2007 at 11:38 pm