Paul Meyer's Power Rankings: August 10, 2008

A weekly look at who's moving and who's losing around the majors

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Paul Meyer's Power Rankings
A weekly look at who's moving and who's losing around the majors
Rk. Team	The skinny
1. Angels (1)	Their big problem is staying interested.
2. Chicago Cubs (2)	Stormed back against Astros.
3. Tampa Bay Rays (3)	Wonderful Wednesday win.
4. Boston Red Sox (4)	Bay an instant hit in Beantown.
5. Chicago White Sox (5)	Pitching has headed south.
6. Minnesota Twins (6)	Liriano rejoins young rotation.
7. Milwaukee Brewers (10)	Parra/Fielder dust-up interesting.
8. St. Louis Cardinals (8)	Is Perez the closer now?
9. New York Yankees (9)	Must be real careful with Chamberlain.
10. Philadelphia Phillies (7)	Where's the offense for Hamels?
11. Florida Marlins (12)	Had two good days at The Bank.
12. New York Mets (11)	Wagner's loss muddles bullpen.
13. Texas Rangers (14)	Murphy's ROY campaign stalled.
14. Arizona D-Backs (13)	Is Webb enough to hold off Dodgers?
15. Toronto Blue Jays (16)	Pretty much ended A's season.
16. L.A. Dodgers (17)	Manny is like way cool!
17. Detroit Tigers (15)	Going 3-7 on trip means they're done.
18. Houston Astros (21)	Held team meeting at home plate.
19. Baltimore Orioles (19)	Waters not a secret anymore.
20. Oakland Athletics (18)	Huston not on easy Street.
21. Atlanta Braves (23)	RIP Skip Caray.
22. Pirates (22)	Jeff Karstens!
23. Cincinnati Reds (20)	Simply cannot beat Oswalt.
24. Kansas City Royals (24)	Meche on quite a roll.
25. Colorado Rockies (25)	Double 6-3 trouble.
26. Cleveland Indians (26)	Lee a lonely bright spot.
27. San Francisco Giants (27)	Powerless to stop the losing.
28. Seattle Mariners (29)	What a week for Ibanez!
29. San Diego Padres (28)	Gerut becoming a fixture.
30. Washington Nationals (30)	Never win when Lannan starts.
Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses