Paul Meyer's Power Rankings: August 17, 2008

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

Sunday, August 17, 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)	In this lineup, it's anybody, anytime.
2. Chicago Cubs (2)	Enjoyed runny nights in Georgia.
3. Tampa Bay Rays (3)	The more they lose, the more they win.
4. Boston Red Sox (4)	Hoping Byrd can fly.
5. Milwaukee Brewers (7)	Sabathia has been unreal.
6. Chicago White Sox (5)	First, first, first, first time for everything.
7. Minnesota Twins (6)	Perkins pancaked Yankees.
8. St. Louis Cardinals (8)	Admirable hang-in-there ability.
9. New York Mets (12)	Visit to Washington a tonic.
10. New York Yankees (9)	Are they done after tough trip (3-7)?
11. Philadelphia Phillies (10)	They certainly did not love L.A.
12. Florida Marlins (11)	Didn't capitalize on Phillie phlop.
13. L.A. Dodgers (16)	Blake contributing under the radar.
14. Arizona D-Backs (14)	Finally, the deal is Dunn.
15. Houston Astros (18)	Losing Lee a blow, but ...
16. Toronto Blue Jays (15)	Burnett having a career year.
17. Texas Rangers (13)	Now 51-1 all time when scoring 15-plus.
18. Detroit Tigers (17)	Season-long mound woes mount.
19. Baltimore Orioles (19)	Guthrie lone rotation bright spot.
20. Atlanta Braves (21)	The Bueno times are long gone.
21. Pirates (22)	Pedro mania ends (whew!) Pedro watch begins.
22. Oakland Athletics (20)	Ziegler shows he's human.
23. Cleveland Indians (26)	Picking it up a bit.
24. Kansas City Royals (24)	Hochevar not cool hand Luke.
25. Cincinnati Reds (23)	Adam's era Dunn.
26. Colorado Rockies (25)	All not Wells with Kip.
27. San Fran. Giants (27)	stros "waffle-stomped them.
28. San Diego Padres (29)	Maddux vs. Moyer one for the ages.
29. Seattle Mariners (28)	King Felix on a roll.
30. Washington Nationals (30)	Yuck!
Note: Last week's ranking in parentheses