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Rank |
Team |
Record |
Comment |
Previous |
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1 |
Baltimore |
13-3 |
Prince Fielder's 9 homers and 22 rbi pace Baltimore to an outstanding
start. |
5 |
|
2 |
Houston |
11-5 |
Don't take you eye of their runners - 22 out of 26 in stolen bases thus
far. Alfonso Soriano looks like an early MVP candidate. |
3 |
|
3 |
St. Louis |
10-6 |
Francisco Cordero for Cy Young? |
4 |
|
4 |
Los Angeles |
9-7 |
Slap hitters anyone? An anemic 5 homers in 16 games. |
2 |
|
5 |
Anaheim |
7-9 |
Too much hype? Well their pitching is tops in the league, but slumping
offense has been their downfall. |
1 |
|
6 |
Toronto |
11-5 |
Holding their opposition to just a .225 batting average thus far. |
6 |
|
7 |
San Francisco |
11-5 |
Ryan Braun is batting .457 and striking fear in everyone they face. |
7 |
|
8 |
Milwaukee |
8-8 |
Poor road record (3-6) and .386 team slugging against RHP has hurt this
team. |
9 |
|
9 |
New York |
8-8 |
After a poor start, New York taken 7 out of their last 10 lead by Matt
Stairs. Pitching leads the league with 74 walks. |
12 |
|
10 |
Cleveland |
8-8 |
Hard luck team - winless in 3 extra inning games. |
13 |
|
11 |
Chicago |
8-8 |
Leading the league with a .307 average and giving up less hits than
innings pitched should equal a winning record. |
14 |
|
12 |
Kansas City |
5-11 |
Worst in the league in hitting - just .226 |
8 |
|
13 |
Colorado |
7-9 |
Tops in the league in fielding. |
11 |
|
14 |
Texas |
5-11 |
Texas should bounce back from poor start. Pitching (3.84) is good and
offense should come around. |
10 |
|
15 |
Boston |
8-8 |
Matt Holliday leads the league with 23 rbi, however their pitching
(5.17) is not getting too many people out. |
15 |
|
16 |
Pittsburgh |
8-8 |
Brad Hawpe leads the offense with 6 homers and 19 rbi. |
18 |
|
17 |
Atlanta |
7-9 |
Josh Hamilton is off to a hot start with 4 homers and 12 rbi. |
17 |
|
18 |
Minnesota |
10-6 |
Smoke and mirrors or does this team really have a pitching staff? 3.79
era thus far. |
19 |
|
19 |
Seattle |
8-8 |
Pitching is always stable in Seattle, they just need to figure out how
to score some runs and strike out less (132ks leads league). |
20 |
|
20 |
Florida |
5-11 |
Their pitching staff has given up 26 home runs - that's too many. |
16 |
|
21 |
Philadelphia |
7-9 |
19 sacrifice attempts thus far? How many one run games is this team in
with a league worst 6.37 era? |
22 |
|
22 |
Oakland |
7-9 |
4-8 versus RHP and 3-1 vs LHP |
23 |
|
23 |
San Diego |
5-11 |
They have scored 1 or fewer runs in 5 games thus far. |
21 |
|
24 |
Detroit |
6-10 |
Six wins this early in the season is a surprise, however don't expect
more than 55 on the year. |
24 |
