Buster Olney's MLB Power Rankings

[bone3421]

nats hold the top spot for now....rangers jump up to 6th after 1st week

nats...braves...tigers...reds...giants top 5

2013 MLB Baseball Power Rankings Week 2 - Major League Baseball - ESPN

 

[bone3421]

love how the angels only fall 1 spot after their rocky start (again this year)

blue jays fall 5 spots with the exact same record as angels

 

[bone3421]

and the dodgers fell 4 spots while winning twice as many games as the angels

 

[bamabear82]

Yeah, can't put much stock in their popularity contest. All I care I about is that the Braves are 6-1 right now and not so much what ESPN thinks about them, good or bad.

 

[Beggs]

How in the hell do the reds drop a spot to 4th after taking 2 from the rangers and being a single away from sweeping the number one team, while the nats remain #1 while only beating up on the worst or second worst team in baseball?

 

[bone3421]

How in the hell do the reds drop a spot to 4th after taking 2 from the rangers and being a single away from sweeping the number one team, while the nats remain #1 while only beating up on the worst or second worst team in baseball?

 

[Beggs]

yea, where the hell did that come from. i'm sweepy

 

[HammerDown]

How in the hell do the reds drop a spot to 4th after taking 2 from the rangers and being a single away from sweeping the number one team, while the nats remain #1 while only beating up on the worst or second worst team in baseball?

Yeah, it's bullshit. I haven't seen the numbers, but does anyone have a better offense right now? How can they not be #1?

 

[ckhokie]

Reds outscored the Nats 27-10 and could have easily taken all 3. The Angles were #6 preseason too. I guess sweeping the worst team in baseball at home is more impressive than taking 2 of 3 from both.

And HD, the Reds are currently 1st in runs, 1st in run differential, and 8th in overall batting ave

 

[redlegs@hokies]

yeah, it's ridiculous that the reds took four of six from the angels and nats yet drop a spot.

 

[HammerDown]

I guess they'll post the new rankings today. expecting the Braves to be squarely in 1st and the Reds and Angels to plummet.

 

[bone3421]

2013 MLB Baseball Power Rankings Week 3 - Major League Baseball - ESPN

updated....

 

[bone3421]

braves-- oak a's--- nats---giants---cards--- top 5

rangers to 7th

cincy to 9

angels to 23

 

[bone3421]

and the d-backs had a pretty big jump....

 

[HammerDown]

Right now I think Cinci is ranked too high and so are the Angels. If Josh Hamilton hadn't come alive yesterday I think they'd be way lower.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Reds 5-7 at 9.

 

[bone3421]

2013 MLB Baseball Power Rankings Week 4 - Major League Baseball - ESPN

braves--A's--red sox--nats--tigers top 5

rangers 6th

angels 19th

 

[The Cubs fan]

Nats are still 4th?

 

[calsnowskier]

2013 MLB Baseball Power Rankings Week 4 - Major League Baseball - ESPN

braves--A's--red sox--nats--tigers top 5

rangers 6th

angels 19th

Boston 3?

ESPN is a joke. That list is a joke.

Look at the twitter scroll on that page. They are getting lambasted.

 

[bone3421]

tell you what if the rangers arent in the top 3 next week......