Top 10 and Bottom Power Rankings for May 15

            Ok so it’s been two weeks since the last Power Rankings so lets take a look and see how much has changed.

1)   St. Louis Cardinals: Wow this team is showing that it isn’t just he best team in the NL.  Pitching has been a strong point that I personally thought would be the downfall.  The bullpen became a strength with Edward Mujica becoming the teams closer.  This could be a fun team to watch from this point forward.

2)   Baltimore Orioles: Like I’ve been saying this team has a lot of talent and can keep up with the best teams.  Both pitching and hitting doing solid work this is the team that has the best shot to upset the AL East.

3)  Atlanta Braves: Still going strong but I worry that the teams weak hitting is going to catch up with them at some point.  Pitching and defense is keeping them a float and as long as that survives they’ll be fine.

4)   Texas Rangers: Strong hitting and pitching is doing well not much to say.

5)   New York Yankees: I’m impressed with this team I really am.  They have enough players on the DL to actually man a field and yet somehow they are still one of the stronger teams in the AL.  With Granderson coming back soon I can only see them get stronger.

6)   Boston Red Sox: Been struggling lately, not really a hit on the team as a whole moving them down this far from the top spot.  But the thing that makes them drop is the major hit to the bullpen that they took.  Losing not just 1 of their top pitchers but 2 in the same day is a blow for anyone of these teams.

7)   Cincinnati Reds: Team seems to be stabilizing a little bit, with the hitting coming through for them and the pitching doing better.  Young team with a lot of talent.

8)   San Francisco Giants:  Offense is doing better than I was expecting even with the pitching kind of having an off week.

9)   Detroit Tigers:  Finally doing what we expected.  Sanchez and Scherzer holding down the rotation like aces almost making people forget that Verlander hasn’t been great lately.

10)   1)    Arizona Diamondbacks: A team that has quietly been very consistent and very good over the last two weeks mainly because of good hitting and Paul Goldschmidt.  How long they can sustain this or just if they can is yet to be seen.

So unlike last time I’m going to have the bottom 5 at the same time.

26) Chicago Cubs: Weak hitting and pitching, but at least they have signs of life.  The signing of Anthony Rizzo is a good move for them moving forward.

27) Chicago White Sox: Sorry Chi Sox fans but the teams just not that good.  If it helps they are starting to turn things around.

28) Anaheim Angels: Wow this is a team I didn’t expect to put on a list like this.  For a more detailed reasoning go read my “Struggles of the Angels” and find out what’s wrong with them.

29) Florida Marlins: They’re still a terrible team and a coin toss from being the worst in baseball.  While I still think they are worse than the team under them under my own criteria I set for my rankings I cant put them there.

30) Houston Astros: This isn’t a shock to anyone.  They score runs, which is good, but the pitching is just so terrible that they had to be put down here.  Not going to sugar coat this one they are playing like the worst team in baseball.