Power Rankings: September 4th

Power Rankings: September 4th

1)   Atlanta Braves

2)   Boston Red Sox

3)   Detroit Tigers

4)   LA Dodgers

5)   St. Louis Cardinals

6)   Pittsburg Pirates

7)   Texas Rangers

8)   Cincinnati Reds

9)   Oakland Athletics

10)         Tampa Bay Rays

Things are starting to get tight in baseball know that the playoffs are less then a month away and were not seeing much change has accrued.  That said that doesn’t mean every team is in the clear.  The Tampa Bay Rays, in the last 2 weeks, has a record of 4-10.  That’s a problem for the Rays to slump this late in the season with teams like the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees not that far behind them.  The Pittsburgh Pirates is another team that has to worry some when they have a 7-6 record in the last 2 weeks but a very poor .228 RISP in that time.  While the Atlanta Braves don’t have many things to worry about the Reds/Cardinals/Pirates do need to watch their backs since the Washington Nationals have been amazing.  10-4 in the last 2 weeks and with a team stat line of .302/.368/.481 makes them look dangerous.  The wild card could be very interesting to watch.  Now to the part everyone loves, our Bottom 5.

Bottom 5

            26) Chicago White Sox

            27) New York Mets

            28) Milwaukee Brewers

            29) Houston Astros

            30) Miami Marlins

Really no surprises but there are more teams that could have made this list.  The Seattle Mariners inched out the Chicago White Sox barely and I still wonder if they deserved it more than the New York Mets.  The one change that you can see is the Houston Astros are 29^th now over the Miami Marlins; mainly since the team has been doing decently and the Marlins have been so terrible this last few weeks.