Some prolonged streaks – of each the successful and shedding selection – led to fairly the shakeup on this week’s Power Rankings.
Well, apart from the highest spot.
The Braves remained the unanimous No. 1 staff, however there’s a new staff nipping at their heels this week. There was additionally a newcomer to the Top 5 and a pair of different golf equipment jumped into the Top 10.
Here’s a full have a look at the rankings:
Biggest leap: Though the Brewers dropped two of three to the Braves this weekend, that got here solely after they’d swept the Reds in Cincinnati popping out of the break and received two of three towards the Phillies in Philadelphia. Since dropping to 34-34 on June 14, Milwaukee has gone 21-11 to maneuver 10 video games above .500. That’s sufficient for the Brewers to climb to No. 7 on this week’s rankings – an eight-spot leap from final week.
Biggest drop: At the opposite finish of the spectrum, the Marlins misplaced eight straight video games popping out of the All-Star break. They lastly snapped that skid with a walk-off win towards the Rockies on Sunday, however Miami now finds itself on the skin trying in relating to the NL Wild Card race – and down eight spots to No. 16 this week.
1) Braves, 64-34 (final week: 1)
With Ronald Acuña Jr. placing collectively an MVP-caliber season — he’s on tempo for 38 homers and 76 stolen bases – it’s straightforward to neglect generally simply how harmful the remainder of the Braves’ lineup may be. Austin Riley served up fairly the reminder this week, homering in 5 straight video games (together with a two-homer efficiency in Atlanta’s wild 16-13 loss to the D-backs). Riley racked up six homers and 16 RBIs in six video games for a Braves staff that sits 3 1/2 video games forward of the Orioles for the perfect file within the Majors.
2) Orioles, 61-38 (final week: 5)
After beginning the week by dropping two of three to the Dodgers, the O’s despatched a message to the remainder of the league by taking three of 4 from the Rays in St. Pete. Félix Bautista earned the win within the first recreation of that collection, then locked down the save in Baltimore’s different two victories. The All-Star nearer has held the opposition scoreless in 21 of his previous 22 outings. He has 28 saves and a 0.92 ERA in 45 appearances this season. The backend of that Baltimore bullpen is a giant cause why the membership is 18-9 in one-run video games – and now sits atop the AL East.
3) Rays, 61-42 (final week: 2)
Tampa Bay is simply 3-7 within the second half, however the membership’s struggles really date again to some weeks earlier than the break. The Rays are 4-14 over their previous 18 video games, and this previous week was a very powerful blow. After being swept by the first-place Rangers, Tampa Bay returned residence and dropped three of 4 towards the Orioles, who moved two video games forward of the Rays within the AL East. Zach Eflin, who continues to be their most constant starter, accounted for the membership’s solely win in that collection, tossing seven scoreless innings to decrease his season ERA to three.36.
4) Dodgers, 57-41 (final week: 6)
Though the Dodgers haven’t had the dominant pitching that has grow to be a staple in current seasons, they’ve regained the highest spot within the NL West behind a surging offense. Freddie Freeman carried the torch this previous week, hitting a ridiculous .583 (14-for-24) with three homers, three doubles, one triple and 7 RBIs. He additionally labored 5 walks whereas putting out solely 3 times. That helped the Dodgers win a pair of collection towards first-place groups, taking two of three towards each the Orioles and Rangers – all on the street.
5) Rangers, 59-41 (final week: 3)
Every week that began with such promise couldn’t have ended a lot worse for the AL West-leading Rangers. After sweeping the Rays to push their successful streak to 6 video games, the Rangers dropped the primary two video games of their set towards the Dodgers by a mixed rating of 27-8. If that wasn’t dangerous sufficient, Corey Seager departed Friday’s recreation after jamming his thumb and landed on the 10-day IL the next day. Texas already needed to overcome one IL stint for Seager when he missed a month earlier this season, but it surely’s nonetheless a troublesome blow contemplating he is hitting .350 with 15 homers and a 1.044 OPS in 66 video games.
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