Week 4 Power Rankings, Balanced Rays remain at top

Teams no longer have the "It's only April" excuse as the baseball season moves into the month of May. The AL East and NL East look like the best divisions in baseball so far, but it looks like there will be plenty of competition out west in both leagues. The central divisions? I'm not too sure about them after one month of baseball.

1. Tampa Bay Rays (18-7): Another solid start for Evan Longoria: .347, 6 homers and 19 RBIs.
2. New York Yankees (16-8): Robinson Cano might be the MVP in the AL so far.
3. St. Louis Cardinals (17-8): Four wins apiece for Carpenter and Wainwright. This division should be theirs in a runaway.
4. Minnesota Twins (16-9): Still only played nine games at their new home Target Field (6-3).
5. Philadelphia Phillies (14-10): Huge contract for Howard and another week atop the NL East...barely.
6. San Diego Padres (16-9): Third in the majors with a team 2.76 ERA.
7. Detroit Tigers (16-10): Could D-Train be back after posting six shutout innings?
8. New York Mets (14-11): Just lost two straight and Santana was shelled, but have to be impressed by their short-lived surge to first place.
9. San Francisco Giants (14-10): Pablo Sandoval is going to be asked to do a lot for the Giants to contend...and he will answer.
10. Florida Marlins (13-12): Big matchup tomorrow with Anibal Sanchez going up against Tim Lincecum.
11. Texas Rangers (13-12): Three straight wins finds the Rangers atop the AL West.
12. Chicago Cubs (13-13): When this team hits, they really hit. When they don't, not so much.
13. Washington Nationals (13-12): Next nine are against division rivals.
14. Toronto Blue Jays (13-13): I feel bad for this team playing in front of some very, very small home crowds.
15. Oakland A's (13-13): Ben Sheets career looks over and it's a true shame.
16. Colorado Rockies (12-13): The Rockies need a healthy Jorge de la Rosa.
17. Cincinnati Reds (12-13): One game under, but a -29 run differential.
18. Los Angeles Angels (12-14): Same story as the Reds, Minus-28 run differential.
19. Los Angeles Dodgers (11-14): Opposite side for the other LA team. Three games under with just a -2 run differential.
20. Boston Red Sox (11-14): Each week they find themselves this low is each week their deficit to the Rays and Yankees grows.
21. Seattle Mariners (11-14): Can't ask for much more from Cliff Lee in his seven inning shutout debut.
22. Atlanta Braves (11-14): Snapped their nine game losing streak with a current three game winning streak.
23. Arizona Diamondbacks (11-14): They lead the NL with 144 runs scored and 155 runs allowed. Yikes.
24. Chicago White Sox (10-15): Worst batting average in the league as well as highest ERA from starting pitchers. Double Yikes.
25. Milwaukee Brewers (10-15): They need better than a 5.09 team ERA to compete for the Wild Card.
26. Kansas City Royals (10-15): I feel for Zack Greinke. The Cy Young winner is 0-3 with a 2.27 ERA and even tinier 0.98 WHIP.
27. Cleveland Indians (10-14): They have a major league low 85 runs scored.
28. Pittsburgh Pirates (10-15): Their -89 run differential is the worst in the majors...by 45 runs, more than double.
29. Baltimore Orioles (7-18): Climb out of the cellar with a sweep of the Red Sox.
30. Houston Astros (8-16): After a promising climb, the Astros failed to win a game last week.