Week 3 Power Rankings

Nothing in the last week has swayed my opinion that the Tampa Bay Rays have been the best team in baseball this April. They have some close competition this week from their division rival, the New York Yankees. A couple surprise teams surge in this week's rankings while the Astros continue to spite me for trashing them after the first week with their current hot stretch.

1. Tampa Bay Rays (14-5): David Price showed how good he is with his first, of what should be many more to come, shutout on Sunday.
2. New York Yankees (12-6): Andy Pettitte still has plenty left evident his league leading 1.29 ERA.
3. Minnesota Twins (13-6): Morneau and Mauer. It doesn't get much better. You'll find their names splattered across all the statistical leaderboards.
4. Philadelphia Phillies (11-7): Halladay looking for a quick 5-0 start to his season.
5. St. Louis Cardinals (11-7): We almost forgot about Albert Pujols until he jacked two homers over the weekend.
6. San Diego Padres (11-8): I know, I can hardly believe it myself. Too bad they only have the third best run differential in their division (+12).
7. Florida Marlins (11-9): Josh Johnson will lead this team to the wild card. Book it.
8. Oakland A's (12-8): Still don't see an offensive player I can really count on, but the pitching has been great.
9. San Francisco Giants (10-8): The return of Barry Zito! He is 3-0 with a 1.32 ERA. Now if they could only give Matt Cain some run support.
10. Colorado Rockies (10-9): Ubaldo Jimenez is simply a star. He's a Cy Young contender this year. Can't say it enough.
11. Detroit Tigers (11-9): Cabrera is mashing with 5 homers and 24 RBIs while hitting .363.
12. Los Angeles Angels (10-10): I think we are way past any great hopes for Scott Kazmir. He just walks too many hitters and throws way too many pitches.
13. New York Mets (10-9): The Ike Davis factor must be contagious in the Big Apple.
14. Toronto Blue Jays (10-9): As potent as this offense can be, the Jays actually have -5 run differential on the year.
15. Chicago Cubs (10-9): No distraction for the Cubs moving Carlos Zambrano to the bullpen. They just swept their neighbors to the north in Milwaukee.
16. Washington Nationals (10-9): Please bring up Steven Strasburg (0.73 ERA in double-A). This team could legitimately be fun to watch this year.
17. Seattle Mariners (9-10): Tough sweep in Chicago, but they have King Felix going for them tonight.
18. Los Angeles Dodgers (8-10): Manny Ramirez on the DL hurts, but stay tuned on Matt Kemp. This guy is the next big thing.
19. Milwaukee Brewers (8-10): That last Matt Kemp comment? It goes double for Ryan Braun. They are the two most exciting players in the NL not named Pujols.
20. Cleveland Indians (8-10): Have to love the resurgence of Fausto Carmona, 3-0 with a 2.96 ERA.
21. Boston Red Sox (8-11): Why wouldn't you be worried about David Ortiz with.164 average and 4 RBIs?
22. Chicago White Sox: Three straight wins in their final at bat and another gem from new staff ace John Danks (3-0, 1.55 ERA).
23. Atlanta Braves (8-10): Tough weekend against the Mets finds this team in last place after three weeks.
24. Houston Astros (8-10): The return of Lance Berkman and an impressive 8-2 record since starting the season 0-8.
25. Cincinnati Reds (8-11): This team just needs a hot streak. They have been perfectly mediocre for years now and need to make the next step now.
26. Arizona Diamondbacks (8-10): Mark Reynolds sure does strike out a lot, but he's been awful productive again this season when he does make contact.
27. Texas Rangers (8-11): Same as the Reds comment except this team probably has more talent.
28. Kansas City Royals (7-11): The offense has actually been good so far led by Jose Guillen and hitting machine Scott Podsednik.
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (7-11): So much for being over .500. The Pirates have lost six straight since that historic feat.
30. Baltimore Orioles (3-16): Oh, don't worry, the schedule gets much easier with their next two weeks against the Yankees, Red Sox, Yankees and Twins. Good luck to all you Orioles fans this season.