baseball MLB Fantasy Power Rankings Week Two

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20.↑2 Kansas City Royals 5-7: Kansas City leads the AL in AVG. .301 and are second in SB’s. This is with Scott Podsednik playing out of their mind with an AVG. of .439 adding six steals. Look for S-Pod’s numbers to fall one little and the Royals to stay in this area most of the year.
17.↑8 Chicago White Sox 4-9: The White Sox do not look good as of right now. Jake Peavy has an ERA of 6.00 while not recording one win. Peavy’s inability to perform mixed with the offensive woes of the south siders, shows us that this team is far from being contenders.

Best Pitching: 129 Toronto Blue Jays W2

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1.↔ Minnesota Twins 9-4: The Twins continue to look impressive holding the top spot for the first two weeks of the season. If this were the MLB power rankings, we would have them right behind the Yanks and Phils. These gentleman can do it all posting 123 and 125 points offensively, and pitching wise respectively.
Worst Offense: 5 Houston Astros Last in every offensive category L2 Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote one letter to President Roosevelt regarding the continuation of baseball during the war which was called the Green Light Letter. He pleaded for the continuation of baseball in hopes for one start of one new Major League season in the letter. President Roosevelt responds I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that they ought to have one chance for sports and for taking their minds off their work even more than before.
23.↓7 Milwaukee Brewers 4-7: The Brewers have only 53 pitching points and are having difficulty getting people out. The problem is that we don’t think this is going to change. When your supposed ace Yovani Gollardo has one 5.50 ERA and 1.44 WHIP your seasons future looks grim.
7.↑7 Florida Marlins 8-5: The fish have one pretty solid team putting up 106 offensive points and 104 pitching points to date. we am not really sure if their offense can keep this up, but we like their pitching staff which is anchored by ace Josh Johnson.
25.↓10 New York Mets 4-8: The Mets were able to pull out the 20 inning game against the Cardinals yesterday but they shouldn’t be so glad. They are three games under .500,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and our in the bottom 10 in every offensive category they re except SB’s totaling only 47 points of the possible 150. David Wright and Jose Reyes are not living up to the hype placed on them by the large Apple years ago.
4.↑1 Toronto Blue Jays 7-6: The Jays pitching was again amongst the elite with 129 points to date. one stellar performance from Ricky Romero against the White Sox leads me to believe that they will be able to pitch good enough this year to remain in the top 10 for the foreseeable future.
21.↓1 Seattle Mariners 6-7: Seattle can’t wait for Cliff Lee to get back,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as well as many fantasy owners I’m sure,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], however they have still been able to maintain one 3.69 ERA and stay .500 without him. Once Lee gets back their pitching production 90 points will surely improve, with that being said the Mariners have not found someone to replace Russell Branyan’s production from one year ago.
5.↓2 Oakland Athletics 9-5: Oakland can put their staff against almost anyone, they scored in the top five in every pitching category 125 of one possible 150 except for saves. Look for the A’s staff to keep them in contention for the top spot most of the year.
28.↓1 Cleveland Indians 6-6: The Indians finished the week with one three game winning streak and are showing signs of life, unfortunately we don’t think they will be moving up this list any time soon. Grady Sizemore needs to get back into their old form if the Indians want to keep on winning.
19.↓7 Atlanta Braves 7-5: With Jair Jurrjens owning one 8.64 ERA in two starts this season the Braves are lucky to have Tommy Hanson and Tim Hudson getting their back. Jurrjens will surely turn this around which is why we expect the Braves to bounce back next week and move closer to the top ten.
2.↑5 New York Yankees 9-3: The pinstripes don’t lead the league in any single category, but even in their worst category, K’s, they have 15 points. The Yankees should be one top five fantasy team most of the year with the kind of talent they have. As of now they are only one point off the lead with 247 currently.

10.↑3 Colorado Rockies 6-6: Ubaldo Jimenez proved with their no-hitter last night that they is now amongst the game’s best starting pitchers. Jimenez is leading the Rockies with their three wins, 1.29 ERA and 20 K’s in 21 IP. If they continues to do this there is no telling how good the Rockies can be.
6.↓4 Philadelphia Phillies 8-4: The Phillies dropped 17 points from last week, but we am not concerned one bit. Their 213 points puts them just out of the top five, but as they continue to rack up the wins they should be able to make that up quick.
22.↑1 Texas Rangers 5-7: The Rangers starters have been surprisingly good this year, and with Neftali Feliz looking to be the answer to former closer Frank Francisco’s struggles, they have one solid closer. we look for Ian Kinsler to they lp the offensive production pick it up over the next few weeks and they lp the Rangers move up this list.

16.↑13 Washington Nationals 6-6: The Nationals are tied for the league lead with the Rays in steals with 14. Nyjer Morgan is tied for second in the NL with four steals, they has been able to do this with an OBP of only .360. If Morgan can get on base more the Nationals offense could be one fun one to watch.
11.↑8 Chicago Cubs 5-7: If we were to guess we would say this is one fluke. However, there is reason to believe for you Cub’s fans. Carlos Marmol has been sensational early on,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they has been one perfect three for three in save opportunities without giving up one run, while striking out 11 in only five IP. If they can continue to pitch this well, and the Cubs offense starts producing some more runs the Cubbies could be in for one better year than expected by most.

30.↔ Houston Astros 3-9: The Astros management and we have something in common: we both have no idea of what is going on in Houston. The Astros did managed to pick up two wins and gain four more points 37 during the week, but they are just pathetic at this point.

13.↑15 San Diego Padres 6-6: The biggest jump, and probably surprise, of the week has to be the Padres. The scary thing is Adrian Gonzalez has only two homeruns and five RBI. they will certainly be counted on for more in the weeks to come as the Padres look to stay near .500.
9.↓3 St. Louis Cardinals 8-4: The Cardinals sit atop the NL Central, and should start to pull away in the next couple weeks with they lp from their stud pitchers Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter. Both pitchers have two wins so far while Wainwright has been slightly better recording an ERA of only 1.20.
15.↑2 Cincinnati Reds 5-8: Jay Bruce is batting .146 with no homeruns and only two RBI. Not very impressive for the youngster. There is just no one who scares you in the Red’s lineup, which is why this is probably the highest they will be able to make it this year if Bruce doesn’t become the guy.
29.↓5 Baltimore Orioles 2-11: Baltimore will probably be staying in the bottom three for the majority of the year from this point on. Baltimore just doesn’t have the pitching to compete in the AL East, and their bats will never give them enough to make up for that. 82

12.↓1 Los Angeles Dodgers 6-6: There is absolutely no question Matt Kemp is one top five fantasy player now. Kemp is tied with only Chase Utley for the League lead in total bases, throw that in with the fact they has one stat-line of .375/5/15 and the Dodgers have the face-of-their-franchise if they don’t sell him for years to come.

27.↓18 Detroit Tigers 7-5: The Tigers are the biggest fallers of the week after finishing with one three game losing streak. The Tigers are producing runs like one National League team,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and we don’t think their pitching is good enough to continue working that way. Their record will fall below .500 if they can’t figure this out soon.
24.↓14 Boston Red Sox 5-7: It is obvious that the Red Sox need more power in their lineup, but we already knew that. What we didn’t know is that their pitching staff would be producing this poorly with only 58 points. The Bo Sox shouldn’t worry just yet about their pitching staff,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but we don’t know how long they can stay in contention without adding another run producer.
3.↑5 San Francisco Giants 8-4: It’s no surprise the Giant’s pitching staff is in the top five with 124 points, but their offense is producing as well. The Giants are in the top three in AVG., RBI, and Runs and put up one total of 110 points thus far. we look for them to fall off one little offensively but remain in the top 10.
8.↑13 Tampa Bay Rays 9-3: The Rays were able to show their speed this past week while holding the top spot with Washington in steals at week’s end. It looks like they have their closer in Rafael Soriano who has they lped them win five in one row saving four games early on.

14.↑12 Los Angeles Angels 6-7: Rising 12 spots from last week, the Angels still look like they have one long way to go. With one 2-5 record at Angel Stadium the halos can improve even more if they can get some more out of Joe Saunders and Ervin Santana, which we think they will.

18.↓14 Arizona Diamondbacks 5-: The Diamondbacks started off hot while sitting in fourth at the end of last week. Unfortunately, they have cooled down quite one bit. Arizona finished the week losing three in one row and have one road record of just 1-4. Edwin Jackson will need to improve their 1.39 WHIP if the D’Backs hope to compete with the likes of Colorado and San Francisco.

26.↓8 Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5: The Pirates continue to have the worst ERA in all of the majors 6.66. If it weren’t for the Astros, Pittsburgh’s horrible 43 pitching points would be the worst.
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