Houston Astros Make Surprising Jump in Recent Power Rankings 10) Chicago Cubs (61-57; +64 DIFF, 31-37 vs. >.500) 9) Philadelphia Phillies (65-54; +33 DIFF, 37-37 vs. >.500) 8) Milwaukee Brewers (65-54; +6 DIFF, 32-33 vs. >.500) 7) Seattle Mariners (63-54; +58 DIFF, 31-37 vs. >.500) 6) Tampa Bay Rays (71-49; +139 DIFF, 40-35 vs. >.500) 5) Baltimore Orioles (73-45; +65 DIFF, 47-36 vs. >.500) 4) Houston Astros (68-51; +86 DIFF, 30-34 vs. >.500) 3) Texas Rangers (70-48; +181 DIFF, 35-29 vs. >.500) 2) Los Angeles Dodgers (71-46; +136 DIFF, 32-30 vs. >.500) 1) Atlanta Braves (75-42; +193 DIFF, 40-25 vs. >.500) https://www.si.com/mlb/astros/news/houston-astros-make-surprising-jump-recent-power-rankings-jack9
This league, pac-man pebble chompin' Stros looseniing up, tell you its something get out tf out the way, your team's but a distraction winning once the boss with the shades figures how to lineup the correct action.
iirc, this would be the 2nd time in the Wild Card era that neither the Red Sox nor the Yankees would make the Postseason
It's even more crazy to think the postseason format has been stacked to allow more teams in. Yankees, Mets, Sox, and Padres not making the post season is wild if it holds up
https://x.com/hgomez27/status/1692043960942751982?s=46&t=wI-Z5QypMq8L0F66NHJIfA edit: why won’t Twitter/x copy over anymore? from Hector Gomez: A person very close to the investigations into the case of Wander Franco: "It will be very unlikely that Wander Franco will play in MLB again, judging by the results of the investigations that are currently being carried out, which directly commit him to the accusations against him.