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Atlanta Braves begin to rise in the May 6th MLB Power Rankings

By James Kunkle

BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 31: The Boston Red Sox World Series Trophies on display at Fenway Park before the Victory Parade around Boston on October 31, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2018 World Series. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 31: The Boston Red Sox World Series Trophies on display at Fenway Park before the Victory Parade around Boston on October 31, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2018 World Series. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images) /
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21. Los Angeles Angels

The Angels swept the Blue Jays and then went south of the border and gave up a ton of runs to the Astros. The team has pitched better lately and should get good results playing the Tigers and Orioles this week.

22. Washington Nationals

The Nationals are just a mess right now. They are the NL version of the Yankees as it seems half the team is on the IL currently. The good news is Anthony Rendon should be coming back Tuesday evening to play again.

23. Cincinnati Reds

Young Phenom Nick Senzel was called up and has already homered. In case you missed it, the Reds cut former Brave Matt Kemp. Despite being last in the NL Central, the Reds are one of 13 teams with a positive run differential.

24. Chicago White Sox

Pitching, Pitching, Pitching. That is the current problem with the White Sox. The team ERA currently sits at an unpleasant 5.67. That obviously won’t get the job done.

25. Toronto Blue Jays

Rough week for the Blue Jays last week as they went 1-5 for the week. The only win was a 1-0 extra-inning win against the Texas Rangers. We are still waiting on that first Vlad Guerrero Jr bomb.

26. San Francisco Giants

The Giants did manage to win both of their series last week taking 2 out of 3 against both the Reds and the hated Dodgers. The problem continues to be much of the team having extremely low batting averages.

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27. Oakland Athletics

Oakland lost a bunch of games last week, but the biggest blow might have been losing Khris Davis. If he is gone for any length of time, it is tough seeing the Athletics duplicate last year’s success.

28. Baltimore Orioles

The one positive from rebuilds is you get to see some players make it who kinda come out of left field (pun intended). Dwight Smith has been a big bright spot for the Orioles this season.

29. Kansas City Royals

It continues to be a long season for the Royals. I’m sure many fans are already counting down the days until they can go to a Chiefs game across the parking lot.

30. Miami Marlins

The Miami rebuild has not gone smoothly so far, to say the least. The bullpen, which has been a bright spot in the past few years, showed signs of weakness in the sweep at the hands of the Braves this past weekend.

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So that’s our MLB Power rankings for this week. Let us know who is too high and who is too low. Hopefully next week, the Atlanta Braves will be even higher.

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