We’re almost a month into the baseball season, so it’s time for another batch of MLB power rankings. Which teams have surged and dropped the most over the last two weeks?
Chaim Bloom was busy in the offseason improving Boston’s pitching depth. One free agent he brought in was Hirokazu Sawamura. So far, in 2021, he has been one of Boston’s most reliable arms.
Tyler Glasnow’s fifth start, coming against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, would be his worst of the season. And there would be no shortage of shenanigans.
The Seattle Mariners currently sit in second place in the AL West, trailing white-hot the Oakland Athletics by one game with a 12-8 record. This is a team that went 27-33 last year and infamously has not made the playoffs since 2001.
The Twins entered the season with the hopes of taking their third consecutive American League Central title. Things haven’t gone as planned so far as they sit in fourth place at 7-11. Let’s take a look at what’s gone right and what’s gone wrong.
Rivalries in baseball are as old as the first edition of the automobile — and in a lot of ways, they define the national pastime. In 2021, a pair of National League West foes are taking center stage, so much so that the perceived “East Coast bias” in American sports may be on hiatus for at least 12 months.
In 2020, the Boston Red Sox pitching was their biggest weakness. The team finished the season with a 5.58 earned run average, which was the second-worst among American League teams. One player brought in to bolster their depth was Matt Andriese.
Another impressive round of hitting performances last week. Here are the guys who really made the grade.
In 2021, Nathan Eovaldi has been the Red Sox best pitcher. The righty took the hill to open the Red Sox season and has pitched like an ace. As the offense has been one of the best in baseball, Eovaldi has set the tone for the rotation.
The Royals finished the week with a 5-2 record and moved into first place in the American League Central Division. The star of the week was the 2015 World Series MVP, Salvador Perez.
Brett Lorin is a name that may not be familiar to many baseball fans. Lorin was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round of the 2008 MLB Draft. The California native never appeared in a major league game but spent time in the Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Arizona Diamondbacks organizations. He retired in 2015 but has a unique story.
No one has ever mistaken sports fans to be a calm bunch, especially those of big-market teams. However, on April 16, some New York Yankees fans got hostile over the team’s performance and took things to a new level.
We’re almost a month into the baseball season, so it’s time for another batch of MLB power rankings. Which teams have surged and dropped the most over the last two weeks?
Chaim Bloom was busy in the offseason improving Boston’s pitching depth. One free agent he brought in was Hirokazu Sawamura. So far, in 2021, he has been one of Boston’s most reliable arms.
Tyler Glasnow’s fifth start, coming against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, would be his worst of the season. And there would be no shortage of shenanigans.
The Seattle Mariners currently sit in second place in the AL West, trailing white-hot the Oakland Athletics by one game with a 12-8 record. This is a team that went 27-33 last year and infamously has not made the playoffs since 2001.
The Twins entered the season with the hopes of taking their third consecutive American League Central title. Things haven’t gone as planned so far as they sit in fourth place at 7-11. Let’s take a look at what’s gone right and what’s gone wrong.
Rivalries in baseball are as old as the first edition of the automobile — and in a lot of ways, they define the national pastime. In 2021, a pair of National League West foes are taking center stage, so much so that the perceived “East Coast bias” in American sports may be on hiatus for at least 12 months.
In 2020, the Boston Red Sox pitching was their biggest weakness. The team finished the season with a 5.58 earned run average, which was the second-worst among American League teams. One player brought in to bolster their depth was Matt Andriese.
Another impressive round of hitting performances last week. Here are the guys who really made the grade.
In 2021, Nathan Eovaldi has been the Red Sox best pitcher. The righty took the hill to open the Red Sox season and has pitched like an ace. As the offense has been one of the best in baseball, Eovaldi has set the tone for the rotation.
The Royals finished the week with a 5-2 record and moved into first place in the American League Central Division. The star of the week was the 2015 World Series MVP, Salvador Perez.
Brett Lorin is a name that may not be familiar to many baseball fans. Lorin was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round of the 2008 MLB Draft. The California native never appeared in a major league game but spent time in the Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Arizona Diamondbacks organizations. He retired in 2015 but has a unique story.
No one has ever mistaken sports fans to be a calm bunch, especially those of big-market teams. However, on April 16, some New York Yankees fans got hostile over the team’s performance and took things to a new level.
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