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MLB Power Rankings Week 17

  St. Louis Cardinals Who else would it be? The Red Birds continue to roll as they hold the Major’s best record at 67-38. According to FanGraphs, the Cardinals are on pace to win 97 games. St. Louis has been one of baseball’s best since the All Star break with an 11-5 record. Randall Grichuk ...

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Top 5 moves at the MLB trade deadline

David Price from the Tigers to the Toronto Blue Jays for prospects. The Troy Tulowitzki pickup was nice, but this was the move Toronto NEEDED to make. The Jays already owned the best offense in baseball, but they lacked an ace, a true number one that can start game one of the playoffs. They got their ...

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What each AL contender needs at the trade deadline.

We are now only days away from the July 31st trade deadline and the trade talks are starting to heat up. We’ll now go into what each AL contender needs going into the deadline. New York Yankees (52 - 41) 1st place in the AL East Need – Starter, second basemen, bullpen help The Yankees sit atop ...

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MLB Power Rankings and Standouts Week 14

St. Louis Cardinals (Last week #1) The Cardinals will close out the first half of the season atop the power rankings with the major league’s best record at 56-33. After winning six in a row a few weeks ago the Cards have not played their best baseball of late, only going 5-9 since then. It seems ...

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MLB Power Rankings and Standouts Week 12

1. St. Louis Cardinals (Last week #1) This past weekend the Cardinals became the fastest team to 50 wins since the 2005 Chicago White Sox (who later went on to win the World Series). Also over the weekend they showed the road to a NL Central crown still runs through St. Louis with a sweep of the Chicago ...

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MLB Power Rankings and Standouts Week 11

1. St. Louis Cardinals (Last Week #1) There is not much more you can say about the Cardinals other than they are the best team in the game. Their big offseason acquisition, Jason Heyward, is finally starting to heat up. After a slow start to the season Heyward is hitting .320 with four homers and 13 ...

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MLB Power Rankings Week 10

1. St. Louis Cardinals The best team in baseball keeps on rolling with the punches. The Cardinals lost star outfielder Matt Holiday this week to the disabled list as he suffered a partial quadriceps tear. They also lost their most reliable starting pitcher in Lance Lynn to a forearm strain in his right ...

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MLB Power Rankings Week 9

1. St. Louis Cardinals This is a no-brainer putting the Cardinals at No. 1 this week. The Cards own the best record in Major League Baseball at 38-21. They have the largest lead over a second place team at 6.5 games. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the Cardinals success is that they are doing ...

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White Sox Retire Paul Konerko’s Number.

Besides being elected to the Hall of Fame, there is no individual honor higher than having your number retired by an organization. On Saturday afternoon the Chicago White Sox did just that for one of their all-time greats by retiring Paul Konerko’s No. 14. Konerko was one of the most beloved players ...

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MLB Power Rankings Week 7

1. Kansas City Royals (Last week #3) The Royals continue to roll as they swept the Reds and took two of three against last week’s No. 1 team the St. Louis Cardinals. I believe the Royals are the most complete team in all of baseball. They possess a great pitching staff, a lockdown bullpen, a potent ...

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