A week ago I wrote up my rankings with 12 teams alive. Today, four of them are eliminated. Another is down 2-0. Two others are down 1-0. As I write this, the rankings are tremendously shook up by those facts, and MLB’s “second season” is a totally different world than we were living in a week ago. Teams #13-30 won’t be changing until free agency and other things happen. In the playoffs though, the world changes fast and furiously for those taking part.

Here is this week’s rankings:

1. The Milwaukee Brewers
2. The Toronto Blue Jays
3. The Los Angeles Dodgers
4. The Detroit Tigers
5. The Seattle Mariners
6. The Philadelphia Phillies
7. The Chicago Cubs
8. The New York Yankees
9. The Cleveland Guardians
10. The San Diego Padres
11. The Boston Red Sox
12. The Cincinnati Reds
13. The Houston Astros
14. The New York Mets
15. The Kansas City Royals
16. The Texas Rangers
17. The San Francisco Giants
18. The Arizona Diamondbacks
19. The Miami Marlins
20. The St. Louis Cardinals
21. The Tampa Bay Rays
22. The Oakland Athletics
23. The Atlanta Braves
24. The Baltimore Orioles
25. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
26. The Pittsburgh Pirates
27. The Minnesota Twins
28. The Washington Nationals
29. The Chicago White Sox
30. The Colorado Rockies

As was the case last week for teams #13-30, this is the end of the line for teams #9-12. Teams #6-8 are currently trailing in their series, and if that holds, next week will be their last new ranking, as it will be for whoever loses #4-5. At the end of the playoffs I’ll re-rank #3-12 based on opinion, but it probably won’t change a lot.

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