2025 MLB Season

MLB Power Rankings, 9/29

/ Rich Wilkins / 5 Comments

The season is over. We know who is going to the playoffs. We know who is not. Now, it’s time for the best tournament in sports. Nothing beats October baseball. Especially in Philadelphia, but I’m biased there. Here’s the last regular season/first postseason power rankings. Here was last week’s.

  1. The Milwaukee Brewers
  2. The Philadelphia Phillies
  3. The Toronto Blue Jays
  4. The Los Angeles Dodgers
  5. The New York Yankees
  6. The Seattle Mariners
  7. The Cleveland Guardians
  8. The Chicago Cubs
  9. The Boston Red Sox
  10. The San Diego Padres
  11. The Detroit Tigers
  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

Obviously for teams 13-30, this is the end of the line. I’ll continue to rank them for the remainder of the postseason, but in the order you see now. None of that will change again until free agency. They are in record order, because after 162 games, you are who you are. 17 teams won 81 games or more this year. Two teams lost over 100 games. No one reached 100 wins this year.

Now, on to the playoffs.

Happy Monday- the Mets are Everyone’s Little Brother

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We all heard it all Winter- it’s the Mets time. They took Juan Soto from the “varsity” team in New York. They had finally slayed the big brother Phillies in the playoffs. Their owner promised to move heaven and earth to win a championship. Then they came out and started 45-24, the best record in baseball through 69 games.

From that June 12th on, they went 38-55. They only had a better record than the Rockies and Nationals in the National League after that. They finished 13 games behind the Phillies. They finished 83-79. They finished one game behind the Cincinnati Reds for the third NL Wild Card. They’re headed for Cancun now.

All the talk about being “Big Brother” in New York from Mets fans was silly. Sure, Soto was actually great. Lindor and Alonso were great again. Alvarez was pretty good. So was Edwin Diaz. Tell me who else was good after that? The answer is no one. The Mets let Jose Iglesias, Jose Quintana, and J.D. Martinez all walk away. They changed the very soul of their team. The supporting cast they built around their superstar players was sub-standard. Their rotation was awful. They had one dependable reliever. They have five spots in their lineup underperform.

I hate the Mets, but I have a little advice for them- there are 26 spots on the roster. You can buy the #1 free agent if your owner wants, but that doesn’t win you enough games. It takes a full squad. Maybe you’ll build one of those, someday.

Monday MLB Power Rankings, 8/11

/ Rich Wilkins / 9 Comments

Happy Monday! There’s about 45 MLB baseball games left. Time to bust out the old power rankings for the first time and give you my take on how MLB’s best stack up. Here’s this week’s #1-30 list.

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

The Brewers are, and have been, the best team in the league for a few months, just now the record reflects that. The next five teams join them in having a chance to win this October. From #7 to #15 there is still a chance to displace some of those teams, but for varying reasons it seems less likely. From #16 to #24 there are some reasons to still be watching at this stage. From #25 to #27 there’s reasons to maybe watch a few nights a week. The next two don’t really even have any sort of direction or idea of what they want to do next. As for #30, God bless your soul, what have you done?