Plus: Top teams solidify spots in Power Rankings
While the No. 1 spot remains unchanged, a club that wasn't expected to be in this position has asserted itself among baseball's best. It's been 12 years since the Rangers came within one strike of winning their first World Series, and since then they've made the playoffs three times but got no further than the ALDS. But look where Texas is now. They have reached the No. 2 spot in our Power Rankings after another terrific week during which they won series over the Pirates and the Orioles, two other surprising teams of the start of this 2023 season. And they could still go higher: They are currently only two games behind the Rays in the loss column. |
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Jack Suwinski splashed down in McCovey Cove twice in one game, a feat only accomplished by one iconic slugger -- Barry Bonds, who did it two separate times. |
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While players continue to move up and down Draft boards, and MLB Pipeline expands its 2023 Draft rankings to 200 names, there appears to be one certainty as etched in stone as anything Draft-related can be: There's a clear top five in this class. |
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Aaron Judge needed all of his 6-foot-7 frame to keep a drive by Teoscar Hernández in the ballpark. |
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Clocked at 105.5 mph in a college game just last year, Angels reliever Ben Joyce announced his big league arrival with electric stuff, topping out at 102.2 in his debut. |
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Aaron Judge's 31 games with two or more homers since the start of the 2017 season are six more than anyone else. Who is second? |
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