MLB Power Rankings: Can Pirates Take Advantage of NL Central Teams' Problems?

Sports Illustrated's latest MLB Power Rankings have the Pirates at No. 20, ahead of two NL Central teams (the Cubs at No. 26 and the Astros dead last). Here's a portion of what SI has to say: For the 2012 Pirates to show improvement, they'll need to score more than 610 runs (14th in the NL last year); they've got a core of young hitters (led by Andrew McCutchen , Neil Walker and Jose Tabata ) to ...

MLB Power Rankings: February Predictions and Rankings for All 30 Teams

February is not the time to try to build a winner through MLB free agency or trades. Though Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson and Yoenis Cespedes remain on the open market, only the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and Miami Marlins are really positioned to reap huge benefits from one marginal addition. With fewer than two weeks separating us from Spring Training, there remains time for teams to make ...

San Diego Padres Have Five Prospects Ranked in the MLB Top 100 Rankings: Fan's Take

Major League Baseball recently announced their top 100 prospects for the upcoming 2012 season. The San Diego Padres have five players on the list this season. These five have great potential for the team and should be everyday players soon.

MLB Power Rankings: Breaking Down the Top 10 Teams Post Free Agency

So it’s settled. The big movers of the 2011-12 MLB offseason have moved (sorry, Edwin Jackson), and the imaginary rosters we long approximated have reached a tenuous finality. Now that we know who is contractually obligated to be where in 2012, it’s time to take a generous stab at some primordial power rankings. Did the Miami Marlins do enough to catapult past everyone in the NL East? Can the ...

Mariners score highest in MLB.com prospect rankings

Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com published his ranking of the top 100 prospects on Wednesday, which I'm just now getting around to seeing, because I was running in all different directions today.

2012 MLB Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 15 Shortstops

1. Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies Tulo reached over 100 RBI for the first time in his career in 2011 despite playing in just 143 games.   2. Hanley Ramirez, Miami Marlins Last year was extremely disappointing for Ramirez, but if he's healthy, his power and speed make him one of the best fantasy options in baseball.   3. Jose Reyes, Miami Marlins Reyes would thrive leading off for any lineup ...

MLB Power Rankings: 5 Teams with the Best 2012 Postseason Odds

The MLB offseason has a way of sorting teams into crudely drawn subsets. There are the risers, the fallers, the contenders, the long shots and the upstarts. Then there are these guys, the locks—the no-doubt, gonna-be-there-when-it’s-all-said-and-done elite. One hundred sixty-two games is but a formality for this group, a gilded road to the chaos of October and a shot at World Series glory. Sure ...

MLB Power Rankings: How the Signing of Yu Darvish Impacts Who Falls at No. 1

With 15 minutes to go in the 30-day negotiating period, Yu Darvish has officially signed a contract with the Texas Rangers worth $60 million over six years. Obviously, that is a huge and needed addition to the Rangers after their former ace, C.J. Wilson signed a lucrative deal with their division rival, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. But how does that and other recent moves shake up the ...

Reds crack Top 10 in national power rankings

SI.com's Joe Lemire has released his latest MLB Power Rankings, and the Reds have moved up to 9th. In the most recent power rankings from CBSSports.com's Larry Dobrow, the Reds also rank ninth, just behind Arizona and in front of — that's right — the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals.

These rankings on MLB Network r garbage. If u don't think Andrus is a better SS than Jeter, Peralta, Hardy, Aybar, Ramirez, & Escobar then u

These rankings on MLB Network r garbage. If u don't think Andrus is a better SS than Jeter, Peralta, Hardy, Aybar, Ramirez, & Escobar then u

San Diego Padres Have Five Prospects Ranked in the MLB Top 100 Rankings… http://t.co/6XS0wuIY San Diego Realtor

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