Throughout the 2016 season, the Baseball Essential team will release our weekly power rankings for all 30 Major League teams. Each writer from our team will have the opportunity to vote each week, and the votes received will be tallied up and posted for all our readers to view.
As Spring Training is set to begin, we conducted our first power rankings vote of the season. Along with our rankings, we will also acknowledge the team’s highest and lowest ranking for the week.
Here’s our early team rankings as the start of another new season quickly approaches!
1) Chicago Cubs
Highest Ranking: 1
Lowest Ranking: 4
2) New York Mets
Highest Ranking: 3
Lowest Ranking: 7
3) Kansas City Royals
Highest Ranking: 1
Lowest Ranking: 14
4) Houston Astros
Highest Ranking: 2
Lowest Ranking: 17
5) San Francisco Giants
Highest Ranking: 2
Lowest Ranking: 12
6) Pittsburgh Pirates
Highest Ranking: 2
Lowest Ranking: 13
7) St. Louis Cardinals
Highest Ranking: 3
Lowest Ranking: 14
8) Los Angeles Dodgers
Highest Ranking: 2
Lowest Ranking: 16
9) Boston Red Sox
Highest Ranking: 3
Lowest Ranking: 17
10) Toronto Blue Jays
Highest Ranking: 1
Lowest Ranking: 19
11) Arizona Diamondbacks
Highest Ranking: 5
Lowest Ranking: 19
12) Texas Rangers
Highest Ranking: 6
Lowest Ranking: 14
13) Washington Nationals
Highest Ranking: 5
Lowest Ranking: 24
14) New York Yankees
Highest Ranking: 10
Lowest Ranking: 17
15) Detroit Tigers
Highest Ranking: 11
Lowest Ranking: 23
16) Cleveland Indians
Highest Ranking: 12
Lowest Ranking: 22
17) Chicago White Sox
Highest Ranking: 7
Lowest Ranking: 25
18) Baltimore Orioles
Highest Ranking: 14
Lowest Ranking: 21
19) Seattle Mariners
Highest Ranking: 14
Lowest Ranking: 22
20) Los Angeles Angels
Highest Ranking: 15
Lowest Ranking: 23
21) Minnesota Twins
Highest Ranking: 16
Lowest Ranking: 22
22) Tampa Bay Rays
Highest Ranking: 15
Lowest Ranking: 27
23) Miami Marlins
Highest Ranking: 20
Lowest Ranking: 24
24) San Diego Padres
Highest Ranking: 22
Lowest Ranking: 25
25) Oakland Athletics
Highest Ranking: 18
Lowest Ranking: 27
26) Colorado Rockies
Highest Ranking: 24
Lowest Ranking: 28
27) Milwaukee Brewers
Highest Ranking: 25
Lowest Ranking: 28
28) Atlanta Braves
Highest Ranking: 25
Lowest Ranking: 29
29) Philadelphia Phillies
Highest Ranking: 27
Lowest Ranking: 30
30) Cincinnati Reds
Highest Ranking: 29
Lowest Ranking: 30
Now that we have released our rankings, we want to hear from you! Do you agree or disagree with us? Let us know!
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