By Stephen J. Nesbitt, Andy McCullough and Kaitlyn McGrath Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst . This week is different.
Here at the Power Rankings Department, we recognize your frustration. We can read the comments. We have tried to explain that this weekly exercise is an inexact science, but we understand that many of you believe it can be too inexact.
It is pretty much impossible to rank all 30 clubs each week in a fashion that doesn’t upset certain fan bases (especially those located in Cleveland and greater Cuyahoga County). Advertisement So we figured, for one week, we could turn the ranking over to you, the readers. That’s right.
You can rage in the comments all you want about these rankings. But they didn’t come from us, they came from over 300 of you. These are your responsibility.
[ Editor’s note: Though the majority of entries appeared to be submitted in good faith, there were a few chaos agents who attempted to influence the rankings by doing things like, say, placing the Chicago White Sox first or voting the major rival of their No. 1 pick in last place. It was a nice try.
] As a wise man once said, if you gaze far enough into the Power Rankings Abyss, the Power Rankings Abyss gazes back into you. For our part, we’ve provided a second-half outlook for each team. The trade deadline is approaching.
The postseason race is coming into focus. It’s all happen.