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MLB power rankings: Yankees, Brewers rise after vengeful sweeps
发布日期:2024-12-23 21:24:29
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It’s not easy to sweep a series. Let alone a four-game series. Particularly when the glare of Opening Day is upon you and the rhythms of a season have yet to settle in.

So congratulations to the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates, who won three and four games at Chicago and Miami, respectively, for an unbeaten lid-lifter. But a special commendation to the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees, who exacted some vengeance with their spotless starts and already shook up USA TODAY Sports’ power rankings.

Opening in a joint that was a house of playoff horrors in 2017, 2019 and 2022, the Yankees flattened the Houston Astros in four games at Minute Maid Park, an effort capped by new left fielder Alex Verdugo’s sliding catch to get out of town. That’s four games off the schedule without Gerrit Cole – and nary a loss to show for it.

Meanwhile, the Brewers saw their former chief executive, David Stearns, poached by the New York Mets, and then dealt away their former Cy Young Award winner, Corbin Burnes, in the winter. No matter: Rabble-rousing acquisition Rhys Hoskins played hero and the Brewers swept three games at Citi Field.

That’s a fair amount of tumult for just a four-day week.

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A look at this week’s rankings:

1. Atlanta Braves (-)

2. Los Angeles Dodgers (-)

3. Baltimore Orioles (-)

4. Philadelphia Phillies (-)

5. Toronto Blue Jays (+1)

6. Texas Rangers (+1)

7. New York Yankees (+3)

8. Arizona Diamondbacks (+1)

9. Seattle Mariners (-1)

10. Minnesota Twins (+1)

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11. Tampa Bay Rays (+1)

12. Houston Astros (-7)

13. Cincinnati Reds (+1)

14. San Diego Padres (-1)

15. San Francisco Giants (-)

16. Milwaukee Brewers (+2)

17. Chicago Cubs (-1)

18. Cleveland Guardians (-1)

19. Boston Red Sox (-)

20. St. Louis Cardinals (-)

21. Detroit Tigers (+1)

22. Pittsburgh Pirates (+3)

23. New York Mets (-4)

24. Washington Nationals (+1)

25. Los Angeles Angels

26. Miami Marlins (-3)

27. Kansas City Royals (-)

28. Chicago White Sox (-)

29. Colorado Rockies (-)

Giving up eight runs a game, and that's before setting foot in Coors Field.

30. Oakland Athletics (-)

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