The Cubs Are Doing Something Baseball Hasn't Seen Since 1955, and They're Just Getting Started
The American League is gasping for air right now. Only three teams in the entire AL have winning records as we roll into mid-May, which feels absolutely bonkers. But here's the thing: our power rankers still believe in the AL. Nine of the top 16 teams in the rankings are from the Junior Circuit. Stick with us, guys.
Cubs Are Playing a Different Sport Right Now
Chicago has been absolutely freakishly hot, and what they've done is borderline unprecedented. They're the first team since the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers to string together multiple separate 10-plus-game winning streaks within their first 40 decisions of a season. That's actively difficult to do. Yeah, they've dropped a couple recently, but expect them to rattle off another 10-game streak in the next few weeks. They're sitting at number one for a reason.
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The Braves are number two after sitting at the top last week. The Dodgers are at three and so dominant that Mookie Betts being out of the lineup barely registers with fans anymore. He's expected back this week for his first game in over a month, and his return could force LA to settle their ongoing Alex Freeland-Hyeseong Kim debate once and for all.
The Yankees remain at four. Spencer Jones had a brutal debut facing Jacob Misiorowski in his first MLB at-bat, striking out, but he finally got his first big league hit and RBI on Sunday. Strikeouts will always be an issue, even against other guys, but when the 6-foot-7 slugger hits that first homer, Yankees fans won't worry one bit about the strikeouts.
The Rays are sitting pretty at five after finally dropping their first game of the year on Saturday against the Red Sox in division play. They're a ridiculous 18-3 against the AL. The Brewers are at six thanks to Jacob Misiorowski's dominant first start against the Yankees this weekend: 11 strikeouts, topping out at 103.6 mph with seven of the fastest fastballs for a starter in the pitch tracking era, nearly an immaculate inning.
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