MLB: Tampa Bay Rays top team power rankings
By Larry Stone
Seattle Times
1 Tampa Bay (2) Available cheap: Tampa Bay "2008 World Series Champion" T-shirts
2 Boston (4) Available, but not cheap, psychically: Boston "1986 World Series Champion" T-shirts
3 Cubs (3) Available, but very faded: Cubs "1908 World Series Champion" T-shirts
4 Phillies (5) Phillies gave Ibanez a ceremonial World Series ring, but it dropped in front of him
5 Angels (1) RIP, Nick Adenhart
6 Mets (11) Mets' best show: Santana's pitching. Second best: Santana's custom handshakes
7 Yankees (10) A-Rod's lack of clutch hitting is killing Yanks! Oops, Roidian slip
8 Dodgers (7) Forget about Manny being Manny; let's hear about Hong-Chih being Hong-Chih
9 St. Louis (14) News flash for Fantasy players: Colby Rasmus is not same person as Cody Ransom
10 Florida (13) Most lyrical new name of 2009: Emilio Bonifacio
11 Oakland (21) Where's Eric Plunk when you really need him?
12 White Sox (8) Dewayne Wise lasted two games as White Sox leadoff hitter (0 for 8, 4 K's)
13 Minnesota (9) Joe Mauer's ailing sacroiliac (SI) joint gives whole new meaning to "SI jinx"
14 San Francisco (25) In 6-foot-10 Randy Johnson, the club finally has a true San Francisco "Giant"
15 Toronto (15) Jays ban beer Tuesday, get just five hits: No Labatts and no bats, either
16 Cleveland (16) Carmona (19-8, 3.06 in '07; 8-8, 5.66 since) must have made Fausto-ian bargain
17 Atlanta (24) Braves still waiting for Griffey to reconsider
18 Milwaukee (6) After opening-day loss to Giants, Brewers fire Ken Macha and rehire Ned Yost
19 Seattle (29) Tuiasosopo and Jakubauskas are first 10-syllable rookie combo in M's history
20 Baltimore (26) Counting down the weeks 'til Chris Tillman breaks the hearts of Mariners fans
21 Arizona (17) Chase Field to host 2011 All-Star Game. M's hope Wakamatsu is managing that day
22 Colorado (20) Rockies only team in majors to field nine homegrown players in opening-day lineup
23 Texas (18) Check out Andruw Jones' new movie, Slump Dog Millionaire
24 Houston (12) Vying with Rockies for title of "Recent Series team with least hope of returning"
25 Cincinnati (22) Youthful Reds have highest baby-oil budget in major leagues
26 Kansas City (19) Crisp is best Coco since Chanel (or is that Laboy?)
27 Detroit (23) Dontrelle Willis is leading candidate for the Carl Pavano "Wretched Contract" award
28 Pittsburgh (27) Those Somali dudes are giving Pirates a bad name
29 San Diego (28) It may not be significant, but Peavy's name attached to jersey by Velcro
30 Washington (30) Mike Rizzo is the interim GM, pending Senate confirmation