It’s holiday time, and as such, I typically give you just the power rankings without comments on the top 10 teams. But this time around, I’ve listed who I see as each team’s MVP for the first two months of the season and each team’s most important player from this point forward.
Hope you enjoy.
1. Philadelphia Phillies (38-16, No. 1 last week)
Memorial Day MVP: Alec Bohm
Most Important Going Forward: Bryce Harper
2. New York Yankees (37-18, No. 3)
Memorial Day MVP: Juan Soto
Most Important Going Forward: Gerrit Cole
3. Baltimore Orioles (33-18, No. 4)
Memorial Day MVP: Gunnar Henderson
Most Important Going Forward: Dillon Tate
4. Cleveland Guardians (36-17, No. 7)
Memorial Day MVP: Emmanuel Clase
Most Important Going Forward: José Ramírez
5. Kansas City Royals (34-20, No. 5)
Memorial Day MVP: Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez
Most Important Going Forward: Cole Ragans and Seth Lugo
6. Milwaukee Brewers (31-21, No. 8)
Memorial Day MVP: William Contreras
Most Important Going Forward: Christian Yelich staying healthy
7. Atlanta Braves (30-20, No. 6)
Memorial Day MVP: Marcell Ozuna
Most Important Going Forward: Austin Riley and Matt Olson
8. Los Angeles Dodgers (33-21, No. 2)
Memorial Day MVP: Shohei Ohtani
Most Important Going Forward: Tyler Glasnow staying healthy
9. Minnesota Twins (28-24, No. 11)
Memorial Day MVP: Joe Ryan
Most Important Going Forward: Royce Lewis
10. Seattle Mariners (28-26, No. 14)
Memorial Day MVP: Dylan Moore
Most Important Going Forward: Julio Rodríguez
11. Texas Rangers (25-29, No. 9)
12. Houston Astros (24-29, No. 13)
13. Detroit Tigers (26-27, No. 15)
14. Chicago Cubs (27-26, No. 12)
15. Boston Red Sox (27-26, No. 17)
16. San Diego Padres (28-28, No. 16)
17. Tampa Bay Rays (26-28, No. 10)
18. St. Louis Cardinals (25-26, No. 19)
19. Arizona Diamondbacks (25-28, No. 18)
20. Pittsburgh Pirates (25-29, No. 21)
21. San Francisco Giants (27-27, No. 20)
22. Cincinnati Reds (23-30, No. 22)
23. Toronto Blue Jays (23-29, No. 24)
24. Washington Nationals (23-28, No. 23)
25. New York Mets (22-30, No. 22)
26. Oakland Athletics (22-33, No. 26)
27. Los Angeles Angels (20-33, No. 27)
28. Miami Marlins (19-35, No. 30)
29. Colorado Rockies (18-34, No. 29)
30. Chicago White Sox (15-39, No. 28)