MLB Power Rankings: The Phillies start the season in the No. 1 spot
The first installment of the Yahoo Sports MLB power rankings of 2019 falls on April Fools’ Day. And while trying to sort out the best and worst baseball teams less than a week into the season may feel like a fools’ errand, I can assure you this was an earnest exercise.
As it will be each Monday during the regular season.
Some things here might look foolish in a couple of months — ahem, Padres and Mariners — but I’m really trying to weigh early returns with long-term expectations. I don’t care so much about two bad teams splitting a series (which we saw) as I do about a team we thought wasn’t great putting a whooping on a really good team (which we also saw).
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All that being said, our No. 1 team this week shouldn’t surprise you at all. And that’s no foolin’.
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