The Boston Red Sox have risen two spots in MLB.com’s power rankings.
After losing two games at home to the Baltimore Orioles to begin the week, the Red Sox bounced back in a huge way and took three of four from the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium over the weekend.
The Red Sox landed at No. 8 on the newest power rankings, up from No. 10 last week, and here’s what MLB.com’s Will Leitch had to say about Boston:
“Roman Anthony is starting to feel his oats, isn’t he? Not only is he one of the best players in baseball right now — in pretty much every aspect of the game — and not only does he have Red Sox fans dreaming of big things, it turns out he’s even capable of an epic bat flip. We didn’t know you had that in you, Roman.”
The Yankees, meanwhile, landed at No. 10, up one spot from last week.
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“The Yankees have been batted around, both on and off the field, so much over the last couple of weeks (don’t read those tabloids, boys!), that they have to be relieved to have the schedule coming up that they do: three games against the last-place Nationals and three more against the last-place White Sox,” Leitch wrote of the Bronx Bombers.
“That’s a particular relief considering their struggles against teams above them in the standings: Not counting Sunday night’s late game against the Red Sox (a team that is now above them!), they are 6-19 against AL teams with better records than they have.”
Here’s what the entire top 10 looked like:
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(1) Milwaukee Brewers(2) Detroit Tigers(3) Philadelphia Phillies(4) Toronto Blue Jays(5) Chicago Cubs(6) San Diego Padres(7) Los Angeles Dodgers(8) Boston Red Sox(9) Houston Astros(10) New York Yankees
The Red Sox were set to begin a four-game road series at Camden Yards on Monday against the Orioles.