Week Ten
by Asher B. Chancey, BaseballEvolution.com
June 11, 2007

We are truly in the half-empty/half-full stage of the Major League Baseball season. There are an assortment of teams which, depending on your disposition, are either excitingly competitive with the potentional to make a playoff run, or decidedly mundane with a chance to finish at .500 while putting together truly uninspiring baseball.

Depending on how you look at things, the Yankees, Phillies, Twins, Blue Jays, Rockies, Marlins, and Devil Rays are all either on the brink of greatness, or merely on the brink.

In other news, we've had the Line of Death for one week, and already the Yanks and Phils are starting to make me sweat. The Yankees ran off six straight, including The Rocket's return, to pull within one game of .500, while the Phillies are above .500 and stand just behind the seemingly tumbling Mets and Braves.

Never fear, though, sports fans: neither the Phillies nor the Yankees have the pitching or defense to match their hitting, and neither team will manage to make a run without some major trade deadline acquisitions.

Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers are now the worst team in the Major Leagues, and look to remain in the bottom slot for quite some time. Or at least until the Nationals ship the over-achieving Cristian Guzman and Dmitri Young at the trade deadline.

Without further ado, here are the Week Ten Power Rankings. Enjoy and, as always, feel free to comment.

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