Three teams, two playoff spots.
That’s what it looks like it will be coming down to in the National League as the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals are currently in a three-way battle that should come down to the wire.
As of this writing, the Rockies have a half-game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West, which means they currently have the guaranteed playoff spot that comes with first place. For now.
In the wild card standings, the Cardinals and Dodgers are tied up, both sitting three games back of the Milwaukee Brewers (who only trail the Cubs by 2.5 games for first in the NL Central ).
At this point, it’s anyone’s guess as to how this race will play out as all three teams have played around .500 ball over their last 10 games and all have a mix of difficult and easy opponents remaining on their schedules.
But how do the power rankers from ESPN, CBS and USA Today see it?
Find out in the penultimate edition of RealClearLife‘s Ultimate Power Rankings, which combine ratings from those three publications to get a single rank for all 30 teams in MLB and use segmented tiers to arrange them.
Step up to the plate.
The Best of the Best (1.00-5.00)
No. 1.33, last 1.00, two weeks ago 1.00: Boston Red Sox – (ESPN, 2), (CBS Sports, 1), (USA Today, 1)
No. 1.66, last 2.00, two weeks ago 2.00: Houston Astros – (ESPN, 1), (CBS Sports, 2), (USA Today, 2)
No. 3.66, last 3.33, two weeks ago 2.66: New York Yankees – (ESPN, 3), (CBS Sports, 5), (USA Today, 3)
No. 3.66, last 4.00, two weeks ago 5.33: Oakland Athletics – (ESPN, 4), (CBS Sports, 3), (USA Today, 4)
No. 4.66, last 4.66, two weeks ago 4.00: Chicago Cubs – (ESPN, 5), (CBS Sports, 4), (USA Today, 5)
The Best of the Rest (5.01-10.00)
No. 7.33, last 6.66, two weeks ago 6.66: Cleveland Indians – (ESPN, 6), (CBS Sports, 10), (USA Today, 6)
No. 7.33, last 7.33, two weeks ago 7.33: Los Angeles Dodgers – (ESPN, 7), (CBS Sports, 6), (USA Today, 9)
No. 7.33, last 7.00, two weeks ago 9.33: Milwaukee Brewers – (ESPN, 8), (CBS Sports, 7), (USA Today, 7)
No. 8.33, last 9.00, two weeks ago 9.66: Atlanta Braves – (ESPN, 9), (CBS Sports, 8), (USA Today, 8)
So You’re Saying There’s a Chance (10.01-15.00)
No. 10.33, last 10.66, two weeks ago 13.00: Colorado Rockies – (ESPN, 10), (CBS Sports, 11), (USA Today, 10)
No. 10.33, last 11.66, two weeks ago 13.00: Tampa Bay Rays – (ESPN, 11), (CBS Sports, 9), (USA Today, 11)
No. 12.00, last 11.00, two weeks ago 7.66: St. Louis Cardinals – (ESPN, 12), (CBS Sports, 12), (USA Today, 12)
No. 14.00, last 11.66, two weeks ago 10.00: Arizona Diamondbacks – (ESPN, 13), (CBS Sports, 15), (USA Today, 14)
No. 14.00, last 14.33, two weeks ago 14.33: Seattle Mariners – (ESPN, 16), (CBS Sports, 13), (USA Today, 13)
No. 15.00, last 14.66, two weeks ago 13.66: Philadelphia Phillies – (ESPN, 14), (CBS Sports, 16), (USA Today, 15)
No. 15.00, last 16.33, two weeks ago 16.33: Washington Nationals – (ESPN, 15), (CBS Sports, 14), (USA Today, 16)
Stuck in the Middle with You (15.01-20.00)
No. 17.33, last 16.66, two weeks ago 18.00: Pittsburgh Pirates – (ESPN, 18), (CBS Sports, 17), (USA Today, 17)
No. 17.66, last 18.00, two weeks ago 18.33: Los Angeles Angels – (ESPN, 17), (CBS Sports, 18), (USA Today, 18)
No. 19.33, last 20.33, two weeks ago 21.00: New York Mets – (ESPN, 19), (CBS Sports, 19), (USA Today, 20)
No. 20.00, last 19.33, two weeks ago 17.33: San Francisco Giants – (ESPN, 21), (CBS Sports, 20), (USA Today, 19)
It’s Probably Not Your Year (20.01-25.00)
No. 21.00, last 21.00, two weeks ago 20.66: Minnesota Twins – (ESPN, 20), (CBS Sports, 21), (USA Today, 22)
No. 23.33, last 23.00, two weeks ago 23.33: Texas Rangers – (ESPN, 23), (CBS Sports, 23), (USA Today, 24)
No. 22.33, last 21.33, two weeks ago 22.33: Toronto Blue Jays – (ESPN, 24), (CBS Sports, 22), (USA Today, 21)
No. 23.00, last 23.66, two weeks ago 23.66: Cincinnati Reds – (ESPN, 22), (CBS Sports, 24), (USA Today, 23)
See You in 2019 (25.01-30.00)
No. 25.33, last 25.00, two weeks ago 26.33: Detroit Tigers – (ESPN, 25), (CBS Sports, 26), (USA Today, 25)
No. 25.66, last 26.00, two weeks ago 26.66: San Diego Padres – (ESPN, 26), (CBS Sports, 25), (USA Today, 26)
No. 27.00, last 27.33, two weeks ago 25.66: Chicago White Sox – (ESPN, 27), (CBS Sports, 27), (USA Today, 27)
No. 28.33, last 27.66, two weeks ago 27.33: Miami Marlins – (ESPN, 29), (CBS Sports, 28), (USA Today, 28)
No. 28.66, last 29.00, two weeks ago 29.00: Kansas City Royals – (ESPN, 28), (CBS Sports, 29), (USA Today, 29)
No. 30.00, last 30.00, two weeks ago 30.00: Baltimore Orioles – (ESPN, 30), (CBS Sports, 30), (USA Today, 30)
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