The Los Angeles Dodgers (27-13) have a half-game lead over the San Diego Padres (27-14) within the National League West getting into Monday, whereas the reigning champion San Francisco Giants (22-18) have misplaced six of eight to fall again into third place.
After getting swept at residence towards the Padres over the weekend, the Giants host the NL East-leading New York Mets for 3 video games beginning Monday evening. Those Padres have received six of seven and start the week with a collection towards the Milwaukee Brewers, who’ve a three-game lead within the NL Central.
San Francisco solely performs the Dodgers and Padres three extra instances every earlier than the All-Star break.
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In this week’s USA TODAY Sports MLB energy rankings, the highest six stayed the identical – with the New York Yankees at No. 1 – whereas the Tampa Bay Rays jumped two spots to No. 7.
Here’s how our eight-person panel voted this week:
Rank (motion from final week)
1. New York Yankees (–)
2. Los Angeles Dodgers (–)
3. Houston Astros (–)
4. New York Mets (–)
5. Milwaukee Brewers (–)
6. San Diego Padres (–)
7. Tampa Bay Rays (+2)
8. Los Angeles Angels (-1)
9. Minnesota Twins (+1)
10. San Francisco Giants (-2)
11. St. Louis Cardinals (–)
12. Toronto Blue Jays (–)
13. Chicago White Sox (–)
14. Atlanta Braves (+1)
15. Arizona Diamondbacks (+2)
16. Philadelphia Phillies (–)
17. Cleveland Guardians (-3)
18. Boston Red Sox (+3)
19. Colorado Rockies (–)
20. Miami Marlins (–)
21. Seattle Mariners (-3)
22. Texas Rangers (+3)
23. Oakland Athletics
24. Pittsburgh Pirates (–)
25. Baltimore Orioles (-3)
26. Chicago Cubs (–)
27. Kansas City Royals (–)
28. Detroit Tigers (+1)
29. Washington Nationals (-1)
30. Cincinnati Reds (–)
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Alexis Diaz, brother of Mets nearer Edwin, has a 0.92 ERA in 18 video games.
This article initially appeared on USA TODAY: MLB energy rankings: Dodgers, Padres lead NL West, Giants fall behind