![]() For a contender currently rolling with a patchwork rotation, a rock-solid Cole is badly needed. After spinning a shutout Sunday, Cole carried a 0.95 ERA into the clubhouse and learned he’s the first Yankees starter on record with a sub-1 ERA and 30 strikeouts in his first four starts of a season. Will you roll your eyes if I say, after just four starts, that we’re seeing another level from Gerrit Cole? I get it, he has five top-five Cy Young finishes to his name. The Braves hope he’ll be close to as good as the resident ace who has emerged in his absence: Bryce Elder. Max Fried returns from the injured list Monday. The strong are only getting stronger now. Murphy’s three-homer week landed him in the 1.000 OPS club, at 1.097, alongside Matt Olson (1.069) and Ronald Acuña Jr. This one started with Sean Murphy’s walk-off homer last Monday night. After winning six of seven to start the season, then losing three straight, the Braves are on a six-game winning streak. Atlanta Bravesĭon’t look now, but Atlanta is streakin’ again. So far, the Rays are the most potent offense in the majors, by a wide margin, and also have the league’s best pitching staff ERA. 500 - though one of ’em is the reigning World Series champion Astros. Their next four series are against teams currently at or below. They will head to Cincinnati’s bandbox next, where they’ll smash like six homers per game, then head back home, where they have yet to lose. Now the sole leader on this list, the Rays are poised to put even more distance between them and the field. The streak died, but the Rays’ time atop the power rankings did not. April baseball is a beautiful thing, and so is trying to mold all of that madness into a weekly power ranking. MLB’s six division leaders: the Rangers, Rays, Twins, Braves, Brewers and Diamondbacks. We’re entering the third full week of games this season, and nothing makes sense. ![]() ![]() The Rangers rolled to a runaway win, and the AL West standings looked like this: Semien hammered it into the Crawford Boxes. He got ahead 0-2 on Marcus Semien, then Neris left one of those untouchable splitters over the plate. I have read the comics, and it's not like that, so I hope the show gets better and I'm willing to improve my score if it does.The Astros manager turned to Hector Neris, the right-hander who had thrown 350 splitters in the past two seasons without once watching one of them fly out for a homer. The show has turned into a cliched horror movie, with characters so stupid you root for the zombies to finish them off. A longer season didn't benefit the show, as every episode has filler of people whining nonstop until something happens. The characters became whiny, sanctimonious and not very bright. Let me put it this way: If you watch Breaking Bad, imagine if every character in the show was Skyler White. Then the second season comes out, the setting changes to a farm, and everything goes downhill from there. The short season helped the show to keep it snappy. It was suspenseful, compelling and well-crafted. What happened? The show started with a bang. I downgraded it to a 7/10 after the disappointing second season. Then the I originally rated this show a 10/10.
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