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MLB Power Rankings: After MLB trade deadline, gap is closing on Atlanta Braves

ByScott Roche|
May 19, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) and relief pitcher Yennier Cano (78) leave the field after the eighth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
May 19, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) and relief pitcher Yennier Cano (78) leave the field after the eighth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports

The 2023 MLB trade deadline has come and gone and the rosters are set for the rest of the regular season, and playoff pushes have begun. The Atlanta Braves still sit on top of our weekly MLB power rankings. However, the gap is closing ever so slowly between them the teams chasing them in both the American and National League’s.

This week, the top 5 remained the same, with the San Francisco Giants making a jump into the top 10, but the Baltimore Orioles are inching closer and closer to the Braves after acquiring Jack Flaherty at the deadline. In the middle 10, there have been some changes, thanks in large part to some post-deadline struggles. The Boston Red Sox have tumbled after losing four out of six on the West Coast, then being swept by the Toronto Blue Jays at home. The Seattle Mariners are making a charge up the AL West standings and Wild Card race after selling a bit at the deadline. They are still a team that can make a wild card run over the final seven weeks.

The Chicago Cubs make the jump out of the bottom third as they kept Marcus Stroman and Cody Bellinger at the deadline and are an MLB-best 16-7 since the All-Star Break, and the Los Angeles Angels are fading quickly after going all-in. Now that decision looks like it’s going to backfire on them. I understand it had to be done to appease Shohei Ohtani, but this could be a franchise-altering backfire.

Let’s crank up the first weekly power rankings since the trade deadline on August 1.

  1. Atlanta Braves (last week 1)
  2. Baltimore Orioles (last week 2)
  3. Los Angeles Dodgers (last week 3)
  4. Texas Rangers (last week 4)
  5. Tampa Bay Rays (last week 5)
  6. San Francisco Giants (last week 11)
  7. Houston Astros (last week 6)
  8. Milwaukee Brewers (last week 7)
  9. Toronto Blue Jays (last week 9)
  10. San Diego Padres (last week 12)
  11. Philadelphia Phillies (last week 14)
  12. Cincinnati Reds (last week 8)
  13. Miami Marlins (last week 15)
  14. Chicago Cubs (last week: 20)
  15. Minnesota Twins (last week 16)
  16. Seattle Mariners (last week 21)
  17. New York Yankees (last week 17)
  18. Boston Red Sox (last week 10)
  19. Arizona Diamondbacks (last week 13)
  20. Cleveland Guardians (last week 18)
  21. Los Angeles Angels (last week 19)
  22. Pittsburgh Pirates (last week 24)
  23. St. Louis Cardinals (last week 22)
  24. New York Mets (last week 23)
  25. Detroit Tigers (last week 26)
  26. Chicago White Sox (last week 25)
  27. Washington Nationals (last week 28)
  28. Kansas City Royals (last week 29)
  29. Colorado Rockies (last week 27)
  30. Oakland Athletics (last week 30)

Now that the trade deadline is over, the fun begins with the playoff push in both leagues. There is no doubt there will be changes in the MLB power rankings from week to week over the final seven of the regular season.

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