2. Phillies (18-9 -1) Imagine that, The Phillies have the most quality starts in Baseball.
3. Rockies (17-9 -1) The Rockies look to hold on to the West all year long, Tulowitzki has been impressive, but his running mate CarGo has been slumping
4. Yankees (16-9 +1) The Bronx Bombers have 45 team Home Runs, more than anyone else in baseball.
5. Marlins (17-9 +1) Hard to imagine that the best player on one of the hottest teams in the league is batting .191. Fish are doing it with pitching.
6. Rangers (16-12 -3) Really miss the production of Josh Hamilton in the middle of the lineup, who wouldn't?
7. Cardinals (16-12 +1) You have to love Lance Berkman's revival. The best offense in baseball, has also received excellent pitching.
8. Angels (16-12 -1) Have gotten great production without a lot of power, may be in line to add a power bat when the trade deadline approaches.
9. Rays (15-13 +3) Tampa has been one of baseball's hottest teams since the awful start. Need more consistency from Ace, David Price.
10. Royals (15-13 even) Impressive month for a team that was not highly regarded, their offense has been lights out. Francouer has really brought his career back.
11. Reds (14-14 +1) Still one of the best lineups in all of the National League, maintaining alright without starting pitchers Bailey and Cueto.
12. Dodgers (14-15 -1) Andre Either is putting on an absolute show so far. One of the most impressive Aprils in Baseball history.
13. Orioles (13-13 +12) Offense is really struggling, but they have been able string a few wins together. Vlad Guerrero has been a solid acquisition.
14. Brewers (13-14 +1) Weeks,Fielder and Braun have formed a lethal three way attack on offense, well alive in the wide open Central.
15. Athletics (14-14 +1) One of the premier starting staffs in all of baseball, hitting just well enough to stick around at this point.
16. Braves (14-15 +2) Braves offense has yet to catch up to their pitching. Heyward and Uggla need to get going.
17. Giants (13-14 -3) San Fran has been on a skid of late. Pablo Sandoval is having a nice bounce back year, but isn't getting a lot of help.
18. Pirates (13-15 +4) The core four continue to struggle offensively but the overachieving pitching staff is keeping them around. One of the better Bullpens in the league.
19. Blue Jays (13-15 +4) Jose Bautista continues proving he is no fluke, leads the Al in Average and Homers.
20. Tigers (12-16 -11) Just as Detroit climbs up the rankings they free fall back thanks in help to their 6 game losing streak.
21. Nationals (13-14 -1) Jason Werth has not lived up to his huge contract so far, its a lot harder without Utley and Howard protecting you.
22. Red Sox (12-15 -5) Boston has yet to put it together. Crawford is still just batting .181 and Adrian Gonzalez only has 1 Long Ball. I'm sure Theo Epstein was expecting more.
23. Cubs (12-15 -2) For a team that ranks third in Batting Average, it is completely puzzling as to why they are only 24th in runs. They need some clutch hitting. Pena and Byrd only have 11 combined RBI's
24. Mariners (13-16 +4) at 37, Ichiro remains one of the best hitters in baseball. Seattle has displayed signs of being an OK team, 7-3 in their past 10 games.
25. Mets (12-16 -1) The Mets had a desent week, still our short on starting pitching,but Reyes is keying a very solid New York offense.
26. Diamondbacks (12-15 +1) Dbacks continue to get solid offense, yet lack that one true top end starter for their rotation. Could haunt them all year long.
27. Padres (11-17 +3) Offense is struggling Big time, Ludwick cannot be hitting .198 for this team to be successful.
28. White Sox (10-19 -2) The Sox currently are riding a 5 game slide, their second 5 plus game losing streak in April
29. Astros (11-17 even) Last in baseball in ERA and Batting average against, not going to win many games that way.
30. Twins (9-18 -11) Twins went 0-6 this week, and were outscored 54-14 in that stretch. Twins' batting average must improve.
April AL MVP-Jose Bautista Toronto .357 9 Home Runs 16 RBI's. 2 of the 3 legs in the Triple Crown
April NL MVP-Lance Berkman St. Louis .406 9 Home Runs 27 RBI's. within striking distance of all the Triple Crown Numbers
April AL Cy Young-Jared Weaver 6-1 1.39 ERA 55 K's. 6 April wins in quite impressive, on pace for a big year in that category.April NL Cy Young-Josh Johnson 3-0 0.88 ERA 39 K's. Not talked about a lot, but is a very impressive young pitcher.
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