Believe it or not, we are already just about a month into the 2021 MLB season with the calendar set to flip to May this weekend.
What does that mean for this week s edition of our MLB Power Rankings? Well, yes, it is still early but it also isn t
too early anymore.
How much did our voters reflect that when pitting early surprises like the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A s and San Francisco Giants against slumping preseason favorites such as the New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves? And did any of those teams impress our experts enough to challenge the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres for the top two spots on our list?
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CLEVELAND - It s starting to feel like teams are playing for a tie against the Twins. They know how extra innings always go.
Minnesota blew a couple of leads but held on to force a 10th inning. But the Twins failed to score in their half, and Jordan Luplow crushed a home run off Twins righthander Alexander Colome into the left-field bleachers in the bottom of the inning, handing the Twins their third straight loss and 12th in the past 14 games, 5-3 to Cleveland.
The Twins, now 7-14 on the year, fell to 0-5 in extra innings, and Colome absorbed his third loss.
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