The Braves Take the Wheel, No One Runs Away

Our team power ranking — record, run differential and recent form in one order.

For the first time in a while there's a new club at the top, and it isn't the one with the best record. Atlanta grabbed the number-one spot even at 85-58, while Milwaukee's 88-56 mark slid to third after a rough week. Nobody's separating themselves; the top of the board is bunched.

Power Rankings

Power ranking — record, run differential and recent form, blended into one order. Tap a team for its week.

The Braves led things behind Ronald Acuna Jr.'s 11-for-25 week with three homers and a 1.303 OPS, enough to nudge past the Dodgers, who went 4-2 on Mookie Betts' 11 RBI and a shutout six from Blake Snell. Milwaukee's slip to third is honest math — a 3-4 week and a minus-9 run differential — while the real climb belongs to Toronto, up seven spots on a 4-2 week and a plus-12 mark, with Dylan Cease spinning six scoreless. Pittsburgh quietly rose five too, riding Jared Jones and his nine strikeouts over six clean innings.

• 1▲1Atlanta Braves85-58 · +120 run diff · 3-3 this wk›
• 2▲1Los Angeles Dodgers86-57 · +152 run diff · 4-2 this wk›
• 3▼2Milwaukee Brewers88-56 · +168 run diff · 3-4 this wk›
• 4▲1New York Yankees81-62 · +117 run diff · 3-3 this wk›
• 5▼1Philadelphia Phillies80-63 · +34 run diff · 3-3 this wk›
• 6–Tampa Bay Rays85-58 · +47 run diff · 3-4 this wk›
• 7▲5Chicago Cubs81-63 · +132 run diff · 4-3 this wk›
• 8▼1Boston Red Sox79-65 · +86 run diff · 5-2 this wk›
• 9▲7Toronto Blue Jays72-72 · -38 run diff · 4-2 this wk›
• 10▲5Pittsburgh Pirates71-73 · +26 run diff · 4-2 this wk›

Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.