The best team in the American League is not the star-studded Detroit Tigers, nor is it the defending AL Champion Kansas City Royals.
Nope, the No. 1 team in the power rankings is from Houston. They're led by a 5-foot-6 second baseman named Jose Altuve, who can seemingly do anything.
Altuve, who won the American League batting crown in 2014 was expected to be a force this season. Dallas Keuchel, Colin McHugh, Luis Valbuena, and Jake Marisnick were not expected to be quite as good as they have been.
It all ads up to a team on a 10-game win streak with a seven-game first-place cushion in the American League West.