ESPN.com · May 7, 2018
Power Rankings: Which AL East juggernaut is No. 1?
With the voters still split three ways on who baseball's best team might be, we may not have consensus but we do have a new No. 1 team -- the sizzling Yankees, winners of 15 of their past 16 games. The Yankees have propelled themselves into a neck-and-neck race for both the top of the AL East and MLB's best record with their hated rivals, the Red Sox -- the team they just displaced in the top slot of our rankings by climbing up three spots, passing the Astros and Diamondbacks as well. All of which adds something extra to the stakes as the two teams square off in the Bronx for a three-game series, starting Tuesday night.