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Originally published June 23, 2012 at 4:24 PM | Page modified June 23, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Larry Stone's MLB power rankings
Last week's rankings in parentheses Team 1 Rangers (5) To make room for Oswalt, Mark Hamburger is designated. That's In-n-Out baseball 2...
Last week's rankings in parentheses
| Team | ||
| 1 | Rangers (5) | To make room for Oswalt, Mark Hamburger is designated. That's In-n-Out baseball |
| 2 | Yankees (3) | Frank Francisco calls Yankees "chickens." Well, they're dinger-lickin' good |
| 3 | Dodgers (2) | Dodgers no longer kings of L.A.; the L.A. Kings are |
| 4 | Nationals (1) | Davey Johnson is Peralta non grata with the Rays |
| 5 | Orioles (4) | Adam Jones lock to make All-Star team, but probably wouldn't have hit at Safeco |
| 6 | Angels (11) | In honor of Mike Trout, Rally Monkey given gills and dorsal fins |
| 7 | Mets (9) | No truth they will rename team the New York Dickeys |
| 8 | Giants (7) | Bruce Bochy has side job as Sam Elliott's voice double |
| 9 | Rays (8) | Urbane Joe Maddon would really rather discuss wine bar than pine tar |
| 10 | Braves (12) | Craig Kimbrel, last year's Rookie of Year, may be 2nd-Seasoner of Year in '12 |
| 11 | Indians (13) | Dan Gilbert changes his vow, now says Cavs will win title before Indians |
| 12 | Reds (6) | Weekly Billy Hamilton update: 83 steals in 68 games for Class A Bakersfield |
| 13 | Pirates (14) | Andrew McCutchen has quietly become one of the elite players in baseball |
| 14 | White Sox (10) | Adam Dunn has loudly become one of the most bizarre players in baseball |
| 15 | Red Sox (19) | David Ortiz sick of Red Sox "drama," he declares dramatically |
| 16 | Blue Jays (20) | Where's Huck Flener when you really need him? |
| 17 | Cardinals (15) | Cardinals hope Chris Carpenter's back by mid-July. Pujols still not returning |
| 18 | Diamondbacks (17) | Who will make it to majors first, Trevor Bauer or Danny Hultzen? |
| 19 | Tigers (18) | Tigers reliever Duane has 2.35 ERA. Look out, Below |
| 20 | A's (21) | Tokyo was so much fun, A's want to play next Mariners series in Munich |
| 21 | Phillies (22) | Phillies so bad, Shane has to change name to Defeatarino |
| 22 | Marlins (16) | Now that LeBron has his ring, the heat is on Hanley Ramirez to win — not 1, not 2 ... |
| 23 | Brewers (24) | Brew calls up Tyler Thornburg, who didn't inspire epic miniseries, The Thorn Burgs |
| 24 | Royals (23) | George Brett a little miffed that there's a pine-tar dustup not involving him |
| 25 | Twins (25) | Useless trivia: Ben Revere only active non-pitcher with 100-plus games & no HR |
| 26 | Mariners (26) | Mariners hitters are road warriors, home worriers |
| 27 | Astros (27) | Wandy Rodriguez replaces Erik Bedard as this year's human trade rumor |
| 28 | Rockies (29) | Carlos Gonzalez wins Steve Carlton Award for great player on horrible team |
| 29 | Padres (28) | Padres lobby for rule change to play "natural rival" 162 times |
| 30 | Cubs (30) | Dempster goes on DL with strained lat, also straining his trade value |
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