21. Cincinnati Reds (37-39)<\/p>\n
Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 24
Last Week:\u00a02-1 vs. NYM, 2-1 @ NYY<\/p>\n
After four straight series losses, the Reds snapped out of their funk just in time to welcome the first-place Brewers to Great American Ball Park on Monday. Rookie Sal Stewart slumped after a red-hot start to the year, but after going 7-for-23 with 11 RBI last week he is once again swinging it well out of the No. 3 spot in the lineup.<\/p>\n
20. Minnesota Twins (38-41)<\/p>\n
Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 22
Last Week:\u00a03-0 @ TEX, 2-1 @ ARI<\/p>\n
The Twins have three straight series wins and a 7-2 record over their last nine games, and they are looking to get back to the .500 mark for the first time since they were 12-12 on April 22. The offense plated 50 runs in six games last week, with Trevor Larnach (12-for-23, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) and Josh Bell (10-for-22, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI) leading the way.<\/p>\n
19. Houston Astros (37-42)<\/p>\n
Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 21
Last Week:\u00a02-1 vs. DET, 2-1 vs. CLE<\/p>\n
For the first time since early April, the Astros are a top-20 team in these power rankings as they were one of only four teams to win both of their series last week. The bullpen has benefited greatly from the long-awaited return of Josh Hader earlier this month, as he has nailed down all five of his save chances with a 1.13 ERA and 14.6 K\/9 in eight appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"21. Cincinnati Reds (37-39) Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 24Last Week:\u00a02-1 vs. NYM, 2-1 @ NYY After four straight series losses,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-753668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}