{"id":814493,"date":"2026-07-20T16:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/814493\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:28:21","slug":"new-mlb-power-rankings-as-red-sox-and-orioles-heat-up-al-east-race-while-marlins-slide-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/814493\/","title":{"rendered":"New MLB Power Rankings as Red Sox and Orioles Heat Up AL East Race, While Marlins Slide Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">24. Toronto Blue Jays (46-53)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 22<br \/>Last Week:\u00a01-2 vs. CWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">With a 7-14 record in their last 21 games, the Blue Jays are down to a 14.4 percent chance of making the playoffs, according to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/standings\/playoff-odds\/fg\/div\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">FanGraphs<\/a>. It will be tough to swallow selling a year removed from Game 7 of the World Series, but Kevin Gausman would be one of the top rental arms on the market if they decide to cash in their chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">23. Cincinnati Reds (45-53)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 24<br \/>Last Week:\u00a02-1 @ COL<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Reds have an NL-worst 25-42 record since the beginning of May, and despite sitting just six games back in the wild-card standings, they have no business being anything but sellers at the deadline. Brady Singer, Eugenio Su\u00e1rez, Tyler Stephenson, Nathaniel Lowe, Pierce Johnson, Brock Burke and Caleb Ferguson are among the rental candidates they will look to unload.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">22. Houston Astros (47-54)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 19<br \/>Last Week:\u00a00-3 vs. BAL<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The difference between four games below .500 and seven games below .500 at this point in the season is significant, and the upcoming week against the Marlins and White Sox could be the final push toward throwing in the towel if things don&#8217;t go well. Who&#8217;s ready to see if Yordan Alvarez can win an MVP award playing for an also-ran?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"24. Toronto Blue Jays (46-53) Previous Rank:\u00a0No. 22Last Week:\u00a01-2 vs. CWS With a 7-14 record in their last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-814493","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\/814493","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=814493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}