It's one week till the Indians open on Sunday Night Baseball against the World Champs in Chicago. ESPN.com has the Indians ranked fourth in their initial Power Rankings (scroll to the bottom), behind the White Sox, Athletics and Yankees, (what NL?) and has this to say about that:
MLB Power Rankings: Week 1Much has changed since the end of the 2005 season -- amphetamines were banned, the Marlins gutted their roster, the Mets and Blue Jays spent money in Yankee-esque proportions.
But one thing hasn't changed: The Chicago White Sox are still baseball's No. 1 team. Since being crowned the World Series champs for the first time in 88 years, the Sox did nothing to disrupt their standing atop MLB's highest perch in our first Power Rankings of 2006.
Our last Power Rankings, posted immediately after the World Series, predicted that the AL Central rival Indians would be the No. 1 team to start the 2006 season. But the additions of Jim Thome and Javier Vazquez have firmly cemented Chicago as the team to beat once again.
Frontrunners.
Fox Sports has the Tribe 11th, below the Tigers of all people. Red Sox at #1? Sorry, not buying that either.
Joe is back posting regularly over at Cleveland Indians Report, so check him out. I use his site as a portal to the sites of all the Tribe's minor league teams, league sites, and all manner of baseball resources.
Posted by dan at March 26, 2006 11:35 PM