MLB power rankings: The best road records through roughly 100 games
By Kevin Henry
15) MLB Power Rankings: New York Yankees
In July alone, the Yankees are 2-7 outside the Bronx, and five of those losses came against St. Louis and Colorado, teams that the Yankees (at least on paper) were better than. A tough July start on the road has dropped the Yankees to 22-24 on the road. When exactly is Aaron Judge coming back from that toe injury? It may not come in time for what will be a big three-game road series against the Orioles this weekend.
14) MLB Power Rankings: Minnesota Twins
Ah, our first division leader enters the power rankings just above the average line. Perhaps it’s fitting for the American League Central-pacing Twins to be here as the division has been such a hodgepodge of mediocrity this season. At 24-26 on the season, Minnesota is just the road average schedule of all MLB teams at 23-25. If Minnesota is to win the division, the team will have to figure out how to win on the road to avoid another quick postseason exit.
13) MLB Power Rankings: Philadelphia Phillies
We learned last season to never count the Phillies out, right? In our power rankings, the Phillies are the last team to come in with a losing record on the road (26-27) and have done well for themselves at home this season so far (26-19). It was on the road last season (in St. Louis in the Wild Card round) where Philadelphia started its improbable march to the Fall Classic. Will it find magic on the road again in the final two months of the season?
12) MLB Power Rankings: Boston Red Sox
Here’s to the Red Sox, a team that continues to surprise this season by staying in the postseason conversation after many left them buried for dead in the preseason projections. At 25-24 away from Fenway Park this season, Boston has a West Coast test ahead of them, starting next weekend with three games in San Francisco before three games in Seattle at the MLB trade deadline.
11) MLB Power Rankings: Tampa Bay Rays
Admit it … you didn’t expect to see the Rays so low on the list, did you? For all of the talk about the team’s hot start to the season, the Rays have floundered outside Tropicana Field in a big way this month, winning just two of eight road games. Consecutive trips to New York for the Yankees and Houston for the defending World Champions at the end of the month will be something to watch.