Nick's MLBPR 5/12/13

Happy Mother's Day to all! Some teams have been making their moms proud, while others have been playing like their grandmothers. (I'm talking to you, Dodgers) I'd like to preface the rest of this list by giving an "LOL" to Scott's "Mother of all power rankings."

There seems to be a long list of teams at least 5 games over the mendoza line segment, followed by a few that hover around said line. But after that there is a curious gap between these and the really crappy teams. With a few exceptinos, the teams at the top of the standings are putting together winning streaks, and those at the bottom are falling back further. This seems pretty timely as the young season begins to enter its second quarter. We'll see.

Biggest winners: Yankees, Phillies: (+5) (the latter due to sheer coincidence)

Biggest loser (no copyright infringement intended): Athletics: (-8)


 * Note: the records and rankings presented here were compiled around 5pm EST on May 12th, so a few of the games on Sunday were not included, suchc as the Cardinals loss.  While this wouldn't change my rankings per se, it is important that I pnooooote it.