The Tampa Bay Rays sit atop this week’s power rankings, the last before the All-Star break. Only four teams, the Yankees, Cardinals, Phillies and Angels, have winning road records through 80 games, and only the Chicago Cubs have won more games at home than Tampa Bay.

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, after brief glimpses of solid play, have retreated to familiar positions looking up at the NL Central and our power rankings while the Minnesota Twins have used interleague dominance to sneak into the top 10.

1. Tampa Bay Rays - Outscored the Marlins 27-8 in three game sweep last week
2. Chicago Cubs - 33-10 at Wrigley, but still just 17-23 on the road
3. Boston Red Sox - Almost as bad as Cubs with 19-25 road record
4. Chicago White Sox - Lead AL with 112 home runs
5. Los Angeles Angels - 27-15 is MLB’s best road record
6. Minnesota Twins - 14-4 since June 11th
7. Oakland Athletics - 3.6 runs allowed per game leads AL
8. St. Louis Cardinals - 24-17 at home, 24-19 on the road
9. New York Yankees - 39 year old Mike Mussina leads team with 10 wins
10. Arizona Diamondbacks - Put Eric Byrnes back on DL July 1st
11. Philadelphia Phillies - NL East lead down to 0.5 games
12. Detroit Tigers - 6 game win streak includes sweep of Colorado
13. Florida Marlins - 119 home runs leads majors
14. Milwaukee Brewers - 4th in MLB in HR (104) , but 24th in BA(.251)
15. Baltimore Orioles - 22-13 at Camden Yards, but 19-27 on the road
16. Texas Rangers - Lead MLB in runs scored, but last in runs allowed
17. Los Angeles Dodgers - Rotation leads NL in runs allowed (4)
18. Atlanta Braves - Jair Jurrjens leads team in ERA, wins and strikeouts
19. New York Mets - 4-6 in last 10, but still just 3.5 back of Phillies
20. Toronto Blue Jays - 2nd in MLB in runs allowed, but 23rd in runs scored
21. Kansas City Royals - 12-4 in last 16 games
22. Houston Astros - Thanks to Michael Bourn, lead NL with 79 SBs
23. San Francisco Giants - Best in NL West with 22-22 road record
24. Cincinnati Reds - Rotation leads league with 646 strikeouts
25. Washington Nationals - Last in majors in runs scored and batting average
26. Colorado Rockies - 22nd in MLB in runs scored, 28th in runs allowed
27. San Diego Padres - Giles and Gonzalez only threats in 29th ranked offense
28. Pittsburgh Pirates - Nate McLouth is just 3 for his last 23
29. Cleveland Indians - Grady Sizemore leads team with 19 steals and 19 HR
30. Seattle Mariners - MLB worst 15-25 home record

Dave DeIuliis will be a senior at Penn State’s School of Journalism. He can be reached at dmd5042@psu.edu.