This edition of our power rankings sees the Los Angeles Angels in the top spot. And, with baseball’s best record, an 11.5 game division lead and a lineup featuring Mark Teixeira, Vlad Guerrero and Torii Hunter, it’s hard to argue.

Xavier Nady has helped bump the New York Yankees into the top five, the Arizona Diamondbacks are taking advantage of a favorable schedule and historically weak division, and the Minnesota Twins, behind a soft-tossing but strike-throwing rotation, have climbed back atop the AL Central and into our top 10.

1. Los Angeles Angels - 38-21 is baseball’s best road record
2. Tampa Bay Rays - 43 wins at Tropicana Field is most home wins of any team
3. Chicago Cubs - Lead NL in runs scored (5.2) and 2nd in runs allowed (4.1)
4. Boston Red Sox - Newcomer Jason Bay leads team with 23 home runs
5. New York Yankees - 25-25 road record is best in AL East
6. Minnesota Twins - Pitchers have walked fewest batters in MLB (269)
7. Chicago White Sox - Lead AL with 154 home runs
8. Arizona Diamondbacks - Next 4 series vs. Pirates, Braves, Rockies, Astros
9. Philadelphia Phillies - Lead MLB with 157 home runs
10. St. Louis Cardinals - 31-27 at home, 31-25 on the road
11. Milwaukee Brewers - 3-7 plus a dugout scuffle in their last 10 games
12. Florida Marlins - Anibal Sanchez should help a team 25th in runs allowed
13. Detroit Tigers - Verlander has given up 13 earned runs in his last 9 2/3 innings
14. Texas Rangers - Lead MLB in runs scored (5.7), but last in runs allowed (5.9)
15. New York Mets - Santana leads team in ERA and Ks, but has only 9 wins
16. Oakland Athletics - Emil Brown’s 52 RBIs still lead team
17. Los Angeles Dodgers - 3.64 team ERA leads MLB; add Manny to mix
18. Kansas City Royals - 7-3 in last 10 games and scored 27 runs in last 3
19. Baltimore Orioles - 26th in MLB in runs allowed (5.0)
20. Toronto Blue Jays - Matt Stairs leads team with only 11 home runs
21. Houston Astros - Won 4 straight and 7 of 8, but still 12 back of Cubs
22. Cleveland Indians - Grady Sizemore leads team in avg., HR, RBIs and steals
23. Pittsburgh Pirates - Despite losing Bay and Nady, still 3rd in NL in runs scored
24. Atlanta Braves - 18-36 is baseball’s worst road record
25. Cincinnati Reds - 4th in NL in home runs, but 14th in batting average
26. Colorado Rockies - 50 of 99 stolen bases have come from Willy Taveras
27. San Francisco Giants - Aaron Rowand leads 28th ranked offense with 9 HR
28. Seattle Mariners - Scored 19 runs during modest 2 game win streak
29. San Diego Padres - Being outscored by almost a full run/game (3.8 RS/4.7 RA)
30. Washington Nationals - Joel Hanrahan leads team with 1 save

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