By Darryl Reina With #1 Albert Pujols on the DL, the St. Louis Cardinals now look so vulnerable that the NL Central race is now wide-open, as does the top-spot beyond this week. Toronto's Alex Rios moves up to #2, with David Ortiz dropping out of our Top 10. Here are this week's RealGM.com player rankings. This Week (Last Week) 1.(1.) Albert Pujols: The game's most feared hitter is on the DL and the Cardinals are slumping. His HR (25) and RBI (65) totals continue to lead MLB. 2.(5.) Alex Rios: Rios leads MLB with a .359 batting average and moves all the way to #2 this week. 3.(6.) Vladamir Guerrero: Despite the Angels struggles this season, Guerrero still has one of the most feared and entertaining swings in baseball (.332). 4.(3.) Derek Jeter: An injured thumb places Jeter on day-to-day status. His average has jumped to .344. 5.(8.) Vernon Wells: Wells continues to be consistent at the plate, batting .326. 6.(12.) Miquel Tejada: The Oriole SS is now hitting at a .335 clip. 7.(16.) Brandon Webb: Quality start upon quality start for this 8-0 Diamondback pitcher. 8.(17.) Miguel Cabrera: This quality hitter is batting .349 for the inconsistent Marlins. 9.(9.) Alex Rodriquez: The Yankee 3B is hitting .287 and is looking better at the plate, despite missing the protection of Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui. 10.(10.) David Wright: I had a chance to watch this player in person over the weekend and came away more impressed than ever (hitting .327 for the first place Mets). 11.(22.) Shea Hillenbrand 12.(HM) Joe Mauer 13.(HM) Alfonso Soriano 14.(10.) Jim Thome 15.(15.) Manny Ramirez 16.(2.) David Ortiz 17.(7.) Travis Hafner 18.(4.) Casey Blake 19.(23.) Ichiro Suzuki 20.(13.) Jose Vidro 21.(14.) Paul Konerko 22.(18.) Jonathan Papelbon 23.(19.) Curt Schilling 24.(20.) Pedro Martinez 25.(NL) Mike Mussina Honorable Mention: Michael Young, Andruw Jones, Josh Beckett, Scott Kasmir, Kevin Millwood, David Eckstein, Edgar Renteria, Scott Rolen, A.J. Pierznyski, Tom Glavine, Bronson Arroyo, Matt Holliday, Brad Hawpe, Carlos Lee, Freddy Garcia, Ken Griffey, Jr., Nick Swisher, Shawn Green, Ryan Howard, Chris Carpenter, Lance Berkman, Mark Teixeira, Nomar Garciaparra, Billy Wagner, Kenny Rogers, Mariano Rivera, Jason Giambi, Mike Lowell, and Jason Schmidt.