1. Chicago White Sox: Anyone see this coming?
2. St. Louis Cardinals: With their pitching staff improved and healthy, this team seems poised for another trip to the Fall Classic.
3. Atlanta Braves: Where else would they be?
4. Baltimore Orioles: Can they hold off the Sox and Yankees thru October?
5. Minnesota Twins: Nine games over .500 and 4.5 games behind the Chi Sox.
6. Florida Marlins: The D-Train is rolling again.
7. Los Angeles Dodgers: Maybe those moves weren't that bad.
8. Los Angeles Angels: They'll be the best team in 'L.A.' come September.
9. Boston Red Sox: The Wade Miller signing was Theo-terrific.
10. Washington Nationals: They're not an expansion team.
11. New York Mets: Pedro has his Cy Young stuff.
12. Arizona Diamondbacks: Adjusting to the post-Randy era.
13. San Diego Padres: Without Bonds in San Francisco, the Padres might be the NL West's best team.
14. San Francisco Giants: Scrambling without Bonds.
15. Texas Rangers: Soriano is beginning to heat up.
16. Toronto Blue Jays: Ahead of the Yankees.
17. Milwaukee Brewers: Hillenbran is having an All-Star type of season.
18. Detroit Tigers: Guillen was a steal and might be the best AL shortstop not named Tejada.
19. Oakland Athletics: No runs McOakland.
20. Chicago Cubs: Don't panic just yet.
21. Philadelphia Phillies: All show, no results with that high payroll.
22. Cincinnati Reds: The Little Red Machine.
23. New York Yankees: They like seeing George sweat.
24. Cleveland Indians: They weren't expecting to be double-digits out of first until August.
25. Seattle Mariners: They should have spent that money on free-agent pitching.
26. Houston Astros: A quick fall from being one game from the World Series.
27. Pittsburgh Pirates: Their ace Ortiz has struggled.
28. Tampa Bay Devil Rays: They were ahead of the Yankees for a few days.
29. Kansas City Royals: Can they get to double-digit wins before Colorado?
30. Colorado Rockies: They are 2-15 on the road, they need to get back to Denver ASAP.

