Power Rankings are done by the Through The Fence Baseball staff. For the pre-season rankings, 12 staff members weighed in their top 30 teams.
^ – Moved up in the power rankings from the previous week
* – Moved down in the power rankings from the previous week
— – Moved no where in the power rankings from the previous week
Winner: Pittsburgh Pirates – ^ 17 in this week’s power rankings
Loser: Boston Red Sox – * 26 in this week’s power rankings
| MLB POWER RANKINGS BY: THROUGH THE FENCE BASEBALL STAFF WEEK # – PRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | RATING | RECORD | CHANGE | COMMENTS | |
| 1 | Phillies | 1.50 | 7-2 | ^ 1 | Chase who? | |
| 2 | Rangers | 1.50 | 8-1 | ^ 4 | The bats they are thumpin’ deep in the heart of Texas. | |
| 3 | Yankees | 4.75 | 5-4 | ^ 1 | No early-season slump for Teixeira. | |
| Reds | 6.75 | 6-3 | ^ 9 | Votto leads the hit parade. | ||
| 5 | Orioles | 7.25 | 6-3 | ^ 16 | Britton pitching himself into the rotation. | |
| 6 | Giants | 7.75 | 4-5 | * 3 | New WS rings are shiny. Giants aren’t. | |
| 7 | White Sox | 7.75 | 6-3 | ^ 2 | Sox lead the majors in runs scored. | |
| 8 | Braves | 9.25 | 4-6 | * 1 | Something is wrong when Uggla’s glove is better than his bat. | |
| 9 | Royals | 9.75 | 6-3 | ^ 16 | Late-inning rallies have KC zooming up the charts. | |
| 10 | Rockies | 11.25 | 6-2 | ^ 4 | Only starting staff in MLB without a loss — 5-0. | |
| 11 | Angels | 11.75 | 5-4 | ^ 5 | And the Cy Young goes to Jered Weaver. | |
| 12 | Blue Jays | 12.25 | 5-4 | ^ 6 | Yesterday Weaver, today King Felix. Jays bats continue to slumber? | |
| 13 | Pirates | 13.25 | 5-5 | ^ 17 | Pirates faithful aren’t holding breath just yet. | |
| 14 | Brewers | 13.75 | 5-5 | * 9 | Narveson the fifth Brewer starter in history with a 0.00 ERA after two starts. | . |
| 15 | Dodgers | 14.25 | 5-4 | ^ 2 | Kemp’s bat keeps LA from sinking lower. | |
| 16 | Marlins | 17.00 | 5-4 | ^ 3 | LoMo is the real deal. | |
| 17 | Indians | 17.25 | 7-2 | ^ 11 | Seven in a row and counting. As Asdrubal goes, so goes the Tribe. | |
| 18 | A’s | 17.75 | 4-5 | * 7 | Bullpen looked rocky at the start, but is coming around. | |
| 19 | Cardinals | 18.25 | 3-6 | * 7 | Pujols: .143, 1 HR and 4 RBIs. Hardly contract-year production. | |
| 20 | Tigers | 18.25 | 3-6 | * 5 | Cabrera holding up his end of the bargain. | |
| 21 | Twins | 19.00 | 3-6 | * 13 | Worst offense in MLB through week one. | |
| 22 | Padres | 22.00 | 4-4 | * 2 | Punchless Padres relying on potent pitching. | |
| 23 | Mets | 22.25 | 4-5 | — | Ike Davis is the man, and that’s the problem. | |
| 24 | Nationals | 22.25 | 4-5 | — | Can Bryce Harper develop fast enough? | |
| 25 | Diamondbacks | 23.75 | 4-4 | ^ 4 | Weekend-series win over Reds has Gibby’s boys thinking positive. | |
| 26 | Cubs | 25.00 | 4-5 | * 4 | Soriano’s bat showing signs of life. | |
| 27 | Red Sox | 25.25 | 2-7 | * 26 | Indians swept them at The Jake. Nuff said. | |
| 28 | Astros | 26.75 | 2-7 | * 3 | 2010 late-season success seems to have disappeared. | |
| 29 | Rays | 28.75 | 1-8 | * 19 | Manny being Manny isn’t funny any more. | |
| 30 | Mariners | 28.75 | 2-7 | * 4 | My, oh my, are the Mariners bad. | |