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.
| 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 |
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| RK | TEAM | RATING | RECORD | CHANGE | COMMENTS | |
| 1 | Red Sox | 2.08 | 0-0 | – | If the staff can deliver even occasional quality starts, this run-scoring juggernaut, coupled with a deeeeep bullpen, should pull out some wins. | |
| 2 | Phillies | 2.33 | 0-0 | – | Loss of Utley knocks them down a peg. | |
| 3 | Giants | 3.25 | 0-0 | – | The pitching is again stellar, end-to-end. But San Fran just didn’t manage to add any useful bats. Help us, Brandon Belt, you’re our only hope. | |
| 4 | Yankees | 4.92 | 0-0 | – | Simply because they have so many weapons. | |
| 5 | Brewers | 7.08 | 0-0 | – | Crew has the pitching and bats to make noise. | |
| 6 | Rangers | 8.33 | 0-0 | – | Cliff Lee, we hardly knew ya. | |
| 7 | Braves | 8.92 | 0-0 | – | Can the “Boys of Spring” turn into the “Boys of October”? | |
| 8 | Twins | 9.08 | 0-0 | – | Gardenhire regime keeps churning out winners. | |
| 9 | White Sox | 10.42 | 0-0 | – | Peavy of old needs to show up on the Southside. | |
| 10 | Rays | 11.25 | 0-0 | – | Newcomer Hellickson should more than make up for the Garza loss, and hopefully Manny and Damon provide the right kind of veteran leadership | |
| 11 | A’s | 11.33 | 0-0 | – | Psst. Texas, do you hear us knocking? | |
| 12 | Cardinals | 11.67 | 0-0 | – | Contract year should stoke the Machine. | |
| 13 | Reds | 12.55 | 0-0 | – | Repeat performance will be difficult unless pitching excels. | |
| 14 | Rockies | 12.83 | 0-0 | – | Six months of Septembers guarantees Rocktober. | |
| 15 | Tigers | 13.58 | 0-0 | – | Bound to be a strong offense, led by Miggy Cabrera. Verlander is solid, but there are questions about the supporting cast. | |
| 16 | Angels | 14.75 | 0-0 | – | Disappointing off-season carries over. | |
| 17 | Dodgers | 15.33 | 0-0 | – | Donnie Baseball is no Joe Torre … yet. | |
| 18 | Blue Jays | 18.92 | 0-0 | – | Can Bautista repeat his HR barrage? | |
| 19 | Marlins | 19.25 | 0-0 | – | Fish won’t flounder if the kiddie corp produces. | |
| 20 | Padres | 19.25 | 0-0 | – | So close last season, so far this one. | |
| 21 | Orioles | 19.92 | 0-0 | – | Showalter has O’s thinking big. | |
| 22 | Cubs | 21.33 | 0-0 | – | Will Pena hit above the Mendoza line? | |
| 23 | Mets | 23.33 | 0-0 | – | There are many issues here, and to perform to this position they’ll need at least one of the following to stage a comeback: Beltran, Bay, or Santana. | |
| 24 | Nationals | 23.75 | 0-0 | – | We’re not Werth-y! | |
| 25 | Astros | 25.25 | 0-0 | – | This is going to be a long season in Houston. Pence and an aging Lee stand amid the rubble of a once-proud program. Lyles may be a bright spot. | |
| 26 | Mariners | 26.17 | 0-0 | – | On the Cust of greatness? Not. | |
| 27 | Royals | 26.33 | 0-0 | – | New season. New optimism. Same ol’ results. | |
| 28 | Indians | 26.83 | 0-0 | – | Grady’s back. And that’s about it. | |
| 29 | Diamondbacks | 27.00 | 0-0 | – | Kennedy needs to pitch to his ability, and some of the other late twenties players need to hit their primes for the D-Backs to compete. | |
| 30 | Pirates | 28.50 | 0-0 | – | If Hurdle plays, they inch up to 29. | |
