2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: Sept. 3

A look at the best and worst baseball teams in the league.

Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Week for Sept. 3, 2012.

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2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: August 27

A look at the best and worst baseball teams in the league.

Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Week for August 27, 2012.

1. Nationals — Is there some friction among management?

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2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: August 20

A look at the best and worst baseball teams in the league.

Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Week for August 20, 2012.

1. Nationals — Opponents are batting .210 with runners in scoring position.

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MLB Trade Deadline: Winners and Losers

Some teams got better, while others looked towards the future.

Every summer August 1 is something like New Year’s Day in baseball. General managers around the league work frantically through July 31 to reshape their teams into contenders or sell off spare parts in order to rebuild for the future. It marks the beginning of the pennant drive, with a different look to many lineups.

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2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: August 13

A look at the best and worst baseball teams in the league.

Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Week for August 13, 2012.

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2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: August 6

A look at the best and worst baseball teams in the league.

Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Week for August 6, 2012.

1. Reds — Aroldis Chapman toughest pitcher in majors.

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2012 MLB Pennant Races: A to Z

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A’s, as in the Oakland Athletics, are in a pennant race for the first time since 2006. We have the second wild card to thank for this, but the no-name A’s have been the hottest team since July 1. It’s amazing what can be accomplished when you assemble a competent pitching staff.

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Baseball's Players of the Week: Cabrera, Hughes, Zimmerman, Latos

Athlon Sports looks back at the previous week's best baseball players

Each week Athlon Sports looks back at the previous week's best baseball players in the American and National Leagues and recaps the most outstanding pitching performances. Here are last week's — June 25-July 1 — standouts.

AL Player of the Week

Miguel Cabrera, Detroit

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2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: June 18

A look at the best and worst baseball teams in MLB.

1. Dodgers — Dodgers and opponents batting .239 in June.

2. Yankees — Rafael Soriano had five saves during nine-game win streak.

3. Rangers — Just one game over .500 since their torrid April.

4. Reds — New ace Mat Latos is 5-0 over last 10 starts.

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Fantasy Baseball Weekend Rundown: May 10

A look around baseball for the best fantasy options.

Stay tuned each week to Athlon Sports for a 2012 Fantasy Baseball Weekend Waiver Wire every Monday and a Weekend Rundown every Thursday.

Forget about the curve ball, Ricky. Give him the heater!