These are the weekly power rankings of teams in Franchise GM, based solely on the talent the teams have at the major league level. I will be posting these almost on a weekly basis. You may feel free to comment below if you feel your ranking is unjust... maybe I missed the talent level on your team? Banter and debate is welcomed. The more information I readily have about your team, the better, so please update your depth charts or post one if you haven't done so already. If you don't have one posted, then post a new thread for your depth chart at the main board and one of the EC staff members will merge it into your team page.
Week 0 Power Rankings1) :NYY: - Sabathia, Burnett, Lackey makes Yankees best rotation in the bigs
2) :PHI: - Phils have added depth to match Yanks. Figgins replacing Werth isn't all that bad.
3) :MIL:
4) :COL: - Rockies edge Red Sox unlike World Series three years ago
(1)5) :LAA: - A retooled power offense and young pitching staff by new GM Brown. Look out A's…
(2)6) :BOS:
(-2)7) :OAK:
(-1)
:CIN: - Reds bring in depth to push them ahead of Cards in NL races
(1)9) :PIT: - Buccos bring in more offensive support with Raburn and Headley.
(3)10) :STL:
(-2)11) :CLE: - Mistake by the lake has the best D in the majors
(2)12) :LAD: - Manny drags this franchise down with his roids, heavy salary, and horrible D.
(-1)13) :TOR:
(-3)14) :SEA: - Trade with Fathers validates lineup a bit more
(2)15) :TB: - Overlooked offense in preseason power rankings
(9)16) :TEX:
(-2)17) :MIN: - Mauer's deals: Real-life $184m over 8 years, Fantasy $40m over 4 years
(1)18) :NYM: - Pitching staff coming together with Johan at his true form.
(-1)19) :SF:
(-4)20) :ATL: - Solid D plus Heyward makes this team interesting to watch
(-1)21) :CHC: - First it was a $12m bonus for Alex Avila, and now Chipper and Buerhle come to town… wow.
(4)22) :ARZ: - Rotation overlooked with Halladay, Jimenez, Zambrano (and Webb)
23) :CHW: - Rick, post a depth chart and you'll climb the rankings at least a little bit!
(-2)24) :FL: - Defense is suspect at best
(-4)25) :WAS: - Nats should shoot up rankings with Jake's leadership in the front office.
(1)26) :DET:
(-3)27) :BAL: - All I hear is crickets from the new GM.
28) :KC: - Butler and Meche are gone and the farm approaches Dodger value.
(1)29) :HOU: - Fat Elvis on the DL
(-1)30) :SD: - A couple trades have improved the team slightly… could overtake Stros soon.
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