1. Arizona Diamondbacks: The D-backs are off to an MLB best 15-6 start, and if the hitters continue to perform this well, they might stick around at the top.
2. Chicago Cubs: The Cubs have just kept on winning, also starting 15-6, and winning nine of their last ten.
3. Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox have won eight of their last ten, and seem to have realized Jacoby Ellsbury is a vastly superior player to Coco Crisp.
4. Anaheim of Orange County Los Angeles Angels: The Halos are playing pretty good baseball of late, and Casey Kotchman, after having 11 HR's in 443 AB's has 6 HR's in 76 AB's this year.
5. Milwaukee Brewers: The Brew Crew is looking pretty good so far, Eric Gagne has been pretty shaky so far, and Ben Sheets is already hurt.
6. Florida Marlins: First place in the NL East is not the Mets, Phillies, or the Braves, it's the Florida Marlins.
7. Oakland Athletics: They continue to surprise, and if Rich Harden comes back, they very well may compete.
8. Baltimore Orioles: I'm putting them here based solely on the fact that they're still above .500 this late into the season.
9. St. Louis Cardinals: The redbirds have been struggling a little bit, but they appear to not be as bad as I had expected.
10. New York Yankees: Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy have been flat out terrible. Which bodes well for the Yankees if they can turn it around.
11. New York Mets: The Mets have been playing somewhat better recently, but I continue to worry about their pitching.
12. Chicago White Sox: Still in first place!
13. Philadelphia Phillies: Chase Utley is an absolute beast.
14. Seattle Mariners: Felix Hernandez looks like he finally is starting to fulfill some of his vast potential. Because I said this, his next start will be 3 innings with 7 ER's.
15. Tampa Bay Rays: Evan Longoria has made a very solid entry into the majors, another in the line of uber-prospects for the Rays.
16. Houston Astros: The 'Stros have won four in a row, although with Miguel Tejada certain to need geritol or some other old age product, you wonder how long it can last.
17. Atlanta Braves: Yunel Escobar has been excellent so far, as everyone who owned him in 20 team keeper leagues could have predicted.
18. Minnesota Twins: Francisco Liriano's start hasn't been particularly encouraging, but it's early.
19. Detroit Tigers: The offense is finally starting to come around...they're not going to be under .500 for much longer.
20. Toronto Blue Jays: The Jays have lost seven of their last ten, but with good pitching, losing streaks don't stay around very long.
21. Los Angeles Dodgers: They've shown flashes of brilliance along with long periods of stupidity, but Andruw Jones has looked terrible.
22. Kansas City Royals: The Royals have cooled off considerably, but I still like the direction of the team.
23. Pittsburgh Pirates: Hey, at least they've won two in a row.
24. Cleveland Indians: They can't be in last forever, can they?
25. Colorado Rockies: They've lost four in a row and are still tied for second.
26. San Diego Padres: The Fathers are not playing particularly good baseball. Jake Peavy and Chris Young both pitched in what were eventually double digit games, not a good thing.
27. Cincinnati Reds: Edison Volquez has been excellent so far.
28. San Francisco Giants: I have a man crush on Tim Lincecum.
29. Texas Rangers: Wow.
30. Washington Nationals: They suck.
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