According to
USA Today's
MLB Power Rankings,
the Red Sox have moved up two positions to the number five spot this week. Their next opponent (the Texas Rangers) are the only American League team ahead of Boston—moving down a spot to number two on the list. The new number one is the St. Louis Cardinals—who continue to feed their major league roster with blue-chip prospects. The Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves round out the other teams in the top five.
