Sports Network's American League Team Rankings
(As of June 10th, 2013)
By Chris Ruddick, MLB Editor
| Team | Record | Previous Rank |
1. Boston Red Sox | 39-26 | 2 |
| Red Sox starting to get healthy; Ellsbury with 11 steals in last 10 games |
2. Texas Rangers | 37-25 | 1 |
| Rangers have scored three runs or fewer in six of their last eight games |
3. Oakland Athletics | 38-27 | 4 |
| A's went 13-4 in stretch of 17 games without an off day |
4. New York Yankees | 37-26 | 5 |
| Pettitte picks up 250th win over the weekend; could Cooperstown be calling? |
5. Detroit Tigers | 35-26 | 3 |
| Fister hasn't received a run of support in last 16 1/3 innings |
6. Baltimore Orioles | 35-28 | 6 |
| Manny Machado leads the majors with 27 doubles |
7. Tampa Bay Rays | 34-28 | 7 |
| Matt Moore has surrendered 14 runs over last two starts to raise ERA to 3.78 |
8. Cleveland Indians | 30-32 | 8 |
| Indians have lost 11 straight road games for the first time since 1991 |
9. Kansas City Royals | 28-32 | 10 |
| Royals can start their turnaround this week versus the Tigers |
10. Chicago White Sox | 27-34 | 9 |
| Alejandro De Aza hitting .386 over last 11 games to raise average to .267 |
11. LA Angels of Anaheim | 27-36 | 11 |
| Hamilton hasn't homered since May 26 and is hitting .212 |
12. Seattle Mariners | 27-37 | 12 |
| Mariners in a stretch of playing 18 of 27 at home |
13. Toronto Blue Jays | 27-35 | 13 |
| Dickey appears healthy and it is starting to show on the mound |
14. Minnesota Twins | 27-33 | 14 |
| Ryan Doumit has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games |
15. Houston Astros | 22-42 | 15 |
| Jason Castro is hitting .324 since May 18 with five home runs and 10 RBIs |
As of June 10, 2013, at 12:11 PM ET
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