MLB Power Rankings, Week 11: Rangers vault into the top 10, Padres crater, and Judge's rib changes everything

Four weeks in, the top of the 2026 standings has calcified in a way rarely seen this early in a season. Atlanta is unanimous #1 across every source that published this week. Los Angeles is unanimous #2. Milwaukee is #3 despite a rotation that looked like a MASH unit by Friday. Below that tier, the week was genuinely volatile — Texas returned Corey Seager and jumped nine spots on one ranking sheet, San Diego lost four of every five games they played over the past 17 and fell off the top-10 entirely, and Aaron Judge's rib fracture turned the Yankees' summer into an open question.

Rankings this week are derived from six sources: MLB.com, Bleacher Report, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, CBS Sports, and FanSided. ESPN and The Athletic had not published their Week 11 editions as of June 8 (expected June 10–11). Composite ranks are simple averages across the six available sources. 1 2 3 4 5 6

All 30 teams ranked

Rank	Team	Composite	Last week	Δ	W-L
1	Atlanta Braves	1.0	1	—	45–21
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	2.0	2	—	43–23
3	Milwaukee Brewers	3.0	3	—	38–25
4	New York Yankees	4.3	4	—	38–26
5	Cleveland Guardians	5.0	6	▲1	37–27
6	Tampa Bay Rays	5.8	5	▼1	38–24
7	Texas Rangers	9.0	16	▲9	37–27
8	Philadelphia Phillies	8.2	13	▲5	35–28
9	St. Louis Cardinals	9.5	9	—	33–30
10	Chicago White Sox	10.3	10	—	34–31
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	11.0	8	▼3	33–32
12	Seattle Mariners	11.7	11	▼1	33–33
13	Chicago Cubs	13.2	14	▲1	34–31
14	Washington Nationals	13.5	15	▲1	33–32
15	San Diego Padres	15.8	7	▼7 (MLB.com)	32–33
16	Arizona Diamondbacks	16.0	13	▼3	33–31
17	Baltimore Orioles	17.2	18	▲1	31–33
18	Houston Astros	18.5	21	▲3	30–35
19	Toronto Blue Jays	18.8	17	▼2	31–34
20	Cincinnati Reds	20.0	16	▼4	31–33
21	Miami Marlins	21.2	24	▲3	29–36
22	Boston Red Sox	22.5	25	▲3	28–37
23	Minnesota Twins	22.8	22	▼1	29–36
24	New York Mets	23.5	23	▼1	28–37
25	Kansas City Royals	25.2	26	▲1	25–40
26	Athletics	25.8	19	▼7	27–37
27	Detroit Tigers	27.3	28	▲1	25–38
28	San Francisco Giants	27.5	29	▲1	26–39
29	Los Angeles Angels	28.5	27	▼2	25–39
30	Colorado Rockies	29.8	30	▼1	22–43

Composite rank = simple average across six sources (MLB.com, Bleacher Report, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, CBS Sports, FanSided). Last-week ranks are from Week 10 article (June 1). The Δ column reflects the largest single-source move where it exceeds the composite shift. 1 2 4

Biggest risers

Top risers, Week 11

Rank change vs. Week 10, June 1–8, 2026

Texas Rangers

▲9 (#16→#7, Bleacher Report)

Philadelphia Phillies

▲5 (#13→#8)

Cleveland Guardians

▲1 (#6→#5)

Houston Astros

▲3 (#21→#18)

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Texas Rangers — composite #7 (▲7 to ▲9 across sources)

The Rangers were the most straightforward story of the week: Corey Seager (SS) returned from a lower back IL stint on June 4, and every ranking outlet moved Texas upward immediately. 4 Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter moved them from #19 to #10 — nine spots — noting that Seager's presence completes what is now a genuinely dangerous lineup for the AL West run. 2 USA Today's Gabe Lacques placed them at #9, calling Texas "the AL West's most complete team when healthy." 4 CBS Sports had them at #8 (▲7).

At 37–27, the Rangers are two games above .500 and within range of every AL Wild Card position. The question is durability: Seager's lower back has now sent him to the IL twice this season, and Texas' rotation has carried a workload that typically invites late-season fatigue. Still, the upside when healthy is real, and they're entering June with a roster that is now intact for the first time since April.

Philadelphia Phillies — composite #8 (▲5 on Bleacher Report)

The Don Mattingly revival in Philadelphia is no longer a fluke. The Phillies entered Week 11 with only seven players on the IL — the second-fewest in baseball behind the Guardians' three — and that roster health is directly translating to results. 2 Bleacher Report placed them inside the top 5 for the first time this season, and multiple outlets noted that Philadelphia is "playing their best baseball of the year" entering June. 3

The Phillies' positioning matters beyond just their own contention. At 35–28, they are now the clearest obstacle to the Braves' stranglehold on the NL East, and a healthy Phillies roster in a division race makes the NL East genuinely interesting heading into the All-Star break.

Biggest fallers

Top fallers, Week 11

Rank change vs. Week 10, June 1–8, 2026

San Diego Padres

▼7 (#8→#15, MLB.com)

Athletics

▼7 composite (#19→#26)

Arizona Diamondbacks

▼3 (#13→#16)

New York Yankees

#4 rank held — Judge (RF) to IL, 4–6 weeks

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San Diego Padres — composite #15 (▼7 on MLB.com)

The Padres have now gone 4–13 over their last 17 games. That is not a slump — that is a structural failure of a roster that has not performed at its contract value in well over a month. 1 MLB.com dropped them seven spots in a single week (from #8 to #15), and Sports Illustrated added another five-spot decline. 3

The specific detail that stands out is Gavin Sheets leading the team in OPS. That is not a criticism of Sheets — it is a readout on how badly Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts have underperformed their contracts this season. The Athletic published a full analysis on June 8 noting that the Padres' contention window may be closing faster than expected, citing the weight of those two long-term deals and the thinning of the pitching staff. 7

San Diego entered the year as a legitimate NL Wild Card contender. At 32–33, they are now two games below .500 and slipping in every direction that can be measured.

New York Yankees — composite #4 (stable rank, but Judge's injury reframes everything)

The Yankees' ranking did not collapse this week — they stayed at #4 — but Aaron Judge (RF) was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side and placed on the 10-day IL, with re-evaluation expected in four to six weeks. That timeline puts his return somewhere in early-to-mid August, after the trade deadline. 8

Judge's 2026 line before the injury: 17 home runs, 38 RBI, .248/.375/.533. 8 The Yankees went 3-and-2 in their first five games without him — not a catastrophic start, but the league is now recalibrating how much pressure New York can apply at the top of the AL East. CBS Sports noted that the injury fundamentally changes GM Brian Cashman's trade deadline posture, potentially shifting the Yankees from aggressive buyers to a more cautious stance depending on how the next four weeks unfold. 8 That is a material shift in leverage for every other team with AL playoff ambitions.

Athletics — composite #26 (▼7)

The Athletics, who just five weeks ago were in first place in the AL West, have now fallen to 27–37 and #26 in the composite. The rotation depth issues that were exposed in Week 10 haven't resolved, and without a clear path back to relevance before the deadline, the most useful framing may be: what do they do with the pieces they have before July 31?

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Atlanta Braves — #1, confirmed for a fourth straight week

No source wavered. The Braves are 45–21 (.682), on pace for 110 wins, and carrying a Pythagorean record that essentially mirrors their actual record — meaning there is no luck inflating or deflating what you see. 1 MLB.com cited rotation depth and lineup balance as the twin pillars of their sustained dominance. Michael Harris II (CF) continues to anchor the defense even as his OPS trails his offensive peak — a sign of a team that is winning the way teams are supposed to win in June, not leaning on one or two hot bats.

Los Angeles Dodgers — #2, and the metrics-versus-record gap continues

The Dodgers now have an MLB-best +133 run differential, a .784 team OPS (first in baseball), and a 3.17 team ERA (also first in baseball). 1 4 Their Pythagorean record projects them at roughly five wins above their actual record — the largest such gap in the league for the second consecutive week. Every analytical ranking model in baseball has them as the best team in baseball. The human rankers keep them at #2, and at this point that gap is itself the story: Atlanta is winning at an elite pace, but Los Angeles is doing everything the underlying numbers say a championship team should do while simultaneously managing 11 pitchers on the injured list. 3

Yoshinobu Yamamoto's recovery from a Grade 2 hamstring strain is now complete. He posted a 2.14 ERA across his last five starts and threw 8 innings with 1 earned run against the Angels on June 6. 4 With Yamamoto back at full strength alongside Shohei Ohtani (0.74 ERA in 10 starts, 12.44 strikeouts per nine innings), the Dodgers may have the best top-two starting tandem in baseball right now. 1

Tampa Bay Rays — regression watch, continued

The Rays are 38–24 in actual record, 32 in Pythagorean projection — a +6 luck differential, the highest in baseball. 3 This was flagged last week and the week before. The number has not narrowed. At some point in June or July, close games start going the other way, and a team with that kind of luck exposure can drop three or four games in the standings without a single injury. Worth monitoring closely for bettors.

WAR leaders through Week 11

FanGraphs' batting WAR leaderboard has Bobby Witt Jr. (KC, SS) at 3.8 WAR, leading all position players in baseball. 9 On the pitching side, Cristopher Sánchez (SP) leads all pitchers with 3.6 WAR. 10 Both numbers are confirmed as of June 8.

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Injury watch

Player	Team	Status	Timeline	Impact
Aaron Judge (RF)	NYY	10-day IL — right rib stress fracture	Re-evaluation in 4–6 weeks; return late July / August	Most consequential injury of Week 11; shifts Yankees' trade deadline posture
Munetaka Murakami (1B)	CWS	IL since May 30 — Grade 2 hamstring, received PRP injection June 1	4–6 weeks; return late June to early July	White Sox holding at 34–31 without him
Corbin Burnes (SP)	ARI	Teres major strain during Tommy John rehab	Out until September at earliest	Effectively locks in his remaining 4 yr / $140M contract — opt-out now off the table
Tarik Skubal (SP)	DET	Began rehab assignment June 8 via NanoNeedle procedure	Could return after 1 rehab start	Major trade deadline variable; Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, Brewers, Braves identified as suitors
Robert Gasser (SP)	MIL	IL	Week 11	Part of Brewers' 4-SP wave to IL this week
DL Hall (SP)	MIL	IL	Week 11	Same
Logan Henderson (SP)	MIL	IL	Week 11	Same
Chad Patrick (SP)	MIL	IL	Week 11	Same

Status = as of June 8, 2026. 8 3 1 11

The Brewers losing four starting pitchers in a single week is the kind of event that sends most organizations into a tailspin. Milwaukee stayed at #3 in every source that published this week, which is a direct statement about how deep their organizational system is. Jacob Misiorowski and Kyle Harrison — both with ERAs under 2.00 — will now anchor the rotation with far less backup than anyone expected heading into June. The club has already identified Brandon Pfaadt (ARI, SP) as a trade target, per multiple reports. 1

The Skubal situation deserves a closer read. He began a rehab assignment on June 8 using the NanoNeedle procedure (a minimally invasive elbow intervention, the same general category of procedure Blake Snell underwent in Week 10), with the expectation that he could return after just one rehab start. 11 Detroit is 25–38, but only 5.5 games out of an AL Wild Card spot — a detail that makes the "do they sell or hold?" calculus genuinely complicated. ESPN has already run a feature on nine potential trade scenarios; the list of suitors covers half the playoff field. Whether Skubal pitches for Detroit or for one of those buyers is arguably the most impactful single transaction the trade deadline will produce.

On the health side: Corbin Burnes' (ARI) setback during his Tommy John rehab all but guarantees he will not opt out of his 4-year, $140 million contract. 5 Arizona loses their ace and their offseason planning flexibility in one stroke.

Week ahead — schedule outlook (June 9–15)

Team	Key series	Notable context
Atlanta Braves	vs. Reds, @ Mets	Expected to extend lead; Mets are 20-player IL, most in MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers	@ Giants, vs. Rockies	Should pad run differential further; both opponents are bottom-10
Milwaukee Brewers	vs. Cardinals, @ Cubs	Division rival showdown — Brewers testing four-SP depth
Texas Rangers	vs. Astros, @ Angels	First test of the Seager-restored lineup against AL West competition
Philadelphia Phillies	@ Cardinals, vs. Nationals	Potentially decisive NL East positioning games
San Diego Padres	vs. Giants, @ Rockies	Soft schedule offers a bounce-back window from the 4–13 skid
New York Yankees	vs. Orioles, @ Red Sox	First full week without Judge; early read on how the lineup holds
Cleveland Guardians	vs. Twins, @ White Sox	AL Central standings implications — winner likely takes division lead

The AL Central series at the bottom of that table is the one to watch closely. Cleveland (#5, healthiest roster in baseball) hosts the White Sox (#10, 34–31, holding without Murakami) for what amounts to a mid-June division checkpoint. 1 3 The Guardians' Pythagorean record suggests their actual win total may be running a couple of games hot, but with only three players on the IL, they have structural staying power that most teams in this division cannot match.

The Padres' schedule is worth noting for a specific reason: back-to-back series against the Giants and Rockies is as soft as it gets in the NL. San Diego has the talent on paper to recover their .500 footing quickly. The question after a 4–13 run is not whether the schedule cooperates — it is whether this roster has the internal reset mechanism to take advantage.

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