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Rival Houston Astros Jump Texas Rangers in Latest MLB Power Rankings

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A recent surge by the Houston Astros has turned the American League West into a three-team race with the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.

were at least buoyed by the fact that American League West was a two-team race with the Seattle Mariners.

Well, a third team has entered the mix. And it’s a club everyone expected to be there when the season started. The Houston Astros, once mired a head-scratching slump, have climbed within striking distance of Seattle and are nipping at the heels of the Rangers. Houston went into Monday just a half-game back of Texas for second place in the division. The Mariners are 3.0 games up on the Rangers.

But thanks largely to a recent six-game winning streak by the Astros – and a six-game skid by Texas – Houston has jumped the reigning World Series champs in the latestThe Rangers have gone from “moderately worrisome” to “overcome by injuries” all the way to “holy cow, is the bottom falling out?” An absolutely miserable road trip to Philadelphia and Minnesota has them plummeting in the standings, staying afloat only because the rest of the division is miserable right now as well.

 

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