| 1. N.Y. Yankees | Starters are 12-0. That's pretty good. |
| 2. San Francisco | Great start, and Bonds hasn't heated up yet. |
| 3. Kansas City | This year's Twins. |
| 4. Chicago Cubs | Based on what they did to the Reds, look out. |
| 5. Boston | Pedro's starting to crank it up. |
| 6. Chicago WS | Rate their fans 30th. |
| 7. Seattle | In first place in a tough, tough division. |
| 8. Minnesota | Just can't beat the Yankees. |
| 9. St. Louis | Leading the NL in hitting at .300-plus. |
| 10. Montreal | French-Canadian team playing American game in Latin territory is good. |
| 11. Oakland | Hit a rough patch, despite three aces. |
| 12. Atlanta | Braves aren't dead yet. |
| 13. Houston | No real weaknesses on the club. |
| 14. Philadelphia | Really haven't hit all that well. |
| 15. Colorado | Leads NL in home runs. |
| 16. Pittsburgh | Missing Giles a great deal. |
| 17. Anaheim | Hovering around .500. |
| 18. Los Angeles | Hitting around .230 as a team. |
| 19. Baltimore | Hanging around .500 - not good in AL East. |
| 20. Florida | Leads the NL in steals. |
| 21. San Diego | Sean Burroughs is struggling. |
| 22. Toronto | Has hit the skids in a big way. |
| 23. NY Mets | Began Saturday in last place in the NL. |
| 24. Arizona | Elmer isn't exactly setting the world afire. |
| 25. Cleveland | Tied for worst record in Ohio. |
| 26. Texas | Leads the majors in home runs. |
| 27. Tampa Bay | Same record as Reds, and happy with it. |
| 28. Milwaukee | Got out of last place in NL Central. |
| 29. Reds | What happened in Chicago was just scary. |
| 30. Detroit | No team can be this bad, right? |
