WagerTalk handicapper Tony Finn<\/a> offers his mid-September MLB state of the union and updated power ratings. With just three weeks remaining in the Major League Baseball regular season, which teams are in top form heading into the postseason? Which teams are scratching and clawing to hold onto their spots?<\/p>\n Stay on top of the latest MLB<\/a> updates direct from Las Vegas!<\/em><\/p>\n 1. San Francisco Giants<\/strong> \u2013 Record: 87-50 (Previous ranking: 1) Entering Labor Day weekend, the Giants were slotted as the seventh team most likely to win the Fall Classic World Series, with odds of +900.<\/p>\n The Giants were the first team to reach 80 wins and are in a good position to be the first to claim 90. San Fran will send Gausman, Webb, and DeSciafani to the hill for the set at Coors before climbing aboard a plane headed to Wrigley for three.<\/p>\n At this point of September, despite holding just a one-game lead on the Dodgers, the Giants will top the Finn Factor Power Poll until the Dodgers hold down first place for more than one day.<\/p>\n 2. Houston Astros<\/strong> \u2013 Record: 79-57 (Previous ranking: 2)<\/p>\n Dusty Bakers bunch are on cruise control. They haven’t been over-the-top good the last two weeks, but they have been head and shoulders better than their division rival Oakland who has been chasing them for what seems like an entire summer. Labor Day’s MLB standings didn’t reveal that the Athletics as the second-place team in the division. The A’s, a pedestrian 4-6 across their last 10 games, have surrendered second place to the Seattle Mariners.<\/p>\n To a sportsbook director, few believe that Houston will relinquish the top spot in the division, and the World Series future odds reflect this.<\/p>\n 3. Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong> \u2013 Record: 86-51 (Previous ranking: 3)<\/p>\n The Dodgers have closed the gap on the Giants since my last rankings update. The Chavez Ravine squad were two-and-one-half games back the last time I checked in, August 25th. The Dodgers remain at the top of every sportsbook World Series future charts. I used to report the updated numbers to win the 2021 Fall Classic, with the Milwaukee Brewers being the second choice to represent the Senior Circuit in October.<\/p>\n 4. Tampa Bay Rays<\/strong> \u2013 Record: 86-51 (Previous ranking: 4)<\/p>\n The Rays were an attractive +1100 to win the 2021 Fall Classic when I published my last Baseball Power Rankings here at WagerTalk. At that time, the New York Yankees were in front of Tampa Bay with odds of +900.<\/p>\n The Kevin Cash Rays were eight games before the Yanks and the Boston Red Sox when this MLB report went to press.<\/p>\n 5. Milwaukee Brewers<\/strong> \u2013 Record: 84-54 (Previous ranking: 5)<\/p>\n The NL Central Brewers hold a slight edge over the Atlant Braves in this week’s poll. The primary reason for this is not the talent of the Brew Crew but their decisive 11.5 game lead in the NL Central. Toss in the pitching variable, with what is the best three-pitcher playoff rotation, and there is every reason for the bookmakers to have the Crew as the team most likely NL roster to success save the Dodgers.<\/p>\n 6. Atlanta Braves \u2013 Record: 72-64 (Previous ranking: 6) With the MLB playoffs right around the corner, the sprint to the 2021 World Series has officially begun. Get MLB picks, predictions, and odds every Monday-Friday at 1:45pm ET \/ 10:45am PT on WagerTalk TV<\/a> during First Pitch, hosted by Drew Martin.September 10 MLB Power Ratings<\/h3>\n
\nThe San Francisco Giants own the best record in baseball. When Labor Day presented itself, the franchise that Bobby Bonds built owned a one-game lead on the reigning World Series champs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and were in control of their own destiny in the National League West and to end the season with the best record in the NL and all of baseball.<\/p>\n
\n7. Chicago White Sox \u2013 Record: 79-58 (Previous ranking: 7)
\n8. New York Yankees \u2013 Record: 78-59 (Previous ranking: 8)
\n9. Boston Red Sox \u2013 Record: 79-60 (Previous ranking: 10)
\n10. San Diego Padres \u2013 Record: 73-64 (Previous ranking: 14)
\n11. Cincinnati Reds \u2013 Record: 73-66 (Previous ranking: 9)
\n12. Philadelphia Phillies \u2013 Record: 71-66 (Previous ranking: 12)
\n13. Seattle Mariners \u2013 Record: 75-62 (Previous ranking: 16)
\n14. Oakland Athletics \u2013 Record: 74-63 (Previous ranking: 11)
\n15. New York Mets \u2013 Record: 69-69 (Previous rank: 13)
\n16. Toronto Blue Jays \u2013 Record: 74-62 (Previous ranking: 15)
\n17. St. Louis Cardinals \u2013 Record: 69-68 (Previous ranking: 17)
\n18. Los Angeles Angels \u2013 Record: 68-69 (Previous ranking: 18)
\n19. Cleveland Indians \u2013 Record: 68-66 (Previous ranking: 19)
\n20. Kansas City Royals \u2013 Record: 61-75 (Previous ranking: 21)
\n21. Chicago Cubs \u2013 Record: 64-75 (Previous ranking: 26)
\n22. Detroit Tigers \u2013 Record: 65-74 (Previous ranking: 22)
\n23. Miami Marlins \u2013 Record: 57-80 (Previous ranking: 23)
\n24. Colorado Rockies \u2013 Record: 63-74 (Previous ranking: 25)
\n25 Minnesota Twins \u2013 Record: 59-77 (Previous ranking: 24)
\n26. Washington Nationals \u2013 Record: 57-80 (Previous ranking: 20)
\n27. Pittsburgh Pirates \u2013 Record: 49-89 (Previous ranking: 27)
\n28. Texas Rangers \u2013 Record: 48-88 (Previous ranking: 28)
\n29. Arizona Diamondbacks \u2013 Record: 45-93 (Previous ranking: 29)
\n30. Baltimore Orioles \u2013 Record: 43-93 (Previous ranking: 30)<\/p>\nMLB First Pitch<\/h3>\n
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