The Cleveland Indians can host the All-Star Week with pride.
After struggling in the first half of the season and losing 13-0 to the Orioles on back-to-back days late last month, the Indians seem to have found a way out of the hole. Cleveland has won seven of its past 10 games including four in a row for second place in the AL Central, good for a record that’s 10 games over .500. Indians batters have hit .307 with a .363 wOBA since those humiliating losses to Baltimore, and the team’s pitchers have combined for a 2.25 ERA during that stretch.
That stellar week means the team and its three all-stars are the biggest winners of this edition of our MLB Power Rankings as all attention now shifts to some light-hearted showmanship at Progressive Field.
The almighty Astros have a league-leading six players invited to Tuesday’s game, with Alex Bregman also in the Home Run Derby. Houston will showcase three starting position players and three pitchers for the All-Star Game, proving beyond any argument that it’s once again one of the greatest World Series contenders in MLB. Add that to a five-game winning streak and the Astros are all set to enter the break as the best team in the AL.
Unwavering at No. 1 in the rankings, the Dodgers are riding a streak of their own with four wins in their past four games. They’ll bring four all-stars to Cleveland, including 24-year-old righty Walker Buehler and two other pitchers. Los Angeles has the second-best ERA in the league this year (3.41) and their pitchers also rank second in WAR (13), trailing only the Rays in both categories.
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Currently in a losing streak and with one lone all-star (J.T. Realmuto, not Bryce Harper), the Phillies have lost some ground as the Red Sox, who are back up at the No. 9 spot, now head to Detroit to face the feeble Tigers before the break. The Braves still lead that division and have been able to stay solid in the No. 5 position, with Canadian righty Mike Soroka earning his first career all-star nod.
Here are the last pre-break MLB Power Rankings, as well as each team’s All-Star Game representatives:
1 (1) 
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cody Bellinger, OF
Walker Buehler, RHP
Clayton Kershaw, LHP
Hyun-Jin Ryu, LHP
2 (2) 
Houston Astros
Alex Bregman, 3B
George Springer, OF
Michael Brantley, OF
Gerrit Cole, RHP
Ryan Pressly, RHP
Justin Verlander, RHP
3 (3) 
New York Yankees
Gary Sanchez, C
DJ LeMahieu, 2B
Gleyber Torres, 2B
Aroldis Chapman, LHP
4 (4) 
Minnesota Twins
Jorge Polanco, SS
Jorge Berrios, RHP
Jake Odorizzi, RHP
5 (5) 
Atlanta Braves
Freddie Freeman, 1B
Ronald Acuna Jr, OF
Mike Soroka, RHP
6 (6) 
Tampa Bay Rays
Brandon Lowe, 2B
Austin Meadows, OF
Charlie Morton, RHP
7 (7) 
Chicago Cubs
Willson Contreras, C
Javier Baez, SS
Kris Bryant, 3B
8 (8) 
Milwaukee Brewers
Christian Yelich, OF
Yasmani Grandal, C
Mike Moustakas, 2B
Josh Hader, LHP
9 (10) 
Boston Red Sox
Xander Bogaerts, SS
Mookie Betts, OF
J.D. Martinez, DH
10 (14) 
Cleveland Indians
Carlos Santana, 1B
Francisco Lindor, SS
Brad Hand, LHP
11 (11) 
Texas Rangers
Hunter Pence, DH (will miss All-Star Game due to injury)
Joey Gallo, OF
Mike Minor, LHP
12 (9) 
Philadelphia Phillies
J.T. Realmuto, C
13 (12) 
Colorado Rockies
Nolan Arenado, 3B
Trevor Story, SS
Charlie Blackmon, OF
David Dahl, OF
14 (17) 
Oakland Athletics
Matt Chapman, 3B
15 (13) 
St. Louis Cardinals
Paul DeJong, SS
16 (15) 
Arizona Diamondbacks
Ketel Marte, 2B
Zack Greinke, RHP
17 (16) 
Los Angeles Angels
Mike Trout, OF
Tommy La Stella, 2B (could miss All-Star Game due to injury)
18 (18) 
San Diego Padres
Kirby Yates, RHP
19 (21) 
Chicago White Sox
James McCann, C
Jose Abreu, 1B
Lucas Giolito, RHP
20 (19) 
Washington Nationals
Anthony Rendon, 3B
Max Sherzer, RHP
21 (22) 
San Francisco Giants
Will Smith, LHP
22 (20) 
New York Mets
Pete Alonso, 1B
Jeff McNeil, OF
Jacob deGrom, RHP
23 (23) 
Cincinnati Reds
Luis Castillo, RHP
24 (25) 
Pittsburgh Pirates
Josh Bell, 1B
25 (24) 
Seattle Mariners
Daniel Vogelbach, 1B
26 (26) 
Kansas City Royals
Whit Merrifield, OF
27 (27) 
Toronto Blue Jays
Marcus Stroman, RHP
28 (28) 
Miami Marlins
Sandy Alcantara, RHP
29 (29) 
Detroit Tigers
Shane Greene, RHP
30 (30) 
Baltimore Orioles
Josh Means, LHP
