MLB Power Rankings: Week 16 Detroit Tigers Continue Slide

Jul 19, 2015; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong (16) makes an out against New York Mets third baseman Eric Campbell (29) during the eighteenth inning of a baseball game at Busch Stadium. The Mets won 3-1 in eighteen innings. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kane-USA TODAY Sports

After a much needed All-Star Break, the second half of the baseball season finally began on Friday. With just three games since our MLB Power Rankings last week, little has changed, but there was some movement.

We would like readers to know that these power rankings are based on just one opinion, and the difference of opinion between readers and fans is what makes the power rankings so fun to discuss. Please let us know how we did in the comments section below.

For our list, we took into account record, strength of schedule, run differential and other human elements such as injuries.

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That means just because a team is on 8-2 hot streak, they don’t automatically jump to the highest spots. It’s like my high school coach always used to say, “A team is never as good as its best win, and it’s never as bad as it’s worse loss.”

Lastly, readers should know, the rankings are serious, but the comments for each team are generally not. There are so many baseball articles analyzing the most small details on the web, we wanted to start out the week with a little fun.

Here are MCB’s MLB Power Rankings for Week 16 of the 2015 baseball season.