MLB Team Power Rankings: Yankees torpedo Brewers with historic power outburst, Dodgers start season 5-0

Most teams have only played three or four games at this early point of the 2025 MLB season, so don’t look for any major changes since my MLB Opening Week Power Rankings were released last week. That would be silly.

And so, the Braves and Red Sox are still quite high here and teams like the Cardinals and the Marlins (obviously) have some work to do in order to get out of the bottom-third of the list.

With a full week of games awaiting us, let's get started!

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Tyler Soderstrom, Jack Leiter open season strong

Eric Samulski breaks down his favorite waiver wire adds for the upcoming week of fantasy baseball.

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1) Los Angeles Dodgers (5-0)

Last week: 1

Mookie Betts battled a mystery illness in recent weeks which brought his weight as low as 158 pounds. Fortunately, he’s regained some strength in recent days, as evidenced by his two-homer game including the walk-off blast against the Tigers on Friday night.

2) Philadelphia Phillies (2-1)

Last week: 3

Jesús Luzardo might have been the most overlooked impact move of the winter. After being limited to just 12 starts due to injury last year, he ripped off 11 strikeouts in his Phillies debut Saturday against the Nationals. He showed frontline potential before 2024, so the Philly rotation has the chance to be one of the scariest in the majors.

3) Atlanta Braves ...