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Power Rankings: Dodgers, Red Sox, Yankees as easy as 1-2-3

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As we enter the All-Star break, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees appear to be entrenched as the top three teams in baseball, in that order, at least according to the panelists' voting on our weekly MLB Power Rankings.

Each one voted the Dodgers, Red Sox and Yankees 1-2-3, respectively, and the big three remained the same in the rankings for the third straight week. Meanwhile, the Dodgers -- with Manny Ramirez back in the lineup -- are setting new Power Rankings records by the week, entering their ninth consecutive week as the top-ranked team.

Filling out the top five are the Los Angeles Angels, who stayed put at No. 4, and the Philadelphia Phillies, the U.S. Army Team of the Week. The Phillies went 6-1 for the week to move up five spots to No. 5.

One of our panelists, Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com, wrote the comments below. Meanwhile, you can rank the teams yourself.

Tune in to "Baseball Tonight" every Monday on ESPN to see the week's U.S. Army Power Rankings.

2009 Power Rankings: July 13
	RK (LW)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Dodgers	56-32	The Dodgers, with the best record in baseball, are 6-3 since Manny Ramirez's return.
	2 (2)	Red Sox	54-34	Led by two pitchers with 11 wins (Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield), the Red Sox have the best mark in the AL.
	3 (3)	Yankees	51-37	The Yankees must improve their record against divisional rivals (15-17) to enhance their playoff chances.
	4 (4)	Angels	49-37	Jered Weaver (10-3, 3.22 ERA) has only one loss in his past 10 starts.
	5 (10)	Phillies	48-38	Even though they've nine of their past 10 at home, the Phillies are still playing under .500 (22-23) at Citizens Bank Park.
$Texas Rangers$	6 (5)	Rangers	48-39	Andruw Jones is 0-for-15 since belting three homers on July 8.
	7 (9)	Giants	49-39	The Giants (31-14) had the best home record in the first half.
	8 (8)	Cardinals	49-42	Albert Pujols set a personal best with 87 RBI before the All-Star Game; he had 86 in the first half in 2003.
	9 (7)	Rays	48-41	After hitting .369 in April, Evan Longoria has dropped his average each month (.296 in May, .233 in June and .167 in July).
	10 (6)	Tigers	48-39	The Tigers' 27-13 first-half record at home was their best since 1984.
	11 (11)	Brewers	45-43	The Brewers have lost eight of their past 11 games.
	12 (13)	Rockies	47-41	Since Jim Tracy took over as manager, the Rockies have a 29-13 record.
	13 (16)	Mariners	46-42	Ichiro Suzuki (.362) batted .400 over the last 21 games of the first half.
	14 (14)	White Sox	45-43	The White Sox lost three of four since Thursday, but their 14-7 record since June 20 helped the Sox finish over .500 in the first half.
	15 (15)	Marlins	46-44	SS Hanley Ram�rez is the NL batting leader with a .349 average.
	16 (12)	Twins	45-44	Joe Mauer (.373) got enough plate appearances to finish the first half as the AL batting leader.
	17 (17)	Cubs	43-43	The Cubs have the third-best home record (27-18) in the NL.
	18 (20)	Braves	43-45	Derek Lowe (8-7) has allowed 121 hits in 112.1 innings and has a 4.39 ERA.
	19 (22)	Astros	44-44	By going 8-4 in their past 12 games, the Astros finished at .500 at the All-Star break.
	20 (18)	Blue Jays	44-46	The Blue Jays wound up losing 12 of their last 15 games before the break.
	21 (21)	Mets	42-45	David Wright hit .324 with 44 RBI in the first half, but had only five homers.
	22 (19)	Reds	42-45	The Reds lost seven of their past 10 to distance themselves from the top spot in the NL Central.
	23 (23)	Orioles	40-48	By going 14-11 since June 17, the Orioles are threatening to leave the AL East cellar.
	24 (24)	Pirates	38-50	Zach Duke joined Freddy S�nchez as the Pirates' representatives in the All-Star Game.
	25 (27)	Athletics	37-49	The A's have lost 11 of their past 17 games.
	26 (29)	Diamondbacks	38-51	The Diamondbacks finished hot, with seven wins in nine games.
	27 (25)	Royals	37-51	The Royals started the season 18-11, but they have gone 19-40 since May 8.
	28 (28)	Indians	35-54	The Indians are really in trouble, with 19 losses in their past 26 games.
	29 (26)	Padres	36-52	Until their 10-4 victory Sunday, the Padres were the only MLB club that hadn't scored in double digits this year.
	30 (30)	Nationals	26-61	Jim Riggleman takes over a team that is last in the NL in every major pitching statistic.