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Power Rankings: Dodgers No. 1, but Rockies are rolling

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OK, the Los Angeles Dodgers are the No. 1 team in our MLB Power Rankings. We've repeated that sentence now for the past five weeks.

So it's time to celebrate the accomplishments of another NL West team, the blazing hot Colorado Rockies. A week ago the Rockies were about as low as a team can go; only the Washington Nationals were keeping the Rockies from the Power Rankings' basement. But under new manager Jim Tracy, the Rockies have ripped off 11 straight victories to make a meteoric, 13-spot rise in this week's Rankings, from No. 29 to No. 16. And they've done it with great pitching, allowing no more than four runs in any of the 11 games. Overall, they've outscored their opponents 73-28 during the streak.

Back to the top of the rankings, the Dodgers didn't have as much success as the Rockies last week, going 3-2, but it was good enough to stay No. 1. The Boston Red Sox moved up one spot to No. 2, followed by the Philadelphia Phillies at No. 3, the New York Yankees at No. 4 and the Texas Rangers at 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. After going a perfect 7-0, the Rockies are the U.S. Army Team of the Week.

2009 Power Rankings: June 15
	RK (LW)	TEAM	REC	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Dodgers	42-22	Juan Pierre, who is hitting .343, has already accumulated enough at-bats to appear among the NL hitting leaders (he's fourth).
	2 (3)	Red Sox	38-25	The Red Sox, who lead the AL with a 21-8 home record, begin a six-game homestand Tuesday before leaving on a 10-day road trip.
	3 (4)	Phillies	36-25	Raul Ibanez rested Sunday after playing in 222 consecutive games.
	4 (2)	Yankees	36-27	Mark Teixeira is hitting .345 (46-for-133) with 15 homers and 38 RBIs in 32 games since A-Rod made his '09 debut on May 8.
$Texas Rangers$	5 (6)	Rangers	35-27	Closer Frank Francisco was just placed on the DL for the second time and hasn't pitched since June 3.
	6 (5)	Brewers	34-29	After 18 scoreless appearances, Trevor Hoffman allowed his first run on Sunday.
	7 (7)	Tigers	34-29	Armando Galarraga is 0-7 with a 7.45 ERA in his past nine starts, after starting the season 3-0 with a 1.85 ERA.
	8 (8)	Cardinals	34-30	The Cardinals have lost seven of their past 10 since June 5.
	9 (15)	Giants	34-28	The Giants are six games over .500 after winning nine of 12 games.
	10 (11)	Rays	34-31	The Rays are three games above .500 for the first time this season.
	11 (13)	Angels	32-29	Vladimir Guerrero has only one home run in 109 at-bats this year.
	12 (10)	Blue Jays	34-31	Vernon Wells has 137 at-bats without a HR and has only 41 in 1,266 at-bats since signing his $126 million contract.
	13 (9)	Mets	32-29	Johan Santana has allowed 20 runs in 22 innings over his past four outings, raising his ERA from 1.50 to 3.29.
	14 (16)	Twins	32-33	Joe Mauer (.414) has more than one hit in 19 of his 41 games this season.
	15 (12)	Cubs	30-30	Why did hitting coach Gerald Perry lose his job? The Cubs are last in the league in batting (.246) and runs scored (253).
	16 (29)	Rockies	31-32	The Rockies are 13-4 since replacing Clint Hurdle with Jim Tracy as manager.
	17 (14)	Reds	31-31	Willy Taveras is hitless in his past 32 at-bats and is 1-for-37 since May 26.
	18 (17)	Braves	30-32	Chipper Jones (0-for-21 since June 9) has dropped his average from .335 to .298 during that stretch.
	19 (19)	Marlins	32-33	With a 13-8 record since May 24, the Marlins are approaching the .500 mark, which they haven't reached since May 13.
	20 (18)	Mariners	30-33	Ichiro Suzuki has 13 multihit games since May 23, raising his average from .310 to .360.
	21 (20)	White Sox	30-34	Jos� Contreras is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA, three hits allowed and 11 K's in 16 innings in two outings since his return from the minor leagues.
	22 (22)	Pirates	30-33	Pittsburgh has won eight of its past 11 home games.
	23 (27)	Indians	29-36	The Indians are showing signs of recovery, with 12 victories in their past 20 games.
	24 (21)	Athletics	27-35	The A's scored three runs in three games as the Giants swept them in the Bay Bridge series over the weekend.
	25 (26)	Astros	29-32	Miguel Tejada is third in the NL in batting (.344) and is the league leader in doubles (23).
	26 (28)	Royals	28-34	The Royals are 10-22 since May 9, but they swept the Reds over the weekend.
	27 (23)	Padres	28-34	After they won 10 in a row from May 15-25, the Padres lost 10 of their next 15 games.
	28 (25)	Orioles	27-36	At minus-56, the Orioles have the worst run differential in the American League.
	29 (24)	Diamondbacks	27-37	Mark Reynolds has hit nine home runs with 28 RBIs in his past 27 games.
	30 (30)	Nationals	16-45	Can Manny Acta survive? The Nats have lost 15 of 18 and 26 of their past 32 games.