Here they are. The weekly rankings. Check out who's No. 17.

1. Detroit (2) – Stop asking the question. Yes, the Tigers are for real and should be in contention til the end.
2. Chicago White Sox (3) – Memo to Ozzie Guillen: Better to look like an idiot than to open your mouth and prove everybody right.
3. Boston (7) – Looks like they’ve got a keeper in Bellarmine Prep grad Jon Lester.
4. New York Mets (1) – Might have the majors’ best young left side of the infield in SS Jose Reyes and 3B David Wright.
5. St. Louis (4) – Series vs. White Sox shows the gulf between the best of the AL and NL teams.
6. New York Yankees (5) – For all their problems, they’re still the Yankees and they’re still pretty darn good.
7. Oakland (10) – No one is allowed to make Milton Bradley and games jokes because Bradley never plays in any games.
8. Toronto (6) – Could not have asked for much more from A.J. Burnett (2 runs, 6 innings) in first start off DL.
9. Cincinnati (8) – Who would have thunk it: Starters’ ERA is 4th best in NL, the best ranking for Reds since 1999.
10. San Diego (14) – Have hole in lineup – again – after OF Dave Roberts gets hurt – again.
11. Texas (15) – Holding their breath that injured pitcher Adam Eaton can return to rotation in mid July.
12. Houston (11) – They may not admit it, but they are playing for the wild card.
13. Minnesota (18) – There was no way a team that starts Santana and LIriano twice every five days could be that bad for that long.
14. Los Angeles Dodgers (9) – They’ll win the division if they can get their bullpen situation figured out.
15. Milwaukee (19) – Desperately trying to keep state’s attention until Packers camp opens up.
16. Colorado (13) – Todd Helton has hit like Todd Hollandsworth the last two years.
17. Seattle (21) – Maybe they can get Tim Eyman to begin a petition that moves them into the NL West.
18. San Francisco (16) – Don’t laugh. As mediocre as they are, the Giants still might win the division.
19. Arizona (12) – Manager Bob Melvin is having a bad flashback to his Mariners meltdown days.
20. Philadelphia (17) – Some idiots picked these guys to win the NL East. Oops. That was me.
21. Florida (21) – Finishing third in the their division would be a huge achievement given what they started with.
22. Baltimore (25) – Drug scandal – David Segui’s HGH use – finds Orioles again.
23. Los Angeles Angels (22) – There’s no way to explain why they did not keep Jered Weaver in the rotation.
24. Washington (23) – They could wind up finishing anywhere from second to fifth in watered-down NL East.
25. Cleveland (20) – Like Marlon Brando said in ‘On the Waterfront,’ they could have been a contender.
26. Tampa Bay (29) – Don’t expect Delmon Young to be dressed as Batman for Halloween.
27. Atlanta (24) – Hurry, hurry, hurry! Everything must go! No reasonable offer refused!
28. Chicago Cubs (26) – 1B Derrek Lee need not rush back from broken wrist because Cubs’ playoff hopes died long ago.
29. Kansas City (30) – A winning week gives Royals hope of moving up to No. 28 in the rankings someday.
30. Pittsburgh (28) – The rules are the rules: You get swept by the Royals, you wind up in my cellar for a week.