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Team of the Week: Boston Red Sox (pictured above)

Upon overwhelming requests for a change in my rankings system, the rankings system now goes like this....

Last Season's Success......20%

Success this season.........50%

Current Streak...............25%

Intangibles......................5%

Anyway, however I rank them, here is the latest edition of Mark Jones' MLB Power Rankings: Week Four.

LW.....Last Week's Ranking

As Cardinal fans, we've seen Albert Pujols for the last eight-plus years.  We've seen him do astounding things at the plate, whether it's walk-off shots or multi-homer games.  

The Oakland Athletics have a young catcher by the name of Kurt Suzuki who is coming into this second full season as a starting catcher in the major leagues. He had the experience to take the starting job away from Jason Kendall in 2007 and played in 68 games.

Part of that 2007 season was spent learning from Kendall—meaning that Suzuki had a chance to learn the techniques that would make him a solid catcher in the big leagues. On the plus side, the A's were looking for a catcher who could also give them something more offensively.

Zack Greinke continues to impress.  Erik Bedard continues to look like his old self.  Edinson Volquez and Joba Chamberlain both had some struggles.  Let’s take a look at these performances and all the rest from yesterday’s games.

Minnesota vs. Cleveland

This article originally appeared on Fantasyfootballmaniaxs.com.

After a heavy loss to Baltimore at Camden Park, the White Sox return to Chicago, licking their rotation wounds.

The top three guys are off to a superb start, Mark Buehrle looks as good as ever, starting the year 2-0 with an ERA of 3.00 in three starts, John Danks is lights-out at 2-0 with a 0.95 ERA and Gavin Floyd is looking solid at 2-1 4.74 ERA.

The Los Angeles Dodgers flew down to Houston riding high after sweeping their opening homestand against the Giants and Rockies, and having won a total of eight straight games. The Astros help bring them back to Earth taking the first two games of the series before the pitching of Chad Billingsley (pictured above) prevented a sweep in the final game.

Manny Ramirez continued his torrid batting, going 5-for-12 with five RBI. It wasn't enough however, as the Dodgers struggled to deliver in the clutch, a measly combined 3-for-29 with runners in scoring position.

The Colorado Rockies finally got home after a miserable 10-day, eight-game road trip in which the team only won two games.

They have been home for only four days since the beginning of Spring Training on Feb. 14.

New Vipers catcher Rick Guarno

Patrick Arlis, Calgary’s steady hand behind the plate last season, is moving on to pursue coaching interests in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.