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Power Rankings: Can anyone challenge the Evil Empire?

Winning 18 of 21 games has a way of turning heads, and this week it convinced almost all of our voters to give the Yankees the nod as our No. 1 for another week. The lone holdout kept faith with the reigning champs, even though the Astros remain rooted in the No. 3 spot behind the Yanks' traditional rival for AL East -- and now MLB -- dominance over in Boston. All three teams remain rooted in place this week, and most of the top 10 remained pretty close to where they've been. But MLB's top third did get one bit of notable turnover with the Phillies displacing the Indians as the NL East now has three teams among the highest echelon.