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Power Rankings: Can one club pull away from the NL West pack?

As the season creeps toward the midway point, we're starting to see some preseason assumptions begin to crumble. With their rotation wracked by injuries while they play .500 ball in June, the Astros are no longer a unanimous No. 1 choice among our voters despite their double-digit lead in the American League West. And months of muddling around .500 have finally chased the Cubs down to the No. 10 slot, and into the mushy middle instead of among the game's elite.