Your power rankings for Week 5… Not much has changed.

1. Rays: The Rays continue to lead the AL East and our rankings with the highest-ranked offense in all of baseball. Their pitching isn’t too shabby either (it doesn’t hurt to be third in the league in ERA), and keeping up this level of play makes Tampa the team to beat right now. Fortunately for Rays fans, Tampa Bay also gets to ride out an pretty easy next few series.

2. Yankees: Just behind the Rays in the AL East, and just behind the Rays in our Power Rankings, New York has played up to expectations in the early goings, and will certainly keep things interesting with Tampa in what is currently baseball’s hottest fight for a divisional crown.

3. Cardinals: You would think that one of these days we’ll be able to mention the Cards’ success without talking about Albert Pujols. Not yet. He has been phenomenal to start the season, going back and forth with Philadelphia’s Chase Utley for the NL home run lead, and it looks like another good year is coming up for the Machine and his redbirds. With a stellar pitching staff to back him up, this could be the year.

4. Phillies: The Phillies really got it together over the course of the last several games. The starting pitching settled down a bit and the bullpen has stopped giving up games. More importantly for Philly, the offense has really been in a groove over the last week or so, thanks to timely hitting by Chase Utley, Jayson Werth, and Ryan Howard.

5. Twins: Minnesota is playing fine ball on all levels–while their offense has slacked off a bit over the last several games, the pitching has picked it up. The Twins will be fighting all season to keep the other AL Central teams at bay, but they way they have been hitting long balls bodes well for them.

6. Padres The Friars are holding onto a very close lead over the San Francisco Giants. The pitching staff has been surprising to say the least, carrying a team whose offense has done little to impress. They haven’t started so well in a very long time, and with Adrian Gonzalez leaving some room for improvement, they might even keep it up.

7. Giants: Barry Zito has been incredible so far this year. Pretty good for a guy that many had considered washed up. The rest of the rotation is of course pretty promising for the Giants. Interestingly, the NL West is looking somewhat decent this year, and perhaps San Fran will have to contend with the Padres for divisional supremacy.

8. Tigers: Detroit is nipping at Minnesota’s heels in what may shape up to be a very close divisional race in the AL Central. They keep finding ways to win, but they’ll need consistency to keep up with the very balanced team up the road. A tough season awaits for Miguel Cabrera’s bunch.

9. Mets: New York has kept the heat on (and so have the Nationals) making the NL East a terribly interesting division–the Braves and Marlins look terrible, but the usually hapless Mets and Nats have been sporting potent pitching. If New York continues to play at this level, they will continue to rise up our rankings.

10. Blue Jays: Vernon Wells has been about the only good thing in the Toronto lineup, but he has been solid. Ricky Romero and company, however, have been driving the Blue Jays to new heights, and they are making a good case for third best team in the AL East. Still, it will require a lot to overcome the competition in New York and Florida.