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Rangers rising up in Power Rankings
遊騎兵Power Rankings排名上升
Texas makes biggest leap this week; St. Louis remains in top spot
遊騎兵在上周的排名大躍進；紅雀仍排名第一
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By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
If there is one team that has been more baffling over the course of the
season than any other, it's the Washington Nationals.
如果有一隊到目前的表現，比任何一隊的狀況都難以理解，那就是國民隊。
This is not some new revelation. Washington was picked by nearly every media
outlet in every city from coast to coast as the runaway favorite to win the
NL East, and most predicted the Nats would do so in gargantuan fashion,
easily surpassing the 100-win mark and possibly knocking on the door off the
all-time record.
這並不是新的說法。國民被以前被眾多媒體認為能贏得國東，而且被預測是強權，可以輕
易的超過百勝、打破歷史紀錄。
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But with six weeks left in the season, it's looking more and more like the
Nationals may miss the postseason all together.
但面對只剩下六周的賽季，國民隊越來越有可能錯過季後賽。
It's not completely a lost cause, however. The Nationals are a week in to a
very soft part of their schedule, and so far, they've taken advantage. They
took two of three from the Rockies and Brewers on the road and they'll spend
the next week hosting the Padres and Marlins.
還沒有完全絕望，國民隊有一周是比較軟的賽程，而到目前為止也表現得不錯，他們對
落磯跟釀酒人都在客場各拿了兩場勝利，而他們將要在主場面對教士跟馬林魚。
None of that will matter if the first-place Mets continue to plow through
August, and they have a favorable schedule coming up as well. They play seven
of their next 10 games against the last-place Phillies