The Detroit Tigers have arrived as contenders in the American League. Their unprecedented run in the second half of the 2024 season does not look like a fluke as they have picked up right where they left off and winning a ton of baseball games.

Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, the Mets grab the top spot, the Tigers and Mariners are rising in the AL, Eugenio Suárez joins an exclusive club, José Quintana can’t stop winning, and the tarp monster almost claims another victim.

Right here in this moment, though, Alonso is the closest thing the National League has to Judge — a big right-handed power hitter who is doing everything right at the plate. Off a couple of down seasons,