MLB power rankings: Almost a perfect weekend in Mexico City

They say one good turn deserves another. So turnabout might be fair play, but it wasn't much fun to be on the receiving end of a late-game rally as a disastrous end to Sunday's game in Mexico City knocked the Padres off their perch atop the league and the NL West.

Instead of riding seven straight series wins into an NL Wild Card Series rematch with the Chicago Cubs on Monday, the Padres begin the week a half-game behind the Dodgers in the NL West.

That's a fine place to be a month into the season.

Just not as good as it looked before the Diamondbacks scored 10 runs off the Padres' bullpen over the final two innings to spoil the end of a heck of a weekend in Mexico City.

"Yeah, it stinks," Padres right-hander Michael King said. "It’s not very fun when you’re on the other side of it. We also got probably the best bullpen in the league. I kept saying like, (David Morgan) got unlucky. I feel like Ron (Marinaccio) got unlucky. Some weird ground balls, some bounce over (Gavin) Sheets’ head could have been a double play to get out of it. So that’s where it’s probably the elements (in Mexico City) and just got to keep their confidence going in the next one."

1 | Atlanta Braves (20-9; Last week: 2)

A nice little Sunday for Chris Sale, who picked up his 150th career win and passed Chuck Finley for sole possession of 28th on the all-time strikeout list.

2 | Los Angeles Dodgers (19-9; LW: 1)

Hard to believe Shohei Ohtani went a month before his first three-hit game on Sunday.

3 | San Diego Padres (18-9; LW: 3)

Next up for Mason Miller, who set a franchise record with 34 ⅔ scoreless innings: Gregg Olson's 41-inning scoreless streak for a closer (1989-90).

4 | New York Yankees (18-10; LW: 8)

The Yankees' win streak hit eight before a loss on Sunday in Houston.

5 | Cincinnati Reds (18-10; LW: 4)

Are fault lines emerging? Weathering Eugenio Suarez's oblique injury will be the first test for the Reds.

6 | Chicago Cubs (17-11; LW: 10)

The Cubs ran their win streak to 10 before the Dodgers won the final two games in LA to win the series.

7 | Tampa Bay Rays (16-11; LW: 9)

Hampered by injuries, Shane McClanahan's five shutout innings on Saturday marked his first win at Tropicana Field since June 11, 2023.

8 | Pittsburgh Pirates (16-12; LW: 5)

Konnor Griffin celebrated his 20th birthday with the first home run of his career on Friday.

9 | Arizona Diamondbacks (15-12; LW: 6)

Good thing the D-backs salvaged a split in Mexico City, because they lost Saturday's game and saw both Zac Gallen (shoulder) and Geraldo Peromo (ankle) exit.

10 | Sacramento Athletics (15-13; LW: 17)

Catcher Shea Langeliers is already up to a team-best eight home runs after hitting 31 last year.

The rest

• 11 | Cleveland Guardians (15-14; LW: 11)
• 12 | Texas Rangers (14-14; LW: 14)
• 13 | Detroit Tigers (15-14; LW: 13)
• 14 | Milwaukee Brewers (14-13; LW: 12)
• 15 | St. Louis Cardinals (14-13; LW: 7)
• 16 | Seattle Mariners (14-15; LW: 21)
• 17 | Miami Marlins (13-15; LW: 20)
• 18 | San Francisco Giants (13-15; LW: 22)
• 19 | Baltimore Orioles (13-15; LW: 19)
• 20 | Washington Nationals (13-16; LW: 18)
• 21 | Los Angeles Angels (12-17; LW: 16)
• 22 | Colorado Rockies (13-16; LW: 24)
• 23 | Toronto Blue Jays (12-15; LW: 26)
• 24 | Minnesota Twins (12-16; LW: 15)
• 25 | Boston Red Sox (11-17; LW: 23)
• 26 | Chicago White Sox (11-17; LW: 27)
• 27 | Houston Astros (11-18; LW: 28)
• 28 | New York Mets (9-19; LW: 30)
• 29 | Kansas City Royals (11-17; LW: 29)
• 30 | Philadelphia Phillies (9-19; LW:25)

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This story was originally published April 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM.