After winning just two of their first seven series, the Twins finally managed to find some level of sustained success last week, albeit against two teams now ranked below them. The top four spots in the rotation and the back of the bullpen remain a clear strength if they can find enough consistent offensive production to back those arms.

Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, the Mets grab the top spot, the Tigers and Mariners are surging, 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,