MLB Power Rankings: Houston Astros In Cruise Control, Toronto Blue Jays Continue Surge After Slow April Start

"It means we've put a lot of games together in a row successfully," Hinch said."We don't get caught up in first to 40, or leads. It's June and we're trying to win as many games as we can."

Two other teams that are heating up right along with the weather and the Astros are the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers are 8-2 in their last ten games while the Nationals have gone 7-3 over the same span. While it may be unfair to the Nationals and Dodgers players, this is not major news. In fact, the only news would be if both of these squads were in last place heading into June.

After all, the Washington Nationals and L.A. Dodgers are two of the heavy favorites to win the 2017 National League pennant and World Series.

Now on to two teams that weren't expected to be World Series bound back in April, but have been red hot as of late. The New York Yankees continue to roll, and rookie Aaron Judge continues to hit the cover off the ball. Judge leads baseball with 18 home runs and has become an instant hero in right field for the Bombers.

Finally, someone break up those Toronto Blue Jays!

After starting the season 3-12, Toronto has somehow turned things around and are back in the thick of things in the AL East race. Winners of 10 of their last 13 games, the Toronto Blue Jays have climbed to a 27-29 record and now are just six games behind the division-leading New York Yankees.

What do you think MLB fans? Are the Houston Astros for real? Will the high payroll L.A. Dodgers or Washington Nationals finally break through and win the World Series? Summer is just getting started, but already the heat is being turned up on the 2017 MLB season!

Below is a look at the current MLB power rankings as of June 4.

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