Thursday, August 1, 2013

MLB power rankings for start of August



By Rick Morris

NOTE: Mid-July rankings are in parentheses.

TOP TIER
1 Tampa Bay (5)
2 Oakland (4)
3 Boston (1)
4 Pittsburgh (3)
5 St. Louis (2)
6 Detroit (10)
7 Atlanta (7)
8 Baltimore (8)
9 Cincinnati (9)
10 Texas (6)
11 LA Dodgers (16)
12 Cleveland (11)
13 NY Yankees (13)
14 Arizona (12)
15 Kansas City (20)
16 Washington (14)
17 Seattle (25)
18 Colorado (18)
19 Philadelphia (15)
20 San Diego (23)
21 Toronto (17)
22 LA Angels (19)
23 Chicago Cubs (22)
24 NY Mets (24)
25 Minnesota (26)
26 San Francisco (21)
27 Milwaukee (27)
SECOND TIER
28 Miami (29)
29 Chicago White Sox (28)
THIRD TIER
30 Houston (30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Seattle (8 spots), Kansas City and LA Dodgers (5 spots), Detroit and Tampa Bay (4 spots), San Diego (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: San Francisco (5 spots), Philadelphia, Texas and Toronto (4 spots), LA Angels and St. Louis (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY DIVISION – AVERAGE PER TEAM OF 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 AL EAST 46
2 NL CENTRAL 76
3 AL WEST 81
4T NL WEST 89
4T AL CENTRAL 89
6 NL EAST 94
RANKINGS PER LEAGUE
1 AL 216
2 NL 259

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