MLB power rankings for start of July

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season to the last installment are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Oakland (1-1-3-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Los Angeles Angels (14-6-6-6)

3 Milwaukee (2-2-2-3)

4 Los Angeles Dodgers (5-8-10-10)

5 Baltimore (16-16-15-13)

6 Atlanta (3-5-8-8)

7 Seattle (24-19-18-16)

8 Detroit (8-4-4-5)

9 San Francisco (4-3-1-2)

10 St. Louis (11-11-7-7)

11 Washington (7-10-11-11)

12 Kansas City (10-9-21-9)

13 Cincinnati (15-14-17-17)

14 Toronto (19-18-5-4)

15 Pittsburgh (26-24-22-21)

THIRD TIER

16 New York Yankees (13-17-9-15)

17 Miami (17-12-12-12)

18 Chicago White Sox (18-20-20-20)

19 Cleveland (27-26-26-18)

20 Tampa Bay (21-21-24-28)

21 San Diego (25-25-25-26)

22 Minnesota (22-22-23-24)

23 New York Mets (9-15-16-25)

24 Texas (12-23-13-19)

25 Boston (20-13-19-22)

26 Houston (29-30-28-23)

27 Chicago Cubs (28-29-30-29)

28 Philadelphia (23-27-27-27)

29 Arizona (30-28-29-30)

30 Colorado (6-7-14-14)

BIGGEST RISERS: Seattle (9 spots), Baltimore and Tampa Bay (8 spots), Los Angeles Dodgers (6 spots), San Diego (5 spots), Cincinnati and Los Angeles Angels (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Colorado (16 spots), Toronto (10 spots), San Francisco (7 spots), Pittsburgh (6 spots), Miami and Texas (5 spots), Boston, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City and St. Louis (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

AL WEST 60

NL CENTRAL 68

AL CENTRAL 79

AL EAST 80

NL EAST 85

NL WEST 93

AL 219

NL 246