MLB power rankings for mid-August

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Oakland (1-1-3-1-1-1-1)

2 Baltimore (16-16-15-13-5-4-4)

3 Los Angeles Dodgers (5-8-10-10-4-10-3)

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

SECOND TIER

5 Kansas City (10-9-21-9-12-20-11)

6 Washington (7-10-11-11-11-6-6)

7 Milwaukee (2-2-2-3-3-11-10)

8 Seattle (24-19-18-16-7-9-13)

9 Detroit (8-4-4-5-8-5-5)

10 St. Louis (11-11-7-7-10-3-7)

11 San Francisco (4-3-1-2-9-8-9)

12 Pittsburgh (26-24-22-21-15-12-12)

13 Toronto (19-18-5-4-14-16-8)

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

THIRD TIER

15 Cleveland (27-26-26-18-19-14-15)

16 Cincinnati (15-14-17-17-13-13-17)

17 Atlanta (3-5-8-8-6-7-14)

18 Tampa Bay (21-21-24-28-20-17-18)

19 Miami (17-12-12-12-17-22-20)

20 San Diego (25-25-25-26-21-27-22)

21 New York Mets (9-15-16-25-23-21-21)

22 Chicago White Sox (18-20-20-20-18-19-19)

FOURTH TIER

23 Minnesota (22-22-23-24-22-24-24)

24 Boston (20-13-19-22-25-18-25)

25 Arizona (30-28-29-30-29-23-23)

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

27 Philadelphia (23-27-27-27-28-25-28)

28 Houston (29-30-28-23-26-26-26)

FIFTH TIER

29 Texas (12-23-13-19-24-30-30)

30 Colorado (6-7-14-14-30-28-29)

BIGGEST RISERS: Kansas City (6 spots), Seattle (5 spots), Milwaukee (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Toronto (5 spots), Detroit (4 spots), Atlanta, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis (3 spots)

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

1 AL WEST 70

2T AL EAST 71

2T NL CENTRAL 71

4 AL CENTRAL 74

5 NL WEST 89

6 NL EAST 90

AL 215

NL 250