MLB power rankings for mid-September

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Los Angeles Angels (14-6-6-6-2-2-2-4-1)

SECOND TIER

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

THIRD TIER

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

4 Washington (7-10-11-11-11-6-6-6-4)

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

6 San Francisco (4-3-1-2-9-8-9-11-6)

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

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

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

10 Pittsburgh (26-24-22-21-15-12-12-12-11)

11 Oakland (1-1-3-1-1-1-1-2-5)

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

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

14 Milwaukee (2-2-2-3-3-11-10-7-12)

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

16 Atlanta (3-5-8-8-6-7-14-17-13)

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

25 Boston (20-13-19-22-25-18-25-24-26)

26 Chicago Cubs (28-29-30-29-27-29-27-26-24)

27 Minnesota (22-22-23-24-22-24-24-23-25)

FIFTH TIER

28 Arizona (30-28-29-30-29-23-23-25-27)

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Houston, New York Mets and Toronto (4 spots), Detroit (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Oakland (6 spots), Atlanta and San Diego (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 72

2 AL WEST 73

3 AL CENTRAL 74

4 NL CENTRAL 78

5 NL EAST 79

6 NL WEST 89

AL 219

NL 246