MLB power rankings for mid-June

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from preseason are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (5)

SECOND TIER

2 Los Angeles Dodgers (2)

3 Kansas City (16)

4 Houston (22)

5 Pittsburgh (12)

6 Toronto (9)

7 New York Yankees (23)

8 Tampa Bay (29)

9 San Francisco (13)

10 Minnesota (20)

11 Detroit (8)

12 Chicago Cubs (26)

13 New York Mets (26)

14 Texas (21)

15 Washington (1)

16 Los Angeles Angels (3)

17 Baltimore (14)

18 San Diego (7)

19 Cleveland (4)

20 Atlanta (24)

21 Arizona (27)

22 Cincinnati (17)

23 Seattle (6)

24 Colorado (30)

25 Chicago White Sox (11)

26 Miami (10)

27 Boston (19)

THIRD TIER

28 Oakland (25)

29 Milwaukee (15)

30 Philadelphia (28)

BIGGEST RISERS: Tampa Bay (21 spots), Houston (18 spots), New York Yankees (16 spots), Chicago Cubs (14 spots), Kansas City and New York Mets (13 spots), Minnesota (10 spots), Pittsburgh and Texas (7 spots), Arizona and Colorado (6 spots), Atlanta, San Francisco and St. Louis (4 spots), Toronto (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Seattle (17 spots), Miami (16 spots), Cleveland (15 spots), Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee and Washington (14 spots), Los Angeles Angels (13 spots), San Diego (11 spots), Boston (8 spots), Cincinnati (5 spots), Baltimore, Detroit and Oakland (3 spots)

 

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

1 AL EAST 65

2 AL CENTRAL 68

3 NL CENTRAL 69

4 NL WEST 74

5 AL WEST 85

6 NL EAST 104

AL 218

NL 247