MLB power rankings for mid-July

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

 

TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (1-1)

2 Kansas City (3-2)

3 Pittsburgh (5-5)

SECOND TIER

4 Los Angeles Dodgers (2-3)

5 Washington (15-6)

6 Minnesota (10-12)

7 Los Angeles Angels (16-16)

8 New York Yankees (7-10)

9 New York Mets (13-15)

10 Chicago Cubs (12-14)

11 Houston (4-4)

12 San Francisco (9-7)

13 Tampa Bay (8-11)

14 Detroit (11-13)

15 Toronto (6-9)

16 Baltimore (17-8)

17 Arizona (21-19)

18 Boston (27-22)

19 Cleveland (19-23)

20 Chicago White Sox (25-27)

21 Seattle (23-24)

22 Atlanta (20-20)

23 Texas (14-17)

24 Oakland (28-25)

25 Cincinnati (22-21)

26 San Diego (18-18)

27 Milwaukee (29-28)

28 Colorado (24-26)

29 Miami (26-29)

THIRD TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Los Angeles Angels (9 spots), Chicago White Sox (7 spots), Minnesota and New York Mets (6 spots), Boston, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland (4 spots), Seattle (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Baltimore and San Diego (8 spots), Houston (7 spots), Texas and Toronto (6 spots), San Francisco (5 spots), Cincinnati (4 spots)

 

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

 

1 AL CENTRAL 61

2 NL CENTRAL 65

3 AL EAST 70

4 AL WEST 86

5 NL WEST 87

6 NL EAST 95

 

AL 217

NL 247