MLB power rankings for start of July

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (1)

SECOND TIER

2 Kansas City (3)

3 Los Angeles Dodgers (2)

4 Houston (4)

5 Pittsburgh (5)

6 Washington (15)

7 San Francisco (9)

8 Baltimore (17)

9 Toronto (6)

10 New York Yankees (7)

11 Tampa Bay (8)

12 Minnesota (10)

13 Detroit (11)

14 Chicago Cubs (12)

15 New York Mets (13)

16 Los Angeles Angels (16)

17 Texas (14)

18 San Diego (18)

19 Arizona (21)

20 Atlanta (20)

21 Cincinnati (22)

22 Boston (27)

23 Cleveland (19)

24 Seattle (23)

25 Oakland (28)

26 Colorado (24)

27 Chicago White Sox (25)

THIRD TIER

28 Milwaukee (29)

29 Miami (26)

30 Philadelphia (30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Baltimore and Washington (9 spots), Boston (5 spots), Oakland (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cleveland (4 spots), Miami, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay, Texas and Toronto (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 AL EAST 60

2 NL CENTRAL 69

3 NL WEST 73

4 AL CENTRAL 77

5 AL WEST 86

6 NL EAST 100

 

AL 223

NL 242