MLB power rankings for mid-August

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

 

TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Chicago Cubs (12-14-10-9)

3 Kansas City (3-2-2-2)

4 Pittsburgh (5-5-3-3)

5 Toronto (6-9-15-15)

6 New York Mets (13-15-9-10)

7 Los Angeles Dodgers (2-3-4-4)

8 San Francisco (9-7-12-5)

9 New York Yankees (7-10-8-6)

10 Houston (4-4-11-7)

11 Los Angeles Angels (16-16-7-12)

12 Washington (15-6-5-8)

13 Tampa Bay (8-11-13-18)

14 Arizona (21-19-17-14)

15 Texas (14-17-23-16)

16 Baltimore (17-8-16-11)

17 Minnesota (10-12-6-13)

18 Seattle (23-24-21-24)

19 Detroit (11-13-14-19)

20 Chicago White Sox (25-27-20-17)

21 San Diego (18-18-26-20)

22 Cleveland (19-23-19-21)

23 Atlanta (20-20-22-25)

24 Boston (27-22-18-22)

25 Cincinnati (22-21-25-23)

26 Oakland (28-25-24-26)

THIRD TIER

27 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30)

28 Colorado (24-26-28-27)

29 Milwaukee (29-28-27-28)

30 Miami (26-29-29-29)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Toronto (10 spots), Chicago Cubs (7 spots), Seattle (6 spots), Tampa Bay (5 spots), New York Mets (4 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Baltimore (5 spots), Minnesota and Washington (4 spots), Chicago White Sox, Houston, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia and San Francisco (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 NL CENTRAL 61

2 AL EAST 67

3 NL WEST 78

4 AL WEST 80

5 AL CENTRAL 81

6 NL EAST 98

 

AL 228

NL 237