MLB power rankings for start of August

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

 

TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Kansas City (3-2-2)

3 Pittsburgh (5-5-3)

4 Los Angeles Dodgers (2-3-4)

5 San Francisco (9-7-12)

6 New York Yankees (7-10-8)

7 Houston (4-4-11)

8 Washington (15-6-5)

9 Chicago Cubs (12-14-10)

10 New York Mets (13-15-9)

11 Baltimore (17-8-16)

12 Los Angeles Angels (16-16-7)

13 Minnesota (10-12-6)

14 Arizona (21-19-17)

15 Toronto (6-9-15)

 

16 Texas (14-17-23)

17 Chicago White Sox (25-27-20)

18 Tampa Bay (8-11-13)

19 Detroit (11-13-14)

20 San Diego (18-18-26)

21 Cleveland (19-23-19)

22 Boston (27-22-18)

23 Cincinnati (22-21-25)

24 Seattle (23-24-21)

25 Atlanta (20-20-22)

26 Oakland (28-25-24)

27 Colorado (24-26-28)

28 Milwaukee (29-28-27)

29 Miami (26-29-29)

THIRD TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: San Francisco and Texas (7 spots), San Diego (6 spots), Baltimore (5 spots), Houston (4 spots), Arizona and Chicago White Sox (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Minnesota (7 spots), Detroit, Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay (5 spots), Boston (4 spots), Atlanta, Seattle and Washington (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 NL CENTRAL 64

2 NL WEST 70

3T AL CENTRAL 72

3T AL EAST 72

5 AL WEST 85

6 NL EAST 102

 

AL 229

NL 236