MLB power rankings for mid-August

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings in parentheses are from the start of the season.

TOP TIER

1 Chicago Cubs (1-1-4-6)
2 Texas (10-12-3-7)

3 Cleveland (15-16-1-1)

4 Washington (5-3-5-2)

5 Boston (4-2-10-5)

6 Toronto (11-14-12-8)

7 San Francisco (8-11-2-3)

8 Baltimore (22-6-6-4)

9 Los Angeles Dodgers (3-10-7-9)

10 St. Louis (7-9-11-13)

11 Seattle (12-5-14-18)

12 New York Yankees (17-21-19-15)

13 Pittsburgh (9-18-17-14)

14 Kansas City (16-17-13-17)

15 Detroit (14-23-8-10)

16 Miami (23-15-15-11)

17 Houston (2-22-16-16)

18 New York Mets (13-7-9-12)

19 Colorado (26-13-21-22)

20 Chicago White Sox (19-4-18-19)

21 Philadelphia (30-8-20-24)

SECOND TIER

22 Cincinnati (27-24-28-28)

23 Oakland (25-26-25-21)

24 San Diego (24-25-24-23)

25 Tampa Bay (20-20-26-30)

26 Arizona (18-19-23-26)

27 Minnesota (21-30-30-27)

28 Los Angeles Angels (6-27-27-20)

29 Milwaukee (29-28-22-25)

30 Atlanta (28-29-29-29)

BIGGEST GAINERS: Seattle (7 spots), Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay and Texas (5 spots), Colorado, Kansas City, New York Yankees and St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Los Angeles Angels (8 spots), Cincinnati and New York Mets (6 spots), Detroit and Miami (5 spots), Baltimore, Milwaukee and San Francisco (4 spots), Philadelphia (3 spots)

1 AL EAST 56

2 NL CENTRAL 75

3 AL CENTRAL 79

4 AL WEST 81

5 NL WEST 85

6 NL EAST 89

AL 216

NL 249