MLB power rankings for mid-July

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Oakland (1-1-3-1-1)

2 Los Angeles Angels (14-6-6-6-2)

SECOND TIER

3 St. Louis (11-11-7-7-10)

4 Baltimore (16-16-15-13-5)

5 Detroit (8-4-4-5-8)

6 Washington (7-10-11-11-11)

7 Atlanta (3-5-8-8-6)

8 San Francisco (4-3-1-2-9)

9 Seattle (24-19-18-16-7)

10 Los Angeles Dodgers (5-8-10-10-4)

11 Milwaukee (2-2-2-3-3)

12 Pittsburgh (26-24-22-21-15)

13 Cincinnati (15-14-17-17-13)

14 Cleveland (27-26-26-18-19)

15 New York Yankees (13-17-9-15-16)

16 Toronto (19-18-5-4-14)

17 Tampa Bay (21-21-24-28-20)

18 Boston (20-13-19-22-25)

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

20 Kansas City (10-9-21-9-12)

21 New York Mets (9-15-16-25-23)

22 Miami (17-12-12-12-17)

23 Arizona (30-28-29-30-29)

24 Minnesota (22-22-23-24-22)

25 Philadelphia (23-27-27-27-28)

THIRD TIER

26 Houston (29-30-28-23-26)

27 San Diego (25-25-25-26-21)

28 Colorado (6-7-14-14-30)

29 Chicago Cubs (28-29-30-29-27)

30 Texas (12-23-13-19-24)

BIGGEST RISERS: Boston and St. Louis (7 spots), Arizona (6 spots), Cleveland and Washington (5 spots), Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Kansas City and Milwaukee (8 spots), Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego and Texas (6 spots), Miami (5 spots)

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

1T AL WEST 68

1T NL CENTRAL 68

3 AL EAST 70

4 NL EAST 81

5 AL CENTRAL 82

6 NL WEST 96

AL 220

NL 245