MLB power rankings for start of September

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Los Angeles Angels (14-6-6-6-2-2-2-4)

SECOND TIER

2 Baltimore (16-16-15-13-5-4-4-2)

3 Los Angeles Dodgers (5-8-10-10-4-10-3-3)

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

5 Oakland (1-1-3-1-1-1-1-2)

6 San Francisco (4-3-1-2-9-8-9-11)

7 Seattle (24-19-18-16-7-9-13-8)

8 Detroit (8-4-4-5-8-5-5-9)

9 Kansas City (10-9-21-9-12-20-11-5)

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

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

12 Milwaukee (2-2-2-3-3-11-10-7)

13 Atlanta (3-5-8-8-6-7-14-17)

14 Cleveland (27-26-26-18-19-14-15-15)

15 New York Yankees (13-17-9-15-16-15-16-14)

16 Toronto (19-18-5-4-14-16-8-13)

THIRD TIER

17 Cincinnati (15-14-17-17-13-13-17-16)

18 Tampa Bay (21-21-24-28-20-17-18-18)

19 Miami (17-12-12-12-17-22-20-19)

20 San Diego (25-25-25-26-21-27-22-20)

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

22 Chicago White Sox (18-20-20-20-18-19-19-22)

FOURTH TIER

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

24 Chicago Cubs (28-29-30-29-27-29-27-26)

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

26 Boston (20-13-19-22-25-18-25-24)

27 Arizona (30-28-29-30-29-23-23-25)

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

FIFTH TIER

29 Colorado (6-7-14-14-30-28-29-30)

30 Texas (12-23-13-19-24-30-30-29)

BIGGEST RISERS: San Francisco (5 spots), Atlanta (4 spots), Los Angeles Angels (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Milwaukee (5 spots), Kansas City and Oakland (4 spots), Toronto (3 spots)

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

1 AL WEST 71

2 NL CENTRAL 74

3 AL EAST 77

4 AL CENTRAL 78

5 NL EAST 80

6 NL WEST 85

AL 226

NL 239