MLB power rankings for mid-September

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 Pittsburgh (5-5-3-3-4-3)

3 New York Mets (13-15-9-10-6-5)

4 Los Angeles Dodgers (2-3-4-4-7-8)

5 Toronto (6-9-15-15-5-4)

6 Chicago Cubs (12-14-10-9-2-6)

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

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

SECOND TIER

9 San Francisco (9-7-12-5-8-10)

10 Texas (14-17-23-16-15-11)

11 Houston (4-4-11-7-10-7)

12 Minnesota (10-12-6-13-17-12)

13 Washington (15-6-5-8-12-13)

14 Cleveland (19-23-19-21-22-14)

15 Los Angeles Angels (16-16-7-12-11-17)

16 Baltimore (17-8-16-11-16-20)

17 Chicago White Sox (25-27-20-17-20-18)

18 Boston (27-22-18-22-24-21)

19 Seattle (23-24-21-24-21-22)

20 Tampa Bay (8-11-13-18-13-15)

21 Arizona (21-19-17-14-14-19)

22 San Diego (18-18-26-20-21-16)

23 Detroit (11-13-14-19-19-23)

THIRD TIER

24 Miami (26-29-29-29-30-30)

25 Cincinnati (22-21-25-23-25-25)

26 Oakland (28-25-24-26-26-24)

27 Colorado (24-26-28-27-28-28)

28 Milwaukee (29-28-27-28-29-29)

29 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30-27-27)

30 Atlanta (20-20-22-25-23-26)

BIGGEST RISERS: Miami (6 spots), Baltimore and Los Angeles Dodgers (4 spots), Boston and Seattle (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: San Diego (6 spots), Kansas City and Tampa Bay (5 spots), Atlanta and Houston (4 spots)

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

1 NL CENTRAL 62

2 AL EAST 67

3 AL CENTRAL 73

4 AL WEST 81

5 NL WEST 83

6 NL EAST 99

AL 221

NL 244