MLB power rankings for start of September

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

 

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 Seattle (23-24-21-24-1)

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Cleveland (8 spots), Minnesota and San Diego (5 spots), Texas (4 spots), Boston and Houston (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Los Angeles Angels (6 spots), Arizona (5 spots), Baltimore, Chicago Cubs, Detroit, Seattle (4 spots), Atlanta (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 NL CENTRAL 64

2T AL EAST 69

2T AL CENTRAL 69

4T AL WEST 81

4T NL WEST 81

6 NL EAST 98

 

AL 219

NL 246