MLB power rankings for start of July

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Cleveland (15-16)
2 San Francisco (8-11)

3 Texas (10-12)

4 Chicago Cubs (1-1)

5 Washington (5-3)

SECOND TIER

6 Baltimore (22-6)

7 Los Angeles Dodgers (3-10)

8 Detroit (14-23)
9 New York Mets (13-7)

10 Boston (4-2)

11 St. Louis (7-9)

12 Toronto (11-14)

13 Kansas City (16-17)

14 Seattle (12-5)

15 Miami (23-15)

16 Houston (2-22)

17 Pittsburgh (9-18)

18 Chicago White Sox (19-4)

19 New York Yankees (17-21)

THIRD TIER

20 Philadelphia (30-8)

21 Colorado (26-13)

22 Milwaukee (29-28)

23 Arizona (18-19)

24 San Diego (24-25)

25 Oakland (25-26)

26 Tampa Bay (20-20)

27 Los Angeles Angels (6-27)

FOURTH TIER

28 Cincinnati (27-24)

29 Atlanta (28-29)

30 Minnesota (21-30)

BIGGEST GAINERS: Cleveland and Detroit (15 spots), San Francisco and Texas (9 spots), Houston and Milwaukee (6 spots), Kansas City (4 spots), Los Angeles Dodgers (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Chicago White Sox (14 spots), Philadelphia (12 spots), Seattle (9 spots), Boston and Colorado (8 spots), Tampa Bay (6 spots), Arizona and Cincinnati (4 spots), Chicago Cubs (3 spots)

1 AL CENTRAL 70

2 AL EAST 73

3 NL WEST 77

4 NL EAST 78

5 NL CENTRAL 84

6 AL WEST 85

AL 228

NL 239