MLB power rankings for mid-September

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Chicago Cubs (1-1-4-6-1-1)

SECOND TIER
2 Washington (5-3-5-2-4-4)

3 Texas (10-12-3-7-2-2)

4 Boston (4-2-10-5-5-7)

5 Los Angeles Dodgers (3-10-7-9-9-9)

6 Toronto (11-14-12-8-6-5)

7 Cleveland (15-16-1-1-3-3)

8 Baltimore (22-6-6-4-8-8)

9 Seattle (12-5-14-18-11-17)

10 Detroit (14-23-8-10-15-6)

11 San Francisco (8-11-2-3-7-14)

12 Houston (2-22-16-16-17-11)

13 St. Louis (7-9-11-13-10-12)

14 New York Mets (13-7-9-12-18-13)

15 New York Yankees (17-21-19-15-12-10)

16 Miami (23-15-15-11-16-19)

17 Pittsburgh (9-18-17-14-13-18)

18 Chicago White Sox (19-4-18-19-20-20)

19 Kansas City (16-17-13-17-14-15)

20 Colorado (26-13-21-22-19-16)

THIRD TIER

21 Tampa Bay (20-20-26-30-25-25)

22 Philadelphia (30-8-20-24-21-26)

23 Milwaukee (29-28-22-25-29-28)

24 Oakland (25-26-25-21-23-23)

25 San Diego (24-25-24-23-24-24)

26 Los Angeles Angels (6-27-27-20-28-21)

27 Cincinnati (27-24-28-28-22-29)

28 Arizona (18-19-23-26-26-22)

29 Minnesota (21-30-30-27-27-30)

30 Atlanta (28-29-29-29-30-27)

BIGGEST GAINERS: Seattle (8 spots), Milwaukee (5 spots), Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Boston, Miami and San Francisco (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Arizona (6 spots), Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees (5 spots), Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit and Kansas City (4 spots), Atlanta (3 spots)

1 AL EAST 54

2 AL WEST 74

3 NL CENTRAL 81

4 AL CENTRAL 83

5 NL WEST 84

6 NL EAST 89

AL 211

NL 254