MLB power rankings for start of 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 Atlanta (28-29-29-29-30)     

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

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

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

BIGGEST GAINERS: Detroit (9 spots), Los Angeles Angels (7 spots), Houston (6 spots), New York Mets (5 spots), Arizona (4 spots), Atlanta and Colorado (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cincinnati and San Francisco (7 spots), Seattle (6 spots), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (5 spots), Miami and Minnesota (3 spots)

1 AL EAST 55

2T AL CENTRAL 74

2T AL WEST 74

4 NL WEST 85

5 NL CENTRAL 88

6 NL EAST 89

AL 203

NL 262