MLB power rankings for mid-June

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Houston (1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Los Angeles Dodgers (7-2)

3 Colorado (4-6)

4 New York Yankees (3-4)

5 Arizona (8-5)

6 Washington (2-3)

THIRD TIER

7 Boston (12-7)

8 Minnesota (13-11)

9 Milwaukee (9-10)

10 Tampa Bay (20-12)

11 Los Angeles Angels (18-18)

12 Texas (16-20)

13 Cleveland (10-8)

14 Seattle (17-23)

15 Toronto (23-13)

16 Kansas City (24-24)

17 New York Mets (22-15)

18 St. Louis (6-14)

19 Baltimore (5-9)

20 Chicago Cubs (14-17)

21 Detroit (15-21)

22 Cincinnati (11-16)

23 Miami (29-25)

24 Pittsburgh (21-22)

25 Chicago White Sox (19-19)

26 Atlanta (26-26)

27 Oakland (27-27)

28 San Diego (30-28)

29 San Francisco (28-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (25-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Seattle (9 spots), Kansas City and Texas (8 spots), Los Angeles Angels (7 spots), Colorado and Minnesota (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Baltimore (10 spots), Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati (6 spots), Cleveland (5 spots), St. Louis (4 spots), Chicago Cubs and Washington (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM

1 AL EAST 55

2 AL WEST 65

3 NL WEST 67

4 AL CENTRAL 83

5 NL CENTRAL 93

6 NL EAST 102

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 203

2 NL 262