MLB power rankings for mid-July

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Los Angeles Dodgers (7-2-2-2)

2 Houston (1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

3 Washington (2-3-6-6)

4 Boston (12-7-7-4)

5 Milwaukee (9-10-9-9)

6 Arizona (8-5-5-3)

7 Tampa Bay (20-12-10-10)

8 Colorado (4-6-3-7)

9 Cleveland (10-8-13-12)

10 Minnesota (13-11-8-8)

11 New York Yankees (3-4-4-5)

12 Kansas City (24-24-16-15)

13 Texas (16-20-12-17)

14 Atlanta (26-26-26-22)

15 St. Louis (6-14-18-13)

16 Los Angeles Angels (18-18-11-11)

17 Miami (29-25-23-25)

18 New York Mets (22-15-17-16)

19 Pittsburgh (21-22-24-21)

20 Seattle (17-23-14-14)

21 Toronto (23-13-15-19)

22 Baltimore (5-9-19-18)

23 Chicago Cubs (14-17-20-20)

24 Cincinnati (11-16-22-24)

25 Oakland (27-27-27-27)

26 Detroit (15-21-21-23)

27 San Diego (30-28-28-28)

28 Chicago White Sox (19-19-25-26)

THIRD TIER

29 San Francisco (28-29-29-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (25-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Atlanta (12 spots), Miami (8 spots), Milwaukee and Texas (4 spots), Cleveland, Kansas City, Tampa Bay and Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: St. Louis (9 spots), New York Yankees and Seattle (6 spots), Los Angeles Angels (5 spots), Baltimore (4 spots), Arizona, Chicago Cubs and Detroit (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 55

2 NL WEST 71

3 AL WEST 76

4 NL EAST 82

5 AL CENTRAL 85

6 NL CENTRAL 86

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 202

2 NL 253