MLB power rankings for start of July

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Houston (1-1-1)

2 Los Angeles Dodgers (7-2-2)

SECOND TIER

3 Arizona (8-5-5)

4 Boston (12-7-7)

5 New York Yankees (3-4-4)

6 Washington (2-3-6)

7 Colorado (4-6-3)

THIRD TIER

8 Minnesota (13-11-8)

9 Milwaukee (9-10-9)

10 Tampa Bay (20-12-10)

11 Los Angeles Angels (18-18-11)

12 Cleveland (10-8-13)

13 St. Louis (6-14-18)

14 Seattle (17-23-14)

15 Kansas City (24-24-16)

16 New York Mets (22-15-17)

17 Texas (16-20-12)

18 Baltimore (5-9-19)

19 Toronto (23-13-15)

20 Chicago Cubs (14-17-20)

21 Pittsburgh (21-22-24)

22 Atlanta (26-26-26)

23 Detroit (15-21-21)

24 Cincinnati (11-16-22)

25 Miami (29-25-23)

26 Chicago White Sox (19-19-25)

27 Oakland (27-27-27)

28 San Diego (30-28-28)

29 San Francisco (28-29-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (25-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: St. Louis (5 spots), Atlanta (4 spots), Boston and Pittsburgh (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Texas (5 spots), Colorado and Toronto (4 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 56

2 NL WEST 69

3 AL WEST 70

4 AL CENTRAL 84

5 NL CENTRAL 87

6 NL EAST 99

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 210

2 NL 255