MLB power rankings for mid-August

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

2 Washington (2-3-6-6-3-3)

3 Houston (1-1-1-1-2-2)

THIRD TIER

4 Boston (12-7-7-4-4-5)

5 Cleveland (10-8-13-12-9-6)

6 New York Yankees (3-4-4-5-11-10)

7 Chicago Cubs (14-17-20-20-23-11)

8 Arizona (8-5-5-3-6-4)

9 Colorado (4-6-3-7-8-8)

10 Los Angeles Angels (18-18-11-11-16-13)

11 Miami (29-25-23-25-17-14)

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

13 Minnesota (13-11-8-8-10-17)

14 Kansas City (24-24-16-15-12-9)

15 Milwaukee (9-10-9-9-5-12)

16 Texas (16-20-12-17-13-20)

17 Seattle (17-23-14-14-20-16)

18 Toronto (23-13-15-19-21-18)

19 Baltimore (5-9-19-18-22-19)

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

21 New York Mets (22-15-17-16-18-21)

22 Pittsburgh (21-22-24-21-19-22)

23 Atlanta (26-26-26-22-14-23)

24 San Diego (30-28-28-28-27-24)

25 Cincinnati (11-16-22-24-24-27)

26 Detroit (15-21-21-23-26-25)

27 Oakland (27-27-27-27-25-26)

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

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

FOURTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (25-30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago Cubs, Minnesota, New York Yankees and Texas (4 spots), Los Angeles Angels, Miami and St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Tampa Bay (13 spots), Kansas City (5 spots), Arizona (4 spots), Milwaukee (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 67

2 NL WEST 70

3 AL WEST 73

4 NL CENTRAL 81

5T AL CENTRAL 87

5T NL EAST 87

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 227

2 NL 238