MLB power rankings for start of August

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago Cubs (12 spots), Seattle (4 spots), Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas City, Los Angeles Angels, Miami, San Diego and Toronto (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta (9 spots), Milwaukee, Minnesota and Texas (7 spots), Cincinnati, New York Mets and Pittsburgh (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 59

2 NL WEST 66

3 AL WEST 77

4 AL CENTRAL 85

5 NL CENTRAL 87

6 NL EAST 91

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 221

2 NL 244