MLB power rankings for mid-September

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Cleveland (10-8-13-12-9-6-5-2)

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

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

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

5 Houston (1-1-1-1-2-2-3-4)

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

7 Chicago Cubs (14-17-20-20-23-11-7-6)

8 New York Yankees (3-4-4-5-11-10-6-8)

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

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

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

12 Milwaukee (9-10-9-9-5-12-15-14)

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

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

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

16 Kansas City (24-24-16-15-12-9-14-19)

17 Tampa Bay (20-12-10-10-7-7-20-15)

SECOND TIER

18 Toronto (23-13-15-19-21-18-18-20)

19 Baltimore (5-9-19-18-22-19-19-12)

20 Miami (29-25-23-25-17-14-11-18)

21 Atlanta (26-26-26-22-14-23-23-24)

22 Cincinnati (11-16-22-24-24-27-25-23)

23 San Diego (30-28-28-28-27-24-24-22)

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

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

26 New York Mets (22-15-17-16-18-21-21-25)

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

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

29 Philadelphia (25-30-30-30-30-30-30-29)

30 San Francisco (28-29-29-29-29-29-28-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Atlanta and Kansas City (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Baltimore (7 spots), Pittsburgh (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 64

2 NL WEST 68

3 AL WEST 74

4 NL CENTRAL 76

5 AL CENTRAL 82

6 NL EAST 99

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 220

2 NL 243