MLB power rankings for start of September

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Baltimore (7 spots), Tampa Bay (5 spots), Arizona, Cleveland and Minnesota (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Miami (7 spots), Kansas City (5 spots), New York Mets (4 spots), Boston (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 62

2 NL WEST 67

3 AL WEST 74

4 NL CENTRAL 77

5 AL CENTRAL 85

6 NL EAST 99

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 221

2 NL 243