MLB power rankings for mid-July

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Boston (2-2-2)

2 Houston (4-1-1)

3 New York Yankees (1-3-3)

SECOND TIER

4 Chicago Cubs (6-7-6)

5 Oakland (14-15-12)

6 Philadelphia (12-9-10)

7 Seattle (3-4-4)

8 LA Dodgers (17-13-11)

9 Arizona (10-8-9)

10 Cleveland (13-11-8)

11 Milwaukee (5-5-7)

12 Colorado (15-16-16)

13 Tampa Bay (19-18-14)

14 Atlanta (7-6-5)

15 San Francisco (18-19-13)

16 Toronto (24-21-18)

17 Pittsburgh (16-17-20)

18 LA Angels (11-12-19)

19 Washington (8-10-17)

20 St. Louis (9-14-15)

21 Minnesota (23-22-25)

22 Cincinnati (27-26-22)

23 Miami (28-27-23)

24 New York Mets (21-25-27)

25 Texas (25-24-21)

26 San Diego (22-23-26)

27 Detroit (20-20-24)

THIRD TIER

28 Chicago White Sox (29-28-28)

29 Kansas City (26-29-29)

30 Baltimore (30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Oakland (5 spots), Colorado, Minnesota and Philadelphia (4 spots), Detroit, LA Dodgers and New York Mets (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta (9 spots), St. Louis (5 spots), Milwaukee and Texas (4 spots), Pittsburgh and Seattle (3 spots)

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

1 AL WEST 57

2 AL EAST 63

3 NL WEST 70

4 NL CENTRAL 74

5 NL EAST 86

6 AL CENTRAL 117

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 230

2 AL 237