MLB power rankings for start of August

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Boston (2-2-2-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Houston (4-1-1-2)

3 New York Yankees (1-3-3-3)

THIRD TIER

4 Oakland (14-15-12-5)

5 Chicago Cubs (6-7-6-4)

6 Philadelphia (12-9-10-6)

7 Seattle (3-4-4-7)

8 Arizona (10-8-9-9)

9 Milwaukee (5-5-7-11)

10 LA Dodgers (17-13-11-8)

11 Cleveland (13-11-8-10)

12 Atlanta (7-6-5-14)

13 Tampa Bay (19-18-14-13)

14 Colorado (15-16-16-12)

15 San Francisco (18-19-13-15)

16 Pittsburgh (16-17-20-17)

17 Washington (8-10-17-19)

18 St. Louis (9-14-15-20)

19 LA Angels (11-12-19-18)

FOURTH TIER

20 Toronto (24-21-18-16)

21 Minnesota (23-22-25-21)

22 Cincinnati (27-26-22-22)

23 Detroit (20-20-24-27)

24 Texas (25-24-21-25)

25 Miami (28-27-23-23)

26 New York Mets (21-25-27-24)

27 San Diego (22-23-26-26)

FIFTH TIER

28 Chicago White Sox (29-28-28-28)

29 Kansas City (26-29-29-29)

30 Baltimore (30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Detroit (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Toronto (4 spots)

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

1 AL WEST 56

2 NL WEST 64

3 AL EAST 67

4 NL CENTRAL 70

5 NL EAST 86

6 AL CENTRAL 112

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 220

2 AL 235