MLB power rankings for end of regular season

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Boston (2-2-2-1-1-1-1)

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

SECOND TIER

3 New York Yankees (1-3-3-3-3-2-3)

4 Oakland (14-15-12-5-4-3-4)

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

6 Milwaukee (5-5-7-11-9-11-8)

7 Colorado (15-16-16-12-14-10-17)

8 Cleveland (13-11-8-10-11-8-6)

9 LA Dodgers (17-13-11-8-10-12-10)

10 Atlanta (7-6-5-14-12-13-14)

11 St. Louis (9-14-15-20-18-14-7)

12 Seattle (3-4-4-7-7-5-9)

13 Tampa Bay (19-18-14-13-13-15-11)

THIRD TIER

14 Pittsburgh (16-17-20-17-16-19-19)

15 Washington (8-10-17-19-17-20-18)

16 Arizona (10-8-9-9-8-7-12)

17 Minnesota (23-22-25-21-21-18-22)

18 Toronto (24-21-18-16-20-23-16)

19 Philadelphia (12-9-10-6-6-9-13)

20 San Francisco (18-19-13-15-15-17-15)

21 LA Angels (11-12-19-18-19-16-20)

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

FOURTH TIER

23 San Diego (22-23-26-26-27-28-24)

24 Miami (28-27-23-23-25-26-28)

25 Chicago White Sox (29-28-28-28-28-27-23)

26 Cincinnati (27-26-22-22-22-22-25)

27 Texas (25-24-21-25-24-24-27)

28 Detroit (20-20-24-27-23-25-26)

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

FIFTH TIER

30 Baltimore (30-30-30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Colorado (10 spots), Minnesota and Pittsburgh (5 spots), Atlanta and Miami (4 spots), Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Philadelphia (6 spots), San Francisco (5 spots), Arizona and St. Louis (4 spots), Seattle (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 61

2 NL CENTRAL 62

3 AL WEST 66

4 NL WEST 75

5 NL EAST 90

6 AL CENTRAL 107

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 227

2 AL 234