MLB power rankings for start of September

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: St. Louis and Toronto (7 spots), Chicago White Sox, San Diego and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Milwaukee (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Colorado (7 spots), Arizona (5 spots), LA Angels, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Seattle (4 spots), Cincinnati and Texas (3 spots)

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

1 AL EAST 61

2 AL WEST 62

3 NL CENTRAL 64

4 NL WEST 78

5 NL EAST 94

6 AL CENTRAL 106

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 AL 229

2 NL 236