MLB power rankings for mid-September

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 LA Dodgers (2-1-1-1-1-1)

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

3 NY Yankees (4-2-2-2-2-3)

 SECOND TIER

4 Tampa Bay (5-10-6-7-7-7)

5 Oakland (15-15-7-5-5-5)

6 Atlanta (10-5-5-6-6-6)

7 Minnesota (3-4-4-4-4-4)

8 Cleveland (18-18-8-8-8-12)

THIRD TIER

9 St. Louis (14-14-15-13-10-9)

10 Chicago Cubs (7-7-9-9-15-11)

11 Washington (23-23-13-16-9-8)

12 Milwaukee (8-8-10-11-11-15)

13 Boston (9-9-11-15-12-10)

14 NY Mets (20-20-21-17-14-13)

15 Philadelphia (6-6-14-12-13-14)

16 Arizona (17-17-19-18-18-16)

17 Texas (13-13-12-10-19-20)

FOURTH TIER

18 Cincinnati (19-19-22-20-20-17)

19 San Francisco (25-25-24-19-17-19)

20 San Diego (12-12-18-22-21-21)

21 LA Angels (16-16-16-14-16-18)

22 Chicago White Sox (22-22-23-23-22-24)

23 Pittsburgh (21-21-20-24-25-22)

24 Colorado (11-11-17-21-24-25)

25 Seattle (24-24-25-25-26-23)

26 Toronto (26-26-26-26-23-26)

FIFTH TIER

27 Kansas City (28-29-28-28-28-28)

28 Miami (30-30-27-27-27-27)

SIXTH TIER

29 Baltimore (29-29-30-29-29-29)

30 Detroit (27-27-29-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Cleveland (4 spots), Milwaukee, Tampa Bay and Texas (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Boston, LA Angels, Minnesota and Washington (3 spots)

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

1 AL WEST 70

2 NL CENTRAL 72

3 NL EAST 74

4 AL EAST 75

5 NL WEST 80

6 AL CENTRAL 94

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 226

2 AL 239