MLB power rankings for start of September

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

 SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

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

SIXTH TIER

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago Cubs (4 spots), Cincinnati and Pittsburgh (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cleveland and Milwaukee (4 spots), Toronto (3 spots)

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

1T AL WEST 68

1T NL EAST 68

3 AL EAST 75

4 NL CENTRAL 77

5 NL WEST 82

6 AL CENTRAL 98

RANKINGS BY LEAGUE

1 NL 227

2 AL 241