Sunday, February 23, 2014

Season 22 Final Power Rankings

Season 22 is in the books, so it's time for the final power rankings of the season.  The top 4 remained the same, as all were equally solid down the stretch, and won 105 or more games.  But that doesn't mean there aren't some strong contenders to challenge them.  Atlanta looked great down the stretch, and comes in at number 5 and hopes to carry that momentum to help fulfill a promised World Series title.  Los Angeles is looking good right now too, coming in at #6.  Should be an interesting postseason, here are the final rankings.  Good luck to the playoff teams!


Team  W L PREV    Comments
1 Dover 109 53 1 Holds on to #1 with impressive stats all around 
2 Tampa Bay  109 53 2 A really close #2, no doubt they are a great team 
3 Pittsburgh  105 57 3 Looking good at playoff time, could give Dover a run
4 Boston  105 57 4 Struggled a bit down the stretch, but still good 
5 Atlanta  96 66 7 Turning it up in hopes of fulfilling WS title promise 
6 Los Angeles 92 70 8 Offense improved, which they'll need in the playoffs
7 St. Louis 89 73 16 Impressive stretch run, hot going into the playoffs
8 Houston 94 68 5 Not great down the stretch, but a very solid team 
9 Helena 87 75 11 Nice stretch run to grab an NL Wild Card spot
10 Little Rock 86 76 12 Missed playoffs, but should bounce back next season
11 Buffalo  88 74 6 Grabbed NL Wild Card, despite rough stretch run
12 Las Vegas 86 76 10 Good season, but faltered down the stretch a bit 
13 Durham  88 74 13 Got an AL Wild Card, which is always a good thing
14 San Juan 83 79 18 It's starting to come together, will be good next season
15 Ottawa 81 81 19 Offense was a weakness, but still a good season 
16 Austin  84 78 14 Not a bad season at all, bats could use more punch
17 Detroit  80 82 22 Amazing stretch run, could be sign of things to come
18 Salt Lake City 80 82 21 Good team, a victim of an incredibly tough division
19 Charlotte  82 80 9 Faltered towards the end, but not a bad team at all
20 Louisville 77 85 15 Rough stretch run, they have a very good offense
21 Syracuse  75 87 28 Played much better down the stretch, a good sign
22 Colorado Springs 73 89 20 Did they really win their division?  Wow!
23 Vancouver  70 92 17 Wheels fell off, probably sad about the retiring owner
24 Rochester 74 88 26 Pitching was bad, but over .500 down the stretch
25 Salem 71 91 24 Numbers were middle of the pack all around
26 Burlington  69 93 25 Incredibly tough division didn't help them this season
27 New York  72 90 23 Bad stretch run, and middle of the pack stats wise
28 Seattle  61 101 29 Great pitching, hitting is tough going in that park 
29 Texas 67 95 27 Offense just wasn't there this season for them 
30 San Francisco 55 107 31 Still need to work on their pitching, which was last 
31 Philadelphia 51 111 32 Looks to be full rebuild mode here, rough season 
32 Jacksonville 53 109 30 Rebuilding too, we'll see what next year holds for them