Saturday, August 9, 2014

Season 24 Power Rankings #2

We're half way through the regular season in Cobbfather's Season 24, so it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings.  At the top, Atlanta remains dominant and a clear number one, and they also managed to upgrade their pitching staff even further with a deal with Dover.  At number 2, the hottest team in the league, Salt Lake City checks in.  Ranked #15 preseason, they are showing they are better than we thought.  Houston remains #3, and Boston and a resurgent Pawtucket round out the top 5.  A lot of good teams this season, so it will be interesting to see how it all plays out the rest of the way.  Here are the complete rankings!


Team  W L PREV    Comments
1 Atlanta  59 22 1 There's no denying they are the top team, great all around
2 Salt Lake City 54 27 11 On fire, playing amazing, and we didn't see it coming 
3 Houston 49 32 3 Holding steady, pitching is better, but offense is down
4 Boston  48 33 7 Offense is a bit down this season, but pitching is better
5 Pawtucket 45 36 15 Making a surge after a slow start, they are for real 
6 Cincinnati 49 32 2 Came back down to earth a bit, but still looking solid
7 Buffalo  46 35 10 Getting the W's and pitching, but not a lot of offense
8 Ottawa 46 35 12 Numbers are down a bit, but it hasn’t affected win total
9 Arizona 43 38 5 League's top offense is rolling, but still under .500 last 41
10 Dover 44 37 4 Looks like the end of an era as their vets are on the move
11 Trenton 44 37 13 Playing well with good offense, but division is tough
12 Pittsburgh  43 38 14 Bad pitching from first quarter is gone, they are in it 
13 Jacksonville 41 40 24 Really stepped it up the last 41, numbers are up overall
14 San Juan 43 38 6 Great offense, but under .500 since last rankings
15 Los Angeles 39 42 26 They are over a bad start, and added a bat from Dover 
16 Charlotte  41 40 8 Struggled since last rankings, numbers declined overall 
17 New York  43 38 21 Pitching has improved majorly, offense is a slight concern
18 St. Louis 39 42 17 Numbers look good, but they haven't cracked .500 yet 
19 Austin  41 40 18 Pitching has improved some since the last rankings
20 Texas 38 43 19 Seems to be a bit unlucky record wise, as numbers good
21 Florida 38 43 9 Other than a sweep of Boston, struggling, but are good
22 Las Vegas 37 44 29 Major improvement all around since the last rankings 
23 Seattle  36 45 30 Dramatic improvement in pitching, so coming along here
24 Louisville 36 45 16 Pitching has been a bit of a disaster, but good offense
25 Colorado Springs 35 46 20 Atop the AL West, are better than record so far indicates
26 Tampa Bay  35 46 25 They are getting it together some after a very bad start
27 Durham  37 44 23 Pitching is up, but offense numbers low for their park 
28 San Francisco 30 51 32 Numbers are up a lot all around, so getting it together
29 Albuquerque 31 50 27 Still rebuilding, and the pitching struggling in hitters park
30 Salem 32 49 28 Pitching has been issue for them as well, offense is ok
31 Syracuse  32 49 22 Stats fell off for them all around since the last rankings
32 Philadelphia 22 59 31 Numbers are bad, but don't seem as bad as their record