Sunday, August 24, 2014

Season 24 Power Rankings #3

As we're about to head in to the stretch run of Season 24, it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings.  Atlanta has been simply dominant this season, and remains #1.  Houston had a better record than Atlanta since the last rankings by one game, so they move up to #2.  #3 Salt Lake City is still playing well and has momentum.  Boston comes in at #4, and Pittsburgh cracks the top 5 with a strong run since the last rankings.  It seems a few teams have broken away from the pack, but come playoff time, you never know what will happen!   Good luck to all, here are the complete rankings!


Team  W L PREV    Comments
1 Atlanta  87 35 1 Simply dominant this season, no doubt about it
2 Houston 78 44 3 Best record since last rankings, so they move up one
3 Salt Lake City 79 43 2 Numbers dropped off a tad, but still playing very well 
4 Boston  71 51 4 Pitching tailed off a bit, but they are still winning games
5 Pittsburgh  70 52 12 Major all-around improvement, they are making a run
6 Cincinnati 70 52 6 Just above .500 since last rankings, numbers are good
7 Los Angeles 65 57 15 Making a run as well, as the pitching found their groove
8 Buffalo  70 52 7 Pitching is great, but offense struggling, but are winning
9 Arizona 65 57 9 Great offense dropped off some, but they are still in it
10 Pawtucket 65 57 5 Under .500 since last rankings but they are a good team
11 Tampa Bay  60 62 26 Getting back into it after awful start with better pitching
12 San Juan 64 58 14 Numbers down some, the offense is very good though
13 Ottawa 64 58 8 Drop off all-around since last rankings, offense is solid
14 New York  66 56 17 Playing well with solid pitching, but not much offense
15 Dover 61 61 10 Tailed off a lot, as they have enter rebuild mode it appears
16 St. Louis 57 65 18 Excellent pitching, but it hasn't translated to wins yet 
17 Salem 59 63 30 They hot as of late, with numbers improved all-around
18 Colorado Springs 57 65 25 Playing well, but Salem knocked them off division lead
19 Jacksonville 59 63 13 Numbers good since last rankings, but didn't get wins
20 Austin  60 62 19 Offense dropped off since last rankings, so they fall some
21 Charlotte  59 63 16 Pitching not good enough to duplicate last season
22 Trenton 61 61 11 Rough since last rankings, pitching and hitting down
23 Durham  60 62 27 Playing well, offense is coming around and pitching is ok
24 Texas 56 66 20 Pitching got hit pretty hard since the last rankings
25 Las Vegas 54 68 22 Pitching improved, but still not generating enough offense
26 Syracuse  52 70 31 Offense kicked it up some, but pitching is still an issue
27 Louisville 49 73 24 Offense didn't get it done since last rankings, rough going
28 Florida 52 70 21 Their bats not enough to get them back to playoffs
29 Seattle  50 72 23 Pitching hasn't been there, and offense is an issue here
30 Philadelphia 42 80 32 Actually playing better, is pitching really improved here
31 Albuquerque 46 76 29 Pitching has been really bad, offense can't make up for it
32 San Francisco 44 78 28 Pitching continues to get rocked, which is surprising