Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Season 29 Power Rankings #1

Happy holidays, it's time for the first power rankings of Season 29.   At the top, Atlanta reclaims the top spot with a solid start to the season.  At #2 is the surprise of the early season, as Cheyenne vaults all the way up from #19.  We didn't see it coming, but know never to doubt yanks21's ability to put together a great team.  Texas drops to #3, while Philadelphia and Salem round out the top 5.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings.

Biggest Climbers: #2 Cheyenne (+17), #11 Trenton (+17), #13 Los Angeles (+14), #9 Seattle (+11), #19 Houston (+11)

Biggest Falls: #16 New York (-11), #17 Chicago (-11), #18 Santa Fe (-10), #26 Louisville (-10), #27 Hartford (-10)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck and have a wonderful holiday season!
Pitching Offense 
Team W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Atlanta  27 14 2 1 4
2 Cheyenne 28 13 19 2 15
3 Texas 24 17 1 5 7
4 Philadelphia 27 14 13 9 8
5 Salem 27 14 7 7 13
6 Las Vegas 25 16 9 10 3
7 St. Louis 23 18 11 2 19
8 Florida 22 19 3 14 30
9 Seattle  21 20 20 8 21
10 Colorado Springs 21 20 4 13 17
11 Trenton 23 18 28 11 26
12 Vancouver 21 20 14 4 22
13 Los Angeles 21 20 27 17 29
14 Salt Lake City 20 21 10 12 12
15 Buffalo  20 21 12 16 19
16 New York 19 22 5 18 8
17 Chicago 18 23 6 20 1
18 Santa Fe 20 21 8 25 2
19 Houston 20 21 30 15 16
20 Dover 20 21 22 19 28
21 Milwaukee 19 22 23 24 4
22 Pawtucket 20 21 15 28 11
23 Detroit 19 22 29 23 10
24 Columbus 18 23 26 6 25
25 San Francisco 20 21 18 22 23
26 Louisville 18 23 16 21 23
27 Hartford 14 27 17 32 6
28 Charlotte  18 23 24 26 27
29 Boston  18 23 21 30 14
30 Monterrey 18 23 25 27 18
31 Charleston 16 25 31 29 30
32 Iowa City 11 30 32 31 32

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Season 29 Preseason Power Rankings

OK, so it's a little after preseason, but these were taken based on rosters at the start of the regular season.  A lot of familiar teams near the top of the rankings, with defending champ Texas as the top team, followed by Atlanta, Florida, Colorado Springs and New York.   Enjoy!
Starting Relief
Season 28 Pitching Pitching Hitting Fielding 
W L Rank Rank Rank Rank
1 Texas 117 45 1 1 4 1
2 Atlanta  112 50 2 22 1 16
3 Florida 105 57 3 10 2 8
4 Colorado Springs 102 60 11 7 3 27
5 New York 92 70 6 3 9 11
6 Chicago 97 65 4 2 14 6
7 Salem 92 70 8 11 6 13
8 Santa Fe 81 81 20 4 5 27
9 Las Vegas 86 76 9 15 11 20
10 Salt Lake City 75 87 24 5 7 2
11 St. Louis 88 74 13 8 15 8
12 Buffalo  94 68 17 12 8 23
13 Philadelphia 82 80 7 31 12 8
14 Vancouver 82 80 18 6 18 16
15 Pawtucket 66 96 12 9 24 4
16 Louisville 66 96 10 18 22 13
17 Hartford 79 83 14 24 12 30
18 San Francisco 59 103 15 13 21 23
19 Cheyenne 70 92 5 25 26 6
20 Seattle  85 77 19 32 10 20
21 Boston  74 88 23 14 17 23
22 Dover 87 75 22 16 23 11
23 Milwaukee 64 98 25 20 19 20
24 Charlotte  87 75 16 23 27 32
25 Monterrey 56 106 28 30 20 13
26 Columbus 69 93 31 27 16 23
27 Los Angeles 80 82 29 17 25 19
28 Trenton 77 85 21 21 30 2
29 Detroit 72 90 27 19 28 16
30 Houston 75 87 26 29 29 31
31 Charleston 63 99 32 26 31 27
32 Iowa City 58 104 30 27 32 4