Thursday, June 23, 2016

Season 31 - Power Rankings #1

We're a quarter of the way through Season 31 which means it's time for the first power rankings of the regular season!  And there's a new number 1, featuring a top 3 offense and pitching staff, Cheyenne takes the top spot in the rankings.  This is the first time since Season 20 that the #1 team hasn't been either Dover, Atlanta or Texas!  Speaking of Texas, they come in at #2, and off to a blazing start is Florida at #3.  The NL New York squad comes in at #4, followed by Salem at #5.  A hearty congrats to Charleston, who went from #31 preseason to vault into the top 10.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #10 Charleston (+21), #11 Dover (+15), #12 Cleveland (+9), #23 Detroit (+9)

Biggest Falls: #30 St. Louis (-13), #26 Monterrey (-11), #28 Boston (-9), #15 Vancouver (-7), #16 New York - AL (-7)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all as the season continues to unfold!

Pitching Offense
Team  W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Cheyenne 29 12 3 3 2
2 Texas 28 13 1 2 10
3 Florida 31 10 6 1 12
4 New York (NL) 26 15 11 4 5
5 Salem 24 17 5 11 7
6 Salt Lake City 25 16 7 4 17
7 Atlanta  23 18 2 17 6
8 Montgomery 23 18 4 18 3
9 Montreal 23 18 10 13 14
10 Charleston 22 19 31 6 16
11 Dover 25 16 26 23 8
12 Cleveland 22 19 21 8 22
13 Los Angeles 21 20 20 12 24
14 Buffalo  17 24 14 15 9
15 Vancouver 19 22 8 29 1
16 New York (AL) 20 21 9 14 25
17 Chicago 19 22 12 28 4
18 Las Vegas 20 21 13 8 29
19 Milwaukee 17 24 16 16 19
20 Charlotte  20 21 24 20 22
21 Colorado Springs 19 22 22 26 12
22 Pawtucket 18 23 18 10 31
23 Detroit 21 20 32 24 21
24 Houston 17 24 29 19 20
25 Seattle  16 25 28 7 32
26 Monterrey 15 26 15 32 10
27 Louisville 18 23 27 27 18
28 Boston  16 25 19 31 14
29 San Francisco 19 22 23 25 26
30 St. Louis 15 26 17 22 30
31 Trenton 14 27 25 21 27
32 Iowa City 14 27 30 30 28

Monday, June 6, 2016

Season 31 Preseason Power Rankings

With Spring Training wrapping up, it's time to unveil Season 31's Preseason Power Rankings!  We start with a familiar team at the top, for the 7th straight edition of the rankings it's Texas!  Last season's regular season powerhouse brings back a fantastic roster yet again.  Coming in at #2 is Atlanta.  Last season's AL pennant winners look tough again, particularly their lineup.  Rounding out the top 5 are Cheyenne, Montgomery, and Salem.

So yes, the same teams from last season's final top 5 are in the preseason top 5.  Will anyone be able to unseat them?  It will be interesting to see!  I'm sure the remainder of the rankings will provide some bulletin board material as inspiration to prove the rankings wrong, I wish you the best of luck in doing so!  Among the biggest snubs I see is my formula has defending champ Monterrey at #15 and 98-win Pawtucket at #18.  It's not a perfect science, so we could certainly be wrong.   Good luck to everyone in Season 31!  Here are the complete rankings!

Starting Relief
Season 30 Pitching Pitching Hitting Fielding 
Team  W L Rank Rank Rank Rank
1 Texas 127 35 1 1 5 5
2 Atlanta  100 62 4 10 1 19
3 Cheyenne 101 61 8 27 2 3
4 Montgomery 110 52 16 3 3 5
5 Salem 96 66 2 8 7 15
6 Florida 89 73 5 7 4 10
7 Salt Lake City 80 82 9 2 13 2
8 Vancouver 73 89 11 14 6 13
9 New York (AL) 80 82 12 4 15 5
10 Montreal 69 93 6 5 15 27
11 New York (NL) 88 74 3 30 10 22
12 Chicago 77 85 7 26 11 31
13 Las Vegas 84 78 15 15 17 10
14 Buffalo  84 78 18 11 12 22
15 Monterrey 89 73 23 23 8 19
16 Milwaukee 68 94 24 12 14 10
17 St. Louis 80 82 17 13 19 15
18 Pawtucket 98 64 10 17 27 5
19 Boston  69 93 27 16 9 30
20 Los Angeles 79 83 21 9 23 22
21 Cleveland 86 76 14 19 28 3
22 Colorado Springs 81 81 30 6 22 1
23 San Francisco 75 87 19 18 26 27
24 Charlotte  52 110 20 29 24 25
25 Trenton 65 97 28 22 21 27
26 Dover 72 90 25 20 25 19
27 Louisville 83 79 29 28 20 9
28 Seattle  72 90 31 31 18 15
29 Houston 54 108 22 25 30 25
30 Iowa City 70 92 26 32 29 15
31 Charleston 70 92 13 24 31 13
32 Detroit 71 91 32 21 32 32