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