Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Season 36 Preseason Power Rankings

Season 36 is off and running and it's time to kick off this season's blog coverage with the preseason power rankings!  These are always the toughest to do, and it's certain there will be some volatility once some of the regular season data is in, but we'll give it a shot anyways!

Topping the rankings is your defending champion, Montgomery.  They bring back a stacked lineup and some excellent pitching.  Surprisingly, this is the first time they have ever been ranked #1. Coming in at #2 is an up and coming Little Rock squad that features the top ranked Starting Pitching in Cobbfather and an excellent offense as well.  Sioux Falls, Florida and Salt Lake City round out the top 5.  

It should be another interesting season in Cobbfather, as there are many teams in the hunt for the title, it seems.  It will be exciting to see who comes out on top.  Good luck to all in the regular season! Here are the complete rankings!

Starting Relief
Pitching Pitching Hitting Fielding
Team  W L Rank Rank Rank Rank
1 Montgomery 96 66 7 5 1 7
2 Little Rock 91 71 1 30 5 6
3 Sioux Falls 102 60 2 10 7 17
4 Florida 98 64 4 1 9 11
5 Salt Lake City 84 78 9 3 4 31
6 Baltimore 88 74 10 9 6 7
7 Nashville 88 74 13 2 2 20
8 Santa Fe 101 61 12 4 2 27
9 Boston  91 71 8 6 11 11
10 Oklahoma City 49 113 6 16 20 15
11 Jackson 99 63 11 7 14 7
12 Portland 79 83 5 22 22 20
13 Buffalo  94 68 17 20 9 13
14 Cincinnati 80 82 14 13 17 17
15 Houston 106 56 19 17 11 20
16 Kansas City 88 74 18 14 19 2
17 St. Louis 75 87 25 12 8 20
18 Richmond 76 86 20 15 15 27
19 Salem 92 70 15 27 18 17
20 Los Angeles 75 87 16 24 21 20
21 Fargo 95 67 3 23 30 2
22 Helena 71 91 24 20 23 20
23 Syracuse 86 76 28 10 16 20
24 Norfolk 82 80 22 26 26 2
25 Minnesota 50 112 26 31 13 30
26 Charlotte  77 85 21 18 27 13
27 Milwaukee 69 93 27 8 24 7
28 Memphis 73 89 23 19 29 5
29 Colorado Springs 72 90 30 32 25 29
30 Honolulu 59 103 32 29 28 15
31 Atlanta  58 104 29 28 31 32
32 New York 48 114 31 25 32 1