Friday, April 20, 2018

Season 37 Power Rankings #1

Season 37 is out of the gates and it's time to check in with the first Power Rankings of the regular season!  On top, for the 6th consecutive edition, is Little Rock.  Their pitching staff is off to an amazing start and the offense is good too.  Boston checks in at #2 with the top ranked offense and a pitching staff that is holding its own.  Jackson is up 7 spots to #3 with a hot start, putting up consistent numbers across the board.  The preseason rankings didn't see this one coming, up an amazing 22 spots to #4 is Milwaukee who is getting it done with their bats and tied for the second best record through 40 games.  Cincinnati jumps 9 spots to round out the top 5 with their 2nd ranked offense leading the way.   Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers:  #4 Milwaukee (+22), #7 Fargo (+20), #12 Charlotte (+11), #5 Cincinnati (+9)

Biggest Falls: #30 Portland (-22), #19 Pittsburgh (-17), #15 Oklahoma City (-11), #29 St. Louis (-11), #17 Santa Fe (-10)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck as the season rolls on!

Pitching Offense
Team  W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Little Rock 29 11 1 1 4
2 Boston  26 14 5 12 1
3 Jackson 25 15 10 8 8
4 Milwaukee 26 14 26 15 5
5 Cincinnati 21 19 14 16 2
6 Nashville 23 17 11 20 3
7 Fargo 22 18 27 9 12
8 Florida 23 17 6 7 13
9 Montgomery 23 17 3 4 19
10 Salem 21 19 12 14 5
11 Los Angeles 21 19 17 3 14
12 Charlotte  24 16 23 25 7
13 Buffalo  22 18 16 10 21
14 Tampa Bay 20 20 9 5 22
15 Oklahoma City 22 18 4 2 30
16 Salt Lake City 23 17 13 30 9
17 Santa Fe 20 20 7 17 17
18 Norfolk 19 21 24 6 28
19 Pittsburgh 18 22 2 12 20
20 Trenton 20 20 15 19 16
21 Honolulu 20 20 28 18 26
22 Syracuse 20 20 22 21 24
23 Memphis 19 21 25 11 29
24 Minnesota 18 22 20 29 11
25 Kansas City 18 22 19 22 24
26 Helena 16 24 31 28 14
27 Colorado Springs 16 24 29 26 18
28 Houston 14 26 21 31 10
29 St. Louis 16 24 18 27 23
30 Portland 13 27 8 24 27
31 New York 12 28 32 23 31
32 Atlanta  10 30 30 32 32