A quarter of the season is over and it's time to update the power rankings. There is a #1 has the defending champs Vancouver are a bit slow out of the gate, but still have a nice record. But the new #1 is Little Rock whose stats across the board have been elite thus far. The biggest leap up the rankings was made by Boise, who jumped from preseason #23 all the way up to #2. Buffalo, Cleveland and Minnesota all made huge leaps as well. Congrats on the great starts! Here's the full ranking through the first quarter of the season.
Team | W | L | PREV | Comments | |
1 | Little Rock | 25 | 15 | 7 | Playing elite, #1 in offense and great pitching |
2 | Boise | 25 | 15 | 23 | What a jump! Excellent start across the board! |
3 | Tampa Bay | 24 | 16 | 2 | Rock solid so far, as expected |
4 | Pittsburgh | 25 | 15 | 4 | Pitching has been incredibly solid so far |
5 | Buffalo | 26 | 14 | 18 | #1 in pitching, and offense is holding its weight |
6 | Durham | 27 | 13 | 11 | Best record, but pitching moves them down |
7 | Colorado Springs | 26 | 14 | 3 | Playing great, still amongst elite, # 3-7 is tight |
8 | Dover | 26 | 14 | 10 | Great offense, but pitching hasn't been great. |
9 | Vancouver | 24 | 16 | 1 | Not getting pitching so far, but offense is great. |
10 | Cleveland | 23 | 17 | 21 | Nice jump here, can the pitching hold up? |
11 | Minnesota | 22 | 18 | 25 | Big jump, and they may be underachieving! |
12 | Kansas City | 24 | 16 | 5 | Solid play across the board, but not elite |
13 | Boston | 22 | 18 | 15 | Decent numbers so far, can they do more? |
14 | Syracuse | 21 | 19 | 12 | Average across the board, do they have more? |
15 | El Paso | 20 | 20 | 6 | Numbers say they should improve |
16 | Los Angeles | 22 | 18 | 9 | Fantastic pitching, but offense is weak so far |
17 | Detroit | 19 | 21 | 16 | Underachieving a bit, will pitching improve? |
18 | St. Louis | 18 | 22 | 8 | Underachieving, but pitching is a good sign |
19 | Omaha | 20 | 20 | 17 | Great pitching, but offense not producing at all |
20 | Atlanta | 17 | 23 | 22 | Underachieving, but better pitching would help |
21 | Burlington | 20 | 20 | 24 | Nice start on offense, will pitching improve? |
22 | New York (NL) | 20 | 20 | 13 | Decent start, will the offense step it up? |
23 | Honolulu | 21 | 19 | 31 | Nice start, but they may be overachieving a bit |
24 | Arizona | 14 | 26 | 20 | Slugging well, but pitching is getting hammered |
25 | Charlotte | 20 | 20 | 30 | Overachieving some, but .500 start is good |
26 | Austin | 16 | 24 | 14 | Offense is slow out of the gate |
27 | New York (AL) | 15 | 25 | 19 | Underachieving a bit, could be tough sched |
28 | Colorado | 12 | 28 | 27 | Pitching is getting completely obliterated so far |
29 | Washington | 9 | 31 | 26 | In a tough division, numbers say they're better |
30 | Florida | 15 | 25 | 32 | Possibly the worst offense in the league so far |
31 | Texas | 11 | 29 | 28 | Pitching has been rough and the bats cold |
32 | Seattle | 11 | 29 | 29 | Rough start all around, particularly pitching |