Team | W | L | PREV | Comments | |
1 | Little Rock | 34 | 19 | 4 | Also made #1 in the 1st rankings last season, solid squad |
2 | Dover | 33 | 20 | 5 | Pitching has been much better this season |
3 | Minnesota | 37 | 16 | 11 | Great squad, but offense is not quite amongst elite |
4 | Colorado Springs | 35 | 18 | 7 | The bats have been getting it done so far |
5 | Buffalo | 31 | 22 | 2 | This team is incredibly solid across the board. |
6 | Pittsburgh | 36 | 17 | 3 | Getting it done with the league's top pitching staff. |
7 | Boston | 31 | 22 | 9 | Offense has been firing, pitching is just average |
8 | Tampa Bay | 31 | 22 | 6 | Haselman led staff is only middle of the pack |
9 | Detroit | 28 | 25 | 12 | Excellent pitching, and the offense is good enough. |
10 | Charlotte | 29 | 24 | 27 | Huge jump here, doing well with both pitching and offense |
11 | Durham | 28 | 25 | 10 | They are hanging in there, good but not great overall so far |
12 | Kansas City | 29 | 24 | 8 | Pitching has been roughed up so far, offense is solid |
13 | Vancouver | 27 | 26 | 1 | Typical opening season slump, they'll bounce back. |
14 | Omaha | 28 | 25 | 21 | Numbers about what you'd guess for Omaha |
15 | St. Louis | 25 | 28 | 22 | Pretty much average across the board right now |
16 | Atlanta | 25 | 28 | 16 | Showing signs of improvement, and will only get better |
17 | New York | 26 | 27 | 25 | Doing fairly well, pitching has been good |
18 | Austin | 26 | 27 | 20 | Pitching is one of the tops in the league, but little offense |
19 | Cleveland | 27 | 26 | 17 | Holding their own, but nothing spectacular about their play |
20 | Syracuse | 27 | 26 | 19 | Numbers are pretty much middle of the road |
21 | Texas | 27 | 26 | 30 | Improved pitching, but offense isn't there even in their park |
22 | El Paso | 20 | 33 | 13 | Numbers say their record should be better, bad luck so far |
23 | Burlington | 24 | 29 | 15 | Pitching has not been good, which is why they've struggled |
24 | Los Angeles | 19 | 34 | 14 | Elite pitching, with no offense, but they should improve |
25 | Helena | 20 | 33 | 23 | Pitching has been a major weakness this season |
26 | Boise | 23 | 30 | 18 | Surprised to see them struggling this much so far |
27 | Colorado | 19 | 34 | 31 | They're pitching staff has been killed, but good offense |
28 | Honolulu | 25 | 28 | 26 | Pitching has struggled so far, and offense has been sparse |
29 | Seattle | 21 | 32 | 29 | Pitching has been bad, especially given their home park |
30 | Florida | 20 | 33 | 28 | Still struggling, thought they might turn a corner this season |
31 | Philadelphia | 20 | 33 | 24 | Offense has been struggling, pitching has been mediocre |
32 | Washington | 17 | 36 | 32 | Atrocious pitching so far, and offense hasn't done much |
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Season 20 Power Rankings # 1
Season 20 is well under way, and it's time for the first edition of the power rankings! So far, it seems like this is a repeat of Season 19 in many ways. Vancouver is the preseason #1, and then struggles out of the gate and takes a tumble, to be replaced at the top by Little Rock, your #1 team, just like last season! It's almost eerie, but Little Rock's combination of solid pitching and the league's top offense puts them atop the rankings. However, there are a lot of teams nipping at the heels, and it will be interesting to see if it continues to play out like last season, or if a new path will be set. Here are the complete rankings: