Season 21 Power Rankings # 3

It's time for another edition of the power rankings!  For the most part things held pretty stable since the rankings, but there were a few risers and fallers.  It will certainly be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out.  Good luck to all down the stretch!  Here are the latest rankings!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Dover	84	37	1	Still rolling, great all-around team
2	Little Rock	73	48	2	Finally playing up to their numbers, it seems
3	St. Louis	75	46	4	Have played great all season and not slowing down
4	Vancouver	73	48	7	Offense has turned it up since the last rankings
5	Tampa Bay	70	51	8	Playing well as of late, solid on all fronts
6	Los Angeles	73	48	10	Pitching is outstanding as always, offense picking it up
7	Salt Lake City	71	50	13	Best record since the last rankings, mopping it up
8	Boston	69	52	6	Pitching fell off a bit, but offense has been very solid
9	Colorado Springs	67	54	11	Still playing well, can they turn it up for a run at a repeat?
10	Houston	70	51	9	Pitching has fallen off a bit, but still winning a lot
11	Buffalo	66	55	3	Bad luck lately, as their numbers haven't changed
12	Pittsburgh	62	59	21	Playing like the 100 win teams of the last 3 seasons again
13	Detroit	64	57	20	Pitching has really come around as of late
14	Atlanta	63	58	16	They're getting it together, expect to see a great last quarter
15	Durham	66	55	5	Tough run as of late, the bats haven't been producing
16	Salem	62	59	12	Pitching has been better, but offense hasn't been there
17	Boise	57	64	14	Their numbers aren't bad, just not getting wins
18	Minnesota	60	61	17	Pitching took a step forward, bats a step back
19	Rochester	61	60	24	Still in the division race, but pitching is a bit rough
20	Honolulu	58	63	25	Pitching has improved, and a very nice offense here
21	Kansas City	58	63	15	Although improved, pitching remains an issue here
22	Charlotte	55	66	19	Pitching took a hit since the last rankings, as did the win total
23	New York	50	71	30	Over .500 since the last rankings, coming around
24	Texas	52	69	23	Numbers are mediocre across the board, but not bad
25	Burlington	54	67	18	Offense has fallen off since the last rankings
26	Syracuse	50	71	27	Have really struggled as of late, especially with pitching
27	Florida	52	69	26	Good offense, but could use a few more quality arms
28	Austin	51	70	22	Major fall off across the board since last rankings
29	Seattle	49	72	31	Pitching has stepped it up, but could use more offense
30	Jacksonville	42	79	32	New ownership is starting to right the ship
31	Colorado	36	85	28	Pitching staff has started a relocation petition
32	Philadelphia	43	78	29	Rough going lately, fall off across the board

Season 21 All Star Coverage

The Season 21 All Star Game is upon us, and it's time to look at who made this year's teams.  Deserving a special mention in the AL, James Haselman is making his 10th appearance, while Elston Lloyd is making his 8th. In the NL, both Mendy Kondou and Clarence Loney are making their 7th appearances. Atlanta had the most All Stars in the AL with 4, while in the NL, Dover had an amazing 9 members of the All Star Team!  I guess it's not all that surprising since they are the #1 ranked team, but still impressive.  Here's a complete listing of this season's all stars.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Roger DuBose	Boston	1st
1B	Alex Manto	Atlanta	1st
2B	Dustan Jackson	Kansas City	3rd
3B	Roberto Bennett	Vancouver	6th
SS	Javier Mairena	Florida	1st
LF	Lastings Morris	Colorado	2nd
CF	Morgan Cerda	Atlanta	2nd
RF	Mike Worthington	Tampa Bay	2nd
DH	Takumi Tanaka	St. Louis	1st

Pitchers 

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Jayson Klesko	St. Louis	2nd
P	Walt White	Charlotte	2nd
P	Freddy Masao	Durham	1st
P	Edwin Radlosky	Boston	3rd
P	Thomas Hutchinson	Atlanta	2nd
P	Alex Satou	Colorado Springs	3rd
P	Carl Young	Detroit	1st
P	James Haselman	Tampa Bay	10th
P	Torey Ontiveros	Durham	3rd
P	Javier Javier	St. Louis	1st
P	Miguel Sosa	Charlotte	1st
P	Tomas Batista	Durham	2nd
P	Moises Toregas	Burlington	1st

Reserves  

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Elston Lloyd	Vancouver	8th
1B	Luis Alarcon	Colorado Springs	3rd
2B	Vic Park	Atlanta	1st
3B	Carlos James	Kansas City	4th
SS	Curt Hebert	Burlington	3rd
LF	Stubby Shaw	Boston	3rd
CF	Vic Crowe	Colorado Springs	2nd
RF	William Sabathia	Vancouver	4th

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Alex Molina	Boise	1st
1B	Will Maxwell	Houston	3rd
2B	Hootie Cookson	Dover	2nd
3B	Mendy Kondou	Dover	7th
SS	Xavier Dean	Boise	3rd
LF	Pascual Hernandez	Buffalo	3rd
CF	Chris Nye	Dover	2nd
RF	Garrett Patrick	Dover	2nd

Pitchers  

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Homer Butler	Los Angeles	4th
P	Don Monahan	Dover	2nd
P	Norman LaPorta	Dover	6th
P	Lyle Wallace	Los Angeles	3rd
P	Manuel Estrada	Houston	2nd
P	Alexi Garces	Buffalo	1st
P	Karim Nieto	Seattle	1st
P	Magglio Martinez	Honolulu	1st
P	Clarence Poole	Houston	4th
P	Marvin Walsh	Pittsburgh	4th
P	Lynn Mortensen	Salt Lake City	2nd
P	Dioner Ontiveros	Austin	1st
P	Bob Wood	Los Angeles	2nd
P	Felix Wheat	Pittsburgh	3rd

Reserves 

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Stan Dickens	Dover	3rd
1B	Ray Rudolph	Little Rock	2nd
2B	Hideo Sakamoto	Salt Lake City	1st
3B	Pepe Guillen	Minnesota	4th
SS	Albert Pineda	Dover	5th
LF	Clarence Loney	Dover	7th
CF	Del Bolivar	Syracuse	1st
RF	Jerrod Griffiths	Houston	1st

American League All Stars by Team  

Atlanta	4
Boston	3
Colorado Springs	3
Durham	3
St. Louis	3
Vancouver	3
Burlington	2
Charlotte	2
Kansas City	2
Tampa Bay	2
Colorado	1
Detroit	1
Florida	1

National League All Stars by Team

Dover	9
Houston	4
Los Angeles	3
Austin	2
Boise	2
Buffalo	2
Pittsburgh	2
Salt Lake City	2
Little Rock	1
Minnesota	1
Seattle	1
Syracuse	1

Season 21 Power Rankings # 2

We're about half way through Season 21, which means another edition of the power rankings.  Dover remains in the top spot, although they weren't quite as dominant as they were in the first quarter of the season.  Little Rock comes in at #2, followed by Buffalo, and the team with the best record since the last rankings comes in at #4 in St. Louis.  Durham rounds out the top 5.   Here's the complete rankings!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Dover	57	24	1	Bats are unbelievable, pitching has been rough lately
2	Little Rock	47	34	4	Great numbers, surprised they don't have more wins
3	Buffalo	48	32	6	Pretty balanced team, offense is coming around
4	St. Louis	49	32	13	Best record since last rankings, pitching is improving
5	Durham	48	32	9	Pretty steady since last rankings, pitching is hanging in
6	Boston	46	35	5	Decent since the last rankings, but numbers down a bit
7	Vancouver	48	33	2	Just above .500 since last rankings, offense cooled off
8	Tampa Bay	46	35	7	Looking pretty good, numbers are steady, but not dominant
9	Houston	47	34	8	Pitching has been lights out, offense has fallen off a bit
10	Los Angeles	47	34	10	League's top team in pitching, and offense picked up some
11	Colorado Springs	44	36	3	Big drop off everywhere, but over .500 since last rankings
12	Salem	42	38	22	They've picked it up since the last rankings, nice jump
13	Salt Lake City	43	37	14	Offense has been playing better for this squad lately
14	Boise	37	43	19	Offense is great, Pitching is not bad, surprised at the record
15	Kansas City	40	40	27	2nd worst pitching team, but getting it done on offense
16	Atlanta	38	42	28	They've come around after a rocky start, pitching is better
17	Minnesota	40	40	12	A bit of a drop off all around since the last rankings here
18	Burlington	39	41	24	Pitching is coming around, over .500 since last rankings
19	Charlotte	39	42	15	Offense is not getting it done, but pitching keeps them in it
20	Detroit	40	41	16	Had a nice streak going, may be on the verge of a big jump
21	Pittsburgh	37	44	17	Seems to be an off season for them, just can't get going
22	Austin	36	44	18	Fell off a bit since last rankings, pitching hasn't been great
23	Texas	34	46	32	Coming around after horrid start, huge improvement overall
24	Rochester	41	40	11	Good offense, but pitching fell off, leading to rough last 40
25	Honolulu	38	43	21	Great offensively, but pitching is not there yet
26	Florida	37	43	20	Getting some good pitching, but offense is lacking so far
27	Syracuse	35	46	25	Numbers improved some, but their record didn't reflect that
28	Colorado	25	56	30	Improved as of late, but park is a problem for their pitching
29	Philadelphia	32	48	29	Their pitching did improve a lot since the last rankings
30	New York	29	51	26	It's been rough going for them since the last rankings
31	Seattle	33	48	23	Pitching got absolutely destroyed over the last 40 games
32	Jacksonville	26	54	31	Rebuild is going along well, as the pitching made strides.

Season 21 Power Rankings # 1

We're about a quarter of the way through Season 21, and it's time to see who lived up to the preseason hype, who faltered, and who surprised to date.  There's still a lot of time to turn it around though, so it's still anyone's game.  Without further adieu, here are the first power rankings of the season!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Dover	31	10	1	Definitely living up to the preseason hype
2	Vancouver	27	14	10	Out of the gate fast, back to championship form
3	Colorado Springs	24	17	2	Looking good, despite claiming to be overrated
4	Little Rock	24	17	5	The numbers are always great for this team
5	Boston	24	17	13	Pitching is holding up so far, they're biggest concern
6	Buffalo	25	16	8	Offense not as good as teams above, but pitching is great
7	Tampa Bay	24	17	4	Solid production so far across the board
8	Houston	25	16	19	I guess the city change helped
9	Durham	24	17	17	Offense is rolling so far, and pitching is decent enough
10	Los Angeles	25	16	6	Getting no offense at all, but pitching is carrying them
11	Rochester	24	17	21	Nice start, but bad pitching numbers are a concern
12	Minnesota	21	20	12	Pitching hasn't been great, but hanging in there
13	St. Louis	22	19	7	Pretty good numbers across the board, not
14	Salt Lake City	23	18	23	Can they get enough offense to keep up hot start?
15	Charlotte	21	20	15	Good start, but the offense has been a bit quiet so far
16	Detroit	22	19	14	Pitching has been hit hard, if they get in line, look out
17	Pittsburgh	18	23	3	Same numbers as usual, record is a bit of a surprise
18	Austin	19	22	22	Bats have not produced so far
19	Boise	18	23	20	Numbers are pretty good, but it hasn't led to W's yet
20	Florida	22	19	25	Finally over .500, we'll see if the offense comes through
21	Honolulu	19	22	28	Fantastic offense, but pitching has been rocked
22	Salem	20	21	26	Hanging in there, pitching has been a concern
23	Seattle	20	21	31	Starting off nicely, the pitching has been there for them
24	Burlington	19	22	16	Pitching is off to a slow start here
25	Syracuse	19	22	29	Getting some good offense, but not much pitching
26	New York	17	24	24	Surprising record, their numbers say they are better
27	Kansas City	18	23	18	Pitching has been getting destroyed so far.
28	Atlanta	16	25	9	Good offense but pitching has been roughed up
29	Philadelphia	17	24	27	Numbers don't look bad, everyone is bunched up here
30	Colorado	8	33	30	Pitching is horrid, but getting some offense
31	Jacksonville	13	28	32	Looking better, team was wrecked by previous owner
32	Texas	11	30	11	Wheels really fell off here, but they could bounce back