Tuesday, October 1, 2013

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