Season 25 Power Rankings #2

As the midway point of season 25 is upon us, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  Not surprisingly Atlanta maintains the top spot, with a star-studded roster.   AL East foe Boston checks in at #2.  Houston is still playing well and comes in at #3.  After that, there was a bit of a shift in the rankings, as we saw some new teams pop into the top 10.  Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the second half!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Atlanta	60	22	1	Rolling along and playing well as expected
2	Boston	58	24	3	Looks like one of the best AL 5 seeds in a while
3	Houston	52	30	2	Offense tailed off some, but still incredibly solid
4	Arizona	48	34	8	Continued solid play in tough division lands them in top 5
5	Las Vegas	47	35	18	Top pitching team now and offense is good enough
6	Pawtucket	44	38	12	Solid across the board, looking like a contender again
7	Jacksonville	48	34	21	Tremendous over the last 40, can the pitching hold up?
8	Santa Fe	48	34	10	Really doing well in this park, and pitching improved
9	Colorado Springs	46	36	6	Mediocre since last rankings, as pitching got hit some
10	Los Angeles	44	38	16	Numbers up overall after a slow start, so they move up
11	Salt Lake City	43	39	4	They hit a cold spell, but still are a very good squad
12	Buffalo	44	38	5	Defending champs hit a rough patch too, bats are ice cold
13	Texas	42	40	9	Numbers held steady, but losing record over the last 40
14	New York (AL)	41	41	7	Numbers are down overall, and it affected their win total
15	Seattle	40	42	11	Offense held steady, but it didn't translate to more wins
16	St. Louis	40	42	24	Bounced back from slow start as the offense heated up
17	Durham	42	40	14	Numbers are better, but in a very tough division for sure
18	Florida	40	42	13	Pitching improved, but the offense slowed down some
19	Louisville	38	44	19	Pitching has been hit hard since the last rankings
20	Trenton	39	43	15	They fell off a bit record wise, but pitching has improved
21	San Francisco	36	46	23	Good offense, and the pitching is up, but still shaky
22	Cleveland	37	45	20	Pitching got hit pretty hard since the last rankings
23	Charlotte	36	46	17	Offense slowed down, which resulted in a tough last 40
24	Dover	36	46	29	Pitching took a big step forward, but bats are ice cold
25	Syracuse	37	45	26	Pitching continues to be an issue for them it seems
26	Cincinnati	33	49	31	Looks like some pitching issues were fixed, which is good
27	Philadelphia	29	53	22	Offense sputtered and it's been a rough last 40 games
28	Austin	35	47	25	Pitching got better, but offense not at a contender level
29	Cheyenne	32	50	32	They improved some and got some offense over last 40
30	Tampa Bay	33	49	28	Pitching improved, but the bats went stone cold
31	Salem	33	49	27	Seems like the rebuild is still ongoing here
32	New York (NL)	31	51	30	Also seem to be rebuilding, as offense isn't there yet

Season 25 Power Rankings #1

The silver anniversary season of Cobbfather is out of the gates and it's time for the first power rankings of the season!   Atlanta remains #1 as they have been dominant, which was pretty much expected.  There is a strong pack of contenders behind them, let's see who has surprised and disappointed so far, here are the complete rankings!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Atlanta	31	11	1	Extremely dominant after mediocre start, not surprising
2	Houston	28	14	2	Impressive so far, they are performing as expected so far
3	Boston	31	11	8	Great start, but the pitching hasn't exactly been dominant
4	Salt Lake City	24	18	3	Getting it done with great pitching and good enough hitting
5	Buffalo	26	16	5	The defending champs are amongst the best in pitching
6	Colorado Springs	26	16	6	Stepping it up in the AL West with a well-balanced attack
7	New York (AL)	24	18	14	Solid out of the gate, the pitching has been excellent
8	Arizona	23	19	13	Nice numbers across the board, nice start for them
9	Texas	23	19	16	Offense getting it done, pitching ok, but not great so far
10	Santa Fe	24	18	22	Apparently the extreme park suits them quite well
11	Seattle	23	19	24	Finally getting some offense, which is tough in that park
12	Pawtucket	20	22	4	Rough start again, they always seem to bounce back
13	Florida	22	20	21	Improved, but not sure the offense is there to contend
14	Durham	23	19	26	Good start in a very tough division is a postivie sign
15	Trenton	22	20	27	Started hot last season too, pitching is a question mark
16	Los Angeles	21	21	11	Another typical slow starter who always gets back into it
17	Charlotte	21	21	15	Pitching is an issue, but their offense can definitely mash
18	Las Vegas	21	21	17	Amongst the best in pitching, but offense no there so far
19	Louisville	21	21	29	Solid on offense and the pitching is decent so far too
20	Cleveland	20	22	9	They aren't getting much offense, but pitching looks solid
21	Jacksonville	19	23	10	Slow start for them, but they've got some good talent
22	Philadelphia	17	25	25	Making strides with pitching and the offense is good
23	San Francisco	17	25	32	The pitching is getting hit hard, but offense is showing up
24	St. Louis	16	26	7	Offseason FA signings haven't boosted offense yet
25	Austin	18	24	18	Pitching is getting rocked, the offense can't keep up
26	Syracuse	18	24	28	Decent numbers so far, but not a contender quite yet
27	Salem	16	26	19	They haven't done much so far, pitching is really bad
28	Tampa Bay	16	26	20	Worst pitching in the league, but offense is pretty good
29	Dover	16	26	23	Rebuilding, and it looks like they have no bats left
30	New York (NL)	16	26	30	Offense is decent, pitching hasn't been there so far
31	Cincinnati	15	27	12	Pitching has been getting shelled, so rough going here
32	Cheyenne	14	28	31	Not getting anything at all from the offense at this point