Season 26 Power Rankings #3

These are a bit late, I apologize, but here are the 3rd edition of the power rankings for the season!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Atlanta	87	35	1	Still holding on to the top spot, playing very well
2	Texas	84	38	2	Narrowing the gap, offense is best in some time
3	Florida	78	44	5	They are on an unreal run as of late
4	Colorado Springs	76	46	6	2nd best offense, but pitching is middle of the pack
5	New York (AL)	75	47	7	Playing very well, the pitching is outstanding
6	Philadelphia	74	48	3	Fallen off a bit, pitching has taken a step back
7	Los Angeles	70	52	12	Getting it done with pitching, offense is better too
8	Arizona	69	53	4	Their pitching has been lit up, and offense is down too
9	Las Vegas	66	56	13	Pitching has been better lately, not sure about offense
10	Charlotte	63	59	11	Pretty solid overall, but numbers declined some
11	Salt Lake City	62	60	18	They've improved a lot, the pitching has stepped it up
12	Buffalo	65	57	9	Struggled since last rankings, numbers down overall
13	Santa Fe	66	56	14	Played better since last rankings, number up overall
14	Houston	67	55	16	Their pitching improved somewhat and nice offense
15	Boston	60	62	10	Offense is rolling, but pitching isn't there this season
16	St. Louis	62	60	15	They've struggled on offense, pitching is pretty solid
17	Salem	60	62	19	Pitching improved a lot since the last rankings
18	Trenton	59	63	22	Offensive numbers are up since the half way point
19	Syracuse	52	70	28	Pitching has been significantly better as of late
20	Austin	60	62	21	Pitching has been ok, but offense has been struggling
21	Seattle	53	69	24	Major improvement in pitching since the last rankings
22	Cleveland	55	67	8	Their pitching has been a disaster over the last 41
23	Pawtucket	54	68	26	Pitching has been a major issue for them this season
24	Tampa Bay	59	63	17	Pitching numbers are up, but offense has slowed some
25	Dover	54	68	23	Offense has struggled, but pitching is not bad of late
26	Jacksonville	54	68	20	Numbers are mediocre overall, but not horrible
27	San Francisco	45	77	27	They've been awful as of late, very little offense here
28	Cincinnati	50	72	25	Pitching a problem all season, and offense is slumping
29	Durham	44	78	31	Numbers look a lot better since the last rankings
30	Cheyenne	45	77	32	Pitching improved, but offense is almost non-existent
31	El Paso	43	79	29	Hard to pinpoint any postitives at this point
32	New York (NL)	41	81	30	Same as the above, the rebuild continues here

Season 26 All-Star Coverage

The All-Stars have been named for Season 26, and we have all the coverage right here!

In the American League, Eugene Brantley of Tampa Bay leads the way in All-Star appearances, making his 7th.  Honorable mention goes to Roger DuBose of Boston (6th appearance) and Thomas Hutchinson of Atlanta (5th appearance).  Texas had the most All-Stars in the American League with 5, while Atlanta, Colorado Springs and New York all had 4.

In the National League, veteran hurler Norman LaPorta of Houston is making his 10th All-Star appearance, a truly impressive feat!  Fellow 37 year-old hurler Lyle Wallace has the next most appearances amongst the NL All-Stars with 6.  Arizona led the way with 5 All-Stars, while Cleveland Philadelphia each had 4.  Syracuse is the only team without an All-Star in the NL, every other team is represented.

Here is the complete list of this season's All-Stars!

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Jimmie Newson	Tampa Bay	2nd
1B	Vic Park	Atlanta	3rd
2B	Joshua Hendrick	Texas	3rd
3B	Benjamin Delcarmen	Cincinnati	4th
SS	Tony Cassevah	Salem	1st
LF	Vic Crowe	Colorado Springs	3rd
CF	Gary Harvey	Colorado Springs	2nd
RF	Vladimir Troncoso	Texas	3rd
DH	Albert Cruz	Pawtucket	4th

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Francisco Aramboles	Atlanta	3rd
P	Thomas Hutchinson	Atlanta	5th
P	Jhoulys Olmedo	Salem	1st
P	Carl Young	Colorado Springs	2nd
P	Aneury Tejeda	Atlanta	2nd
P	Steve Morgan	New York	1st
P	Walt White	Charlotte	1st
P	Randall Washington	Texas	1st
P	Artie Stone	Colorado Springs	3rd
P	Henry Hermsen	New York	3rd
P	Fergie Lockwood	New York	1st
P	Paulie Gibbs	New York	1st
P	Jack Gwynn	Trenton	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Roger DuBose	Boston	6th
1B	Eugene Brantley	Tampa Bay	7th
2B	Steve Hansell	Pawtucket	3rd
3B	Hideo Sakamoto	Durham	3rd
SS	James Dillard	Charlotte	1st
LF	Benito Acosta	Texas	1st
CF	Jared Gonzales	Texas	1st
RF	Carmine Avery	Salem	1st

AL All-Stars by Team
Texas	5
Atlanta	4
Colorado Springs	4
New York	4
Salem	3
Charlotte	2
Pawtucket	2
Tampa Bay	2
Boston	1
Cincinnati	1
Durham	1
Trenton	1

NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Benny Franco	New York	3rd
1B	Victor Guzman	Arizona	2nd
2B	Albert Pineda	Florida	1st
3B	Gail Roberts	Dover	4th
SS	Ching-Lung Suzuki	Austin	2nd
LF	Willie Cerda	Jacksonville	3rd
CF	Lance Matthews	Austin	1st
RF	Randall Coke	Las Vegas	1st

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Dock Kramer	Arizona	2nd
P	Bart Wheeler	Cleveland	1st
P	Rodrigo Ontiveros	Las Vegas	5th
P	Wayne Barber	Austin	1st
P	Ebenezer Hall	Philadelphia	1st
P	Lefty Leverton	Arizona	3rd
P	Bill Hermanson	Philadelphia	1st
P	Norman LaPorta	Houston	10th
P	Hank Abercrombie	Cleveland	1st
P	Houston Austin	Los Angeles	1st
P	Paulie Flynn	Seattle	4th
P	Lyle Wallace	Los Angeles	6th
P	Don Monahan	Las Vegas	5th
P	Rich Miner	Philadelphia	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Michael Mancuso	Cleveland	1st
1B	Howard Greer	Cleveland	5th
2B	Vin Gandarillas	Arizona	2nd
3B	Vic Castro	Arizona	1st
SS	Stan Demel	Buffalo	1st
LF	Ahmed Ratliff	Philadelphia	1st
CF	Eli Espinosa	Santa Fe	3rd
RF	Alex Mercedes	Salt Lake City	2nd

NL All-Stars by Team
Arizona	5
Cleveland	4
Philadelphia	4
Austin	3
Las Vegas	3
Los Angeles	2
Buffalo	1
Dover	1
Florida	1
Houston	1
Jacksonville	1
New York	1
Salt Lake City	1
Santa Fe	1
Seattle	1