Season 28 Power Rankings #1

We're about a quarter of the way through Season 28, which means it is time for the first power rankings of the season!  Atlanta continues to hold the top spot with a 30-10 record and ranking in the top 3 in both pitching and offense.  Texas holds on to #2 with a solid start, followed by Florida, Las Vegas and Chicago.  The biggest surprise thus far has been Detroit, vaulting an incredible 22 spots from 30 to 8.  Let's look at the rest of the biggest climbers, and biggest falls.

Biggest Climbers: #8 Detroit (+22), #13 Tacoma (+15), #12 Dover (+7), #7 Charlotte (+5), #18 Santa Fe (+5)

Biggest Falls: #19 Salt Lake City (-14), #25 Boston (-11), #20 Philadelphia (-9), #9 Colorado Springs (-5), #26 Cincinnati (-5), #29 San Francisco (-5)

It's still early, so it will be interesting to see how things continue to shake out.  Here are the complete rankings!

					Pitching	Offense
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Rank
1	Atlanta	30	10	1	2	3
2	Texas	27	13	2	13	1
3	Florida	27	13	6	1	20
4	Las Vegas	26	14	7	3	16
5	Chicago	24	16	3	21	2
6	New York	24	16	9	9	12
7	Charlotte	23	17	12	13	16
8	Detroit	23	17	30	10	8
9	Colorado Springs	22	18	4	18	3
10	St. Louis	22	18	8	12	29
11	Salem	22	18	10	11	9
12	Dover	22	18	19	8	24
13	Tacoma	22	18	28	5	25
14	Seattle	21	19	13	7	27
15	Nashville	21	19	15	15	13
16	Vancouver	21	19	16	16	18
17	Los Angeles	20	20	17	4	30
18	Santa Fe	20	20	23	19	7
19	Salt Lake City	19	21	5	22	10
20	Philadelphia	19	21	11	17	14
21	Hartford	19	21	18	25	6
22	Buffalo	19	21	20	6	28
23	Cheyenne	19	21	26	20	26
24	Durham	17	23	22	29	15
25	Boston	15	25	14	24	19
26	Cincinnati	13	27	21	32	5
27	Syracuse	18	22	25	28	22
28	Houston	16	24	29	26	21
29	San Francisco	10	30	24	27	32
30	Monterrey	10	30	27	31	11
31	Iowa City	15	25	32	23	31
32	Charleston	14	26	31	30	22

Season 28 - Cobbfather's Best Players

With the season about to kickoff, we ran through all of the players in Cobbfather through the super secret Post Gazette rating system to find out who the top players in Cobbfather.  Here's what we came up with!

OFFENSE
TOP OVERALL PLAYERS
 

Enrique Garces Atlanta Expos Age: 30 B/T: R/R Born: Villa Mella, DO Position(s): 2B/CIF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Enrique Garces rates as the top overall player in Cobbfather.

	Player	Team	Position	Rating
1	Enrique Garces	ATL	2B	53.0
2	Willie Cerda	MTY	LF	51.5
3	Joshua Hendrick	TEX	2B	51.0
4	Wiki Unamuno	SFE	RF	50.5
5	Ernie McEnerney	PHI	SS	50.3
6	Calvin Hukata	DET	2B	50.1
7	Tony Cassevah	SAL	3B	50.0
8	Albert Cruz	CIN	DH	49.5
9	Vic Crowe	CSP	2B	49.3
10	Joe Foster	LV	3B	49.0

TOP PURE HITTERS

Albert Cruz Cincinnati CAPs Age: 28 B/T: L/L Born: Brockport, NY Position(s): DH/1B View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Albert Cruz is Cobbfather's Top Hitter

	Player	Team	Position	Rating
1	Albert Cruz	CIN	DH	46.5
2	Benny Franco	HAR	C	46.0
3	Willie Cerda	MTY	LF	44.0
4	Aurelio Lima	TEX	1B	43.5
5	Julio Contreras	SFE	C	43.0
6	Enrique Garces	ATL	2B	42.6
7	Vic Crowe	CSP	2B	42.4
8	Cyrus Morton	NY1	1B	42.2
9	Greg Riley	DOV	1B	42.0
10	Benito Acosta	TEX	LF	41.0

TOP STARTING PITCHERS

Braeden Abercrombie San Francisco Calis Age: 24 B/T: S/R Born: Little Rock, AR Position(s): P (SP2) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Abercrombie rates as Cobbfather's top SP!

	Player	Team	Rating
1	Braeden Abercrombie	SF	51.9
2	Randall Washington	TEX	50.9
3	Thomas Hutchinson	ATL	49.5
4	Armando Merced	TEX	49.5
5	Don Monahan	LV	49.3
6	Chick Munson	NAS	48.9
7	Francisco Aramboles	ATL	48.3
8	Yeico Oliva	ATL	48.2
9	Fergie Lockwood	CH1	47.0
10	Hensley Breslow	SLC	46.7

TOP RELIEF PITCHERS 

Artie Stone Vancouver Moose Knuckle Age: 27 B/T: L/L Born: Cameron, OK Position(s): P (ClA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Artie Stone gets the nod as the top RP in Cobbfather!

	Player	Team	Rating
1	Artie Stone	VC	50.5
2	Troy Hudek	ATL	50.0
3	Alex Alfonzo	LV	49.0
4	Jim Goulet	CHA	47.7
5	Ed Flair	NY1	47.5
6	Carlos Prieto	TEX	47.2
7	Tomo Hayashi	SFE	47.1
8	Antonio Ishida	CH1	47.0
9	Yordano Oropesa	SLC	46.3
10	Gus Masaoka	TEX	46.0

Season 28 Preseason Power Rankings

Season 28 will kickoff tomorrow, so it's a great time to weigh in with the preseason power rankings!  At the top is the two-time defending champion Atlanta.  Gotta give them their respect as champs, and a great roster returning yet again.  An extremely close #2 is Texas, whom our scouting department tells us it could be their year to give Atlanta a run for their money.  Rounding out the top 5 are Chicago, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City, all with very strong rosters.

Here are the complete rankings, I'm sure it will serve as bulletin board material for some teams, it will be interesting to see how the season plays out.  Good luck everyone!

				Starting	Relief
		Season 27		Pitching	Pitching	Hitting	Fielding
		W	L	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
1	Atlanta	110	52	1	17	2	13
2	Texas	101	61	2	1	1	3
3	Chicago	90	72	11	2	6	6
4	Colorado Springs	93	69	19	7	3	25
5	Salt Lake City	84	78	17	8	5	6
6	Florida	99	63	7	5	11	6
7	Las Vegas	96	66	5	4	11	14
8	St. Louis	85	77	16	14	7	9
9	New York	72	90	22	3	8	3
10	Salem	96	66	14	11	15	2
11	Philadelphia	97	65	3	28	19	9
12	Charlotte	65	97	15	16	10	23
13	Seattle	91	71	20	25	9	11
14	Boston	81	81	18	12	17	26
15	Nashville	66	96	4	23	22	15
16	Vancouver	78	84	23	6	13	15
17	Los Angeles	87	75	6	10	26	3
18	Hartford	59	103	26	29	4	28
19	Dover	68	94	21	18	18	15
20	Buffalo	85	77	9	15	25	21
21	Cincinnati	87	75	12	27	20	32
22	Durham	64	98	13	21	23	29
23	Santa Fe	92	70	27	9	20	26
24	San Francisco	67	95	10	13	29	31
25	Syracuse	63	99	31	20	16	21
26	Cheyenne	86	76	8	31	28	15
27	Monterrey	76	86	30	32	14	29
28	Tacoma	76	86	24	22	30	1
29	Houston	79	83	28	26	26	15
30	Detroit	77	85	25	24	31	15
31	Charleston	71	91	32	19	24	23
32	Iowa City	51	111	29	30	32	11