Season 28 Power Rankings #3

We've got just a quarter of the regular season left in Season 28, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  And we have a change at the top!  Texas takes over as Cobbfather's top team, putting up a 30-11 record since the last rankings, and leading the way with the world's top offense.  Atlanta drops to #2, still a very solid squad.  #3 is Colorado Springs, who had the best record since the last rankings at 31-10.  Buffalo surges from #11 to #4, and Florida rounds out the top 5.  Let's look at the biggest climbs and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #9 Santa Fe (+10), #14 Detroit (+9), #4 Buffalo (+7), #24 Syracuse (+7), #22 Houston (+6)

Biggest Falls: #15 St. Louis (-9), #17 Seattle (-8), #27 Durham (-7), #23 Tacoma (-6), #30 San Francisco (-5)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck the rest of the way!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Texas	83	39	2	6	1	1	1	30	11
2	Atlanta	84	38	1	4	-3	4	1	25	16
3	Colorado Springs	78	44	7	13	1	2	2	31	10
4	Buffalo	74	48	11	3	2	14	9	29	12
5	Florida	78	44	3	1	1	25	-8	23	18
6	Chicago	73	49	4	17	-1	3	-2	21	20
7	New York	72	50	5	8	1	8	-1	21	20
8	Charlotte	67	55	10	16	1	9	-1	22	19
9	Santa Fe	63	59	19	21	0	7	2	25	16
10	Salem	66	56	8	18	-7	10	0	20	21
11	Hartford	66	56	12	25	-2	4	-1	22	19
12	Dover	66	56	13	11	1	18	2	22	19
13	Las Vegas	65	57	15	5	-1	28	-2	21	20
14	Detroit	58	64	23	15	4	12	6	23	18
15	St. Louis	67	55	6	10	0	24	-10	19	22
16	Los Angeles	59	63	18	2	1	31	-1	20	21
17	Seattle	62	60	9	11	2	13	-2	17	24
18	Vancouver	59	63	14	7	1	21	-5	18	23
19	Philadelphia	58	64	16	14	1	21	-1	18	23
20	Boston	54	68	21	26	0	11	2	19	22
21	Salt Lake City	56	66	24	24	1	14	5	20	21
22	Houston	51	71	28	22	2	19	5	20	21
23	Tacoma	57	65	17	8	-2	29	0	15	26
24	Syracuse	51	71	31	30	0	16	9	21	20
25	Cincinnati	47	75	26	32	0	6	0	18	23
26	Cheyenne	55	67	22	20	0	27	1	17	24
27	Durham	52	70	20	28	-1	19	-8	16	25
28	Nashville	51	71	27	23	-1	26	0	18	23
29	Monterrey	43	79	30	29	0	17	-2	19	22
30	San Francisco	47	75	25	19	-1	32	-1	16	25
31	Iowa City	46	76	32	27	1	30	2	18	23
32	Charleston	44	78	29	31	0	21	1	12	29

Season 28 All-Star Coverage

The All-Star break is upon us in Season 28, let's take a look at who made this year's All-Star squads!

In the American League, the squad is led by Atlanta pitcher Thomas Hutchinson, making his 7th All-Star appearance.  He wasn't the only member of the Atlanta pitching staff to make the team, as Atlanta had 6 players make the team, tying Texas, who also had 6 All-Stars, for the highest representation on the AL All-Star squad.  10 different teams are represented on the AL squad, which includes 7 1st time All-Stars.

In the National League, making their 7th appearance each are Las Vegas pitcher Don Monahan and Los Angeles hurler Lyle Wallace.  Las Vegas and Florida tied for the most players on the NL squad with 5.  14 different teams are represented on the NL All-Star squad, with 17 players making their 1st All-Star appearance.

Here are the complete rosters, congratulations to those who had players make the team!

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Daisuke Masato	Chicago	1st
1B	Vic Park	Atlanta	4th
2B	Hootie Cookson	Chicago	3rd
3B	Marcell Johnson	Texas	2nd
SS	Stan Demel	Texas	3rd
LF	Shea Callaway	Cheyenne	1st
CF	Gary Harvey	Colorado Springs	3rd
RF	Vladimir Troncoso	Texas	5th
DH	Albert Cruz	Cincinnati	6th

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Antonio Ishida	Chicago	4th
P	Francisco Aramboles	Atlanta	5th
P	Yeico Oliva	Atlanta	3rd
P	Thomas Hutchinson	Atlanta	7th
P	Jiggs Cuddyer	Boston	2nd
P	Dizzy Leonard	Colorado Springs	2nd
P	Troy Hudek	Atlanta	2nd
P	Tony Mota	St. Louis	2nd
P	Randall Washington	Texas	2nd
P	Juan Seanez	Colorado Springs	4th
P	Ben Lincoln	Chicago	2nd
P	Kelvin Collins	New York	1st
P	Ned Morris	New York	1st

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Eric Miclat	Colorado Springs	1st
1B	Aurelio Lima	Texas	2nd
2B	Joshua Hendrick	Texas	5th
3B	Marshall Leach	Atlanta	1st
SS	Michael Stokes	Detroit	1st
LF	Mack Lindblom	St. Louis	1st
CF	Alfonso Rijo	Boston	2nd
RF	Vin Gandarillas	Chicago	4th

AL All-Stars by Team

Atlanta	6
Texas	6
Chicago	5
Colorado Springs	4
Boston	2
New York	2
St. Louis	2
Cheyenne	1
Cincinnati	1
Detroit	1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Benny Franco	Hartford	5th
1B	Edinson Hernandez	Santa Fe	1st
2B	Raul Mantalban	Hartford	1st
3B	Vic Castro	Vancouver	2nd
SS	Skip Martin	Syracuse	1st
LF	Sam Becker	Syracuse	1st
CF	Heath Kelly	Florida	2nd
RF	Albert Pineda	Florida	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Chris Rivera	Dover	1st
P	Rodrigo Ontiveros	Las Vegas	7th
P	Artie Stone	Vancouver	3rd
P	Red Collins	Florida	1st
P	Douglas Banks	Buffalo	6th
P	Don Monahan	Las Vegas	7th
P	Lyle Wallace	Los Angeles	7th
P	Yordano Oropesa	Salt Lake City	2nd
P	Bryant Landrum	Florida	1st
P	Jacob Wang	Las Vegas	1st
P	Anthony Bradford	Tacoma	1st
P	Alex Quinones	Houston	1st
P	Dwight Ramsey	Buffalo	1st
P	Felix Tanaka	Philadelphia	1st

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Stan Dickens	Vancouver	5th
1B	Felipe Bennett	Hartford	1st
2B	Freddy Chang	Seattle	1st
3B	Joe Foster	Las Vegas	3rd
SS	Yannick Martin	Dover	1st
LF	Jim Hume	Florida	1st
CF	Tony Mercado	Las Vegas	2nd
RF	Zachrey Riggs	Vancouver	1st

NL All-Stars by Team

Florida	5
Las Vegas	5
Vancouver	4
Hartford	3
Buffalo	2
Dover	2
Syracuse	2
Houston	1
Los Angeles	1
Philadelphia	1
Salt Lake City	1
Santa Fe	1
Seattle	1
Tacoma	1

Season 28 Power Rankings #2

Season 28 is now half way finished, so it's time to see how the latest power rankings shake out.  The top 3 remains unchanged with Atlanta, Texas and Florida holding those spots.  Chicago moves up 1 spot to #4 and New York moves up 1 spot to #5.  There were some big movers outside the top 5, so let's see who those are. 

Biggest Climbers: #11 Buffalo (+11), #12 Hartford (+9), #9 Seattle (+5)

Biggest Falls: #23 Detroit (-15), #27 Nashville (-12), #15 Las Vegas (-11), #24 Salt Lake City (-5)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the 2nd half!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Atlanta	59	22	1	1	1	5	-2	29	12
2	Texas	53	28	2	7	6	2	-1	26	15
3	Florida	55	26	3	2	-1	17	3	28	13
4	Chicago	52	29	5	16	5	1	1	28	13
5	New York	51	30	6	9	0	7	5	27	14
6	St. Louis	48	33	10	10	2	14	15	26	15
7	Colorado Springs	47	34	9	14	4	4	-1	25	16
8	Salem	46	35	11	11	0	10	-1	24	17
9	Seattle	45	36	14	13	-6	11	16	24	17
10	Charlotte	45	36	7	17	-4	8	8	22	19
11	Buffalo	45	36	22	5	1	23	5	26	15
12	Hartford	44	37	21	23	2	3	3	25	16
13	Dover	44	37	12	12	-4	20	4	22	19
14	Vancouver	41	40	16	8	8	16	2	20	21
15	Las Vegas	44	37	4	4	-1	26	-10	18	23
16	Philadelphia	40	41	20	15	2	20	-6	21	20
17	Tacoma	42	39	13	6	-1	29	-4	20	21
18	Los Angeles	39	42	17	3	1	30	0	19	22
19	Santa Fe	38	43	18	21	-2	9	-2	18	23
20	Durham	36	45	24	27	2	11	4	19	22
21	Boston	35	46	25	26	-2	13	6	20	21
22	Cheyenne	38	43	23	20	0	28	-2	19	22
23	Detroit	35	46	8	19	-9	18	-10	12	29
24	Salt Lake City	36	45	19	25	-3	19	-9	17	24
25	San Francisco	31	50	29	18	9	31	1	21	20
26	Cincinnati	29	52	26	32	0	6	-1	16	25
27	Nashville	33	48	15	22	-7	26	-13	12	29
28	Houston	31	50	28	24	2	24	-3	15	26
29	Charleston	32	49	32	31	-1	22	0	18	23
30	Monterrey	24	57	30	29	2	15	-4	14	27
31	Syracuse	30	51	27	30	-2	25	-3	12	29
32	Iowa City	28	53	31	28	-5	32	-1	13	28