Season 29 Power Rankings #3

With just a quarter of the regular season left, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  On top, Atlanta remains #1, as they continue to dominate in pretty much every category.  Defending champ Texas is up one spot to #2, and Las Vegas is up one spot to #3.  Two teams come from outside the top 10 to round out the top 5 as Salem and Florida come in at #4 and #5 respectively.

Those 2, along with #7 Cheyenne and #10 Seattle, were the biggest climbers in this edition of the rankings.  Quite predictably, Boston was the biggest fall, dropping 13 spots to #20.  Here are the rest of the biggest climbers and biggest falls.

Biggest Climbers: #4 Salem (+7), #5 Florida (+7), #7 Cheyenne (+7), #10 Seattle (+7), #12 Chicago (+6), #24 Houston (+6)

Biggest Falls: #20 Boston (-13), #17 Salt Lake City (-11), #15 Buffalo (-10), #30 Milwaukee (-9), #28 San Francisco (-7)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all for the stretch run!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Atlanta	90	32	1	1	0	1	0	30	11
2	Texas	75	47	3	2	0	6	2	27	14
3	Las Vegas	73	49	4	9	1	7	-4	23	18
4	Salem	75	47	11	20	-1	3	11	28	13
5	Florida	72	50	12	3	5	26	-2	29	12
6	St. Louis	70	52	10	4	1	18	9	24	17
7	Cheyenne	72	50	14	13	-1	13	7	26	15
8	Philadelphia	71	51	2	8	1	11	-2	21	20
9	New York	63	59	8	4	2	15	-2	22	19
10	Seattle	66	56	17	4	-1	26	0	26	15
11	Los Angeles	70	52	15	4	0	28	2	26	15
12	Chicago	59	63	18	12	3	8	1	22	19
13	Pawtucket	67	55	9	14	4	16	-1	21	20
14	Santa Fe	64	58	16	26	3	2	2	21	20
15	Buffalo	64	58	5	10	-3	22	-5	18	23
16	Colorado Springs	62	60	13	25	-4	5	-1	20	21
17	Salt Lake City	59	63	6	17	-4	9	-3	16	25
18	Dover	63	59	19	22	0	20	2	22	19
19	Detroit	52	70	23	16	7	13	-2	18	23
20	Boston	60	62	7	30	-3	3	-1	15	26
21	Vancouver	53	69	20	11	0	18	0	16	25
22	Louisville	54	68	24	18	-1	23	2	19	22
23	Columbus	52	70	27	21	-5	24	-3	21	20
24	Houston	49	73	30	14	6	21	1	19	22
25	Monterrey	52	70	28	27	-1	12	3	20	21
26	Trenton	56	66	25	19	-5	29	2	17	24
27	Charleston	55	67	26	23	2	30	-2	18	23
28	San Francisco	56	66	21	24	0	25	-6	16	25
29	Hartford	44	78	29	32	0	9	3	14	27
30	Milwaukee	48	74	22	31	-3	17	-10	13	28
31	Iowa City	43	79	32	28	2	32	0	16	25
32	Charlotte	43	79	31	29	2	31	-3	12	29

Season 29 All-Star Recap

Season 29's All-Star festivities are in the books, so let's take a look at who made this year's squads.

In the American League, Albert Cruz of Milwaukee made his 7th All-Star appearance, the most of any player in either league.  11 different teams were represented, led by the #1 team in Cobbfather, Atlanta with an impressive 8 All-Stars!  7 players on the AL squad made their first All-Star appearance.   

In the National League, James Dillard of Las Vegas made his 5th All-Star appearance, the most of any NL All-Star this season.  13 different teams were represented on the NL squad, with Philadelphia leading the way with 6 All-Stars.  14 NL All-Stars were making their first ever All-Star Appearance.

Here are the complete rosters!

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Sean Dahl	Atlanta	3rd
1B	Vic Park	Atlanta	5th
2B	Joshua Hendrick	Texas	6th
3B	Alving Palmeiro	Colorado Springs	3rd
SS	Rymer Mota	Salem	2nd
LF	Damaso Rojas	Chicago	1st
CF	P.J. Roberts	Pawtucket	2nd
RF	Ryan Martin	Pawtucket	1st
DH	Albert Cruz	Milwaukee	7th

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Troy Hudek	Atlanta	3rd
P	Tony Mota	St. Louis	3rd
P	Yeico Oliva	Atlanta	4th
P	Randall Washington	Texas	3rd
P	Jiggs Cuddyer	Boston	3rd
P	Francisco Aramboles	Atlanta	6th
P	Jhoulys Olmedo	Salem	2nd
P	Chick Munson	Texas	2nd
P	Felipe Sosa	Salem	1st
P	Jonny Bonds	Pawtucket	1st
P	Juan Saenz	Cheyenne	5th
P	Ned Morris	New York	2nd
P	Yeico Miranda	Pawtucket	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Daisuke Masato	Chicago	2nd
1B	Kendry Lunar	Boston	2nd
2B	Dizzy Hawkins	Atlanta	1st
3B	Tony Cassevah	Salem	3rd
SS	Jaret Miller	Atlanta	2nd
LF	Vinny Dickinson	Atlanta	4th
CF	Gary Harvey	Colorado Springs	4th
RF	Francis King	Salem	1st

AL All-Stars by Team

Atlanta	8
Salem	5
Pawtucket	4
Texas	3
Boston	2
Chicago	2
Colorado Springs	2
Cheyenne	1
Milwaukee	1
New York	1
St. Louis	1

NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Julio Contreras	Santa Fe	1st
1B	Brett Yarbrough	Philadelphia	1st
2B	Edinson Hernandez	Santa Fe	2nd
3B	Joe Foster	Las Vegas	4th
SS	Juan Benitez	Columbus	1st
LF	Alex Mercedes	Salt Lake City	3rd
CF	James Dillard	Las Vegas	5th
RF	Wiki Unamuno	Santa Fe	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Will Morris	Monterrey	1st
P	Edward Presley	Philadelphia	2nd
P	Lefty Leverton	Los Angeles	4th
P	Oswaldo Gil	Dover	1st
P	Artie Stone	Vancouver	4th
P	Rajai Rossy	Seattle	2nd
P	Bo Nelson	Florida	1st
P	Felix Tanaka	Philadelphia	2nd
P	Josh Stark	Las Vegas	1st
P	Albert Tapies	Seattle	1st
P	Alexi Garces	Philadelphia	2nd
P	Tony Yang	Philadelphia	2nd
P	Benny Arias	Los Angeles	1st
P	Kevin Thurman	Buffalo	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Lyle Bradford	Seattle	1st
1B	Adalberto Cerveza	Dover	1st
2B	Ernie McEnerney	Philadelphia	1st
3B	Vic Castro	Vancouver	3rd
SS	Wilfredo Javier	Las Vegas	1st
LF	Tony Hujimoto	Vancouver	2nd
CF	Jared Gonzales	Louisville	2nd
RF	Albert Pineda	Florida	3rd

NL All-Stars by Team

Philadelphia	6
Las Vegas	4
Santa Fe	3
Seattle	3
Vancouver	3
Dover	2
Florida	2
Los Angeles	2
Buffalo	1
Columbus	1
Louisville	1
Monterrey	1
Salt Lake City	1

RESULTS
American League 4
National League   1
W - Armaboles L - Tanaka S - Miranda
HR - Hendrick (1)

All-Star Game MVP: Joshua Hendrick, Texas
Home Run Derby Champ: Francis King, Salem
Futures Game MVP: Willie Tejeda, Columbus

Season 29 Power Rankings #2

Since we're at the midpoint of Season 29, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  Holding on to the top spot and pulling away from the pack is Atlanta, who went 33-7 since the last rankings and is tops in pitching and offense.  They look like the team to beat this season once again.  Philadelphia comes in at #2 and the NL's top rated team.  Texas, Las Vegas, and Buffalo, who climbed from #15, round out the top 5.  Also surging is Boston, up 22 spots to #7 recovering nicely from a slow start.   Here are the rest of the biggest climbers, as well as the biggest falls since the last rankings.

Biggest Climbers: #7 Boston (+22), #9 Pawtucket (+13), #5 Buffalo (+10), #6 Salt Lake City (+8), #8 New York (+8)

Biggest Falls:  #25 Trenton (-14), #14 Cheyenne (-12), #30 Houston (-11), #17 Seattle (-8), #20 Vancouver (-8)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all in the second half of Season 29!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Atlanta	60	21	1	1	0	1	3	33	7
2	Philadelphia	50	31	4	9	0	9	-1	23	17
3	Texas	48	33	3	2	3	8	-1	24	16
4	Las Vegas	50	31	6	10	0	3	0	25	15
5	Buffalo	46	35	15	7	9	17	2	26	14
6	Salt Lake City	43	38	14	13	-1	6	6	23	17
7	Boston	45	36	29	27	3	2	12	27	13
8	New York	41	40	16	6	12	13	-5	22	18
9	Pawtucket	46	35	22	18	10	15	-4	26	14
10	St. Louis	46	35	7	5	-3	27	-8	23	17
11	Salem	47	34	5	19	-12	14	-1	20	20
12	Florida	43	38	8	8	6	24	6	21	19
13	Colorado Springs	42	39	10	21	-8	4	13	21	19
14	Cheyenne	46	35	2	12	-10	20	-5	18	22
15	Los Angeles	44	37	13	4	13	30	-1	23	17
16	Santa Fe	43	38	18	29	-4	4	-2	23	17
17	Seattle	40	41	9	3	5	26	-5	19	21
18	Chicago	37	44	17	15	5	9	-8	19	21
19	Dover	41	40	20	22	-3	22	6	21	19
20	Vancouver	37	44	12	11	-7	18	4	16	24
21	San Francisco	40	41	25	24	-2	19	4	20	20
22	Milwaukee	35	46	21	28	-4	7	-3	16	24
23	Detroit	34	47	23	23	0	11	-1	15	25
24	Louisville	35	46	26	17	4	25	-2	17	23
25	Trenton	39	42	11	14	-3	31	-5	16	24
26	Charleston	37	44	31	25	4	28	2	21	19
27	Columbus	31	50	24	16	-10	21	4	13	27
28	Monterrey	32	49	30	26	1	15	3	14	26
29	Hartford	30	51	27	32	0	12	-6	16	24
30	Houston	30	51	19	20	-5	22	-6	10	30
31	Charlotte	31	50	28	31	-5	28	-1	13	27
32	Iowa City	27	54	32	30	1	32	0	16	24