Season 30 Power Rankings #3

That's right, it's time for another edition of the power rankings.  A shocking development at the top to start, #1 is Texas!  Despite taking a few dings since their epic 36 game winning streak, they are the top team, as they lead the world in just about everything.  Atlanta is up one spot to #2, rebounding nicely from a rough 2nd quarter of the season.  Surging up to #3 is Florida, who tied for the 2nd best record in the third quarter, and has seen significant improvement in offense as of late.  Montgomery and Cheyenne round out the top 5.   Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #13 Hartford (+13), #3 Florida (+10), #14 St. Louis (+8), #23 Dover (+7), #21 Vancouver (+6)

Biggest Falls: #27 Colorado Springs (-18), #28 Detroit (-7), #10 Monterrey (-6), #25 Charleston (-6), #30 Trenton (-6)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck down the stretch!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Texas	96	26	1	1	0	1	2	34	6
2	Atlanta	77	45	3	3	7	2	2	28	12
3	Florida	70	52	13	4	2	7	12	28	12
4	Montgomery	78	44	5	2	1	13	7	26	14
5	Cheyenne	77	45	2	5	-1	8	-3	20	20
6	Pawtucket	73	49	6	12	-1	15	-2	25	15
7	Salem	71	51	7	10	-5	11	6	24	16
8	New York (NL)	70	52	8	6	-4	9	16	23	17
9	Cleveland	63	59	10	8	-1	14	-4	19	21
10	Monterrey	69	53	4	13	1	6	-4	18	22
11	Las Vegas	66	56	11	9	3	23	-1	21	19
12	San Francisco	59	63	17	21	5	3	2	21	19
13	Hartford	57	65	26	19	4	10	1	23	17
14	St. Louis	61	61	22	14	5	24	0	22	18
15	Louisville	61	61	15	20	-2	12	3	18	22
16	Los Angeles	59	63	12	11	-4	18	0	16	24
17	New York (AL)	59	63	14	7	2	30	-22	19	21
18	Buffalo	62	60	16	21	0	17	-8	19	21
19	Salt Lake City	57	65	18	15	-2	16	0	17	23
20	Boston	53	69	20	27	0	5	2	18	22
21	Vancouver	53	69	27	24	5	19	8	22	18
22	Chicago	52	70	23	28	2	4	-3	17	23
23	Dover	53	69	30	17	-1	31	1	23	17
24	Seattle	54	68	25	18	3	21	-1	18	22
25	Charleston	56	66	19	25	-1	20	5	16	24
26	Iowa City	56	66	28	26	6	27	4	21	19
27	Colorado Springs	59	63	9	29	-12	21	-9	12	28
28	Detroit	53	69	21	15	0	32	-2	15	25
29	Milwaukee	48	74	31	30	1	29	-7	19	21
30	Trenton	47	75	24	32	-4	25	-12	15	25
31	Houston	46	76	29	23	-3	26	2	14	26
32	Charlotte	37	85	32	31	-6	28	1	9	31

Season 30 All-Star Recap

Here's a recap of Season 30's All-Star rosters and festivities!

Teams with Most All-Stars
AL - Texas - 8
NL - Montgomery - 5

Most Appearances on this Season's Squads
Don Monahan, Las Vegas (NL) - 8th All-Star selection
Rodrigo Ontiveros, Las Vegas (NL) - 8th All-Star selection
Francisco Aramboles, Atlanta (AL) - 7th All-Star selection

Rosters
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Eric Miclat	Colorado Springs	2nd
1B	Willie Cerda	Texas	4th
2B	Crash Cepeda	San Francisco	1st
3B	Alving Palmeiro	Colorado Springs	4th
SS	Philip Vasquez	Cheyenne	2nd
LF	Freddy Chang	Colorado Springs	2nd
CF	Paul Francoeur	Texas	1st
RF	Ryan Martin	Pawtucket	2nd
DH	Benny Franco	Cheyenne	6th

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Chick Munson	Texas	3rd
P	Randall Washington	Texas	4th
P	Dizzy Leonard	Colorado Springs	3rd
P	Felipe Unamuno	Detroit	1st
P	Braeden Abercrombie	San Francisco	1st
P	Bob Graves	Cheyenne	1st
P	Francisco Aramboles	Atlanta	7th
P	Albert Nippert	Charleston	1st
P	Armando Merced	Texas	1st
P	Carlos Prieto	Texas	1st
P	Antonio Ishida	Chicago	5th
P	Yeico Miranda	Pawtucket	2nd
P	Al Balentien	Texas	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Daisuke Masato	Chicago	3rd
1B	Claude Hughes	New York	1st
2B	Derrek Wells	New York	1st
3B	Junior Roberts	Cheyenne	2nd
SS	Jaret Miller	Atlanta	3rd
LF	Michael Henn	Pawtucket	1st
CF	Michael Stokes	Detroit	2nd
RF	Vladimir Troncoso	Texas	6th

AL All-Stars by Team
Texas	8
Cheyenne	4
Colorado Springs	4
Pawtucket	3
Atlanta	2
Chicago	2
Detroit	2
New York	2
San Francisco	2
Charleston	1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Julio Contreras	Montgomery	2nd
1B	Donaldo Javier	Cleveland	2nd
2B	Ron Palmer	Monterrey	1st
3B	Jhoulys Padilla	Louisville	1st
SS	Willie Esposito	Louisville	2nd
LF	Darren Mann	Buffalo	1st
CF	James Dillard	Las Vegas	6th
RF	Don Sparks	Cleveland	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Rodrigo Ontiveros	Las Vegas	8th
P	Davey Torrealba	Montgomery	2nd
P	Doug Lambert	Monterrey	1st
P	Red Collins	Florida	2nd
P	Andre Harper	Louisville	1st
P	Don Monahan	Las Vegas	8th
P	Marty Stokes	Monterrey	2nd
P	Alfonso Unamuno	Monterrey	2nd
P	Renyel Beato	New York	1st
P	B.C. Ortiz	Florida	1st
P	Willie Arredondo	Vancouver	2nd
P	Midre Rijo	New York	1st
P	Tomo Hayashi	Montgomery	2nd
P	Amos Payton	Cleveland	2nd

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Felix Yosida	Florida	2nd
1B	Rico Mantalban	Florida	1st
2B	Ching-Lung Suzuki	Louisville	3rd
3B	Erubiel Perez	Montgomery	1st
SS	Hoss Flores	Dover	1st
LF	Mitchell Sweeney	New York	1st
CF	Jody DePaula	Houston	1st
RF	Edinson Hernandez	Montgomery	3rd

NL All-Stars by Team
Montgomery	5
Florida	4
Louisville	4
Monterrey	4
Cleveland	3
Las Vegas	3
New York	3
Buffalo	1
Dover	1
Houston	1
Vancouver	1

Results
American League  0
National League    1
W - Collins L - Graves S - Unamuno

All-Star Game MVP: Ron Palmer, Monterrey - 1-2, RBI
Home Run Derby Champ: Vladimir Troncoso, Texas - 33 HR
Futures Game MVP:  Yan Lecuona, Monterrey - 1-2, HR, 2 RBI

Season 30 Power Rankings #2

We're over the halfway point of Season 30, so it's time to check in with the latest power rankings! Texas holds on to the top spot continuing their stellar play going 31-10 since the last rankings. Cheyenne is up 1 spot to #2, continuing to put up solid numbers across the board.  A still tough Atlanta team falls one spot to #3, while it's Monterrey and Montgomery rounding out the top 5.  Here are the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings:

Biggest Climbers: #6 Pawtucket (+12), #17 San Francisco (+8), #19 Charleston (+8), #21 Detroit (+ 7)

Biggest Falls: #18 Salt Lake City (-12), #23 Chicago (-11), #30 Dover (-10)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the second half!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Texas	62	20	1	1	1	3	12	31	10
2	Cheyenne	57	25	3	4	0	5	3	29	12
3	Atlanta	49	33	2	10	-3	4	-2	23	18
4	Monterrey	51	31	7	14	5	2	1	27	14
5	Montgomery	52	30	4	3	-2	20	9	25	16
6	Pawtucket	48	34	18	11	13	13	6	26	15
7	Salem	47	35	13	5	15	17	-10	25	16
8	New York (NL)	47	35	8	2	7	25	-17	23	18
9	Colorado Springs	47	35	9	17	-7	12	10	22	19
10	Cleveland	44	38	5	7	4	10	-6	19	22
11	Las Vegas	45	37	17	12	5	22	1	24	17
12	Los Angeles	43	39	10	7	-4	18	-1	19	22
13	Florida	42	40	11	6	-1	19	8	19	22
14	New York (AL)	40	42	15	9	-1	8	6	18	23
15	Louisville	43	39	16	18	3	15	-5	22	19
16	Buffalo	43	39	19	21	-4	9	7	22	19
17	San Francisco	38	44	25	26	0	5	8	22	19
18	Salt Lake City	40	42	6	13	-1	16	-11	16	25
19	Charleston	40	42	27	24	5	25	-2	23	18
20	Boston	35	47	26	27	1	7	3	20	21
21	Detroit	38	44	28	15	7	30	-2	22	19
22	St. Louis	39	43	14	19	-3	24	-12	17	24
23	Chicago	35	47	12	30	-5	1	0	12	29
24	Trenton	32	50	30	28	3	13	10	22	19
25	Seattle	36	46	23	21	-8	20	6	19	22
26	Hartford	34	48	22	23	0	11	7	16	25
27	Vancouver	31	51	31	29	-2	27	3	20	21
28	Iowa City	35	47	32	32	0	31	1	22	19
29	Houston	32	50	21	20	-6	28	-7	13	28
30	Dover	30	52	20	16	-10	32	-1	11	30
31	Milwaukee	29	53	29	31	-1	22	-2	16	25
32	Charlotte	28	54	24	25	-10	29	-24	11	30