Season 31 Power Rankings #3

As we down the corner down the stretch of the regular season in Season 31, it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!  And there's a #1, as it has bounced backed to Cheyenne, who held the top spot after the first quarter of the season.  Their top rated offense and improved pitching propel them to #1 after a mediocre second quarter.  Holding steady at #2 is Texas, still playing solid ball.  Up 6 spots to #3 is Montgomery, who posted a league best 31-9 record over the last 40 games, thanks to improved pitching.  Cleveland's improved offense has landed them at #4, and previous #1 Florida checks in at #5, still having the top rated pitching staff, but has seen it's offense tail off since the midway point.  Now, for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #13 St. Louis (+11), #17 Monterrey (+10), #11 Vancouver (+8), #10 Atlanta (+7), #3 Montgomery (+6)

Biggest Falls: #14 Dover (-10), #23 Detroit (-9), #21 Chicago (-5), #28 San Francisco (-5)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck down the home stretch of the season!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Cheyenne	80	41	3	8	5	1	0	28	12
2	Texas	79	42	2	2	0	6	9	27	13
3	Montgomery	76	45	9	5	10	4	1	31	9
4	Cleveland	72	49	6	3	-1	11	11	23	17
5	Florida	79	42	1	1	0	13	-3	21	19
6	New York (NL)	67	54	8	11	-5	3	1	22	18
7	Salt Lake City	70	51	5	4	0	15	-2	22	18
8	Pawtucket	71	50	10	6	5	24	-1	26	14
9	Salem	67	54	7	14	-5	9	-2	21	19
10	Atlanta	65	56	17	20	2	8	1	23	17
11	Vancouver	62	59	19	27	4	2	0	25	15
12	Montreal	62	59	12	17	-1	10	-4	19	21
13	St. Louis	58	63	24	7	7	26	2	25	15
14	Dover	68	53	4	14	-4	16	-8	17	23
15	New York (AL)	62	59	11	9	-1	21	-1	18	22
16	Las Vegas	63	58	13	9	-4	25	1	19	21
17	Monterrey	50	71	27	24	4	7	9	22	18
18	Buffalo	61	60	15	13	4	18	-2	18	22
19	Louisville	62	59	22	26	0	19	0	23	17
20	Milwaukee	58	63	18	18	0	19	1	20	20
21	Chicago	59	62	16	31	-1	5	-2	19	21
22	Charleston	55	66	20	14	-2	23	-5	20	20
23	Detroit	60	61	14	23	1	16	-4	15	25
24	Colorado Springs	57	64	26	32	0	14	0	20	20
25	Boston	52	69	21	29	-2	12	-1	16	24
26	Los Angeles	46	75	25	12	-6	30	-1	16	24
27	Trenton	46	75	31	21	1	28	-1	17	23
28	San Francisco	52	69	23	22	-2	27	-2	13	27
29	Charlotte	44	77	30	30	-1	22	2	13	27
30	Iowa City	50	71	28	28	-3	31	0	16	24
31	Seattle	43	78	29	19	0	32	0	12	28
32	Houston	40	81	32	25	-4	29	1	13	27

Season 31 All-Star Coverage

The Season 31 All-Star break is here, so let's see who made this year's teams!

In the AL, Cheyenne led the way with 6 All-Stars, followed closely by Pawtucket and Texas with 5 each. Francisco Aramboles of Atlanta is making his 8th All-Star appearance, as is his former Atlanta staff mate, now with Pawtucket, Thomas Hutchinson.  The AL roster includes 10 first time All-Stars!

On the NL side, it's Florida and Montgomery tying for the most All-Stars with 4 each.  The ageless wonder Don Monahan of Las Vegas makes his 9th appearance in the All-Star game, as does teammate Rodrigo Ontiveros. The NL roster includes 13 first time All-Stars.

Here are the complete rosters!

American League
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Daisuke Masato	Montreal	4th
1B	Michael Henn	Pawtucket	2nd
2B	Wandy Guillen	Cheyenne	1st
3B	Junior Roberts	Cheyenne	3rd
SS	Philip Vasquez	Cheyenne	3rd
LF	Vic Park	Texas	6th
CF	Raul Galvez	Salem	1st
RF	Vladimir Troncoso	Texas	7th
DH	Robert Hamilton	Montreal	1st

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Bob Berg	Cheyenne	1st
P	Jiggs Cuddyer	Boston	4th
P	Francisco Aramboles	Atlanta	8th
P	Lariel Benitez	Texas	1st
P	Tony Benavente	Charlotte	1st
P	Braeden Abercrombie	San Francisco	2nd
P	Carlos Colome	Salem	1st
P	Bob Graves	Cheyenne	2nd
P	Thomas Hutchinson	Pawtucket	8th
P	Kory Holloway	Milwaukee	1st
P	Juan Seanez	Cheyenne	5th
P	Yeico Miranda	Pawtucket	3rd
P	Paul Burroughs	New York	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Sean Dahl	Atlanta	4th
1B	Willie Cerda	Texas	5th
2B	Joshua Hendrick	Texas	7th
3B	Alving Palmeiro	Colorado Springs	5th
SS	Dan Pribanic	Boston	1st
LF	Donaldo Javier	Pawtucket	3rd
CF	Wilfredo Rincon	Boston	1st
RF	Ryan Martin	Pawtucket	3rd

AL All-Stars by Team

Cheyenne	6
Pawtucket	5
Texas	5
Boston	3
Atlanta	2
Montreal	2
Salem	2
Charlotte	1
Colorado Springs	1
Milwaukee	1
New York	1
San Francisco	1

National League
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	David Martin	Vancouver	1st
1B	Julian Barber	Vancouver	1st
2B	Oswaldo Blanco	Vancouver	1st
3B	Ernie McEnerney	Cleveland	2nd
SS	Cyrus Stottlemyre	Salt Lake City	1st
LF	Felipe Bennett	Chicago	2nd
CF	Jared Gonzales	Montgomery	3rd
RF	Albert Pineda	Florida	4th

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Rodrigo Ontiveros	Las Vegas	9th
P	Bo Nelson	Florida	2nd
P	Juan Belliard	Trenton	2nd
P	Felix Tanaka	Cleveland	3rd
P	Ronny Wilson	Seattle	1st
P	B.C. Ortiz	Florida	2nd
P	Davey Torrealba	Montgomery	3rd
P	Don Monahan	Las Vegas	9th
P	Quilvio Odor	Montgomery	1st
P	Pedro Castillo	New York	1st
P	Bryant Landrum	Florida	2nd
P	Gregory Evans	Louisville	2nd
P	Branch Willis	New York	1st
P	Andruw Gumbs	Dover	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Edgardo Vazquez	Salt Lake City	1st
1B	Byron Price	Louisville	1st
2B	Wilmer Ortega	Salt Lake City	1st
3B	Benny McAnaney	Dover	2nd
SS	Rymer Mota	Cleveland	3rd
LF	Mitchell Sweeney	New York	2nd
CF	Everth Sosa	Buffalo	1st
RF	Wiki Unamuno	Montgomery	3rd

NL All-Stars by Team

Florida	4
Montgomery	4
Cleveland	3
New York	3
Salt Lake City	3
Vancouver	3
Dover	2
Las Vegas	2
Louisville	2
Buffalo	1
Chicago	1
Seattle	1
Trenton	1

Season 31 Power Rankings #2

We're at the half-way mark of the regular season here in Cobbfather, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!   

And there's a new #1, dominating the first half of the regular season was the team that won 3 out of the last 5 NL pennants, and now add another accomplishment in earning their first #1 ranking it's Florida, led by the league's top pitching staff and a very nice offense.  Texas holds steady at #2, while previous #1 Cheyenne drops to #3.  At #4, up 7 spots, is a surging Dover squad who's pitching has improved greatly the last 40 games.  Salt Lake City rounds out the top 5, up one spot from the last rankings. 

The biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings were:

Biggest Climbers: #10 Pawtucket (+12), #14 Detroit (+9), #4 Dover (+7), #21 Boston (+7)

Biggest Falls: #25 Los Angeles (-12), #17 Atlanta (-10), #20 Charleston (-10), #30 Charlotte (-10), #32 Houston (-8)

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

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Florida	58	23	3	1	0	10	2	27	13
2	Texas	52	29	2	2	0	15	-5	24	16
3	Cheyenne	52	29	1	13	-10	1	1	23	17
4	Dover	51	30	11	10	13	8	0	26	14
5	Salt Lake City	48	33	6	4	0	13	4	23	17
6	Cleveland	49	32	12	2	6	22	0	27	13
7	Salem	46	35	5	9	2	7	0	22	18
8	New York (NL)	45	36	4	6	-2	4	1	19	21
9	Montgomery	45	36	8	15	3	5	-2	22	18
10	Pawtucket	45	36	22	11	-1	23	8	27	13
11	New York (AL)	44	37	16	8	6	20	5	24	16
12	Montreal	43	38	9	16	-3	6	8	20	20
13	Las Vegas	44	37	18	5	3	26	3	24	16
14	Detroit	45	36	23	24	0	12	9	24	16
15	Buffalo	43	38	14	17	-2	16	-7	26	14
16	Chicago	40	41	17	30	-2	3	1	21	19
17	Atlanta	42	39	7	22	-5	9	-3	19	21
18	Milwaukee	38	43	19	18	-2	20	-1	21	19
19	Vancouver	37	44	15	31	-2	2	-1	18	22
20	Charleston	35	46	10	12	-6	18	-2	13	27
21	Boston	36	45	28	27	4	11	3	20	20
22	Louisville	39	42	27	26	1	19	-1	21	19
23	San Francisco	39	42	29	20	5	25	1	20	20
24	St. Louis	33	48	30	14	8	28	2	18	22
25	Los Angeles	30	51	13	6	6	29	-5	9	31
26	Colorado Springs	37	44	21	32	-6	14	-2	18	22
27	Monterrey	28	53	26	28	4	16	-6	13	27
28	Iowa City	34	47	32	25	5	31	-3	20	20
29	Seattle	31	50	25	19	-12	32	0	15	25
30	Charlotte	31	50	20	29	-9	24	-2	11	29
31	Trenton	29	52	31	22	-1	27	0	15	25
32	Houston	27	54	24	21	-2	30	-10	10	30