Season 34 Power Rankings #3

As we head down the stretch of Season 34, let's check in with another edition of the power rankings! And there is another change at the top!  Salem reclaims the #1 spot as their pitching got back on track since the last rankings, while their offense remained tops.  A surging Monterrey squad, who posted the best record since the last rankings, is up 7 spots to #2!  The top rated pitching team, Houston comes in at #3, while Florida slides down 3 to #4, as while their pitching has improved, their offense has staggered somewhat.  A solid Cincinnati squad rounds out our top 5.  Now, let's take a look at the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #12 Cleveland (+11), #11 Pawtucket (+10), #2 Monterrey (+7), #24 Atlanta (+4), #26 Colorado Springs (+4)

Biggest Falls: #17 Boston (-9), #10 Montgomery (-5), #23 Kansas City (-5), #29 Little Rock (-5), #7 Nashville (-4)

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

					Pitching		Offense		LAST PER
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Salem	84	38	2	6	9	1	0	29	12
2	Monterrey	79	44	9	9	10	3	1	32	10
3	Houston	74	49	4	1	0	7	4	25	17
4	Florida	81	41	1	5	5	10	-3	25	16
5	Cincinnati	72	51	6	4	-1	13	4	24	18
6	Cheyenne	72	51	7	8	0	8	0	24	18
7	Nashville	74	48	3	14	-7	5	-1	23	18
8	Minnesota	69	53	11	7	-2	16	3	25	16
9	Fargo	69	54	10	3	1	24	5	25	17
10	Montgomery	70	52	5	11	1	4	-1	19	22
11	Pawtucket	64	59	21	14	6	17	6	23	19
12	Cleveland	61	62	23	22	4	9	1	27	15
13	Chicago	58	64	14	21	0	6	2	21	20
14	Jackson	65	57	12	17	-3	15	-1	22	19
15	Detroit	62	60	16	19	-1	14	-2	22	19
16	Charlotte	66	57	13	25	-3	11	-5	22	20
17	Boston	65	58	8	10	-4	18	-3	18	24
18	Dover	61	62	15	13	0	18	-1	21	21
19	Buffalo	60	63	17	14	3	20	-4	20	22
20	New York	63	59	20	12	-1	28	-2	20	21
21	Los Angeles	56	67	19	18	-3	21	-1	20	22
22	St. Louis	54	68	22	2	0	32	0	19	22
23	Kansas City	53	69	18	20	-12	23	2	17	24
24	Atlanta	48	75	28	24	1	22	-2	18	24
25	Colorado	46	77	25	32	0	2	0	12	30
26	Colorado Springs	52	70	30	29	1	26	1	20	21
27	Milwaukee	51	71	27	26	1	24	-2	17	24
28	Richmond	53	70	26	22	1	29	-5	17	25
29	Little Rock	47	75	24	31	-2	12	0	13	28
30	Portland	43	79	32	27	1	30	0	15	26
31	Sacramento	46	77	29	30	1	27	0	15	27
32	Boise	42	80	31	28	-5	31	0	14	27

Season 34 All-Star Recap

The Mid-season Classic has come and gone for Cobbfather Season 34.  Let's take a look back and see who made this season's teams!

The AL team was headlined by 10-time All-Star Francisco Aramboles of Cheyenne, who has put together another spectacular season which should see him eclipse the 3,000 strikeout mark!  11 AL squad members are first-time All-Stars.  Charlotte, Cheyenne and Salem all tied for the most All-Stars in the AL with 5.

No player on the NL roster is making more than their 4th All-Star Appearance, and it's Nashville leading the way with 6 players making the squad.

Salem CF Raul Galvez pitched out a shutout in the Home Run Derby finals, winning 5-0.  He then crushed 3 more bombs in the All-Star game leading the AL to a 12-7 win, earning himself All-Star Game MVP honors in the process.  The Futures Game was a hearty display of pitching prowess with the World Team winning 1-0.  Ironically, the MVP was rewarded to an offensive player, Cleveland Catcher Roosevelt Schoeneweis, who homered to account for the game's only run.

Here are this season's complete All Star Rosters!

American League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Victor Roberts	Sacramento	1st
1B	Alex Mercedes	Atlanta	4th
2B	Heath Kelly	Fargo	4th
3B	Sean Gosling	Charlotte	1st
SS	Ugueth Perez	Fargo	3rd
LF	Bruce Lambert	Detroit	1st
CF	Raul Galvez	Salem	3rd
RF	Larry Brown	Fargo	1st
DH	Andres Alou	Jackson	1st

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Carlos Colome	Salem	4th
P	Adrian Simon	Pawtucket	1st
P	Francisco Aramboles	Cheyenne	10th
P	Bob Berg	Cheyenne	4th
P	Jiggs Cuddyer	Salem	6th
P	Yeico Miranda	Pawtucket	5th
P	Bob Graves	Cheyenne	5th
P	Troy Hudek	Charlotte	5th
P	Braeden Abercrombie	Sacramento	4th
P	Jimmie Hartman	Jackson	1st
P	Red Collins	Cheyenne	5th
P	Carlos Prieto	Houston	2nd
P	Derrick Beltran	Sacramento	1st

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Roger Simpson	Boston	1st
1B	Emmanuel Moore	Charlotte	2nd
2B	Wandy Guillen	Cheyenne	3rd
3B	Tony Cassevah	Salem	5th
SS	Alex Shouse	Charlotte	1st
LF	Graham Wallace	Charlotte	1st
CF	Norman Berry	Little Rock	2nd
RF	Francis King	Salem	3rd

AL All-Stars by Team

Charlotte	5
Cheyenne	5
Salem	5
Fargo	3
Sacramento	3
Jackson	2
Pawtucket	2
Atlanta	1
Boston	1
Detroit	1
Houston	1
Little Rock	1

National League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	David Martin	Colorado	2nd
1B	Darren Mann	Buffalo	2nd
2B	George Dubler	Nashville	1st
3B	Marcell Johnson	Montgomery	3rd
SS	Willie Tejeda	Chicago	1st
LF	Yoenis Portillo	Buffalo	1st
CF	Gerry Camilli	Florida	2nd
RF	Ahmed Ratliff	Cleveland	3rd

Pitchers

	Player	Team	Appearance
P	Shane Williams	Cincinnati	3rd
P	Yasmany Gonzalez	Nashville	1st
P	Andre Harper	Richmond	3rd
P	Shane Bellhorn	Minnesota	1st
P	Jhoulys Olmedo	Minnesota	4th
P	Ryan Fisher	Dover	1st
P	Elmer Engle	Monterrey	1st
P	Hugh Sexton	Nashville	1st
P	Rigo Vega	Chicago	2nd
P	Gerald Cora	Minnesota	1st
P	Jayson Hume	Cincinnati	1st
P	Rex Washington	Nashville	1st
P	Tomo Hayashi	Montgomery	4th
P	Evan Gant	Florida	1st

Reserves

	Player	Team	Appearance
C	Seth Robinson	Nashville	1st
1B	Felipe Bennett	Cincinnati	3rd
2B	Bill Stutes	Florida	1st
3B	Kirt Raggio	Cincinnati	1st
SS	Hoss Flores	Florida	2nd
LF	Haywood Swann	Nashville	1st
CF	Kevin Coomer	Los Angeles	1st
RF	Philip Cox	Colorado	1st

NL All-Stars by Team

Nashville	6
Cincinnati	4
Florida	4
Minnesota	3
Buffalo	2
Chicago	2
Colorado	2
Montgomery	2
Cleveland	1
Dover	1
Los Angeles	1
Monterrey	1
Richmond	1

Season 34 Power Rankings #2

It's already the midpoint of Season 34, so it's time to check in with another edition of the Power Rankings!  The top 5 teams are the same, although in a slightly different order, including a new #1 team!  That team is Florida, who has the best record in all of Cobbfather, and has been playing some very consistent ball on the field.  Previous #1 Salem falls one spot, still looking strong with their #1 offense.  Nashville jumps up 2 spots to #3, will Houston and Montgomery round out the top 5, each dropping one spot.  Despite having the same top 5, there was some movement otherwise, so let's look at the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #19 Los Angeles (+10), #10 Fargo (+7), #14 Chicago (+6), #15 Dover (+6), #18 Kansas City (+6)

Biggest Falls: #20 New York (-7), #25 Colorado (-7), #13 Charlotte (-6), #17 Buffalo (-5), #21 Pawtucket (-5)

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	56	25	2	10	-3	7	1	26	14
2	Salem	55	26	1	15	-10	1	0	25	15
3	Nashville	51	30	5	7	4	4	1	23	17
4	Houston	49	32	3	1	1	11	-2	23	17
5	Montgomery	51	30	4	12	0	3	0	23	17
6	Cincinnati	48	33	10	3	4	17	-1	26	14
7	Cheyenne	48	33	6	8	-2	8	-1	23	17
8	Boston	47	34	9	6	-2	15	0	25	15
9	Monterrey	47	34	8	19	-5	4	2	22	18
10	Fargo	44	37	17	4	-1	29	2	24	16
11	Minnesota	44	37	11	5	5	19	-1	20	20
12	Jackson	43	38	15	14	1	14	3	23	17
13	Charlotte	44	37	7	22	-6	6	-2	20	20
14	Chicago	37	44	20	21	-3	8	12	21	19
15	Dover	40	41	21	13	10	17	2	21	19
16	Detroit	40	41	14	18	1	12	0	20	20
17	Buffalo	40	41	12	17	-4	16	-5	20	20
18	Kansas City	36	45	24	8	14	25	-1	20	20
19	Los Angeles	36	45	29	15	4	20	5	22	18
20	New York	43	38	13	11	-2	26	0	18	22
21	Pawtucket	41	40	16	20	-3	23	0	19	21
22	St. Louis	35	46	19	2	-1	32	0	19	21
23	Cleveland	34	47	23	26	2	10	0	18	22
24	Little Rock	34	47	25	29	1	12	0	18	22
25	Colorado	34	47	18	32	0	2	0	13	27
26	Richmond	36	45	22	23	6	24	-10	16	24
27	Milwaukee	34	47	27	27	-3	22	6	16	24
28	Atlanta	30	51	28	25	-6	20	2	16	24
29	Sacramento	31	50	32	31	0	27	2	18	22
30	Colorado Springs	32	49	26	30	-3	27	-6	15	25
31	Boise	28	53	30	23	2	31	-5	14	26
32	Portland	28	53	31	28	-2	30	0	13	27