Season 35 Power Rankings #3

It's time for the stretch run in Cobbfather Season 35, but first, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  And we have our 4th different #1 team of the season, with Jackson taking over the top spot!  They had the best record since the last rankings and improved significantly both in pitching and offense.  Up 3 spots to #2 is Houston, who continues to play well, despite selling off some of their most formidable arms for younger talent.  Sioux Falls, with their top ranked pitching staff, comes in at #3, followed by previous #1, Fargo, followed by previous #2 Monterrey to round out the top 5.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #8 Salem (+7), #9 Florida (+7), #19 Norfolk (+7), #1 Jackson (+6), #21 Los Angeles (+6)

Biggest Falls: #23 St. Louis (-12), #26 Milwaukee (-9), #12 Philadelphia (-6)

Here are the complete rankings.  Good luck down the stretch, there are a lot of tough teams this season, so you never know what will happen! 

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Jackson	78	44	7	6	7	4	9	30	10
2	Houston	77	45	5	2	-1	11	10	28	12
3	Sioux Falls	77	45	3	1	1	19	1	28	12
4	Fargo	74	48	1	3	0	9	-3	21	19
5	Monterrey	78	44	2	16	-2	1	0	23	17
6	Montgomery	69	53	8	8	0	3	4	23	17
7	Buffalo	73	49	4	4	0	17	-2	24	16
8	Salem	69	53	15	10	0	10	7	25	15
9	Florida	73	49	16	6	5	20	4	27	13
10	Kansas City	65	57	14	5	1	15	-4	22	18
11	Little Rock	67	55	10	26	-5	2	1	20	20
12	Philadelphia	68	54	6	18	-2	12	-4	20	20
13	Detroit	64	58	18	22	2	7	2	20	20
14	Boston	67	55	9	22	3	4	-2	18	22
15	Nashville	64	58	12	22	1	8	-3	19	21
16	Baltimore	63	59	19	12	-3	17	0	20	20
17	Albuquerque	57	65	21	25	1	6	-2	20	20
18	Richmond	62	60	13	9	-3	20	-1	18	22
19	Norfolk	57	65	26	17	5	25	2	23	17
20	Cheyenne	61	61	22	19	9	16	-2	20	20
21	Los Angeles	56	66	27	14	3	26	4	23	17
22	Charlotte	60	62	24	30	0	14	-2	20	20
23	St. Louis	61	61	11	11	-6	27	-11	15	25
24	Portland	59	63	23	13	-1	29	-1	20	20
25	Dover	55	67	20	15	4	23	-2	15	25
26	Milwaukee	51	71	17	20	-5	13	-3	13	27
27	Colorado Springs	53	69	25	27	-7	20	3	18	22
28	Atlanta	43	79	31	29	3	24	1	20	20
29	Boise	42	80	30	21	6	30	-1	17	23
30	Minnesota	42	80	29	31	-2	28	-2	12	28
31	Oklahoma City	36	86	28	28	-10	31	0	9	31
32	New York	31	91	32	32	-1	32	0	9	31

Season 35 All-Star Recap

Results
National League    1
American League  0
W - T. Arnold
L - J. Hartman
S - A Gonzalez

Home Run Derby Winner: Trever Phillips, Philadelphia - 29 HR
All-Star Game MVP: Benny Romano, Monterrey - 0-2, RBI, SB
Futures Game MVP: Juan Siqueiros, St. Louis - 3-6, 2 HR, 3 RBI, SB

Appearance Leaders
American League - Wiki Unamuno, Houston; Yeico Miranda, Norfolk - 6 appearances
National League - Jhoulys Olmedo, Minnesota; Felix Tanaka, Baltimore - 5 appearances

Teams With Most Players
American League - Houston - 5
National League - Monterrey - 8

Complete Rosters

American League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Angel Johnson	Jackson	1st
1B	Crash Cepeda	Albuquerque	2nd
2B	Calvin Hukata	Detroit	2nd
3B	Sean Gosling	Charlotte	2nd
SS	Ugueth Perez	Fargo	4th
LF	Wiki Unamuno	Houston	6th
CF	Raul Galvez	Salem	4th
RF	Rubby Javier	Boston	2nd
DH	Kyuji Shinjo	St. Louis	1st

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Jace Sale	Boston	1st
P	Yeico Miranda	Norfolk	6th
P	Jimmie Hartman	Jackson	2nd
P	Midre Tavarez	Houston	2nd
P	Olmedo Valdez	St. Louis	2nd
P	Armando Merced	Houston	4th
P	Wascar Molina	Albuquerque	1st
P	Charles Lee	Little Rock	1st
P	Chick Munson	Houston	4th
P	Terrell Brownson	Little Rock	1st
P	Spud Newcomb	Boston	1st
P	Don Reid	Fargo	1st
P	Rube Hewitt	Charlotte	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Rob Gagne	Atlanta	2nd
1B	Claude Hughes	Houston	2nd
2B	Hipolito Villar	Jackson	2nd
3B	Edgardo Melendez	Little Rock	1st
SS	Dan Pribanic	Boston	2nd
LF	Jamey Crawford	Albuquerque	1st
CF	Norman Berry	Little Rock	3rd
RF	Corey Walker	Fargo	1st

AL All-Stars by Team

Houston	5
Boston	4
Little Rock	4
Albuquerque	3
Fargo	3
Jackson	3
Charlotte	2
St. Louis	2
Atlanta	1
Detroit	1
Norfolk	1
Salem	1

National League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Seth Robinson	Nashville	2nd
1B	Benny Romano	Monterrey	1st
2B	Yohan Gomez	Buffalo	2nd
3B	Cesar Ozuna	Monterrey	1st
SS	Jumbo Camacho	Buffalo	2nd
LF	Haywood Swann	Nashville	2nd
CF	Kirt Raggio	Sioux Falls	2nd
RF	Yoenis Portillo	Buffalo	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Al Balentien	Monterrey	2nd
P	Andre Harper	Richmond	4th
P	Gregor Lopez	Buffalo	1st
P	Jhoulys Olmedo	Minnesota	5th
P	Ernest Lewis	Kansas City	1st
P	Dante O'Connor	Montgomery	1st
P	Felix Tanaka	Baltimore	5th
P	A.J. Gil	Sioux Falls	1st
P	Bryant Landrum	Monterrey	4th
P	Monte Daley	Sioux Falls	1st
P	Raul Delgado	Kansas City	1st
P	Virgil Murphy	Monterrey	1st
P	Alberto Gonzalez	Monterrey	2nd
P	Tommy Arnold	Richmond	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Michael Mancuso	Monterrey	3rd
1B	Matt Prior	Kansas City	1st
2B	George Dubler	Nashville	2nd
3B	Marcell Johnson	Montgomery	4th
SS	Junior Wilson	Monterrey	1st
LF	Yohan Mairena	Buffalo	1st
CF	Trever Phillips	Philadelphia	1st
RF	Dizzy Hawkins	Dover	3rd

NL All-Stars By Team

Monterrey	8
Buffalo	5
Kansas City	3
Nashville	3
Sioux Falls	3
Montgomery	2
Richmond	2
Baltimore	1
Dover	1
Minnesota	1
Philadelphia	1

Season 35 Power Rankings #2

We're past the midway point of Season 35, which means it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!  To start off, there's yet another change at the top!  It's Fargo coming in at #1 with improved pitching and offense since the last rankings after already being off to an impressive start!  Previous #1 Monterrey, is still going strong and comes in at #2.  Coming in at #3, all the way up from #19, it's Sioux Falls, who posted the best record in the world since the previous rankings.  Buffalo and Houston round out this edition's top 5.  Now, for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #3 Sioux Falls (+16), #6 Philadelphia (+11), #17 Milwaukee (+8), #7 Jackson (+7), #12 Nashville (+6)

Biggest Falls: #18 Detroit (-14), #14 Kansas City (-11), #21 Albuquerque (-11), #24 Charlotte (-11), #16 Florida (-9)

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

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Fargo	53	29	5	3	1	6	4	27	14
2	Monterrey	55	27	1	14	-1	1	0	26	15
3	Sioux Falls	49	33	19	2	15	20	3	30	11
4	Buffalo	49	33	8	4	-1	15	3	27	14
5	Houston	49	33	6	1	0	21	-2	23	18
6	Philadelphia	48	34	17	16	4	8	6	26	15
7	Jackson	48	34	14	13	3	13	-1	27	14
8	Montgomery	46	36	2	8	0	7	-4	20	21
9	Boston	49	33	12	25	-6	2	6	25	16
10	Little Rock	47	35	9	21	1	3	2	22	19
11	St. Louis	46	36	15	5	1	16	-1	24	17
12	Nashville	45	37	18	23	8	5	4	25	16
13	Richmond	44	38	16	6	6	19	-2	24	17
14	Kansas City	43	39	3	6	-4	11	-4	19	22
15	Salem	44	38	20	10	-1	17	8	26	15
16	Florida	46	36	7	11	-6	24	-4	21	20
17	Milwaukee	38	44	25	15	13	10	3	23	18
18	Detroit	44	38	4	24	-17	9	-3	19	22
19	Baltimore	43	39	11	9	4	17	-6	19	22
20	Dover	40	42	22	19	2	21	0	22	19
21	Albuquerque	37	45	10	26	-8	4	-2	15	26
22	Cheyenne	41	41	21	28	2	14	2	20	21
23	Portland	39	43	23	12	-2	28	0	22	19
24	Charlotte	40	42	13	30	-5	12	-8	18	23
25	Colorado Springs	35	47	27	20	4	23	3	17	24
26	Norfolk	34	48	30	22	5	27	4	19	22
27	Los Angeles	33	49	28	17	9	30	-7	14	27
28	Oklahoma City	27	55	29	18	-8	31	1	14	27
29	Minnesota	30	52	26	29	-6	26	-4	13	28
30	Boise	25	57	31	27	2	29	0	12	29
31	Atlanta	23	59	32	32	0	25	2	12	29
32	New York	22	60	24	31	-18	32	-3	5	36