Friday, April 20, 2018

Season 37 Power Rankings #1

Season 37 is out of the gates and it's time to check in with the first Power Rankings of the regular season!  On top, for the 6th consecutive edition, is Little Rock.  Their pitching staff is off to an amazing start and the offense is good too.  Boston checks in at #2 with the top ranked offense and a pitching staff that is holding its own.  Jackson is up 7 spots to #3 with a hot start, putting up consistent numbers across the board.  The preseason rankings didn't see this one coming, up an amazing 22 spots to #4 is Milwaukee who is getting it done with their bats and tied for the second best record through 40 games.  Cincinnati jumps 9 spots to round out the top 5 with their 2nd ranked offense leading the way.   Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers:  #4 Milwaukee (+22), #7 Fargo (+20), #12 Charlotte (+11), #5 Cincinnati (+9)

Biggest Falls: #30 Portland (-22), #19 Pittsburgh (-17), #15 Oklahoma City (-11), #29 St. Louis (-11), #17 Santa Fe (-10)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck as the season rolls on!

Pitching Offense
Team  W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Little Rock 29 11 1 1 4
2 Boston  26 14 5 12 1
3 Jackson 25 15 10 8 8
4 Milwaukee 26 14 26 15 5
5 Cincinnati 21 19 14 16 2
6 Nashville 23 17 11 20 3
7 Fargo 22 18 27 9 12
8 Florida 23 17 6 7 13
9 Montgomery 23 17 3 4 19
10 Salem 21 19 12 14 5
11 Los Angeles 21 19 17 3 14
12 Charlotte  24 16 23 25 7
13 Buffalo  22 18 16 10 21
14 Tampa Bay 20 20 9 5 22
15 Oklahoma City 22 18 4 2 30
16 Salt Lake City 23 17 13 30 9
17 Santa Fe 20 20 7 17 17
18 Norfolk 19 21 24 6 28
19 Pittsburgh 18 22 2 12 20
20 Trenton 20 20 15 19 16
21 Honolulu 20 20 28 18 26
22 Syracuse 20 20 22 21 24
23 Memphis 19 21 25 11 29
24 Minnesota 18 22 20 29 11
25 Kansas City 18 22 19 22 24
26 Helena 16 24 31 28 14
27 Colorado Springs 16 24 29 26 18
28 Houston 14 26 21 31 10
29 St. Louis 16 24 18 27 23
30 Portland 13 27 8 24 27
31 New York 12 28 32 23 31
32 Atlanta  10 30 30 32 32

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Season 37 Preseason Power Rankings

Although these are a bit late, they are based on Opening Day rosters.  Enjoy!

Starting Relief
Season 36 Pitching Pitching Hitting Fielding 
Team  W L Rank Rank Rank Rank
1 Little Rock 110 52 1 22 4 2
2 Pittsburgh 91 71 2 15 2 18
3 Montgomery 90 72 9 11 1 18
4 Oklahoma City 96 66 4 1 7 8
5 Boston  93 69 3 2 9 18
6 Florida 101 61 11 3 10 8
7 Santa Fe 99 63 13 5 3 29
8 Portland 81 81 5 26 10 13
9 Tampa Bay 72 90 10 19 8 13
10 Jackson 90 72 8 6 16 13
11 Nashville 93 69 17 4 5 26
12 Salem 87 75 7 14 17 23
13 Salt Lake City 91 71 19 9 6 27
14 Cincinnati 83 79 12 16 13 18
15 Trenton 91 71 22 12 12 8
16 Buffalo  100 62 15 24 15 13
17 Los Angeles 79 83 14 7 20 5
18 St. Louis 88 74 27 13 13 4
19 Kansas City 70 92 18 18 21 1
20 Minnesota 59 103 21 22 18 29
21 Houston 73 89 16 20 22 29
22 Syracuse 62 100 29 17 18 23
23 Charlotte  73 89 24 10 24 23
24 Norfolk 83 79 23 31 23 2
25 Memphis 63 99 20 25 26 8
26 Milwaukee 82 80 28 8 25 7
27 Fargo 96 66 6 21 29 13
28 Honolulu 60 102 26 29 28 5
29 Colorado Springs 67 95 32 32 27 18
30 Atlanta  46 116 25 28 31 32
31 Helena 63 99 31 30 30 28
32 New York 60 102 30 27 32 8