Saturday, February 22, 2014

Season 14 Power Rankings # 2

With a little more than half of Season 14 in the books, it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings.  The story since the first rankings has been the incredible play of Buffalo, going 33-9 since the last rankings to pull out in front of the pack.  They have been bringing it on every level as of late, it has been quite the impressive run.  Oklahoma City comes in at #2, still playing very well.  New Britain stepped it up to leap from #10 up to # 3.   Previous #1 Memphis fell to #11 as their pitching staff's incredible start could not be maintained.  Here's the complete rankings!


Team  W L PREV    Comments
1 Buffalo  59 23 2 They have been outstanding on every level as of late
2 Oklahoma City 51 31 3 Playing solid ball and winning games, still elite 
3 New Britain  49 33 10 Their pitching is getting it done, leading to a nice bump 
4 Honolulu 48 34 4 Their pitching has taken a hit lately, but still winning
5 Tampa Bay 47 35 11 Playing incredibly well, one of the best teams in pitching
6 Madison 48 34 12 It's all about offense here, but pitching has improved some
7 Detroit 46 36 14 Maintained it's hot offense, while the pitching stepped up
8 Seattle 46 36 18 Major improvement in pitching since last rankings
9 Tucson 47 35 5 Pitching took a hit, but offensive production increased
10 St. Louis 48 34 8 Their pitching took a nice turn, but offense has been down
11 Memphis  46 36 1 The pitching staff's incredible start has leveled off a bit
12 Pawtucket  46 36 6 Numbers fell off a bit across the board here, but still solid
13 Texas  45 37 23 Nice jump as the pitching really has come together lately
14 Rochester 42 40 15 Their pitching is amongst the best, but bats are a concern
15 Pittsburgh 41 41 19 Offense improved here, but the pitching fell of a little
16 Little Rock  40 42 20 Offense is great, but the pitching has been shaky lately
17 Toronto 41 41 22 Bouncing back a bit after a pretty rough start to the season
18 San Francisco 41 41 21 .500 for the 2nd straight rankings, pitching is on the up
19 Arizona 39 43 7 Rough stretch as of late, pitching fell off since last rankings
20 Nashville  38 44 17 Numbers were pretty stable, need pitching to step it up
21 Vancouver 40 42 9 It's been pretty bad as of late, numbers down overall
22 Jacksonville 36 46 16 Their pitching got roughed up, resulting in a bit of a drop 
23 Oakland 35 47 29 Playing better, as the offense improved significantly
24 Chicago (AL) 37 45 13 Rough stretch, as their offense has fallen off a bit lately
25 Cincinnati 35 47 24 Hanging in there, they could use some offensive production
26 Burlington 35 47 26 Major fall off in offense, must have played a lot at home
27 Louisville 33 49 31 Showing signs of life with improvement across the board
28 Portland  29 53 32 Pitching is stepping up, with numbers a lot better lately
29 Cleveland 32 50 25 The numbers are down overall, resulting in them dropping
30 Indianapolis 30 52 27 Pitching isn't bad, but the offense isn't there quite yet
31 Chicago (NL) 29 53 30 Actually improved some after a horrid start so we'll see
32 New York  33 49 28 The rebuild here is still in process, they're not quite there

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