Monday, June 9, 2014

Season 15 Power Rankings # 2

The regular season is half-way over for Season 15, so it is time to check in with a new edition of the power rankings.  Let's get right to it!  Fueled with motivation of being denied the top spot in the last edition, Buffalo played tremendous ball since the quarter-way mark, and is the new # 1 team.  An equally hot Detroit team comes in at #2, whose pitching improved while maintaining stellar offensive numbers.  Pitching-dominant Honolulu comes in at #3, the only team with a team ERA under 3.00.  #4 is Oklahoma City, dropping from #1, they actually didn't play that bad since the last rankings, there were just other teams that were more dominant.  Here's the complete rankings!


Team  W L PREV    Comments
1 Buffalo  55 26 3 Felt they were #1 last time, this time they get the top nod
2 Detroit 54 27 6 Offense has been big, and pitching is stepping it up
3 Honolulu 52 29 2 League's top pitching staff, definitely amongst the elite
4 Oklahoma City 49 32 1 Fell off a little, but still a force to be reckoned with
5 Seattle 49 32 4 Offense is suprising so far, but pitching roughed up lately
6 Pawtucket  47 34 5 World's top offense, and getting good enough pitching 
7 Toronto 48 33 8 They're back in the mix, pitching improved a lot 
8 Nashville  44 37 7 Still playing well, with solid numbers across the board
9 Tampa Bay 43 38 14 Excellent since the last rankings, so a nice bump here
10 Cincinnati 44 37 9 Offense is struggling a bit, but pitching is getting it done
11 New Britain  43 38 11 Pitching has stepped it up, but offense fell off a bit 
12 Durham 43 38 18 Pitching has settled down, and still getting nice offense 
13 Cleveland 38 43 29 Have turned it around, with the bats producing big time
14 St. Louis 40 41 10 Good team started slow, capable of turning it around
15 Tucson 39 42 13 Fairly middle of the road on all the numbers, so we'll see
16 Pittsburgh 41 40 12 Pitching improved some, and they have decent offense
17 Helena 39 42 15 Could use a little more offense to get in the AL West mix
18 Rochester 39 42 17 Might be a bit unlucky, numbers say they're better 
19 Indianapolis 41 40 20 Still hanging in there, good pitching, but not much offense
20 Scranton 37 44 22 They have the offense, and pitching has improved some
21 New York  37 44 27 Playing better with a nice improvement across the board
22 Burlington 41 40 16 Hasn't gone well since the last rankings, but still over .500
23 San Francisco 38 43 21 Offense has been struggling, but hanging in there
24 Oakland 36 45 24 Pitching got roughed up some since last rankings 
25 Louisville 33 48 31 Improved since the last rankings, after rough start 
26 Chicago (AL) 33 48 32 Also trending upward with better all-around play 
27 Little Rock  33 48 19 The wheels have fallen off as of late, really struggling
28 Memphis  31 50 25 Offense is up some, but pitching has been rocked lately
29 Jacksonville 33 48 26 Showed some improvement pitching wise, a good sign
30 Chicago (NL) 34 47 30 Just not getting the offense to compete right now 
31 Vancouver 33 48 23 They're not playing well on any level currently 
32 Salt Lake City 29 52 28 Offensive numbers show some promise here

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