Season 16 Preseason Power Rankings

Season 16 is on the horizon as spring training winds down, so it's time for the preseason power rankings before the regular season kicks off.  The teams at the top are familiar names, as back-to-back champion Oklahoma City takes the top spot.  They seem to get a key Free Agent each season, and this season it was Sherman Perez.  #2 Buffalo and #3 Honolulu, both coming off 100 win seasons, will again try to dethrone OKC as kings of the NL, and have the talent to potentially do it.  Detroit comes in at #4 as the top AL team, and will certainly face challenges from #5 Pawtucket and #6 New Britain.  Will these teams rule their leagues or will other teams surprise and crack the top echelon of the Kenny Powers World?  It will be interesting to see!   Good luck to all in the regular season and here are the complete rankings!

		Season 15
	Team	W	L	Comments
1	Oklahoma City	102	60	Poised for another great year and added Sherman Perez
2	Buffalo	108	54	Gunning for Oklahoma City as always and looking strong
3	Honolulu	106	56	Had league's top pitching last season, will make a run too
4	Detroit	98	64	Well balanced team that could take next step this season
5	Pawtucket	91	71	Wagner will help the pitching staff, have great offense too
6	New Britain	98	64	They should be in the thick of it in the AL, nice all around
7	Rochester	80	82	Numbers were much better than 80-82 record last season
8	Seattle	101	61	Lost a couple of guys, but still have a solid core group
9	Tampa Bay	83	79	Tough being in OKC's division, but they have the talent
10	St. Louis	90	72	If they get a little more from the bats, they will move up
11	Nashville	82	80	Mediocre record last season, but numbers looked good
12	Indianapolis	85	77	Could build on their division title from last season for sure
13	Toronto	88	74	Losing Wagner hurts, we'll have to see if they can adjust
14	Tucson	82	80	Pitching needs to improve this year for them to move up
15	Cleveland	69	93	Made some nice free agent adds, so should be better
16	Scranton	79	83	Great offense, but pitching hurt them a bit last season
17	Little Rock	80	82	Numbers are about in the middle of the pack, so we'll see
18	Richmond	80	82	We'll see if the new owner can reign in the pitching staff
19	Oakland	73	89	Pitching was an issue here too, but offense is very solid
20	Pittsburgh	74	88	Had a couple of nice signings, which should help them out
21	San Francisco	63	99	Very active in FA, signing 3 of top 10, so it's looking up
22	Florida	77	85	They've been improving last few season, and could step up
23	Salt Lake City	68	94	Added a huge bat in Franco, we'll see if they step it up
24	San Juan	84	78	May be an adjustment period with transition to new owner
25	Chicago	72	90	Pretty off season for the offense, but could rebound there
26	Burlington	72	90	Tough park for hitters, but they've improved last few seasons
27	Helena	76	86	Rebuilding, as 4-time Cy Young winner Hurst was traded
28	Kansas City	71	91	Offense is not bad, can new owner get pitching in shape?
29	Memphis	65	97	Rough going last season, their ranking is always volatile
30	Syracuse	68	94	Offense was bad last season, new owner may rebuild here
31	Louisville	65	97	They've been rebuilding, the offense was up last year though
32	Vancouver	62	100	They were bad all-around last season and rebuilding as well