Season 17 Final Power Rankings

The Regular Season has ended for Season 17 and the playoffs are right around the corner, but before they kick off, it's time for the final power rankings of the season!   In a rarity in the power rankings era, the entire top 5 remained the same since the last rankings.  #1 New Britain was clearly the most dominant team in the 2nd half and it will be interesting to see what they do in the playoffs.  NL powerhouses Buffalo, Oklahoma City and Tucson remained 2-4, while Pawtucket stayed at #5.  The defending champs Tampa Bay jump up to 6, winning a tiebreaker to earn a shot to defend their title.  Should be an interesting postseason, good luck to all involved!  Here are the complete rankings!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	New Britain	111	51	1	Most dominant team in the second half by a wide margin
2	Buffalo	104	58	2	The NL's top seed will have a number of tough opponents
3	Oklahoma City	98	64	3	Just another great season for them, looking solid for playoffs
4	Tucson	98	64	4	Pitching not as good as other NL elites, but great offense
5	Pawtucket	92	70	5	Solid down the stretch with the best offense in the world
6	Tampa Bay	91	71	11	Great stretch run gets the defending champs in as the 6 seed
7	St. Louis	91	71	7	Great comeback for this squad, miss playoffs on tiebreaker
8	Syracuse	92	70	8	Ended season on W6 to get wild card spot, great pitching
9	Little Rock	89	73	9	Numbers are pretty good, so could make waves in playoffs
10	Honolulu	91	71	6	Tough break missing the playoffs on tiebreaker in tough NL
11	Salt Lake City	86	76	13	They're making a progress, a team to watch next season
12	Seattle	92	70	14	Offense fell off down the stretch, so we'll see in playoffs
13	Chicago	82	80	16	Great last 40 puts them over .500, good sign going forward
14	Detroit	81	81	21	Played better down the stretch, but finish is disappointing
15	Rochester	83	79	10	Completely fell apart the 2nd half after a blazing start
16	Florida	79	83	23	Over .500 the last 40 with numbers up across the board
17	Toronto	86	76	15	Made it in as an AL Wild Card, but numbers down the last 40
18	Nashville	85	77	17	Also an AL Wild Card, but pitching numbers are suspect
19	Atlanta	83	79	20	Nice debut season by new owner, they have potential
20	Oakland	76	86	19	Better the last 40, with both offense and pitching improved
21	San Francisco	76	86	12	Pretty awful down the stretch, but they've got great offense
22	Cleveland	78	84	18	They won their division, pitching improved down the stretch
23	Scranton	71	91	25	Pitching improved significantly the last 40, nice offense too
24	Memphis	70	92	27	They've got great pitching, but offense remains an issue here
25	Richmond	72	90	26	Played .500 ball down the stretch, as the pitching improved
26	Burlington	70	92	22	Pitching fell off the last 40, and the offense didn't produce
27	Louisville	68	94	28	.500 since the last rankings, the pitching improved a lot
28	New Orleans	67	95	24	Pitching was better, but batrs dropped off, so rough last 40
29	Vancouver	57	105	32	Winning record the last 40, numbers improved a lot overall
30	Charlotte	59	103	29	Numbers were up a bit the last 40, but still went 16-24
31	Helena	57	105	30	Pitching was really bad all season, but better the last 40
32	San Juan	57	105	31	Awful pitching down the stretch lands them at the bottom