Season 22 Power Rankings #3

As we head down the home stretch of Season 22, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  Let's get to it!  No change in the top 2 as New Britain and Chicago hold steady at those positions.  From there, we have Helena coming up from #14 to #3, as they posted an impressive 33-9 record since the last rankings!  The back-to-back champs Richmond are getting hot once again and come in at #4.  At #5, it's another big climber in Louisville, up 11 spots to #5.   Here are all of the biggest climbers, as well as the biggest falls since the last rankings.

Biggest Climbers: #3 Helena (+11), #5 Louisville (+11), #6 Seattle (+11), #9 Syracuse (+6), #22 Durham (+5)

Biggest Falls: #17 Buffalo (-12), #18 Charlotte (-11), #10 Wichita (-7), #19 Honolulu (-6)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all down the stretch!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST PER
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	77	46	1	5	5	2	1	29	13
2	Chicago	72	50	2	2	6	4	-1	26	15
3	Helena	75	48	14	8	5	3	10	33	9
4	Richmond	75	47	6	4	0	14	3	29	12
5	Louisville	66	57	16	16	9	6	2	26	16
6	Seattle	66	57	17	1	6	28	0	27	15
7	Oklahoma City	66	57	4	6	-4	13	2	20	22
8	Mexico City	63	60	11	14	2	5	1	23	19
9	Syracuse	66	57	15	10	2	19	4	23	19
10	Wichita	64	58	3	9	0	10	-8	17	24
11	Boise	69	53	8	20	0	8	-3	22	19
12	Jacksonville	62	60	10	17	-1	7	3	20	21
13	Las Vegas	65	57	9	2	-1	30	-5	19	22
14	St. Louis	62	61	12	11	0	25	2	23	19
15	Tampa Bay	60	62	19	13	-7	17	-2	22	19
16	Detroit	63	59	20	18	3	21	5	21	20
17	Buffalo	66	56	5	23	-1	15	-9	17	24
18	Charlotte	64	59	7	22	-7	11	-3	17	25
19	Honolulu	62	60	13	23	-5	12	0	19	22
20	Rochester	57	65	18	7	-4	29	1	19	22
21	Trenton	60	62	22	26	1	16	2	21	20
22	Durham	56	66	27	30	1	9	5	20	21
23	Washington	53	70	24	28	1	1	0	19	23
24	Boston	58	65	26	29	-3	25	4	20	22
25	Salem	54	69	21	21	3	17	-6	16	26
26	Nashville	55	68	29	31	-1	20	-2	19	23
27	Kansas City	53	70	31	15	4	32	0	20	22
28	Burlington	54	69	23	12	-7	31	0	16	26
29	Cincinnati	54	69	30	27	1	23	-3	17	25
30	Oakland	49	73	25	19	-5	24	-4	15	26
31	New York	52	70	28	25	-2	27	-3	16	25
32	New Orleans	42	80	32	32	0	21	1	13	28

Season 22 All-Star Coverage

The All-Star break is here in Season 22, and we've got all of the coverage on this year's All-Star teams!

In the American League, New Britain, #1 in the Kenny Powers rankings, had the most All-Stars with six, including Alberto Campos who made his 11th All-Star team!  Other notables include starting SS Delino Santana of Jacksonville making his 8th appearance.

In the National League, it's the #2 team in the rankings, Chicago leading the way, also with six.  Notable players on the squad include starting catcher Jeremy Randall of Buffalo raising the bar a little higher by making an incredible 13th All-Star team! Matty Posada of Oklahoma City is in the All-Star game for the 12th time, while Buffalo closer David Silva is making his 11th appearance and Honolulu slugger J.C. Ganzel is making his 10th.

Here are the complete rosters!

American League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Richard Tateyama	New Britain	4th
1B	Bob Patterson	Mexico City	4th
2B	Ken Ingram	New Britain	4th
3B	Andy Minor	Mexico City	5th
SS	Delino Santana	Jacksonville	8th
LF	Al Hughes	Helena	1st
CF	Steve Miller	New Britain	1st
RF	Heathcliff Davis	New York	1st
DH	Octavio Guerrero	Detroit	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Nicholas Miller	New Britain	4th
P	Ubaldo Jose	Jacksonville	2nd
P	David Mujica	New York	1st
P	Ben Shoppach	Boise	1st
P	Shawn Melhuse	Boston	2nd
P	Alberto Campos	New Britain	11th
P	Mitch Cooper	Trenton	1st
P	Steven Sampson	Washington	1st
P	Ted Wagner	Oakland	3rd
P	Carlos Oliva	Mexico City	1st
P	Troy Bowker	Detroit	1st
P	Vin Lee	Nashville	1st
P	Dellin Sanchez	Seattle	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Carlos DeLeon	Wichita	2nd
1B	Wesley Pall	Trenton	1st
2B	Sean Lewis	Helena	1st
3B	Patrick Jefferies	Jacksonville	1st
SS	Banana Bergeron	New Britain	3rd
LF	Antonio Liang	Boise	2nd
CF	Rex Kennedy	Helena	4th
RF	Joaquin Gonzales	Jacksonville	2nd

AL All-Stars by Team

New Britain	6
Jacksonville	4
Helena	3
Mexico City	3
Boise	2
Detroit	2
New York	2
Trenton	2
Boston	1
Nashville	1
Oakland	1
Seattle	1
Washington	1
Wichita	1

National League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Jeremy Randall	Buffalo	13th
1B	Julio Park	Durham	2nd
2B	Albert Valenzuela	Buffalo	8th
3B	Dingo Price	Chicago	3rd
SS	Dontrelle Rooney	Buffalo	1st
LF	Domingo Iglesias	Tampa Bay	1st
CF	Rodrigo Toregas	Cincinnati	3rd
RF	J.C. Ganzel	Honolulu	10th

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Justin Jordan	Salem	6th
P	Ellis Brock	Tampa Bay	5th
P	Rico Tejera	Salem	3rd
P	Boomer Lange	Chicago	2nd
P	Wiki Mateo	Las Vegas	1st
P	Nicholas Gil	Las Vegas	3rd
P	Jordan Santangelo	Chicago	1st
P	Harry Pujols	Buffalo	1st
P	David Silva	Buffalo	11th
P	Matty Posada	Oklahoma City	12th
P	Tim Blair	Syracuse	3rd
P	Cy Sanders	Chicago	3rd
P	Raul Alburquerque	Burlington	2nd
P	Kiki Lima	Kansas City	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Gerald Richard	Tampa Bay	1st
1B	Vasco Correa	Chicago	2nd
2B	Jose Cortes	Chicago	1st
3B	Juan Nieves	Durham	1st
SS	Joe Farley	Kansas City	1st
LF	Rogers Dixon	Las Vegas	1st
CF	Mandy Mahler	Salem	5th
RF	Vic Hall	Louisville	1st

NL All-Stars by Team

Chicago	6
Buffalo	5
Las Vegas	3
Salem	3
Tampa Bay	3
Durham	2
Kansas City	2
Burlington	1
Cincinnati	1
Honolulu	1
Louisville	1
Oklahoma City	1
Syracuse	1

Season 22 Power Rankings #2

We're at the halfway point of Season 22, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  And there's a new #1!  Coming up from the 5 spot, it's New Britain once again with a hold on the #1 ranking.  #2 and #3 remain Chicago and Wichita, while it's Oklahoma City jumping from 9 to 4, and Buffalo all the way up from #16 to round out the top 5.   Here are the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings:

Biggest Climbers: #12 St. Louis (+16), #5 Buffalo (+11), #16 Louisville (+10), #11 Mexico City (+6)

Biggest Falls: #19 Tampa Bay (-15), #20 Detroit (-9), #23 Burlington (-9), #9 Las Vegas (-8), #14 Helena (-8)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the 2nd half and have a happy 4th!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	48	33	5	10	-1	3	6	23	17
2	Chicago	46	35	2	8	-3	3	-1	22	18
3	Wichita	47	34	3	9	1	2	2	21	19
4	Oklahoma City	46	35	9	2	10	15	-5	25	15
5	Buffalo	49	32	16	22	3	6	5	27	13
6	Richmond	46	35	8	4	0	17	7	23	17
7	Charlotte	47	34	7	15	-1	8	-5	24	16
8	Boise	47	34	10	20	3	5	1	23	17
9	Las Vegas	46	35	1	1	0	25	-11	19	21
10	Jacksonville	42	39	13	16	10	10	-5	21	19
11	Mexico City	40	41	17	16	8	6	1	21	19
12	St. Louis	39	42	28	11	0	27	2	24	16
13	Honolulu	43	38	18	18	4	12	0	21	19
14	Helena	42	39	6	13	-5	13	3	17	23
15	Syracuse	43	38	15	12	1	23	3	20	20
16	Louisville	40	41	26	25	4	8	5	22	18
17	Seattle	39	42	12	7	-2	28	-7	20	20
18	Rochester	38	43	20	3	4	30	-3	20	20
19	Tampa Bay	38	43	4	6	-3	15	-7	13	27
20	Detroit	42	39	11	21	-3	26	-7	18	22
21	Salem	38	43	21	24	-8	11	9	18	22
22	Trenton	39	42	24	27	-7	18	4	20	20
23	Burlington	38	43	14	5	-3	31	-1	17	23
24	Washington	34	47	19	29	-1	1	0	16	24
25	Oakland	34	47	27	14	5	20	-3	17	23
26	Boston	38	43	25	26	-12	29	1	19	21
27	Durham	36	45	30	31	-1	14	4	19	21
28	New York	36	45	22	23	-2	24	-1	17	23
29	Nashville	36	45	29	30	1	18	-3	19	21
30	Cincinnati	37	44	23	28	-11	20	5	18	22
31	Kansas City	33	48	31	19	8	32	0	20	20
32	New Orleans	29	52	32	32	0	22	6	16	24