Sunday, October 30, 2016

Season 23 Power Rankings #2

We've reached the half way point of Season 23, so it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!  And at the top, it's Richmond reclaiming it's preseason #1 ranking as they continue to excel all around.  Surging to #2, up 8 spots, is Little Rock, amazingly one of the worst teams a season ago under different management.  Syracuse holds steady at #3, while previous #1 Helena checks in at #4, and it's Chicago, skyrocketing 12 spots to #5 thanks to their offense coming alive, that rounds out the top 5.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers:  #10 Salem (+15), #5 Chicago (+12), #11 Louisville (+9), #2 Little Rock (+8), #18 Nashville (+6)

Biggest Falls: #23 New York (AL) (-18), #20 Columbus (-9), #24 New Britain (-8), #19 Honolulu (-5), #32 Washington (-5)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the second half!

Pitching Offense LAST 41
Team  W L PREV Rank Chg Rank Chg W L
1 Richmond 50 31 2 3 5 1 1 26 15
2 Little Rock 48 33 10 5 5 3 5 27 14
3 Syracuse 49 32 3 8 3 7 -2 26 15
4 Helena 49 32 1 4 -2 6 -5 22 19
5 Chicago 46 35 17 12 4 1 15 24 17
6 Wichita 47 34 9 14 1 9 -2 24 17
7 Seattle 48 33 4 2 -1 19 1 22 19
8 St. Louis 48 33 6 7 -1 24 -5 22 19
9 Oklahoma City 42 39 7 5 -2 12 2 19 22
10 Salem 41 40 25 13 6 21 7 26 15
11 Louisville 38 43 20 23 6 5 -2 24 17
12 Durham 46 35 8 11 -6 14 6 20 21
13 Tampa Bay 46 35 12 1 3 28 -3 21 20
14 Las Vegas 46 35 13 20 -2 14 -2 24 17
15 Boise 43 38 18 27 0 4 1 24 17
16 Charlotte 39 42 21 16 9 11 5 23 18
17 New York (NL) 42 39 15 10 6 22 -11 21 20
18 Nashville  44 37 24 18 3 26 -2 25 16
19 Honolulu 40 41 14 19 -5 10 3 20 21
20 Columbus 42 39 11 28 -4 8 -4 18 23
21 Rochester 40 41 19 16 -4 23 0 21 20
22 Buffalo  38 43 22 21 5 13 5 19 22
23 New York (AL) 40 41 5 21 -8 17 -7 16 25
24 New Britain  35 46 16 15 -8 19 -4 16 25
25 Trenton 36 45 23 9 0 30 1 18 23
26 Mexico City 34 47 29 25 -2 25 1 20 21
27 Boston 36 45 30 30 0 27 -1 20 21
28 Houston 32 49 31 32 -1 16 4 17 24
29 Detroit 23 58 26 31 1 18 -9 8 33
30 Oakland 30 51 32 29 -1 29 1 16 25
31 Burlington 31 50 28 24 -4 32 0 15 26
32 Washington 27 54 27 26 -4 31 -2 12 29

Friday, October 14, 2016

Season 23 Power Rankings #1

We're a quarter of the way into Season 23, so it's time to check in with the power rankings!  At the top, there's a new #1, and it's Helena, out of the gate with a great start, #1 in offense, and #2 in pitching!  Preseason #1 Richmond only falls to #2, as they are still living up to preseason expectations.  Syracuse is up 9 spots to #3, with a very nice start.  Seattle maintains their preseason #4 ranking, while the AL New York squad jumps up 16 spots to #5!  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings.

Biggest Climbers: #5 New York (AL) (+16), #6 St. Louis (+13), #16 New Britain (+12), #11 Columbus (+11), #15 New York (NL) (+11)

Biggest Falls: #26 Detroit (-19), #17 Chicago (-14), #18 Boise (-13), #21 Charlotte (-12), #22 Buffalo (-12)

There's still a long way to go and a lot could change.  Good luck to all as Season 23 rolls on!  Here are the complete rankings!

Pitching Offense
Team  W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Helena 27 13 2 2 1
2 Richmond 24 16 1 8 2
3 Syracuse 23 17 12 11 5
4 Seattle 26 14 4 1 20
5 New York (AL) 24 16 21 13 10
6 St. Louis 26 14 19 6 19
7 Oklahoma City 23 17 16 3 14
8 Durham 26 14 17 5 20
9 Wichita 23 17 6 15 7
10 Little Rock 21 19 15 10 8
11 Columbus 24 16 22 24 4
12 Tampa Bay 25 15 14 4 25
13 Las Vegas 22 18 13 18 12
14 Honolulu 20 20 8 14 13
15 New York (NL) 21 19 26 16 11
16 New Britain  19 21 28 7 15
17 Chicago 22 18 3 16 16
18 Boise 19 21 5 27 5
19 Rochester 19 21 20 12 23
20 Louisville 14 26 11 29 3
21 Charlotte 16 24 9 25 16
22 Buffalo  19 21 10 26 18
23 Trenton 18 22 29 9 31
24 Nashville  19 21 25 21 24
25 Salem 15 25 18 19 28
26 Detroit 15 25 7 32 9
27 Washington 15 25 23 22 29
28 Burlington 16 24 32 20 32
29 Mexico City 14 26 24 23 26
30 Boston 16 24 31 30 26
31 Houston 15 25 30 31 20
32 Oakland 14 26 27 28 30