Thursday, February 15, 2018

Season 27 Power Rankings #1

It's hard to believe it, but it's already time for the first power rankings of the regular season!  Let's get right into it!  No change in the top 2 spots from the preseason rankings, as Little Rock comes in at #1 and Atlanta at #2, both living up to the preseason hype.  At #3, it's Helena jumping up two spots from their #5 preseason ranking, tying Atlanta for the best record in Kenny Powers to this point.  Jumping up to #4 from outside the top 10 is Richmond, who always seems to be in the mix.  Rounding out the top 5 is Durham, who is up three spots, looking very solid so far.  There's always a lot of volatility between the preseason and 1st regular season rankings, and this season is no different.  Let's take a look at the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers: #8 Salt Lake City (+22), #14 Santa Fe (+15), #15 Burlington (+12), #4 Richmond (+9), #6 Buffalo (+9)

Biggest Falls: #23 Rochester (-13), #28 Norfolk (-12), #17 New Britain (-11)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all as Season 27 carries on!

Pitching Offense
Team  W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Little Rock 26 15 1 1 2
2 Atlanta 27 14 2 1 8
3 Helena 27 14 5 8 3
4 Richmond 26 15 13 4 11
5 Durham 25 16 8 7 4
6 Buffalo  24 17 15 5 12
7 New York 25 16 12 9 15
8 Salt Lake City 25 16 30 6 23
9 Boise 25 16 3 3 21
10 Charlotte 23 18 4 28 1
11 Nashville  21 20 14 18 8
12 Santa Cruz 22 19 19 13 17
13 Honolulu 22 19 7 14 24
14 Santa Fe 22 19 29 30 5
15 Burlington 20 21 27 11 22
16 Wichita 22 19 22 27 7
17 New Britain  23 18 6 23 13
18 Ottawa 22 19 9 16 19
19 Syracuse 20 21 21 15 20
20 Tampa Bay 17 24 11 18 16
21 Monterrey 16 25 23 22 6
22 Seattle 19 22 25 10 28
23 Rochester 17 24 10 24 14
24 Baltimore 16 25 20 32 10
25 Tacoma 15 26 17 12 28
26 New Orleans 20 21 28 29 25
27 St. Louis 13 28 18 24 18
28 Norfolk 16 25 16 17 31
29 Oakland 16 25 26 20 26
30 Sioux Falls 16 25 24 26 30
31 Omaha 15 26 31 21 32
32 Pittsburgh 13 28 32 31 27