Monday, June 17, 2013

Season 12 Power Rankings - 1st Quarter

One quarter of Season 12 is in the books, and there have been some surprises, disappointments, and shocking numbers put up to this point. One thing that has remained the same is the #1 team, Oklahoma City tops the rankings as they have in every edition dating back to last season. Some new contenders have emerged, while some usually tough teams are off to a slow start. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out the rest of the season. In the meantime, here are the rankings!


Team  W L PREV Comments
1 Oklahoma City 29 12 1 Still atop the rankings, but the pack seems closer
2 Pawtucket  27 14 8 Absolutely crushing the ball so far
3 Little Rock  26 15 5 Off to a good start thanks to good balance
4 Tampa Bay 27 14 17 Pitching has been stellar, will offense be enough?
5 Buffalo  26 15 3 The defending champs are off to a good start
6 Nashville  26 15 28 Team is surprising, after rough last season
7 Memphis  27 14 18 Great pitching so far, the bats need to step up
8 Chicago (AL) 23 18 22 Holding their own with good pitching in a hitters park
9 Las Vegas 27 18 27 Offseason moves are paying off, looking good
10 Cincinnati 24 17 9 Pitching could be better, but they are in a hitters park
11 Dover  23 18 12 Offense is phenomenal, but pitching is atrocious
12 Salem 24 17 19 Pitching is carrying this team so far 
13 Tacoma  20 21 15 Offense is actually decent, better than their record
14 Monterrey 23 18 16 Offensive numbers are great, but pitching is a concern
15 Rochester 21 20 10 Offense is struggling a bit so far, but good pitching
16 Helena 20 21 20 Doing well, may be a bit better than their record
17 Louisville 20 21 2 Surprising fall, but they do play in a tough division
18 Boise 20 21 31 Another team crushing the ball, with terrible pitching
19 Augusta  19 22 7 Decent stats, better than their record indicates
20 Boston  19 22 11 Pitching is the reason for their mediocre start
21 Vancouver  21 20 6 Slow start for the hurlers, Hurst should step it up
22 Texas  18 23 30 Same as last season, good offense, bad pitching
23 Detroit 17 24 29 Decent numbers, should have a few more W's
24 Colorado 18 23 26 Stats are what you'd expect for Colorado
25 Philadelphia 18 23 13 Nice pitching, but bats aren't getting it done
26 Seattle 20 21 14 Pitching has been awful, lucky to have 20 W's, really
27 Indianapolis 19 22 24 Pitching hasn't been great so far here
28 Burlington 18 23 23 Pitching only decent, and offense really struggling
29 New Britain  14 27 4 Should have a few more W's, but pitching not good
30 Chicago (NL) 13 28 21 Offense has really started off slow
31 New York  9 32 25 Almost as bad as Portland, and that says a lot
32 Portland  4 37 32 Pathetic, I didn't think it was possible to go 4-37