Season 18 All-Star Coverage

The All-Star teams for Season 18 have been finalized, and we're here to bring you all of the coverage!

In the American League, the All-Star team is highlighted by Jay Borbon making his 10th appearance and Stewart Mouton making his 9th.  The AL has 10 first-time All-Stars as well.  9 teams had All-Stars with 8 of them having at least 2, with New Britain leading the way with 6. 

In the National League, six players are making at least their 7th appearance on the All-Star team, led by all-time Saves leader Jamie Mancuso, making his 11th appearance, and Jeremy Randall making his 9th.  There were only 5 first-time All-Stars on the NL squad.  12 teams had All-Stars in the NL, with 7 of them sending one player.  Buffalo had the most All-Stars with 8, followed by Honolulu with 5.

Here are the complete rosters!

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Starters
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Livan Espinoza	Little Rock	6th
1B	Albert Aardsma	Toronto	3rd
2B	Mo Ferguson	Little Rock	3rd
3B	Emmanuel Moya	New York	1st
SS	Delino Santana	Little Rock	4th
LF	Jose Reyes	Pawtucket	3rd
CF	Clay Neal	Nashville	1st
RF	Donaldo Borbon	Boston	1st
DH	Bernie Jackson	New York	2nd
Pitchers
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Tony Gwynn	New Britain	4th
P	Ubaldo Merced	Atlanta	2nd
P	Bobby Valent	Atlanta	1st
P	Herbert Davis	Seattle	3rd
P	Zachrey Coleman	Toronto	5th
P	Valerio Baez	New Britain	4th
P	Jay Borbon	Nashville	10th
P	Ham Sampson	Seattle	1st
P	Stewart Mouton	Pawtucket	9th
P	Darron Lamb	Atlanta	1st
P	Tito Fox	Pawtucket	3rd
P	Walt DeWitt	Seattle	1st
P	Wilfredo Torres	Atlanta	2nd
Reserves
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Richard Tateyama	New Britain	1st
1B	Luis Guerrero	New Britain	1st
2B	Kyle Surtain	Atlanta	3rd
3B	Orber Pena	Little Rock	3rd
SS	Edgar Olivares	Toronto	2nd
LF	Geraldo Perez	New Britain	3rd
CF	Sidney Forbes	New Britain	4th
RF	Andres Veras	Toronto	1st

AL All-Stars by Team
New Britain	6
Atlanta	5
Little Rock	4
Toronto	4
Pawtucket	3
Seattle	3
Nashville	2
New York	2
Boston	1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Starters
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Jeremy Randall	Buffalo	9th
1B	Alex Sanchez	Tucson	3rd
2B	Albert Valenzuela	Buffalo	4th
3B	Cesar Perez	Tucson	3rd
SS	Shaggy Keefe	Salt Lake City	3rd
LF	Butch Borland	Syracuse	4th
CF	Brendan O'Neil	Honolulu	2nd
RF	J.C. Ganzel	Honolulu	6th
Pitchers
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	David Silva	Buffalo	7th
P	Jamie Mancuso	Memphis	11th
P	Jimmie Soto	Buffalo	8th
P	Ellis Brock	Tampa Bay	3rd
P	Markus Nelson	Rochester	5th
P	Tommy Stoddard	Syracuse	2nd
P	Norberto Morales	Richmond	1st
P	Jim Forbes	Burlington	1st
P	Alberto Campos	Syracuse	8th
P	Justin Jordan	Tucson	4th
P	Tim Blair	Syracuse	1st
P	Rock Hubbard	Richmond	1st
P	Enrique Navarre	Buffalo	3rd
P	Rafael Acosta	Buffalo	2nd
Reserves
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Carlos Mercedes	Honolulu	3rd
1B	Luis Navarro	Oklahoma City	2nd
2B	Adrian Skinner	Honolulu	3rd
3B	Ernie Hines	Buffalo	6th
SS	Rubby Bolivar	Tucson	1st
LF	Ivy Mench	Honolulu	8th
CF	Norm Hodges	Santa Cruz	3rd
RF	Davy Kendrick	Buffalo	2nd

NL All-Stars by Team
Buffalo	8
Honolulu	5
Syracuse	4
Tucson	4
Richmond	2
Burlington	1
Memphis	1
Oklahoma City	1
Rochester	1
Salt Lake City	1
Santa Cruz	1
Tampa Bay	1

Season 18 Power Rankings #2

We're past the half way point of Season 18, which means it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!   There was a change at the top, as New Britain claims the top spot with an impressive 34-8 run since the last rankings.  Buffalo falls 1 spot to #2, while Honolulu jumps 10 spots up to #3!  Syracuse and Oklahoma City round out the top 5.  Honorable mention goes to Toronto who jumped 12 spots from 21 to 9.   Good luck to all in the second half, here are the complete rankings!

					Offense		Pitching		Last 42
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	56	26	6	4	2	3	7	34	8
2	Buffalo	56	26	1	2	5	5	-1	26	16
3	Honolulu	50	32	13	1	3	10	2	30	12
4	Syracuse	52	30	3	3	0	11	-5	26	16
5	Oklahoma City	49	33	5	17	1	2	0	26	16
6	Tampa Bay	48	34	7	23	4	1	0	25	17
7	Atlanta	48	34	9	6	6	9	5	24	18
8	Salt Lake City	46	36	11	10	4	6	-1	24	18
9	Toronto	47	35	21	5	8	22	7	27	15
10	Tucson	45	37	8	9	-7	13	0	23	19
11	Little Rock	49	33	2	6	2	18	-3	22	20
12	Richmond	47	35	4	19	-9	4	-1	21	21
13	Burlington	46	36	20	31	-6	8	8	25	17
14	Seattle	42	40	10	17	-1	7	1	20	22
15	Boston	44	38	14	11	-3	27	-3	23	19
16	Oakland	42	40	16	8	-7	20	0	19	23
17	Memphis	45	37	25	30	-5	15	7	26	16
18	Nashville	40	42	22	14	6	19	2	22	20
19	Pawtucket	39	43	12	12	-8	24	-5	19	23
20	Louisville	39	43	24	21	2	17	6	21	21
21	Santa Cruz	42	40	15	28	1	11	-4	19	23
22	New York	38	44	17	15	2	23	-5	18	24
23	Rochester	34	48	26	22	8	14	-4	22	20
24	Helena	35	47	31	16	12	26	1	22	20
25	Charlotte	39	43	19	13	-2	29	-1	18	24
26	San Francisco	35	47	23	20	-5	21	-4	17	25
27	Detroit	34	48	18	25	-4	16	-7	14	28
28	Chicago	31	51	27	28	-4	28	-2	15	27
29	Vancouver	29	53	30	27	4	25	0	14	28
30	New Orleans	26	56	29	26	-4	30	0	11	31
31	Cleveland	22	60	28	24	-5	31	0	10	32
32	San Juan	17	65	32	32	0	32	0	9	33

Season 18 Power Rankings #1

Buffalo takes over the top spot, as Little Rock falls to #2!  Richmond catapults from 24 to 4!  Here's the full rankings!

					Offense	Pitching
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Rank
1	Buffalo	30	10	3	7	4
2	Little Rock	27	13	1	8	15
3	Syracuse	26	14	6	3	6
4	Richmond	26	14	24	10	3
5	Oklahoma City	23	17	2	18	2
6	New Britain	22	18	4	6	10
7	Tampa Bay	23	17	7	27	1
8	Tucson	22	18	9	2	13
9	Atlanta	24	16	17	12	14
10	Seattle	22	18	12	16	8
11	Salt Lake City	22	18	13	14	5
12	Pawtucket	20	20	5	4	19
13	Honolulu	20	20	8	4	12
14	Boston	21	19	10	8	24
15	Santa Cruz	23	17	18	29	7
16	Oakland	23	17	23	1	20
17	New York	20	20	11	17	18
18	Detroit	20	20	14	21	9
19	Charlotte	21	19	26	11	28
20	Burlington	21	19	29	25	16
21	Toronto	20	20	19	13	29
22	Nashville	18	22	15	20	21
23	San Francisco	18	22	22	15	17
24	Louisville	18	22	28	23	23
25	Memphis	19	21	30	25	22
26	Rochester	12	28	16	30	10
27	Chicago	16	24	21	24	26
28	Cleveland	12	28	20	19	31
29	New Orleans	15	25	25	22	30
30	Vancouver	15	25	31	31	25
31	Helena	13	27	27	28	27
32	San Juan	8	32	32	32	32