Season 20 Power Rankings #3

As we head in to the final quarter of Season 20, it's time to check in with another edition of the power rankings!  The top 2 remain unchanged with New Britain and Buffalo holding onto those spots, as both teams continue playing very well.  At #3, surging up 8 spots is Oklahoma City, who went 25-16 since the last rankings, thanks to their offense kicking it into another gear.  Still in the top 5, but slipping one spot each are #4 Atlanta and #5 Las Vegas.  Let's see who the biggest climbers and biggest falls were since the last rankings.

Biggest Climbers:  #3 Oklahoma City (+8), #7 Tampa Bay (+7), #9 Honolulu (+7), #14 Richmond (+7), #11 Oakland (+6)

Biggest Falls:  #16 Chicago (-11), #17 Pawtucket (-7), #20 Durham (-7), #15 Huntington (-6), #21 Tucson (-6)

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

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 41
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	78	44	1	7	5	2	0	27	14
2	Buffalo	73	49	2	4	4	10	-1	25	16
3	Oklahoma City	72	50	11	12	1	3	10	25	16
4	Atlanta	69	53	3	2	0	7	-1	23	18
5	Las Vegas	73	49	4	3	4	21	4	24	17
6	Helena	69	53	7	9	7	8	9	23	18
7	Tampa Bay	66	56	14	1	0	20	-1	23	18
8	Boston	69	53	6	20	0	9	2	22	19
9	Honolulu	64	58	16	13	1	12	3	23	18
10	Seattle	70	52	8	9	1	25	1	24	17
11	Oakland	68	54	17	8	2	24	-12	24	17
12	Detroit	70	52	12	6	-2	26	1	22	19
13	New York	61	61	18	16	5	5	-1	22	19
14	Richmond	63	59	21	18	4	15	-1	24	17
15	Huntington	66	56	9	5	-1	21	-14	19	22
16	Chicago	68	54	5	23	-8	13	-3	18	23
17	Pawtucket	59	63	10	9	-6	4	4	16	25
18	Syracuse	61	61	19	17	-1	11	5	21	20
19	Boise	62	60	22	28	-1	1	0	21	20
20	Durham	67	55	13	30	-4	6	15	20	21
21	Tucson	63	59	15	14	-5	16	-11	17	24
22	Toronto	60	62	26	25	5	18	-15	24	17
23	St. Louis	56	66	23	19	-1	16	8	20	21
24	Little Rock	60	62	20	21	-2	14	4	19	22
25	Louisville	57	65	25	26	-1	19	3	23	18
26	Rochester	53	69	27	22	2	29	-2	21	20
27	Burlington	47	75	24	14	-10	32	0	12	29
28	Nashville	50	72	30	29	-1	27	4	19	22
29	Cleveland	43	79	28	32	0	21	-2	13	28
30	New Orleans	42	80	31	27	2	30	0	19	22
31	Iowa City	36	86	29	24	-1	28	1	9	32
32	Charlotte	37	85	32	31	0	31	-8	14	27

Season 20 All-Star Coverage

The All-Star break has come and gone in season 20, so let's take a look at what went down.

The American League team was led by hurler Alberto Campos who hit double digits by making his 10th All-Star appearance.   New Britain had the most AL All-Stars with 6, and 13 different teams were represented.  8 players on the AL squad were first time All-Stars.

The NL team had a core of familiar faces, including Buffalo's Jeremy Randall making an incredible 11th All-Star appearance at age 33.  Teammates Jimmie Soto, who hit double digits himself, making his 10th All-Star team, and David Silva, making his 9th appearance, were other notables.  Honolulu slugger J.C. Ganzel made his 8th All-Star team.  It was Las Vegas, however, who ended up with the most NL All-Stars with 5, with 14 teams having players make the squad.  There were 9 first time All-Stars on the NL team.

The festivities started with the Home Run Derby, which the aforementioned J.C. Ganzel ended up winning with 36 total Home Runs.  The All-Star game itself was a blowout for the NL, as they defeated the AL 13-5, led by a 3 for 3 2 HR 4 RBI performance from MVP Albert Valenzuela of Buffalo, sealing the fact that every Buffalo All-Star got an individual mention in the recap.

Here are the complete rosters, congrats to those owners who had players make the team!

AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS

Starters
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Richard Tateyama	New Britain	2nd
1B	Sherman Dunston	Boise	2nd
2B	Ken Ingram	New Britain	2nd
3B	Andy Minor	Atlanta	4th
SS	Delino Santana	Little Rock	6th
LF	Geraldo Perez	New Britain	5th
CF	Sidney Forbes	Toronto	6th
RF	Luis Guerrero	New Britain	3rd
DH	Bernie Jackson	New York	4th
Pitchers
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Ted Wagner	Oakland	2nd
P	Ubaldo Merced	Atlanta	3rd
P	Seth Davis	Helena	1st
P	Sidney Ruffin	Helena	1st
P	Alberto Campos	Pawtucket	10th
P	Herbert Vina	Nashville	2nd
P	Henry Colin	Seattle	2nd
P	Valerio Baez	New Britain	5th
P	Allan Blackley	Pawtucket	2nd
P	Chipper Savage	Boston	1st
P	Robinzon Felix	Oakland	1st
P	Matty Klaus	Detroit	1st
P	Robb Gumbs	Oakland	2nd
Reserves
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Russell Berry	Atlanta	3rd
1B	Octavio Guerrero	Detroit	1st
2B	Pepper Simon	Boston	2nd
3B	David Frias	Boston	4th
SS	Banana Bergeron	New Britain	2nd
LF	Max Acevedo	Helena	1st
CF	Rex Kennedy	Helena	2nd
RF	B.C. Philips	Pawtucket	1st

AL ALL-STARS BY TEAM

New Britain	6
Helena	4
Atlanta	3
Boston	3
Oakland	3
Pawtucket	3
Detroit	2
Boise	1
Little Rock	1
Nashville	1
New York	1
Seattle	1
Toronto	1

NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS

Starters
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Jeremy Randall	Buffalo	11th
1B	Alex Sanchez	Tucson	5th
2B	Albert Valenzuela	Buffalo	6th
3B	Dingo Price	Chicago	1st
SS	Shaggy Keefe	Las Vegas	4th
LF	Scott Serrano	Richmond	1st
CF	Mandy Mahler	Tucson	4th
RF	J.C. Ganzel	Honolulu	8th
Pitchers
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	David Silva	Buffalo	9th
P	Justin Jordan	Tucson	5th
P	Gene Bonilla	Huntington	1st
P	Jimmie Soto	Buffalo	10th
P	Nicholas Gil	Las Vegas	1st
P	Raul Alburquerque	Burlington	1st
P	Norberto Morales	Richmond	2nd
P	Orlando Ortiz	Las Vegas	2nd
P	Tony Tavarez	Oklahoma City	4th
P	Ralph Moseley	Louisville	4th
P	Boomer Lange	Chicago	1st
P	Geronimo Moraga	Las Vegas	1st
P	Hector Armas	Huntington	2nd
P	George Lee	Huntington	1st
Reserves
	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Mike Russell	St. Louis	2nd
1B	Brett Leach	Las Vegas	3rd
2B	Adrian Skinner	Huntington	4th
3B	Miguel Armas	Syracuse	1st
SS	Allen Garcia	Syracuse	2nd
LF	Shane Curtis	Rochester	4th
CF	Phil Hardy	Chicago	2nd
RF	Rodrigo Toregas	Cleveland	1st

NL ALL-STARS BY TEAM

Las Vegas	5
Buffalo	4
Huntington	4
Chicago	3
Tucson	3
Richmond	2
Syracuse	2
Burlington	1
Cleveland	1
Honolulu	1
Louisville	1
Oklahoma City	1
Rochester	1
St. Louis	1