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

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