Season 22 Power Rankings #3

As we head down the home stretch of Season 22, it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  Let's get to it!  No change in the top 2 as New Britain and Chicago hold steady at those positions.  From there, we have Helena coming up from #14 to #3, as they posted an impressive 33-9 record since the last rankings!  The back-to-back champs Richmond are getting hot once again and come in at #4.  At #5, it's another big climber in Louisville, up 11 spots to #5.   Here are all of the biggest climbers, as well as the biggest falls since the last rankings.

Biggest Climbers: #3 Helena (+11), #5 Louisville (+11), #6 Seattle (+11), #9 Syracuse (+6), #22 Durham (+5)

Biggest Falls: #17 Buffalo (-12), #18 Charlotte (-11), #10 Wichita (-7), #19 Honolulu (-6)

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

					Pitching		Offense		LAST PER
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	77	46	1	5	5	2	1	29	13
2	Chicago	72	50	2	2	6	4	-1	26	15
3	Helena	75	48	14	8	5	3	10	33	9
4	Richmond	75	47	6	4	0	14	3	29	12
5	Louisville	66	57	16	16	9	6	2	26	16
6	Seattle	66	57	17	1	6	28	0	27	15
7	Oklahoma City	66	57	4	6	-4	13	2	20	22
8	Mexico City	63	60	11	14	2	5	1	23	19
9	Syracuse	66	57	15	10	2	19	4	23	19
10	Wichita	64	58	3	9	0	10	-8	17	24
11	Boise	69	53	8	20	0	8	-3	22	19
12	Jacksonville	62	60	10	17	-1	7	3	20	21
13	Las Vegas	65	57	9	2	-1	30	-5	19	22
14	St. Louis	62	61	12	11	0	25	2	23	19
15	Tampa Bay	60	62	19	13	-7	17	-2	22	19
16	Detroit	63	59	20	18	3	21	5	21	20
17	Buffalo	66	56	5	23	-1	15	-9	17	24
18	Charlotte	64	59	7	22	-7	11	-3	17	25
19	Honolulu	62	60	13	23	-5	12	0	19	22
20	Rochester	57	65	18	7	-4	29	1	19	22
21	Trenton	60	62	22	26	1	16	2	21	20
22	Durham	56	66	27	30	1	9	5	20	21
23	Washington	53	70	24	28	1	1	0	19	23
24	Boston	58	65	26	29	-3	25	4	20	22
25	Salem	54	69	21	21	3	17	-6	16	26
26	Nashville	55	68	29	31	-1	20	-2	19	23
27	Kansas City	53	70	31	15	4	32	0	20	22
28	Burlington	54	69	23	12	-7	31	0	16	26
29	Cincinnati	54	69	30	27	1	23	-3	17	25
30	Oakland	49	73	25	19	-5	24	-4	15	26
31	New York	52	70	28	25	-2	27	-3	16	25
32	New Orleans	42	80	32	32	0	21	1	13	28

Season 22 All-Star Coverage

The All-Star break is here in Season 22, and we've got all of the coverage on this year's All-Star teams!

In the American League, New Britain, #1 in the Kenny Powers rankings, had the most All-Stars with six, including Alberto Campos who made his 11th All-Star team!  Other notables include starting SS Delino Santana of Jacksonville making his 8th appearance.

In the National League, it's the #2 team in the rankings, Chicago leading the way, also with six.  Notable players on the squad include starting catcher Jeremy Randall of Buffalo raising the bar a little higher by making an incredible 13th All-Star team! Matty Posada of Oklahoma City is in the All-Star game for the 12th time, while Buffalo closer David Silva is making his 11th appearance and Honolulu slugger J.C. Ganzel is making his 10th.

Here are the complete rosters!

American League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Richard Tateyama	New Britain	4th
1B	Bob Patterson	Mexico City	4th
2B	Ken Ingram	New Britain	4th
3B	Andy Minor	Mexico City	5th
SS	Delino Santana	Jacksonville	8th
LF	Al Hughes	Helena	1st
CF	Steve Miller	New Britain	1st
RF	Heathcliff Davis	New York	1st
DH	Octavio Guerrero	Detroit	2nd

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Nicholas Miller	New Britain	4th
P	Ubaldo Jose	Jacksonville	2nd
P	David Mujica	New York	1st
P	Ben Shoppach	Boise	1st
P	Shawn Melhuse	Boston	2nd
P	Alberto Campos	New Britain	11th
P	Mitch Cooper	Trenton	1st
P	Steven Sampson	Washington	1st
P	Ted Wagner	Oakland	3rd
P	Carlos Oliva	Mexico City	1st
P	Troy Bowker	Detroit	1st
P	Vin Lee	Nashville	1st
P	Dellin Sanchez	Seattle	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Carlos DeLeon	Wichita	2nd
1B	Wesley Pall	Trenton	1st
2B	Sean Lewis	Helena	1st
3B	Patrick Jefferies	Jacksonville	1st
SS	Banana Bergeron	New Britain	3rd
LF	Antonio Liang	Boise	2nd
CF	Rex Kennedy	Helena	4th
RF	Joaquin Gonzales	Jacksonville	2nd

AL All-Stars by Team

New Britain	6
Jacksonville	4
Helena	3
Mexico City	3
Boise	2
Detroit	2
New York	2
Trenton	2
Boston	1
Nashville	1
Oakland	1
Seattle	1
Washington	1
Wichita	1

National League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Jeremy Randall	Buffalo	13th
1B	Julio Park	Durham	2nd
2B	Albert Valenzuela	Buffalo	8th
3B	Dingo Price	Chicago	3rd
SS	Dontrelle Rooney	Buffalo	1st
LF	Domingo Iglesias	Tampa Bay	1st
CF	Rodrigo Toregas	Cincinnati	3rd
RF	J.C. Ganzel	Honolulu	10th

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Justin Jordan	Salem	6th
P	Ellis Brock	Tampa Bay	5th
P	Rico Tejera	Salem	3rd
P	Boomer Lange	Chicago	2nd
P	Wiki Mateo	Las Vegas	1st
P	Nicholas Gil	Las Vegas	3rd
P	Jordan Santangelo	Chicago	1st
P	Harry Pujols	Buffalo	1st
P	David Silva	Buffalo	11th
P	Matty Posada	Oklahoma City	12th
P	Tim Blair	Syracuse	3rd
P	Cy Sanders	Chicago	3rd
P	Raul Alburquerque	Burlington	2nd
P	Kiki Lima	Kansas City	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Gerald Richard	Tampa Bay	1st
1B	Vasco Correa	Chicago	2nd
2B	Jose Cortes	Chicago	1st
3B	Juan Nieves	Durham	1st
SS	Joe Farley	Kansas City	1st
LF	Rogers Dixon	Las Vegas	1st
CF	Mandy Mahler	Salem	5th
RF	Vic Hall	Louisville	1st

NL All-Stars by Team

Chicago	6
Buffalo	5
Las Vegas	3
Salem	3
Tampa Bay	3
Durham	2
Kansas City	2
Burlington	1
Cincinnati	1
Honolulu	1
Louisville	1
Oklahoma City	1
Syracuse	1

Season 22 Power Rankings #2

We're at the halfway point of Season 22, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  And there's a new #1!  Coming up from the 5 spot, it's New Britain once again with a hold on the #1 ranking.  #2 and #3 remain Chicago and Wichita, while it's Oklahoma City jumping from 9 to 4, and Buffalo all the way up from #16 to round out the top 5.   Here are the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings:

Biggest Climbers: #12 St. Louis (+16), #5 Buffalo (+11), #16 Louisville (+10), #11 Mexico City (+6)

Biggest Falls: #19 Tampa Bay (-15), #20 Detroit (-9), #23 Burlington (-9), #9 Las Vegas (-8), #14 Helena (-8)

Here are the complete rankings, good luck in the 2nd half and have a happy 4th!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	48	33	5	10	-1	3	6	23	17
2	Chicago	46	35	2	8	-3	3	-1	22	18
3	Wichita	47	34	3	9	1	2	2	21	19
4	Oklahoma City	46	35	9	2	10	15	-5	25	15
5	Buffalo	49	32	16	22	3	6	5	27	13
6	Richmond	46	35	8	4	0	17	7	23	17
7	Charlotte	47	34	7	15	-1	8	-5	24	16
8	Boise	47	34	10	20	3	5	1	23	17
9	Las Vegas	46	35	1	1	0	25	-11	19	21
10	Jacksonville	42	39	13	16	10	10	-5	21	19
11	Mexico City	40	41	17	16	8	6	1	21	19
12	St. Louis	39	42	28	11	0	27	2	24	16
13	Honolulu	43	38	18	18	4	12	0	21	19
14	Helena	42	39	6	13	-5	13	3	17	23
15	Syracuse	43	38	15	12	1	23	3	20	20
16	Louisville	40	41	26	25	4	8	5	22	18
17	Seattle	39	42	12	7	-2	28	-7	20	20
18	Rochester	38	43	20	3	4	30	-3	20	20
19	Tampa Bay	38	43	4	6	-3	15	-7	13	27
20	Detroit	42	39	11	21	-3	26	-7	18	22
21	Salem	38	43	21	24	-8	11	9	18	22
22	Trenton	39	42	24	27	-7	18	4	20	20
23	Burlington	38	43	14	5	-3	31	-1	17	23
24	Washington	34	47	19	29	-1	1	0	16	24
25	Oakland	34	47	27	14	5	20	-3	17	23
26	Boston	38	43	25	26	-12	29	1	19	21
27	Durham	36	45	30	31	-1	14	4	19	21
28	New York	36	45	22	23	-2	24	-1	17	23
29	Nashville	36	45	29	30	1	18	-3	19	21
30	Cincinnati	37	44	23	28	-11	20	5	18	22
31	Kansas City	33	48	31	19	8	32	0	20	20
32	New Orleans	29	52	32	32	0	22	6	16	24

Season 22 Power Rankings #1

A quarter of the season is in the books in Kenny Powers Season 22, so it's time to check in with the power rankings!  And to kick it off with a bang, there's a new #1!  All the way up from #13 to the top spot is Las Vegas who has been dazzling the league with their pitching out of the gate.  Chicago and Wichita hang on to their #2 and 3 spots, but 2 more teams have surged up the rankings to round out the top 5 in Tampa Bay and New Britain.  Now for the biggest climbers and biggest falls.

Biggest Climbers: #7 Charlotte (+20), #4 Tampa Bay (+18), #14 Burlington (+14), #1 Las Vegas (+12), #5 New Britain (+11)

Biggest Falls: #26 Louisville (-20), #18 Honolulu (-11), #28 St. Louis (-11), #31 Kansas City (-8), #8 Richmond (-7)

It looks like it will be an extremely tight race this season in both leagues, good luck to all, and here are the complete rankings!

					Pitching	Offense
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Rank
1	Las Vegas	27	14	13	1	14
2	Chicago	24	17	2	5	2
3	Wichita	26	15	3	10	4
4	Tampa Bay	25	16	22	3	8
5	New Britain	25	16	16	9	9
6	Helena	25	16	4	8	16
7	Charlotte	23	18	27	14	3
8	Richmond	23	18	1	4	24
9	Oklahoma City	21	20	11	12	10
10	Boise	24	17	5	23	6
11	Detroit	24	17	9	18	19
12	Seattle	19	22	8	5	21
13	Jacksonville	21	20	12	26	5
14	Burlington	21	20	28	2	30
15	Syracuse	23	18	14	13	26
16	Buffalo	22	19	10	25	11
17	Mexico City	19	22	20	24	7
18	Honolulu	22	19	7	22	12
19	Washington	18	23	18	28	1
20	Rochester	18	23	19	7	27
21	Salem	20	21	15	16	20
22	New York	19	22	26	21	23
23	Cincinnati	19	22	25	17	25
24	Trenton	19	22	21	20	22
25	Boston	19	22	32	14	30
26	Louisville	18	23	6	29	13
27	Oakland	17	24	30	19	17
28	St. Louis	15	26	17	11	29
29	Nashville	17	24	29	31	15
30	Durham	17	24	24	30	18
31	Kansas City	13	28	23	27	32
32	New Orleans	13	28	31	32	28

Season 22 Preseason Power Rankings

Spring Training is in full swing for Season 22, so it's time to run those rosters through the magic formula and come up with the Preseason Power Rankings!   At the top of the rankings, just as they were last preseason, is the 2-time defending champions Richmond.  They look to have the roster strength to chase the Three-peat.  Also repeating their preseason ranking from Season 21, at #2 is Chicago.  Wichita gets another high preseason ranking, coming in at #3.  Helena and Boise round out the top 5.   

It's a bit of a surprise to see the top regular season team from last season, New Britain at #16.  Don't think they're done piecing together their offense, but we have to go with what they have now.  They do have tremendous pitching, so look for them to vault up the rankings.  

Here are the complete rankings, good luck to all in Season 22!

				Starting	Relief
		Season 21		Pitching	Pitching	Hitting	Fielding
	Team	W	L	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
1	Richmond	97	65	2	9	1	2
2	Chicago	94	68	6	10	9	1
3	Wichita	82	80	3	19	11	16
4	Helena	90	72	7	12	11	8
5	Boise	82	80	9	26	2	19
6	Louisville	82	80	8	18	3	25
7	Honolulu	100	62	13	7	7	14
8	Seattle	87	75	5	11	18	8
9	Detroit	84	78	4	3	15	32
10	Buffalo	83	79	19	2	8	16
11	Oklahoma City	92	70	17	13	3	19
12	Jacksonville	86	76	11	17	15	2
13	Las Vegas	95	67	22	7	14	2
14	Syracuse	65	97	24	6	13	11
15	Salem	67	95	10	1	23	16
16	New Britain	109	53	1	4	28	19
17	St. Louis	76	86	21	24	9	29
18	Washington	83	79	16	31	6	31
19	Rochester	74	88	18	16	20	2
20	Mexico City	85	77	14	15	24	19
21	Trenton	61	101	15	22	22	14
22	Tampa Bay	83	79	12	5	26	30
23	Kansas City	77	85	28	29	17	6
24	Durham	83	79	26	19	21	8
25	Cincinnati	70	92	32	32	3	11
26	New York	71	91	20	21	27	6
27	Charlotte	72	90	30	30	19	19
28	Burlington	69	93	29	14	29	27
29	Nashville	75	87	31	27	25	11
30	Oakland	81	81	23	25	31	27
31	New Orleans	58	104	27	23	30	26
32	Boston	79	83	25	28	32	24

Season 22 Offseason Free Agency Tracker

Season 22 is under way, this is the place to track movement of the top players in offseason free agency.   Best of luck to all of the shoppers out there!

				Old	New	Contract
Rank	Player	Pos	Age	Team	Team	Amount	Years
1	Shane Curtis	RF	30	ROC	ROC	$100.0 M	5
	Comments: This season's top Free Agent has 100 HR in the past two seasons
2	B.C. Philips	LF	30	WAS	STL	$75.0 M	5
	Comments:  Has 75 HR in the past two seasons and is still a major threat at the plate
3	Marc Towers	3B	33	RIC	SEA	$60.0 M	4
	Comments: Towers is still a superior talent but age is a slight concern with him
4	Gary Simmons	1B	30	SYR	SYR	$10.3 M	3
	Comments: Superior batting eye and ability to hit RHP has his career OPS over .800
5	Mark Randolph	SP	31	DUR	DUR	$22.6 M	4
	Comments: Not a staff ace, but fairly effective in Durham and keeps the ball dwon
6	Wilkin Ozuna	SP	34	HON	ROC	$10.8 M	2
	Comments: In a very weak pitching FA class, he's one of the best starters available
7	J.J. Brewer	1B	34	SYR	SYR	$4.2 M	1
	Comments: One of the best pure hitting talents available, coming off a great season
8	Cesar Osoria	CF	32	NO	SEA	$40.0 M	4
	Comments: Can get on base, doesn't strike out much, and plays a good CF
9	Luis Guerrero	LF	33	NB	NB	$11.6 M	2
	Comments: He's an OBP machine, with one of the best batting eyes around
10	Ricardo Guerrero	DH	27	NB	TRE	$7.2 M	2
	Comments: Best pure power bat around, and has .834 career OPS, but limited in the field
11	Julio Mairena	RP	31	JAX	HON	$20.8 M	4
	Comments:  Not an outstanding track record, but he's got the tools to still be a solid RP
12	Morris Washington	C	34	SYR	BOI	$15.0 M	3
	Comments: Very nice bat for a Catcher, but with low arm strength may give up a lot of steals
13	Antonio Zhang	RP	31	BUF	LOU	$3.6 M	1
	Comments: Nice track record of success and shouldn't start his decline for a bit
14	Clay Baker	C	30	NB	KC	$4.2 M	1
	Comments: Great bat for a Catcher, decent defensively, but pitch calling skills are weak
15	John Mercedes	SP	34	BOS	STL	$9.2 M	2
	Comments: Decent SP for what's out there but mediocre control makes him a risk
16	Otto Gibson	LF	34	SEA	SYR	$14.6 M	3
	Comments: Solid, yet not spectacular bat, and age related decline is a factor
17	Karim Calderone	RP	35	WAS	TB	$17.0 M	4
	Comments: Solid track record, and very effective pitches, but age is a slight concern here
18	Horace Foster	RP	31	KC	SYR	$13.3 M	3
	Comments: Very nice overall makeup, although he doesn't have that lights out goto pitch
19	Sidney Forbes	CF	35	NY1	LOU	$4.3 M	1
	Comments: Tremendous batting eye and can still play a decent CF, but age is a factor
20	Thom Cummings	RP	27	NY1	SEA	$0.7 M	1
	Comments: Terrible track record, but is only 27 with decent ratings, so could surprise
21	Rob Fisher	SP	28	BOS	ROC	$5.6 M	2
	Comments: Underwhelming control and splits, but great pitches and keeps it down
22	Boone James	RP	29	RIC	HEL	$8.4 M	2
	Comments: Ratings seem to indicate he could improve on career numbers and is only 29
23	Tom Day	1B	32	NY1	OKC	$21.5 M	4
	Comments: Great batting eye, with decent speed, but below average power
24	Hal Rowe	RP	31	NY1	OKC	$5.6 M	2
	Comments: Outstanding control and effective vs. LH, but lacks strong pitches
25	Dusty Cook	RP	36	DET	CH1	$8.0 M	2
	Comments: He's getting up there in age, but very impressive ratings and good track record