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

Season 20 Power Rankings #2

The regular season has hit the halfway point in Season 20, so it's time for another edition of the power rankings!  At the top, New Britain holds on with consistent solid play, giving them the best record in Kenny Powers for the first half.  Buffalo climbs 2 spots to #2, as they are putting together another solid season.  #3 is Atlanta, who despite going .500 since the last rankings, still has excellent numbers.  Up 9 spots to #4 is Las Vegas, who posted the best record since the last rankings at 27-13.  Rounding out the top 5 is Chicago, who climbed 4 spots with a 25-15 record since the last rankings.  Let's see who were the biggest climbers and biggest falls since the last rankings!

Biggest Climbers:  #7 Helena (+16), #8 Seattle (+13), #6 Boston (+12), #4 Las Vegas (+9)

Biggest Falls: #26 Toronto (-16), #15 Tucson (-13), #21 Richmond (-7), #22 Boise (-6)

Good luck to all in the second half, here are the complete rankings!

					Pitching		Offense		LAST 40
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	51	30	1	12	-10	2	0	24	16
2	Buffalo	48	33	4	8	-1	9	2	23	17
3	Atlanta	46	35	3	2	1	6	2	20	20
4	Las Vegas	49	32	13	7	8	25	4	27	13
5	Chicago	50	31	9	15	7	10	-1	25	15
6	Boston	47	34	18	20	1	11	2	25	15
7	Helena	46	35	23	16	11	17	12	25	15
8	Seattle	46	35	21	10	2	26	-2	26	14
9	Huntington	47	34	8	4	4	7	-9	21	19
10	Pawtucket	43	38	5	3	3	8	5	18	22
11	Oklahoma City	47	34	6	13	1	13	-1	22	18
12	Detroit	48	33	7	4	1	27	4	22	18
13	Durham	47	34	17	26	-7	21	14	25	15
14	Tampa Bay	43	38	11	1	0	19	-1	20	20
15	Tucson	46	35	2	9	-5	5	-5	17	23
16	Honolulu	41	40	20	14	-3	15	2	23	17
17	Oakland	44	37	12	10	-1	12	-13	20	20
18	New York	39	42	15	21	3	4	-2	19	21
19	Syracuse	40	41	19	16	-3	16	-2	21	19
20	Little Rock	41	40	22	19	1	18	6	21	19
21	Richmond	39	42	14	22	-5	14	-1	19	21
22	Boise	41	40	16	27	1	1	0	19	21
23	St. Louis	36	45	24	18	8	24	-1	19	21
24	Burlington	35	46	25	4	5	32	0	19	21
25	Louisville	34	47	28	25	6	22	0	21	19
26	Toronto	36	45	10	30	-14	3	-13	12	28
27	Rochester	32	49	26	24	1	27	0	19	21
28	Cleveland	30	51	27	32	0	19	0	15	25
29	Iowa City	27	54	32	23	-6	29	6	15	25
30	Nashville	31	50	31	28	1	31	0	19	21
31	New Orleans	23	58	30	29	-6	30	0	10	30
32	Charlotte	23	58	29	31	-1	23	-6	9	31

Season 20 Power Rankings #1

A quarter of Season 20's regular season is in the books, so it's time to check in with the latest Power Rankings.  At #1, New Britain holds steady with a solid start to the season.  Tucson is off to the best start record-wise and surges to #2, up 8 spots from the preseason rankings.  Rounding out the top 5 are Atlanta, Buffalo and Pawtucket.  Let's look at see who the biggest movers are with the biggest climbs and biggest falls since the Preseason rankings!

Biggest Climbers:  #8 Huntington (+19), #10 Toronto (+14), #9 Chicago (+10), #2 Tucson (+8), #18 Boston (+7)

Biggest Falls:  #19 Syracuse (-15), #20 Honolulu (-15), Richmond (-11), #26 Rochester (-9), #21 Seattle (-8)

Here are the complete rankings!

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

Season 20 - Kenny Powers Top Rated Players

Here's who rated as our top players in Kenny Powers this season using the super-classified KP ratings formula!

OFFENSE
TOP OVERALL PLAYERS

Albert Valenzuela Buffalo Tiny Chickens Age: 28 B/T: L/R Born: Fantino, DO Position(s): 2B/CIF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Buffalo's Albert Valenzuela is once again the top rated overall player!

	Player	Team	Position	Rating
1	Albert Valenzuela	BUF	2B	56.0
2	Jose Reyes	PAW	LF	51.4
3	Scott Serrano	RIC	LF	51.2
4	J.C. Ganzel	HON	RF	51.0
5	Rodrigo Toregas	CLE	RF	50.3
6	Mike Clark	DET	3B	50.0
7	Dingo Price	CH1	3B	49.5
8	Adrian Skinner	HUN	2B	49.3
9	Shane Curtis	ROC	LF	49.2
10	Mandy Mahler	TUC	CF	49.0

TOP PURE HITTERS

Sherman Dunston Boise Taters Age: 28 B/T: S/R Born: Surrey, BC Position(s): 1B/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Boise's Dunston gets the nod as the top hitter in Kenny Powers!

	Player	Team	Position	Rating
1	Sherman Dunston	BOI	1B	48.0
2	Jeremy Randall	BUF	C	47.2
3	Braden Rodney	OK	C	47.0
4	Albert Valenzuela	BUF	2B	44.7
5	Scott Serrano	RIC	LF	44.4
6	J.C. Ganzel	HON	RF	44.2
7	Ivy Mench	HON	LF	44.0
8	John Greer	HUN	RF	43.6
9	Jimmy Fox	OK	3B	43.3
10	Bernie Jackson	NY1	DH	43.0

PITCHING
TOP STARTING PITCHERS

Ellis Brock Tampa Bay Mermen Age: 30 B/T: S/R Born: Hephzibah, GA Position(s): P (SP1) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Tampa Bay's Ellis Brock is still the top rated SP in Kenny Powers!

	Player	Team	Rating
1	Ellis Brock	TB	54.9
2	Justin Jordan	TUC	50.7
3	Allan Blackley	PAW	50.1
4	Alberto Campos	PAW	49.7
5	Norberto Morales	RIC	48.9
6	Nicholas Miller	NB	48.7
7	Ralph Moseley	LOU	48.3
8	Tim Blair	SYR	48.0
9	Matty Posada	OK	47.7
10	Stewart Mouton	ATL	47.6

TOP RELIEF PITCHERS

Rafael Acosta Buffalo Tiny Chickens Age: 31 B/T: R/R Born: Westlake, OH Position(s): P (SuA) View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Buffalo's Rafael Acosta is the top rated RP in Kenny Powers!

	Player	Team	Rating
1	Rafael Acosta	BUF	47.5
2	Bo Edmonds	TUC	46.0
3	Wiki Mateo	LV	45.5
4	Yorman Vincente	OK	44.5
5	Howie Lockwood	BUR	44.4
6	Matty Klaus	DET	44.2
7	Dan Ohlendorf	SYR	44.1
8	Hideki Inouoe	RIC	44.0
9	J.D. Willis	NY1	43.9
10	Raul Alburquerque	BUR	43.8