Parentheses denote last week's rankings, current record.
1. (2, 44-12) New York Yankees: Their time has come to be on top of the power rankings with Minnesota struggling this week the Yankees are on top. Their staff has a ERA of 2.37 and less than half of the league has a ERA that isn't double that it will be interesting to see what happens when or even if the staff slips up a bit.
2. (3, 39-17 ) New York Metropolitans: Yes haters this is a Frank Sinatra song, but after destroying Minnesota and having the second best record in the league we couldn't find a way to keep the New York teams out of the top 2. In the past the Mets offence has not been a strength but this season they are 3rd in the league with 332 runs scored and a top 5 team OPS.
3. (4, 37-19 ) St. Louis Greys: The good times aren't so good for the Greys lately they have dropped 4 of their last 5 including being shut out twice, but to be fair those were against the Yankees. If they want to keep this pace up they could look to upgrade their lineup they have only scored 262 runs 12th worst in the league.
4. (8, 36-20) Albuquerque Isotopes: The 'topes have won 15 of 18 which is pretty impressive. They also have the most potent offence in the league so they have that going for them too.
5. (1, 34-22) Minnesota Fatboys: After going 3 and 7 in their last 10 the Fatboys got knocked off the hill and took a little tumble down the power rankings but it's still early in the year and you can't count out the the team that has won back to back championships especially with their lineup.
6. (5, 34-22) Milwaukee Twindyans: It's not that they were worse this week it's that other teams got better the Twindyans are still the same good team they were last week they are a balanced team with a top 8 pitching staff and lineup with a star in each.
7. (6, 34-22) Anaheim Anteaters: Haywood Gipson better boost the offence because right now it's 20th in the league right now the pitching staff is carrying Anaheim and with a staff full of number 2 starters it should hold up throughout the season.
8. (9, 34-22) Cheyenne Tackleberries: Cheyenne has been a bit of surprise this year they have finished re-building and they did it well apparently and are riding a 6 game winning streak right now.
9. (7, 31-25) Chicago Jayhawks: What happened here? Most teams would be happy to be 31-25 but it got to bug Chicago that they can't seem to find the high gear that allowed them to rule the NL in the past years and with Sliva and the Yankees running away that's got to bug Chicago's owner.
10. (14, 32-24) Iowa City Comics: For a little while we thought Iowa had grown old fast but that was premature Iowa is back to their self and making a run to the top of the NL South.
11. (12, 33-23) Oklahoma City Twins: The Twins have been pretty darn good that last few seasons and relied on the pitching staff but this is getting redicualous they are 6th best in ERA and 6th worst in runs scored.
12. (10, 27-29) Florida Cottonmouths: Florida is on a 5 game losing streak currently which is going to drop you in the power rankings
13. (15, 32-24) Tampa Bay Devil Rays: The most surprising stat of the week to us was that Tampa bay is actually 5th in runs scored in the league.
14. (18, 33-23) Nashville Twang: A winning season in Nashville? It could happen this year. They are on a run right now winning 9 of their last10.
15. (11, 30-26) Buffalo Europeans: Buffalo has been really good in their last 10 games going 7-3 but they fell in the rankings because some teams had better weeks.
16. (23, 29-27) San Antonio Sting: The Sting have been the most surprising team this year expected to be one of the worst teams in the league they are actually average at least so far this year which has to be a nice surprise.
17. (13, 28-28) Syracuse Fightin' Boeheims: It wasn't a good week for the Boeheims who watched teams make a run while they stood still as a result they lost ground.
18. (17, 29-27) Sioux Falls Gunslingers: Sioux Falls is only 5 back of Milwaukee and still in the race they just can have many bad streches because Milwaukee is pretty good.
19. (19, 29-27) Boston Red Sox: Same story different year they can't pitch but they can hit.
20. (21, 29-27) Boise Mashers: Bosie has to have Anaheim a little worried because they are only 5 back and Anaheim isn't used to competition.
21. (16, 25-31) Philadelphia Phenomenauts: After it looked promising Philly went 2 for 8 in the last 10 games to drop off the charts.
22. (20, 25-31) Kansas City Monarchs: They have a decent pitching staff but the offence ain't good for want is this now the 7th straight year?
23. (22, 24-32) Montreal Grand Orange: Losing seven in a row is not something that will keep you in a playoff race.
24. (26, 25-31) Richmond Roustabouts: They aren't terrible like some of the teams below them but there isn't much to get excited about either.
25. (24, 23-33) Vancouver Vigilantes: Beating Chicago must have felt nice but they aren't the team they used to be either.
26. (25, 19-37) Santa Cruz Amigos: The Amigos will have to look for some new friends if this keeps up.
27. (27, 18-38) Tacoma Downpour: The Pitching staff knocked half a run off it's era this week which isn't easy to do.
28. (28, 19-37) Pittsburgh Pug Dogs: Actually they might be under preforming right now but that doesn't mean they are good just not this bad.
29. (30, 18-38) Washington D.C. Bureaucrats: Second worst offence 5th worst pitching staff but the AAA team is good.
30. (29, 16-40) Monterrey Conquistadores: The pitching staff isn't utterly horrible it's just bad and that's the bright spot here.
31. (31, 17-39) Los Angeles Hangars: Last in the league in Era is not a easy thing to do. LA must like a challenge.
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