Power Rankings | ||||||
Pre-Season | May 1st | June 1st | July 1st | August 1st | September 1st | Final |
1. Arizona (3) 152 | 1. White Sox (4) 210 | 1. Arizona (10) 234 | 1. Arizona (9) 144 | 1. Arizona (11) 190 | ||
2. Philadelphia (2) 139 | 2. St. Louis (10) 207 | 2t White Sox (4) 209 | 2. Toronto 132 | 2. Toronto (1) 177 | ||
3. Oakland (1) 118 | 3. Cleveland 189 | 2t Toronto (1) 209 | 3. Oakland 124 | 3. Oakland 167 | ||
4. Toronto (2) 117 | 4. Arizona 177 | 4. Cleveland 202 | 4. White Sox 117 | 4. Philadelphia 160 | ||
5. White Sox (1) 115 | 5. Houston 165 | 5. Philadelphia 180 | 5. Philadelphia 109 | 5. Cleveland 141 | ||
6. St. Louis (1) 111 | 6. Toronto 154 | 6. Houston 157 | 6. Houston 92 | 6. White Sox 130 | ||
7. Houston (1) 109 | 7. New York 142 | 7. Oakland 155 | 7. Cleveland 89 | 7. Houston 122 | ||
8. Milwaukee 103 | 8. Philadelphia 138 | 8. St. Louis 136 | 8. Kansas City 78 | 8. Kansas City 97 | ||
9. Kansas City 99 | 9. Cincinnati 102 | 9. Cincinnati 119 | 9. Chicago Cubs 75 | 9. Atlanta 95 | ||
10. Cleveland 91 | 10. Milwaukee 96 | 10. Kansas City 104 | 10. St. Louis 73 | 10. St. Louis 93 | ||
11. Chicago Cubs 77 | 11. Oakland 84 | 11. Chicago Cubs 102 | 11. Atlanta 54 | 11. Cincinnati 71 | ||
12. Cincinnati 72 | 12. Kansas City 83 | 12. Atlanta 72 | 12. New York 37 | 12. Chicago Cubs 65 | ||
13. Atlanta 65 | 13. Anaheim 61 | 13. Milwaukee 66 | 13. Milwaukee 35 | 13. New York 52 | ||
14. New York 48 | 14. Chicago Cubs 44 | 14. New York 45 | 14. Cincinnati 34 | 14. Anaheim 29 | ||
15. Baltimore 47 | 15. Baltimore 36 | 15. Baltimore 36 | 15. Anaheim 21 | 15. Milwaukee 27 | ||
16. Anaheim 33 | 16. Atlanta 16 | 16. Anaheim 16 | 16. Baltimore 10 | 16. Baltimore 16 |
August Power Rankings
The sky is falling in Chicago. The White Sox fell two places in the polls and the Cubs fell three places. That's not surprising, considering they had the worst records during the month of July. Arizona remained at the top, falling short of being the unanimous decision only because their modest owner didn't vote for his own team at the top, instead ruing the lack of run production at the end of the month. Cleveland and Atlanta took advantage of other teams' poor showings in July to climb the most in the polls.
July Power Rankings
It seems the dust is settling. Arizona was the unanimous choice for #1 on all nine ballots this month after going 21-6 in June. Voting was at its all-time low, possibly due to All-Star voting occurring at the same time. Cincinnati plummeted in the ranks after an 8-21 month, losing their last 11. Other teams rising in the ranks after a great month were Oakland (20-9 in June) and the Chicago Cubs (16-12).
June Power Rankings
Arizona returned to the top of the power rankings this month. In fact, the rankings look very similar to the pre-season rankings. The big exceptions were Cleveland, up to #4 from a pre-season ranking of #10, and Milwaukee, down to a ranking of #13 from a pre-season rank of #8. New York and St. Louis, by virtue of their poor records in May, took the biggest falls from last months rankings.
May Power Rankings
Although they got 10 of the 14 first place votes, the St. Louis Cardinals fell 3 points shy of garnering the top of the power rankings after one month of play. There was major movement by a lot of teams, indicating that FJBL owners have no clue what they're talking about. Baltimore is the only team to hold their position from the previous poll, getting 11 less points despite there being 3 more voters this time.
Pre-Season Power Rankings
In lackluster voting, Arizona has been deemed the best team in the FJBL. Voting was definitely split as 7 of the 16 teams received first place votes. St. Louis, the current leader in the standings after 2 weeks of play, had the odd distinction of 1 first place vote and one last place vote. The next vote will be at the start of May.