Week 9 Power Rankings

Power Rankings Week 9:

1.       Younger(1)- I’m keeping my promise and keeping them at the top despite their tough loss to Lapine.

2.       Lapine (2)- Perhaps they’re deserving of being #1 right now.  Only Younger has a longer stretch of keeping teams under 8 runs.

3.       Pollock(3)- Perhaps WE should be deserving of the top spot right now! Seriously, the top 3 teams are very close and are currently experiencing the same strengths and weaknesses. We’re all struggling to score runs but are keeping teams to a low enough total to win. The offenses have to pick up or else the gap between us and the rest of the league will close quickly.

4.       Harris(6)- Shutting down Randell’s team last week was their most impressive win yet.

5.       Wallman (8) – On one hand I hesitate to put Wallman so high when they’re the lowest scoring team in the league. On the other hand, the rest of the league is so equal that any team with a huge strength gives them a leg up on the competition.

6.       Sarcona (7)- They’ve been a Jekyll and Hyde team with their defense so far. A little more consistency could place them with the elite.

7.       Applebaum (4)- Things had to even out a little bit after their 5-0 start, but two of their three losses during this losing streak have only been by one run. They’re still a very good team who has a good chance at righting the ship this week.

8.       Goldfarb (15)- This may be the biggest jump ever in one week of my power rankings. Outscoring their opponents by 25 runs over the last three weeks, Goldfarb has been clearly the most dominating team over this stretch of time.

9.       Feldman (5)- I think it’s surprising to most that this team has lost 5 out of their last 6 games. I’d be even more shocked if they don’t find themselves in the top 5 of these rankings at some point during the rest of the season. Their team offensive numbers indicate that they should be scoring more runs than they have been.

10.   Mamone (13)- Two impressive wins in a row means Mamone is officially back on track. For my team’s sake I’m hoping it’s a little too late to overtake us in the AL East.

11.   Schefkind (12)- Their wins haven’t been overly dominant but in the end it doesn’t matter. With a 4-1 record over their last 5 games they’ve quickly made up a lot of ground in the NL East.

12.    Randell (11)- They have yet to have a streak of any kind this season. That’s pretty amazing.

13.   Granese (9)- For a team that’s only 3-6, they have a lot of potential. They’re embarking on a very tough 3 game stretch right now.

14.   Carlin (10)- It says a lot about the parity of the league right now that there’s no one in the league who would  feel comfortable playing the 14^th ranked team right now.

15.   Jacoby (14)-  Jacoby has given up 18+ runs three times this season. No other team has done it more than once.

16.   Beilis (16)- If Union Hill didn’t jumpstart their offense, maybe playing against the second lowest rated defense in the league this week will.