WRIGLEYVILLE POWER RANKINGS #2

Burlington and Salem continue to dominate while Salt Lake City is the high riser for this week

Rank	Team	Record	Last Week	Comments
1	Burlington	32-9	1	Marty Allen and Kyle Romero (32 HR, 93RBI's combined) are leading the way offensively
2	Salem	30-11	2	14-game winning streak just ended and they still can't get the #1 spot from B'ton
3	Arizona	26-15	16	Harry Padilla and the pitching staff got hot at the same time
4	Jackson	25-16	8	SP Carlos Castillo looks to be a legit ace
5	Cincinnati	24-17	7	This looks to be the year that Yannick Early breaks out his homer bashing stick
6	Helena	24-17	11	Could afford to trade Borbon because Jeff Burnett (3.05, 1.23) is pitching really well
7	Louisville	24-17	5	RJ Roque continues to smash the ball
8	Madison	24-17	4	Vet Aurelio Rosa (2.38, 1.04) could be in line to make his first ASG
9	Syracuse	21-20	3	Made a great trade for SP Andres Borbon
10	Salt Lake City	26-15	24	Not much power for this squad but their pitching staff is legit
11	Fargo	25-16	10	Emmanuel Soto (.397) is flirting with the magical .400 mark
12	New Britain	23-18	14	Guerra and Blanco. Guerra and Blanco. Guerra and Blanco. Nightmare fuel for opponents
13	Austin	24-17	12	Matt Person (4-0, 1.72, 1.09) is flourishing in his first time in a full time SP role
14	Pittsburgh	22-19	17	Scuffled mid-week for a second but FA SP Chris James has been lights out.
15	Scottsdale	23-18	13	Peter Okajima and his 18 homers likes Scottsdale
16	Milwaukee	18-23	6	3.70 staff ERA tells me that this team will be moving back up the rankings soon
17	Washington DC	20-21	9	Aurelio Amaral (11HR, 41RBI) has hit his stride in his 3rd season
18	Minnesota	20-21	17	Playing caveman ball right now. All hit, no pitch
19	Jacksonville	17-24	19	Vet SP Aaron Wells is also in pursuit of his first ASG appearance
20	Charlotte	19-22	15	In real life the manger or pitching coach would be fired to try to spark this talented bunch
21	Colorado Springs	19-22	26	The NL West is there for the taking and Josh Stuart (12HR, 24 RBI's) is doing what he can to get it
22	Chicago Bleacher Bums	20-21	21	Killer J's J.J. Lansing and Jamie Bradley both with 14 HR's so far
23	Cheyenne	17-24	28	Contenders looking for a DH should come knocking for Ricky Mann (15HR, 55 RBI, .327/.392/1.029) soon
24	Santa Fe	18-23	22	Only one game back in AL South but they need their FA acquisitions to pick up the pace
25	San Francisco	17-24	30	Making trades and breaking hearts to build for the future
26	Boston	16-25	29	SP Carlos Wilfredo is a beacon of shining light in this dark season
27	Little Rock	16-25	20	Power outage in Little Rock (35 team HR's)
28	Chicago Black Sox	14-27	25	Not even the amazing Rich Piper (13 HR, 40 RBI's) can save this team
29	Charleston	14-27	23	5.84 ERA for the pitching staff stings the nostrils
30	San Juan	13-28	31	Juan Parra (3 HR's) looks to be near the end
31	Trenton	12-29	32	Looks to be talent in the lower levels of the minors
32	Tampa Bay	13-28	27	Running through pitchers like my newborn runs through diapers