WRIGLEYVILLE POWER RANKINGS #4

Burlington settles back into the top spot while Syracuse and the Chicago Black Sox make strong moves.....

Rank	Team	Record	Last Week	Comments
1	Burlington	51-27	2	Marty Allen with 7 hits over his last 10 games but 5 HR's. Wow!
2	Salem	51-28	1	Bert McKnight (12-0, 2.69, 1.29) is having a career year.
3	Cincinnati	50-28	3	Buzz Person (17-18 in save ops) is turning out the lights at the end of the night
4	Jackson	51-27	8	Will Javier Lopez get called up from AAA down the stretch to support the offense?
5	Helena	49-29	5	Todd Flores = Joey Votto? Could be
6	Arizona	49-29	3	Veteran team prefers to play on the road (23-19@ home vs. 26-10 on the road)
7	Madison	52-27	7	SP Jesus James (2-0) is enjoying his second tour of duty in Madison
8	Syracuse	43-36	12	11 game winning streak cures all ills
9	New Britain	48-31	9	Will Miguel Blanco (13-1) get to 25 wins this season?
10	Salt Lake City	47-31	10	Would love to see this team pick up a hitter for the playoffs
11	Fargo	40-39	13	Sounds like they are trying to sell but they always make a run in the 2nd half
12	Austin	46-33	6	Facing a tough Jackson team but Jung Kim (5-2) likes to make the playoffs
13	Scottsdale	41-37	16	Look to be one SP away
14	Louisville	41-37	14	Ollie Greenwood has been Mr. Everything for L'ville
15	Chicago Black Sox	38-41	21	14-4 over their last 18 games so you better watch out
16	Charlotte	38-40	11	Multiple personalities on this team can't decide if they want to win or not
17	Washington DC	38-41	15	Struggling with defense up the middle (12 negative plays @ SS/CF)
18	Pittsburgh	37-41	19	21 yr old rookie Vic Pineda looks to fill the hole Carlos Gomez left when he got injured
19	Milwaukee	33-45	17	Has some interesting pieces if they start to sell
20	Chicago Bleacher Bums	36-43	20	Odalis Suarez (19 saves) seems to have found a home
21	Minnesota	39-39	25	Team wants to win but still no pitching to be seen
22	Colorado Springs	38-41	18	Fighting to get to the .500 mark for the first time since S14
23	Cheyenne	34-45	22	David Terry (464 career HR) is still plugging away (13 homers)
24	Jacksonville	33-46	23	Coco West (13/34 in last 10 games) is hot and available
25	Santa Fe	30-48	24	Still looking to make moves to win the division
26	Trenton	33-46	27	SP Napoleon Wall could be useful to a contender
27	Boston	31-47	26	SP Adrian Lloyd (3.40, 1.28) looks to be making "the leap"
28	San Francisco	29-50	28	Won't be seeing a 20th consecutive playoff appearance out of this squad
29	San Juan	26-52	31	Juan Parra (24/46 last 10 games) is smoking hot and would look real good as DH for a contender in the AL
30	Little Rock	25-54	29	AAA IF Glenallen Sorrento will be raking in the bigs soon
31	Tampa Bay	30-48	30	Visiting teams enjoy Ybor City almost as much as they like playing Tampa
32	Charleston	29-50	32	10-8 over their last 18 but still bad