Powers' Rankings: Week 9

Do we officially have another legitimate playoff contender? Will Weymouth ever lose? Do robots have feelings? The answers to these pressing questions of the week can be found in this week's Powers' Rankings by clicking below....

Powers' Rankings: Week 9

By: Max Powers

Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
1	1	2	Weymouth Shaddupu 8-0-0		If there still were any doubters they should have been silenced by now. Even with a lackluster offensive performance, Shaddy-Poo finds a way to come out with their 8th straight victory. Week 9 Match Up: Tijuana
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
2	3	3	San Juan Guerites 4-3-1		Besides Weymouth, San Juan is the only other team that has not lost to a Western Division team this season (3-0). The balanced schedule could end up helping the Guerites the most. Week 9 Match Up: Tokyo
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
3	2	1	Dublin Snake Chasers 3-2-3		The score may have seemed close, but Dublin would have lost to just about any other team in the league last week. Hell, they would have lost by the same score if they had been playing Rakeville, so there's that. Week 9 Match Up: Bridgewater
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
4	4	10	Tijuana Hispanics 4-2-2		Now that's how you take advantage of a bye week. Now Tijuana is sitting pretty atop the west all by themslves, but we all saw how Weymouth dealt with the last top Western Division team they faced. Week 9 Match Up: Weymouth
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
5	6	5	Las Vegas Doggs 3-3-2		Just 1 week after losing to the Poo, Vegas put up numbers that would have given Weymouth their 1st loss. To be fair, most teams actually did the same (except Dublin). Instead, a victory against frequent trading partner QC was in the cards. There were 7 players in the Vegas line up that had at one point worn the blue and pink. Week 9 Match up: Rio De Janeiro
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
6	5	7	Rio de Janeiro Cristos 2-3-3		Finally getting healthy, Rio was primed to make a stance. Instead, they fell flat against San Juan, knocking them back to familiar territory: 7th place. Week 9 Match Up: Las Vegas
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
7	10	9	Tokyo Omyoujis 4-3-1		Playoffs?! Tokyo hasn't qualified for the playoffs since 2012, where they were disposed of in the 1st round by once great Rakeville. Perhaps their 8-2 victory last week over the Rockets wasn't exactly equal retribution, but it still must have felt nice. You know, if robots can feel. Week 9 Match Up: San Juan
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
8	7	4	Quebec City Piglets 2-4-2		For whatever it's worth, the Piglets could have lost 8-2 last week, but thanks to some last second magic by Gregory Polanco and Jay Bruce they came out losing just 5-3. How do you rack up 89 K with a 3.61 ERA and just 2 Wins? Week 9 Match Up: San Fernando Valley
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
9	11	6	Santo Domingo All-Star Factory 3-5-0		Santo Domingo is actually a pretty well rounded team if you really break it down, they just find ways to do just enough to lose most weeks. They could still find a way to sneak into the playoffs at the last second like 2016. Week 9 Match Up: Rakeville
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
10	8	11	Bridgewater Weasels 3-4-1		It was either going to be Tokyo or Bridgewater making the leap from the basement and, well, you already read Tokyo's write up so....it wasn't Bridgewater. Week 9 Match Up: Dublin
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
11	9	7	Rakeville Rockets 3-4-1		"[Tony} Watson is the devil", said GM Jack Reed right after he trading him back to Vegas. Watson garnered 2 saves for the Rockets in the two weeks he was employeed in Rakeville, a category they have failed to win in any match up this season. Week 9 Match Up: Santo Domingo
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
12	12	12	San Fernando Valley Jets 1-7-0		Only 302 days left until the 2018 MaDraft Week 9 Match Up: Quebec City
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes