Powers' Rankings: Week 5

The Poo keep rolling, the Jets keep crashing. Everyone in the middle keeps trading blows. With a month gone by how much stock should be put into where your team currently ranks?

Powers' Rankings: Week 5

By: Max Powers

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Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
1	1	1	Weymouth Shaddupu
	Overall	4-0-0	No one will be suprised to see the Poo go 21-0 on the regular season.
	Last 5	4-0-0
	Division Standings	1st	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: SJ	Week 6: SFV	Week 7: BRW
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
2	2	3	Santo Domingo All-Star Factory
	Overall	2-1-1	They took a strong hit versus the defending champs, but after the first month their pitching is holding strong. As the weather warms up so should their bats.
	Last 5	2-1-1
	Division Standings	3rd	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: DUB	Week 6: TKO	Week 7: RIO
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
3	3	10	Bridgewater Weasels
	Overall	3-0-1	Bridgewater's opponents combined winning % through the first 4 weeks is just .389. They've enjoyed the easiest start to the schedule of any other team. Let's see how they keep the momentum going when they start facing stronger competition.
	Last 5	3-0-1
	Division Standings	3rd	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: LV	Week 6: SJ	Week 7: WEY
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
4	4	6	San Juan Guerites
	Overall	3-1-0	Yay, we won handedly while sitting on top of our division - but of course we get knocked down a peg because Weymouth is just that good.
	Last 5	3-1-0
	Division Standings	2nd	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: WEY	Week 6: BRW	Week 7: RAK
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
5	8	8	Dublin Snake Chasers
	Overall	3-1-0	The Irishmen are quietly heating up. has their window opened back up? The underlying stats would suggest a regression is on its way against stronger competition.
	Last 5	3-1-0
	Division Standings	1st	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: SD	Week 6: RIO	Week 7: TIJ
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
6	5	5	Las Vegas Doggs
	Overall	2-2-0	Rumor has it the Doggs cut Adam Duvall because out of spite after he recorded more stolen bases than Dee Gordon did last week.
	Last 5	2-2-0
	Division Standings	4th	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: BRW	Week 6: RAK	Week 7: SFV
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
7	6	4	Tijuana Hispanics
	Overall	1-2-1	Javier Baez is beasting - so that's nice for them.
	Last 5	1-2-1
	Division Standings	4th	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: TKO	Week 6: QC	Week 7: DUB
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
8	9	2	Quebec City Piglets
	Overall	1-3-0	Well that must have felt good, and now with the combined records of their next 5 opponents being .388, the Piglets are in line to jump up the standings quickly.
	Last 5	1-3-0
	Division Standings	5th	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: RIO	Week 6: TIJ	Week 7: TKO
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
9	7	7	Rakeville Rockets
	Overall	1-3-0	Rhys goes down, making room for an Ozzie Albies call up. Rakeville doing everything they can to sell tickets for inevitable comeback week against the Jets.
	Last 5	1-3-0
	Division Standings	5th	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: SFV	Week 6: LV	Week 7: SJ
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
10	10	9	Tokyo Omyoujis
	Overall	2-2-0	After starting the season able to beat up on RIO and SFV, TKO is looking down the barrel of a combined winning percentage of .534 for the next four opponents. Let's see if that stretch forces the robots to activate their self destruct buttons.
	Last 5	2-2-0
	Division Standings	2nd	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: TIJ	Week 6: SD	Week 7: QC
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
11	11	11	Rio de Janeiro Cristos
	Overall	0-3-1	The Brazilians tied the Hispanics. Still looking to get lucky on their first win of the season. Baby steps.
	Last 5	0-3-1
	Division Standings	6th	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: QC	Week 6: DUB	Week 7: SD
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team
12	12	12	San Fernando Valley Jets
	Overall	0-4-0	What happens first: A San Fernando Valley win or a Weymouth loss?
	Last 5	0-4-0
	Division Standings	6th	Next Three Opponents			Week 5: RAK	Week 6: WEY	Week 7: LV

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Powers' Rankings: Week 4

It's already time to shake things up. While the top and bottom of the league stays strong, the mid-tier rankings got a big shake up after 3 weeks of play. 

Powers' Rankings: Week 3 By: Max Powers

Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
1	1	1	Weymouth Shaddupu		Even when they underperform the Poo come out on top - beating The Doggs at their own game and sitting their pitchers through the weekend solidified their 6-3 victory. Mike Trout's 3-HR week didn't hurt either.
			Overall	3-0-0
			Last 5	3-0-0
			Division Standings	2nd	Up Next	Rakeville Rockets
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
2	2	3	Santo Domingo All-Star Factory		It seems all Sean Manaea needed was to get Matt Harvey out of his way and now he can shine.
			Overall	2-0-1
			Last 5	2-0-1
			Division Standings	1st	Up Next	Quebec City Piglets
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
3	7	10	Bridgewater Weasels		Edwin Diaz already has more saves for Bridgewater (5) than the Cristos and Jets have combined (4)
			Overall	2-0-1
			Last 5	2-0-1
			Division Standings	3rd	Up Next	San Fernando Valley Jets
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
4	8	6	San Juan Guerites		For the firast time (ever?) both Carribean based teams sit at the top of their respective division standings. Though it may not hold, the Guerites are showing life.
			Overall	2-1-0
			Last 5	2-1-0
			Division Standings	1st	Up Next	Las Vegas Doggs
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
5	4	5	Las Vegas Doggs		Ya, the Doggs' pitching staff is a combined 5-10 over the course of the first 3 weeks. Maybe the Santo Domingo media's criticism is valid?
			Overall	2-1
			Last 5	2-1
			Division Standings	4th	Up Next	San Juan Guerites
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
6	3	4	Tijuana Hispanics		I really struggled to come up with something insightful to say about this team this week.
			Overall	1-2-0
			Last 5	1-2-0
			Division Standings	4th	Up Next	Rio de Janeiro Cristos
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
7	6	7	Rakeville Rockets		One might say the Rockets are loyal to their long time stars...to a fault *cough"KingFelix*cough*
			Overall	1-2
			Last 5	1-2
			Division Standings	5th	Up Next	Weymouth Shaddupu
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
8	9	8	Dublin Snake Chasers		Is Dublin unintentially doing a better job of Las Vegas' pitching strategy than the Doggs? They sit toward the bottom of the league in W and K, but in the top three in Saves, ERA, and WHIP.
			Overall	2-1-0
			Last 5	2-1-0
			Division Standings	3rd	Up Next	Tokyo Omyoujis
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
9	5	2	Quebec City Piglets		Already at the bottom of the league in RBI, the Piglets are a George Springer injury away from having less HR than than San Fernando.
			Overall	0-3
			Last 5	0-3
			Division Standings	5th	Up Next	Santo Domingo All-Star Factory
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
10	10	9	Tokyo Omyoujis		The Robots two wins came against the Cristos and Jets to start the season....let's not get too excited here.
			Overall	2-1-0
			Last 5	2-1-0
			Division Standings	2nd	Up Next	Dublin Snake Chasers
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
11	11	11	Rio de Janeiro Cristos		Is Mitch Haniger on this team after the trade deadline or ends up being the final piece to trade for their inevitable 2021 run?
			Overall	0-3
			Last 5	0-3
			Division Standings	6th	Up Next	Tijuana Hispanics
Current Rank	Last Week	Pre Season	Team		Notes
12	12	12	San Fernando Valley Jets		Currently on pace for a whopping 14 win season. Could this finally be the year the lowest winning percentage record is broken? Every team needs their own set of goals.
			Overall	0-3
			Last 5	0-3
			Division Standings	6th	Up Next	Bridgewater Weasels

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