Week 4 Power Rankings

It was a good week for competition as four of the six matchups this week were decided by 2 points or less. Dan continues his reign as number 1, and while the next 4 names stayed the same, their order has changed. Right now the top 5 teams are looking miles ahead of the rest of the league, but it's a long season as we know. Biggest jump this week was John from 9th to 6th, biggest drop was Russ from 2nd to 5th.

POWER RANKINGS, MONDAY APRIL 22nd 

1. Dan (Last week's Rank: 1) - A big win over Russ (last week's #2 team in these ranks) will keep him atop the rankings. He's leading the league in batting average, saves, and strikeouts and he's 10-4 in pitching categories this year.

2. Brad (3) - .The hottest team in the league continues to climb the ranks, although he barely squeaked by Richie last week. He's an amazing 13-1 on offense to start the year and he's in the top 3 in four of the five offensive categories. He also just missed a Franchise record for the all-time best start through 3 weeks (21-6 by Russ in 2010).

3. Mark (4) - A dominating 9-1 victory over a weak team jumps him 1 spot in the rankings. He's crushing the runs category (second place is 19 behind him!) and is 11-4 on offense, but he also has the highest ERA in the league.
4. Pflanz (5) -  Aside from Brad, this is the team with the most momentum to start the year. He's got the most balanced attack (9-4 on O, 10-4 on D), is leading the league in wins, and he's only made 5 moves?? He just...keeps...winning.
5. Russ (2) - Because the competition at the top is so tight, it only takes a 6-4 loss to drop from #2 to #5. Maybe the pitching has cooled off (1-4 this week - still 11-4 on D), but the power has not, as the league leader in homers is averaging over 13 per week.
6. John (9) - The champ puts up his first win over #11 on this list, but it should be noted that there is a big gap from the top 5 teams to the bottom 7 at this point. Johnny is just 4-10 on offense, and 0-6 combined in steals and batting average.

7. Bryan (6) -  Bryan's team has been inching down the rankings since his week 1 victory, and its not just by chance. The rookie ranks last in RBI and stolen bases (just 6 steals!!), despite an impressive 9-6 pitching record.
8. Greg (10) - Greg definitely has the most inconsistent team to start the year. They looked great in week 1, awful in week 2, and they looked good once again in week 3 posting 8 steals and a .91 WHIP. He's got the best ERA and WHIP in the league but is still just 4-10 on defense.
9. Richie (7) - He put up a good fight against Brad, taking the narrow 5-4 loss, but he's just 2-8 on offense despite leading the league in steals.
10. Keeves (8) - Keeves is looking extremely average to start the season. He's 5-7 on offense and 7-8 on defense, he's won the matchups he should have won and lost those he should have lost. Kind of a boring team so far.

11. Perka (11) - Perka makes me look dumb for ranking him high once again, why isn't this team good? I don't understand it. 3-10 on offense, last in home runs, 5-9 in pitching, there's only one reason he's not in last...

12. Andy (12) - It's officially the worst start in Franchise history (beating out Keeves' 6-21 start in 2010). Andy is hitting just .215 (11th place is hitting .250), and still has yet to win a single pitching category, at 0-15 on the year. This team is on life support, they need a turnaround win badly.