Minor League Monday: August 2, 2021

7 Weeks Left!!!

Standings
#1 (+1): Greensboro Grasshoppers: (49-29) +5 -1 (Series: 6-0-7)
#2 (-1): Carolina Mudcats: (46-32) +2 -4 (Series: 6-3-4)
#3 (+1): Down East Wood Ducks: (43-34) +4 -1 (Series: 6-3-1)
#4 (-1): Durham Bulls: (51-26) +2 -5 (Series: 10-2-1) 
#5 (+1): Hickory Crawdads: (35-42) +3 -3 (Series: 3-5-5)
#6 (-1): Fayetteville Woodpeckers: (33-44) +1 -4 (Series: 4-7-2) 
#7 (-): Asheville Tourists: (32-43) +3 -3 (Series: 4-7-2) 
#8 (-): Charlotte Knights: (28-49) +2 -5 (Series: 3-7-3)
#9 (-): Kannapolis Cannon Ballers: (25-53) +2 -4 (Series: 3-8-2)
#10 (-): Winston-Salem Dash: (30-48) +1 -5 (Series: 1-7-5)

Summary
For those that have been following this series since week one the time has finally come! The Greensboro Grasshoppers are the most powerful team in North Carolina!!! This has been a long time coming as they started the season tying 5 series in a row! Finally, they sit at that pretty #1 spot! The Durham Bulls have slowed down right here recently and since these are power rankings they currently sit at the #4 position, allowing the Wood Ducks to move up into the Top-3 again. The Crawdads have picked up their game and sit at #5, which is one of the highest, if not the highest, positions they have been in all season. There was no movement in the bottom four. The Dash continue to struggle and are still at the #10 spot for another week. With seven weeks left it seems as if some teams are peaking at just the right time and some peaked a little too early. The race for the pole will be a tight one.


Last Week's Standings
#1 (-): Carolina Mudcats: (44-28) +4 -3 (Series: 6-2-4)
#2 (+1): Greensboro Grasshoppers: (44-28) +4 -2 (Series: 5-0-7)
#3 (-1): Durham Bulls: (49-21) +4 -1 (Series: 10-1-1)
#4 (-): Down East Wood Ducks: (39-33) +3 -4 (Series: 5-3-3)
#5 (+1): Fayetteville Woodpeckers: (32-40) +3 -4 (Series: 4-6-2)
#6 (+1): Hickory Crawdads: (32-39) +4 -1 (Series: 3-5-4) 
#7 (-2): Asheville Tourists: (29-40) +1 -4 (Series: 4-7-1)
#8 (-): Charlotte Knights: (26-44) +1 -5 (Series: 3-7-2)
​#9 (+1): Kannapolis Cannon Ballers: (23-49) +4 -3 (Series: 3-7-2) 
#10 (-1): Winston Salem Dash: (29-43) +3 -3 (Series: 1-6-5)