Minor League Monday: August 30, 2021

- Dawson Haywood

Summary: 

With three weeks left in the season our Top-2 teams seem to be taking the race and running with it. After numerous consistently good weeks, the Wood Ducks and Grasshoppers appear to be taking the top two spots and running with them. The Durham Bulls are finally back in the top-3 after spending a few weeks at the #4 spot. There is still time for them to finish as our #1 team but they will have to be nearly perfect these next few series. As for the rest of the field. Multiple series losses widens the gap between themselves and the top 3 positions. It seems our #5-#10 positions are nearly set and will likely see minimum movement moving forward. The Mudcats are the biggest question mark in this week's power rankings. They are fighting back and fourth with the Durham Bulls but could just as easily slip and fall under the Crawdads with another performance like this past week. 

3 Weeks Left!!!

Standings
#1 (-): Down East Wood Ducks: +4 -3 (60-42) (Series: 10-3-1)
#2 (-): Greensboro Grasshoppers: +4 -2 (64-38) (Series: 8-1-8)
#3 (+1): ​Durham Bulls: +4 -2 (65-36) (Series: 13-3-1)
#4 (-1): Carolina Mudcats: +2 -4 (61-41) (Series: 8-5-4)
#5 (-): Hickory Crawdads: +2 -4 (45-54) (Series: 4-7-6)
#6 (-): Asheville Tourists: +2 -4 (42-55) (Series: 5-9-3)
#7 (+1): Fayetteville Woodpeckers: +3 -4 (46-56) (Series: 6-9-2)
#8 (-1): Charlotte Knights: +2 -4 (38-63) (Series: 4-9-4)
#9 (-): Kannapolis Cannon Ballers: +3 -3 (30-72) (Series: 3-11-3)
#10 (-): Winston-Salem Dash: +3 -3 (36-66) (Series: 1-9-7)


Last Week's Standings
#1 (+1): Down East Wood Ducks: (56-39) +5 -1 (Series: 9-3-1)
#2 (-1): Greensboro Grasshoppers: (60-36) +2 -4 (Series: 7-1-8)
#3 (-): Carolina Mudcats: (59-37) +6 -0 (Series: 8-4-4)
#4 (-): Durham Bulls: (61-34) +4 -2 (Series: 12-3-1)
#5 (-): Hickory Crawdads: (43-50) +3 -2 (Series: 4-6-6)
#6 (-): Asheville Tourists: (40-51) +3 -1 (5-8-3)
#7 (+1): Charlotte Knights: (36-59) +4 -2 (Series: 4-8-4)
#8 (-1): Fayetteville Woodpeckers: (43-52) +4 -2 (Series: 6-8-2)
#9 (+1): Kannapolis Cannon Ballers: (27-69) +1 -5 (Series: 3-11-2)
#10 (-1): Winston-Salem Dash: (33-63) +0 -6 (Series: 1-9-6)