Minor League Monday: July 26, 2021

- Dawson Haywood

8 Weeks Left

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) 

Summary
The Carolina Mudcats still remain the #1 team in this week's power rankings and Durham Bulls continue to fall ever so slightly to #3. Though the Bulls are on a solid winning streak the Mudcats and Grasshoppers have been slightly more dominant recently. Our current Top 3 could arguably be interchangeable, but for now we will give it to the Mudcats. The Woodpeckers continue to climb and are now sitting at #5 which is the highest they have been all season. If we gave out a Comeback Team of the Year Award, the Woodpeckers would win if the season ended today. The Tourists continue to drop and after nearly being swept by the crawdads it is only reasonable that they drop a few spots. The Cannon Ballers are no longer in last (again) because the Dash have not been able to get it together and have one of the worst series records in North Carolina

Last Week's Standings
#1 (+2): Carolina Mudcats: (40-25) +6 -0 (Series: 5-2-4)
#2 (-1): Durham Bulls: (44-20) +4 -2 (Series: 9-1-1)
#3 (-1):Greensboro Grasshoppers: (40-26) +5 -1 (Series: 4-0-7) 
#4 (-): Down East Wood Ducks: (36-29) +4 -2 (Series: 5-3-3)
#5 (+1): Asheville Tourists: (28-36) +2 -3 (Series: 4-6-1)
#6 (+1): Fayetteville Woodpeckers: (29-36) +3 -3 (Series: 4-5-2)
#7 (+1) Hickory Crawdads: (28-38) +3 -3 (Series: 2-5-4)
#8 (-3): Charlotte Knights: (25-39) +0 -6 (Series: 3-6-2)
#9 (-): Winston-Salem Dash: (26-40) +0 -6 (Series: 1-6-4)
#10 (-): Kannapolis Cannon Ballers: (19-46) +0 -6 (Series: 2-7-2)