Power Rankings — Issaquah Swingers 2026

Ranked by recency-weighted all-play category wins. Each week, every team's stats are compared against all 9 opponents — removing schedule luck entirely. Category wins are then weighted with a 5% decay per week back: your most recent week counts full, two weeks ago counts 95%, three weeks ago counts 90%, and so on. At 25 weeks, Week 1 still counts about 29% of the current week, so history matters — but a team that's actually improving right now gets the edge over one coasting on a hot start. Cumulative AP wins break ties.

Elite Tier

Keanu Reeves 127–42–11 cats 15–3–0 AP —

Held at #1 for 2 straight weeks

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Duke Joe opened the season with 75 cat wins in Week 1 and followed it with 52 in Week 2. That second number still ranked fourth in the league. 127 cumulative cat wins is 27 ahead of anyone else. Max Fried anchors a deep, balanced rotation. The offense produces across every category. There is no obvious weakness and no team has shown the firepower to threaten this ranking.

The Buckner Boots 105–62–13 cats 13–5–0 AP —

Held at #2 for 2 straight weeks

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Locked in at #2. Week 1 was 8-1 in all-play. Week 2 the rotation posted 1.64 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 8 quality starts while the all-play dropped to 5-4 because the actual wins were blowouts and the losses were coin flips. Webb, Sale, and Leiter with real depth behind them. 105 cumulative cat wins. Michael has the most trustworthy pitching staff in this league and he knows it.

Contenders

Ray Donovan 99–72–9 cats 13–5–0 AP ↑2

↑2 — climbed from #5 last week

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Wk 2#3

Same AP record as Buckner, six fewer cat wins, one spot lower. Week 2 was 8-1 in all-play, the best week in the league: Glasnow locked in, the rotation went 74 K and 2.10 ERA, and Mario has the deepest closer trio in the game. The rotation around Glasnow has real upside but hasn't proven it yet. Acuna Jr. is waking up. This team is going to make noise.

Busch Latte 96–68–16 cats 12–5–1 AP —

Held at #4 for 2 straight weeks

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Right at the tier 2 bubble for two straight weeks, which is probably the correct read on this roster right now. Shohei, Carroll, and Chisholm are driving genuine offense. Brown, Miller, and Strider on IL are a real loss: not catastrophic, but felt. Week 2 was 7-2 in all-play with 54 cat wins. Rose is managing it well. The IL timeline determines whether this ranking climbs or sits.

One Ball Two Strikes 90–77–13 cats 9–9–0 AP ↓2

↓2 — dropped from #3 last week

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Wk 2#5

The boom-bust team. Week 1 was 7-2 in all-play, 55 cat wins, looked like a top-three roster. Week 2 was 2-7 in all-play, 35 cat wins, looked like a punt. Yamamoto and Skubal are genuinely elite at the top of the rotation. The lineup has pop. The 20-cat swing between weeks is too large to wave away as variance. Watch Week 3: if it's another 35, something is actually broken.

Middle of the Pack

Allahu Alvarez 87–79–14 cats 9–8–1 AP ↑1

↑1 — climbed from #7 last week

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Wk 2#6

The most confusing team in the league. Freeman, Witt Jr., Yordan, Cruz, Devers: that lineup should not be sitting at 87 cumulative cat wins. Week 1 was a 32-cat disaster. Week 2 was a 55-cat second-best-in-the-league performance. The 9-8-1 AP record through two weeks is almost entirely schedule-driven. TylerR is not a 6th-place manager. The ranking corrects itself.

Good Vibes Only 67–98–15 cats 5–13–0 AP ↑3

↑3 — climbed from #10 last week

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Wk 2#7

The redemption arc is real but the hole is still deep. Week 1 was 0-9 in all-play, 20 cat wins, the worst week any team had all season. Week 2 was 5-4 in all-play, 47 cat wins, genuinely middle of the pack. Crochet is elite. Burnes, Greene, Bieber, and Pepiot all on IL is the actual problem. When those arms come back, the ceiling gets interesting. Right now the floor is still visible.

The Ragans Administration 65–100–15 cats 6–12–0 AP ↑1

↑1 — climbed from #9 last week

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Wk 2#8

The pitching is legitimately excellent: Ohtani on the mound, Ragans as the namesake, and more healthy arms than any other team in this league. The rotation is not the issue. The offense is. 23 cat wins in Week 1 while running that rotation is a failure mode. Week 2 improved to 42 cat wins but the cumulative deficit from that opening week keeps TylerV buried. The lineup has to wake up or this ranking doesn't move.

Cellar Dwellers

Ete Crow 54–110–16 cats 3–13–2 AP ↓3

↓3 — dropped from #6 last week

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Wk 2#9

The defending champion is in ninth place. Week 2 was 0-8-1 in all-play with 18 category wins, historically bad. Luzardo gives the rotation K upside, and Jace has 10 healthy arms to work with. None of it matters because this team has produced zero saves across two full weeks and the lineup cannot generate power or OBP at a level that competes with the top half of the league. Something structural needs to change.

Rain City Bombers 42–124–14 cats 2–14–2 AP ↓2

↓2 — dropped from #8 last week

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Wk 2#10

42 cat wins out of 180 total category decisions. Dead last by 12 wins. Skenes, deGrom, Flaherty, Lugo, and Imanaga posted zero quality starts in Week 2 with a 4.80 ERA. That list of names should not be capable of that result. This is the most confusing roster in the league: the talent exists, the output doesn't. Week 3 is the verdict. If it's a third straight bad week, this is no longer an early-season slump.

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