Positional Strength Overview By Positions

DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS 03/27/1998
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CATCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Washington Senators	Jason Kendall	1st	Bengie Molina	1st	1st
Florida Marlins	Charles Johnson	2nd	Robert Fick	3rd(tied)	2nd
Orlando Devil Rays	Ivan Rodriguez	3rd	Melvin Rosario	14th	6th
Montreal Expos	Mike Sweeney	4th	A J Hinch	9th	4th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Bobby M Estalella	5th (tied)		17th(tied)	17th(tied)
Cincinnati Reds	Javy Lopez	5th (tied)		17th(tied)	17th(tied)
Cleveland Spiders	Todd Hundley	7th	Kevin L Brown	7th	3rd
St. Louis Cardinals	Jorge Posada	8th		17th(tied)	19th
Kansas City Royals	Rick Wilkins	9th	Angel Pena	12th	7th
San Diego Padres	Ed Taubensee	10th		17th(tied)	20th
Colorado Rockies	Todd Zeile	11th	Mitch Meluskey	6th	5th
Charlotte Knights	Chris Hoiles	12th	Mark L Johnson	11th	12th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Jason Varitek	13th	Guillermo Garcia	8th	11th
Toronto Blue Jays	Matt Nokes	14th	Ben Davis	15th(tied)	15th
Oakland Athletics	Benito Santiago	15th		17th(tied)	21st
Milwaukee Creams	Damian Miller	16th	Marcus Jensen	10th	13th
Chicago Cubs	George E Williams	17th		17th(tied)	22nd
Baltimore Orioles	Todd Pratt	18th (tied)	Paul Lo Duca	15th(tied)	16th
Philadelphia Phillies	A J Pierzynski	18th (tied)	A J Pierzynski	3rd(tied)	8th
Minnesota Twins	Brook Fordyce	20th		17th(tied)	23rd
New York Mets	B.J. Surhoff	21st		17th(tied)	24th
Boston Red Sox	Todd Greene	22nd	Raul Casanova	3rd(tied)	10th
Detroit Tigers	Brent Mayne	23rd	Bob Henley	2nd	9th
Las Vegas Angels	Francisco Cabrera	24th	Paul Bako	13th	14th

FIRST BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals	Jim Thome	1st	Kevin Witt	8th	4th
Minnesota Twins	Frank Thomas	2nd		14th(tied)	14th
Toronto Blue Jays	Mark McGwire	3rd		14th(tied)	15th
Charlotte Knights	Jason Giambi	4th	Mike Kinkade	2nd(tied)	1st
Milwaukee Creams	Carlos Delgado	5th	Stephen Larkin	6th	3rd
Las Vegas Angels	Edgar Martinez	6th	Greg Norton	10th(tied)	9th
Chicago Cubs	Mike Piazza	7th		14th(tied)	16th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Shawn Green	8th	Fernando Seguignol	10th(tied)	10th
Oakland Athletics	John Olerud	9th		14th(tied)	17th
Colorado Rockies	Todd Helton	10th		14th(tied)	18th
San Diego Padres	Tony Clark	11th	Scott McClain	9th	8th
Florida Marlins	Richie Sexson	12th		14th(tied)	19th
Philadelphia Phillies	Derrek Lee	13th	Travis Lee	4th	5th
Baltimore Orioles	Hal Morris	14th	Randall Simon	5th	7th
Cincinnati Reds	Scott Spiezio	15th		14th(tied)	20th
Orlando Devil Rays	Bobby Bonilla	16th		14th(tied)	21st
New York Mets	Olmedo Saenz	17th		14th(tied)	22nd
Montreal Expos	Sean Casey	18th	Sean Casey	1st	2nd
Arizona Diamondbacks	Mark Grace	19th		14th(tied)	23rd
Detroit Tigers	Tino Martinez	20th		14th(tied)	24th
St. Louis Cardinals	Ivan Calderon	21st	Brooks Kieschnick	7th	11th
Washington Senators	Brad Fullmer	22nd	Brad Fullmer	10th(tied)	12th
Cleveland Spiders	Howard Johnson	23rd	Doug Mientkiewicz	10th(tied)	13th
Boston Red Sox	Phil B. Clark	24th	Paul Konerko	2nd(tied)	6th

SECOND BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals	Roberto Alomar	1st	Ramon E Martinez	2nd	1st
Milwaukee Creams	Mark Loretta	2nd		17th(tied)	14th
Montreal Expos	Jeff Kent	3rd		17th(tied)	15th
Orlando Devil Rays	Craig Biggio	4th		17th(tied)	16th
Toronto Blue Jays	Derek Jeter	5th		17th(tied)	17th
Charlotte Knights	Chuck Knoblauch	6th	Adam Riggs	4th(tied)	3rd
Cincinnati Reds	Fernando Vina	7th	Jay Canizaro	4th(tied)	4th
Boston Red Sox	Akira Eto	8th	Ronnie Belliard	14th(tied)	12th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Delino DeShields	9th	Mike Metcalfe	4th(tied)	5th
Oakland Athletics	Geronimo Pena	10th (tied)		17th(tied)	18th
San Diego Padres	Mark Bellhorn	10th (tied)	Ralph Milliard	12th	10th
Florida Marlins	Luis Castillo	12th	David Bell	1st	2nd
Chicago Cubs	Jose Vidro	13th	Jose Vidro	4th(tied)	6th
Colorado Rockies	Damion Easley	14th (tied)		17th(tied)	19th
St. Louis Cardinals	John Valentin	14th (tied)	Placido Polanco	14th(tied)	13th
Detroit Tigers	Howard Battle	16th	Desi Relaford	4th(tied)	8th
New York Mets	Bret Boone	17th	Joe McEwing	4th(tied)	9th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Homer Bush	18th	Pokey Reese	3rd	7th
Minnesota Twins	Brent Gates	19th		17th(tied)	20th
Cleveland Spiders	Tomas Perez	20th	Wilton Guerrero	11th	11th
Baltimore Orioles	Jerry Browne	21st		17th(tied)	21st
Las Vegas Angels		22nd (tied)	Jerry Hairston Jr	14th(tied)	24th
Philadelphia Phillies		22nd (tied)	Carter Haney	10th	22nd
Washington Senators		22nd (tied)	Edwin Diaz	13th	23rd

THIRD BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Milwaukee Creams	Chipper Jones	1st		14th(tied)	8th
Cincinnati Reds	Scott Rolen	2nd	Bob E Smith	6th	2nd
Cleveland Spiders	Kevin Mitchell	3rd	Aaron Boone	3rd(tied)	1st
Montreal Expos	Matt Williams	4th		14th(tied)	11th
New York Mets	Phil Nevin	5th		14th(tied)	12th
Colorado Rockies	Bill R Mueller	6th	Adrian Beltre	9th(tied)	7th
Boston Red Sox	Edgar Renteria	7th		14th(tied)	13th
Philadelphia Phillies	Travis Fryman	8th	Corey Koskie	3rd(tied)	3rd
Charlotte Knights	Tony Batista	9th		14th(tied)	14th
Florida Marlins	Edgardo Alfonzo	10th	Mark DeRosa	3rd(tied)	5th
Baltimore Orioles	Chris Brown	11th	Aramis Ramirez	1st	4th
Washington Senators	Willie Greene	12th		14th(tied)	15th
Toronto Blue Jays	Dean Palmer	13th	Tom Evans	8th	6th
San Diego Padres	Vinny Castilla	14th		14th(tied)	16th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Joe Randa	15th		14th(tied)	18th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Robin Ventura	16th	Fernando Tatis	9th(tied)	9th
Oakland Athletics	Herbert Perry	17th	Mike Lowell	9th(tied)	10th
Detroit Tigers	Russ Johnson	18th		14th(tied)	20th
Chicago Cubs		19th (tied)	Eric Chavez	2nd	17th
Kansas City Royals		19th (tied)	Russell Branyan	9th(tied)	21st(tied)
Las Vegas Angels		19th (tied)	Troy Glaus	9th(tied)	21st(tied)
Minnesota Twins		19th (tied)	Abraham O Nunez	7th	19th
Orlando Devil Rays		19th (tied)		14th(tied)	23rd(tied)
St. Louis Cardinals		19th (tied)		14th(tied)	23rd(tied)

SHORTSTOPS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Washington Senators	Alex Rodriguez	1st	Carlos Guillen	1st(tied)	1st
New York Mets	Gary Sheffield	2nd	Takahiro Ikeyama	10th	2nd
Charlotte Knights	Nomar Garciaparra	3rd	Felix Martinez	6th	4th
Kansas City Royals	Barry Larkin	4th		13th(tied)	12th
Toronto Blue Jays	Jay Bell	5th	Alex Gonzalez	11th(tied)	8th
Florida Marlins	Craig Counsell	6th		13th(tied)	13th
Cincinnati Reds	Omar Vizquel	7th	Cheron Farley	7th	6th
Montreal Expos	Jose Hernandez	8th	Jorge Velandia	5th	5th
Chicago Cubs	Jeff Cirillo	9th	Wilson Delgado	1st(tied)	3rd
Baltimore Orioles	Miguel Tejada	10th		13th(tied)	14th
Philadelphia Phillies	Orlando Cabrera	11th		13th(tied)	15th
Orlando Devil Rays	Jose Valentin	12th	Masahiro Kawai	9th	9th
St. Louis Cardinals	Royce Clayton	13th		13th(tied)	16th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Bret Barberie	14th		13th(tied)	18th
San Diego Padres	Manuel Lee	15th		13th(tied)	19th
Minnesota Twins	Mark Grudzielanek	16th		13th(tied)	20th
Colorado Rockies	Chip Hale	17th	Alex Cora	11th(tied)	10th
Milwaukee Creams	Rey Sanchez	18th		13th(tied)	21st
Detroit Tigers	Shane Halter	19th		13th(tied)	22nd
Oakland Athletics	Billy Ripken	20th	Takuro Ishii	1st(tied)	7th
Las Vegas Angels	Chad Fonville	21st	Shinya Miyamoto	8th	11th
Boston Red Sox		22nd (tied)		13th(tied)	23rd(tied)
Cleveland Spiders		22nd (tied)	Deivi Cruz	1st(tied)	17th
Los Angeles Dodgers		22nd (tied)		13th(tied)	23rd(tied)

LEFT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Charlotte Knights	Barry Bonds	1st	Carlos Mendoza	7th	3rd
Washington Senators	Albert Belle	2nd	Geoff Jenkins	1st	1st
San Diego Padres	Manny Ramirez	3rd		12th(tied)	11th
New York Mets	Cliff Floyd	4th	DaRond Stovall	3rd(tied)	2nd
Colorado Rockies	Juan Gonzalez	5th		12th(tied)	12th
Montreal Expos	Gregg Jefferies	6th	Rich Butler	8th	8th
Milwaukee Creams	Steve Finley	7th	Shane Monahan	11th	10th
Kansas City Royals	Reggie L. Sanders	8th		12th(tied)	13th
Cincinnati Reds	Bobby Higginson	9th	Roger Cedeno	2nd	4th
Orlando Devil Rays	Ron Gant	10th	Chris Latham	9th	9th
Philadelphia Phillies	Ray Lankford	11th		12th(tied)	14th
Minnesota Twins	Kal Daniels	12th		12th(tied)	15th
Cleveland Spiders	Raul Ibanez	13th	Jolbert Cabrera	3rd(tied)	5th
Florida Marlins	Juan Encarnacion	14th		12th(tied)	16th
Oakland Athletics	Greg Vaughn	15th		12th(tied)	17th
Detroit Tigers	Shannon Stewart	16th	Frank Catalanotto	3rd(tied)	6th
St. Louis Cardinals	Stan Javier	17th		12th(tied)	18th
Las Vegas Angels	Bruce Aven	18th	Micah Franklin	3rd(tied)	7th
Boston Red Sox	Todd Hollandsworth	19th		12th(tied)	19th
Toronto Blue Jays	Shane Spencer	20th		12th(tied)	20th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Butch Huskey	21st		12th(tied)	21st
Baltimore Orioles	Lyle Mouton	22nd		12th(tied)	22nd
Los Angeles Dodgers	Brian L Hunter	23rd		12th(tied)	23rd
Chicago Cubs		24th	Michael Coleman	10th	24th

CENTER FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Las Vegas Angels	Ken Griffey Jr.	1st	Randy Winn	12th(tied)	3rd
Minnesota Twins	Darin Erstad	2nd	Kimera Bartee	11th	6th
Kansas City Royals	Andruw Jones	3rd	Mike Frank	9th	4th
Charlotte Knights	Carl Everett	4th		15th(tied)	15th
Orlando Devil Rays	Brian Jordan	5th	Edgard Clemente	1st	1st
San Diego Padres	Jim Edmonds	6th		15th(tied)	16th
Washington Senators	Carlos Beltran	7th	Carlos Beltran	2nd	2nd
Los Angeles Dodgers	Torii Hunter	8th		15th(tied)	17th
Detroit Tigers	Jose R Herrera	9th	Ryan Christenson	10th	9th
Florida Marlins	Mark Kotsay	10th	Todd Dunwoody	3rd(tied)	5th
Cleveland Spiders	Jermaine Allensworth	11th		15th(tied)	18th
Cincinnati Reds	Dwayne Hosey	12th	Jay Payton	12th(tied)	13th
Colorado Rockies	Milt Cuyler	13th	Lou Collier	7th	10th
Chicago Cubs	Rich Becker	14th	Pat Watkins	3rd(tied)	7th
Oakland Athletics	Gene Kingsale	15th	Gene Kingsale	12th(tied)	14th
Milwaukee Creams	Tom Goodwin	16th		15th(tied)	19th
Toronto Blue Jays	Darrin Jackson	17th	Barry Wesson	8th	12th
St. Louis Cardinals	Doug Glanville	18th	Preston Wilson	3rd(tied)	8th
Boston Red Sox	Terry Jones	19th		15th(tied)	20th
Philadelphia Phillies	J.R. Phillips	20th	Gabe Kapler	3rd(tied)	11th
Baltimore Orioles	Marquis Grissom	21st		15th(tied)	21st
Arizona Diamondbacks		22nd (tied)		15th(tied)	22nd(tied)
Montreal Expos		22nd (tied)		15th(tied)	22nd(tied)
New York Mets		22nd (tied)		15th(tied)	22nd(tied)

RIGHT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New York Mets	Sammy Sosa	1st	Derrick Gibson	1st(tied)	1st
St. Louis Cardinals	Brian S Giles	2nd		12th(tied)	11th
Philadelphia Phillies	Bobby Abreu	3rd		12th(tied)	12th
Minnesota Twins	Larry Walker	4th	Emil Brown	1st(tied)	2nd
Kansas City Royals	Richard Hidalgo	5th	Danny Clyburn	7th	5th
Baltimore Orioles	J D Drew	6th	J D Drew	10th(tied)	8th
Chicago Cubs	Trot Nixon	7th	Jeremy Giambi	4th	3rd
Orlando Devil Rays	Tim Salmon	8th	Jacob Cruz	1st(tied)	4th
Cincinnati Reds	Bernie Williams	9th		12th(tied)	13th
Montreal Expos	Raul Mondesi	10th		12th(tied)	14th
Cleveland Spiders	Bernard Gilkey	11th		12th(tied)	15th
Toronto Blue Jays	Ellis Burks	12th		12th(tied)	16th
Washington Senators	Jon Nunnally	13th	Ryan Long	8th	7th
Oakland Athletics	Jay Buhner	14th		12th(tied)	17th
Florida Marlins	Rondell White	15th		12th(tied)	18th
Charlotte Knights	Geronimo Berroa	16th	George Lombard	6th	6th
Las Vegas Angels	Jermaine Dye	17th	Jose Guillen	10th(tied)	10th
Milwaukee Creams	John Elway	18th		12th(tied)	19th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Tony Gwynn	19th		12th(tied)	20th
Colorado Rockies	Dmitri Young	20th		12th(tied)	21st
Los Angeles Dodgers	Derrick May	21st	Damon Hollins	5th	9th
Boston Red Sox		22nd (tied)	Miguel Mejia	9th	22nd
Detroit Tigers		22nd (tied)		12th(tied)	23rd(tied)
San Diego Padres		22nd (tied)		12th(tied)	23rd(tied)

STARTING PITCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Montreal Expos	Pedro Martinez	1st	Clint Sodowsky	13th	4th
Kansas City Royals	Kevin Brown	2nd	Sidney Ponson	5th	1st
Cincinnati Reds	Mike Mussina	3rd	Mac Suzuki	7th(tied)	6th
Washington Senators	John Burkett	4th	Javier Vazquez	16th(tied)	11th
Orlando Devil Rays	John Smoltz	5th	C J Nitkowski	7th(tied)	7th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Greg Maddux	6th	Seth Greisinger	7th(tied)	8th
Florida Marlins	Kevin Appier	7th	Bobby Chouinard	2nd(tied)	3rd
New York Mets	Frank Castillo	8th		18th(tied)	16th
Charlotte Knights	Tony Saunders	9th		18th(tied)	18th
Toronto Blue Jays	Hipolito Pichardo	10th	Mike K Johnson	15th	13th
Colorado Rockies	Curt Schilling	11th	Jason Johnson	7th(tied)	9th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Floyd Youmans	12th		18th(tied)	19th
Milwaukee Creams	Matt Young	13th	Rich Hunter	14th	14th
Oakland Athletics	Matt Morris	14th	Jaret Wright	7th(tied)	10th
Baltimore Orioles	Dwight Gooden	15th	Jarrod Washburn	7th(tied)	12th
Cleveland Spiders	John Thomson	16th	Carl Pavano	1st	2nd
Chicago Cubs	Mike Hampton	17th	LaTroy Hawkins	16th(tied)	17th
Philadelphia Phillies	Chris Carpenter	18th	Chris Carpenter	2nd(tied)	5th
Minnesota Twins	Juan Guzman	19th		18th(tied)	21st
San Diego Padres	Ismael Valdez	20th		18th(tied)	22nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Miguel Batista	21st		18th(tied)	23rd
Las Vegas Angels	Jose Rosado	22nd	Ryan Dempster	6th	20th
Detroit Tigers	Vaughn Eshelman	23rd	Kerry Wood	2nd(tied)	15th
Boston Red Sox	John Ericks	24th		18th(tied)	24th

RELIEVERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Washington Senators	Troy Percival	1st	Chad Bradford	4th(tied)	2nd
Kansas City Royals	Armando Benitez	2nd	Jay Witasick	7th(tied)	4th
Milwaukee Creams	Jose J. Bautista	3rd	Dean Crow	2nd(tied)	1st
Colorado Rockies	Mike Timlin	4th	Antonio Alfonseca	4th(tied)	3rd
Chicago Cubs	Mike Stanton	5th	Joe Fontenot	20th	14th
St. Louis Cardinals	Mariano Rivera	6th	Braden Looper	19th	13th
Florida Marlins	Billy Wagner	7th	Bryan Corey	13th(tied)	8th
Boston Red Sox	Roberto Hernandez	8th	Dan Serafini	13th(tied)	9th
Philadelphia Phillies	Jose Mesa	9th	Nelson Cruz	9th(tied)	5th
New York Mets	Darren Holmes	10th	Curt Lyons	9th(tied)	7th
Orlando Devil Rays	Matt Mantei	11th	Valerio de los Santos	13th(tied)	16th
Charlotte Knights	Tim Burke	12th	Jeremy Powell	7th(tied)	11th
Minnesota Twins	Rob Dibble	13th	John Rocker	9th(tied)	12th
Baltimore Orioles	T J Mathews	14th	Radhames Dykhoff	22nd	19th
Montreal Expos	Mike Jeffcoat	15th	Shayne Bennett	13th(tied)	17th
Cincinnati Reds	Arthur Rhodes	16th	Ryan Bradley	21st	20th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ricardo Rincon	17th		23rd(tied)	21st
Arizona Diamondbacks	Kelvim Escobar	18th	Will Cunnane	4th(tied)	10th
San Diego Padres	Robb Nen	19th	Keith Foulke	1st	6th
Detroit Tigers	Danny Graves	20th		23rd(tied)	24th
Cleveland Spiders	Mike Draper	21st	Dario Veras	9th(tied)	18th
Oakland Athletics	Tim Crabtree	22nd	Justin Speier	18th	22nd
Toronto Blue Jays	Curt Brown	23rd	Jose RF Santiago	17th	23rd
Las Vegas Angels	Joe Hudson	24th	Brian Rose	2nd(tied)	15th

CLOSERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals	Rick Reed	1st	Jay Witasick	8th	1st
Florida Marlins	Bryan Harvey	2nd	Bryan Corey	13th(tied)	3rd
Montreal Expos	Pat Hentgen	3rd	Shayne Bennett	13th(tied)	5th
San Diego Padres	Robb Nen	4th	Keith Foulke	3rd(tied)	2nd
Oakland Athletics	Jason Bere	5th	Justin Speier	18th	17th
Milwaukee Creams	Tommy Greene	6th	Dean Crow	1st	4th
Cleveland Spiders	Steve Karsay	7th	Dario Veras	11th	6th
Charlotte Knights	Teddy Higuera	8th	Jeremy Powell	12th	8th
Washington Senators	Troy Percival	9th	Chad Bradford	6th	7th
New York Mets	Darren Holmes	10th	Curt Lyons	10th	10th
Minnesota Twins	Trevor Hoffman	11th	John Rocker	7th	9th
St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Chitren	12th	Braden Looper	19th	18th
Cincinnati Reds	Arthur Rhodes	13th	Ryan Bradley	21st	21st
Colorado Rockies	Mike Timlin	14th	Antonio Alfonseca	3rd(tied)	11th
Orlando Devil Rays	Matt Mantei	15th	Valerio de los Santos	13th(tied)	13th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Danny Patterson	16th	Will Cunnane	5th	12th
Detroit Tigers	David Weathers	17th		23rd(tied)	23rd
Toronto Blue Jays	Curt Brown	18th	Jose RF Santiago	17th	19th
Chicago Cubs	Mike Stanton	19th	Joe Fontenot	20th	20th
Philadelphia Phillies	Jose Mesa	20th	Nelson Cruz	9th	14th
Boston Red Sox	Roberto Hernandez	21st	Dan Serafini	13th(tied)	16th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ricardo Rincon	22nd		23rd(tied)	24th
Baltimore Orioles	T J Mathews	23rd	Radhames Dykhoff	22nd	22nd
Las Vegas Angels	Joe Hudson	24th	Brian Rose	2nd	15th

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