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HUGG 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
Milwaukee Otters Bob Henley 1st Bob Henley 2nd(tied) 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Darrin Fletcher 2nd 15th(tied) 15th
Hartford Whalers Mike Redmond 3rd Robert Fick 2nd(tied) 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Paul Lo Duca 4th Paul Lo Duca 13th(tied) 13th
New Orleans Brass Jim Leyritz 5th 15th(tied) 16th
Asheville Moonshiners Mickey Tettleton 6th Kevin L Brown 6th 4th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Joe Ayrault 7th 15th(tied) 17th
Danville Dairy Daddies Javier Valentin 8th Javier Valentin 5th 4th(tied)
Jacksonville Suns Lenny Webster 9th 15th(tied) 18th
Bluff City Beasties Joe Oliver 10th Ben Davis 13th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bisons Gregg Zaun 11th 15th(tied) 19th
Salt Lake City Buzz Brian Johnson 12th 15th(tied) 20th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Bengie Molina 13th Bengie Molina 1st 3rd
Portland Stag Mark Strittmatter 14th 15th(tied) 21st
Omaha Storm Chasers Henry Blanco 15th Angel Pena 9th 8th
Tucson Tarantulas Hector Villanueva 16th 15th(tied) 22nd
Nashville Sounds Mike Matheny 17th Mark L Johnson 8th 7th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Izzy Molina 18th Melvin Rosario 12th 9th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Mitch Meluskey 19th Mitch Meluskey 4th 6th
San Antonio Missions Kelly Stinnett 20th 15th(tied) 23rd
Columbus Clippers Tom Lampkin 21st Raul Chavez 11th 10th
Idaho Falls Chukars Marcus Jensen 22nd Marcus Jensen 7th 11th
Tacoma Rainiers Mike Figga 23rd Paul Bako 10th 12th
Spokane River Rats Alberto T Castillo 24th 15th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Suns Fred McGriff 1st Daryle Ward 1st(tied) 1st
Ocean City Blue Crabs Kent Hrbek 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Danville Dairy Daddies David Ortiz 3rd Paul Konerko 6th(tied) 4th
Tucson Tarantulas Glenn Davis 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Savannah Swamp Foxes John Kruk 5th 10th(tied) 12th
Milwaukee Otters Greg Colbrunn 6th 10th(tied) 13th
Tacoma Rainiers Greg Norton 7th Greg Norton 6th(tied) 5th
San Antonio Missions Eric Karros 8th 10th(tied) 14th
Spokane River Rats Kevin Millar 9th 10th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bisons Brian Daubach 10th 10th(tied) 16th
Asheville Moonshiners Doug Mientkiewicz 11th Doug Mientkiewicz 6th(tied) 6th
Salt Lake City Buzz Carlos A. Martinez 12th 10th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Travis Lee 13th Travis Lee 3rd 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Rico Brogna 14th 10th(tied) 18th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Brent Brede 15th 10th(tied) 19th
Portland Stag Mark P Johnson 16th 10th(tied) 20th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Fernando Seguignol 17th Fernando Seguignol 6th(tied) 9th
Nashville Sounds Mike Kinkade 18th Mike Kinkade 1st(tied) 3rd
Omaha Storm Chasers Kevin Witt 19th Kevin Witt 5th 8th
Idaho Falls Chukars Stephen Larkin 20th Stephen Larkin 4th 7th
Rochester Red Wings Steve R Dunn 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Bluff City Beasties Dan Rohrmeier 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Hartford Whalers 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
New Orleans Brass 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Dairy Daddies Ronnie Belliard 1st Ronnie Belliard 14th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Missions Lance Blankenship 2nd Placido Polanco 14th(tied) 13th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ray Durham 3rd Edwin Diaz 12th 9th
Milwaukee Otters Wil Cordero 4th Desi Relaford 8th 5th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pat Listach 5th Pokey Reese 3rd 2nd
Hartford Whalers Felipe Crespo 6th David Bell 1st 1st
Omaha Storm Chasers Dave Berg 7th Ramon E Martinez 2nd 3rd
New Orleans Brass Jeff Frye 8th Aaron Holbert 13th 14th
Tacoma Rainiers Jerry Hairston Jr 9th Jerry Hairston Jr 14th(tied) 16th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Orlando Miller 10th 17th(tied) 17th
Idaho Falls Chukars Andy Stankiewicz 11th 17th(tied) 18th
Brooklyn Cyclones Alex Arias 12th Joe McEwing 4th(tied) 4th
Asheville Moonshiners Wilton Guerrero 13th Wilton Guerrero 10th 11th
Rochester Red Wings Lou Merloni 14th 17th(tied) 19th
Columbus Clippers Carter Haney 15th Carter Haney 9th 10th
Bluff City Beasties Kevin Jordan 16th 17th(tied) 20th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Jason Hardtke 17th 17th(tied) 21st
Buffalo Bisons Jay Canizaro 18th Jay Canizaro 4th(tied) 6th
Nashville Sounds Adam Riggs 19th Adam Riggs 4th(tied) 7th
Tucson Tarantulas Ralph Milliard 20th Ralph Milliard 11th 15th
Portland Stag Mike Metcalfe 21st Mike Metcalfe 4th(tied) 8th
Spokane River Rats Jose Lind 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Jacksonville Suns 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Spokane River Rats Mike Lowell 1st Mike Lowell 8th(tied) 5th
New Orleans Brass Eric Chavez 2nd Eric Chavez 2nd 1st
Hartford Whalers Dave Magadan 3rd Mark DeRosa 8th(tied) 8th
Tucson Tarantulas Tim Naehring 4th 13th(tied) 13th
San Antonio Missions Kelly Gruber 5th 13th(tied) 14th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Adrian Beltre 6th Adrian Beltre 8th(tied) 9th
Salt Lake City Buzz Abraham O Nunez 7th Abraham O Nunez 5th 4th
Portland Stag Freddy F Garcia 8th 13th(tied) 15th
Tacoma Rainiers Troy Glaus 9th Troy Glaus 8th(tied) 10th
Asheville Moonshiners Aaron Boone 10th Aaron Boone 3rd 2nd
Omaha Storm Chasers Russell Branyan 11th Russell Branyan 8th(tied) 12th
Bluff City Beasties Scott Brosius 12th Tom Evans 6th 7th
Rochester Red Wings Aramis Ramirez 13th Aramis Ramirez 1st 3rd
Idaho Falls Chukars Ed Giovanola 14th 13th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bisons Bob E Smith 15th Bob E Smith 4th 6th
Milwaukee Otters Juan Castro 16th 13th(tied) 17th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Scott Leius 17th 13th(tied) 18th
Columbus Clippers Jeff Reboulet 18th Kenjiro Nomura 7th 11th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Mike Gulan 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Suns Pete Rose Jr 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Danville Dairy Daddies Kevin Morgan 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Brooklyn Cyclones 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Nashville Sounds 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Dairy Daddies Scott Fletcher 1st 13th(tied) 13th
Tacoma Rainiers F P Santangelo 2nd Shinya Miyamoto 8th 4th
Columbus Clippers Kevin Stocker 3rd 13th(tied) 14th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Alex Cora 4th Alex Cora 11th(tied) 7th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pat F. Kelly 5th 13th(tied) 15th
Bluff City Beasties Alex Gonzalez 6th Alex Gonzalez 11th(tied) 9th
Idaho Falls Chukars Greg Litton 7th 13th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Missions Gary Disarcina 8th 13th(tied) 17th
Milwaukee Otters Alex S Gonzalez 9th 13th(tied) 18th
Salt Lake City Buzz Norberto Martin 10th 13th(tied) 19th
Spokane River Rats Tony Rodriguez 11th Takuro Ishii 1st(tied) 1st
Asheville Moonshiners Deivi Cruz 12th Deivi Cruz 1st(tied) 2nd
New Orleans Brass Wilson Delgado 13th Wilson Delgado 1st(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bisons David Howard 14th Cheron Farley 6th 5th
Nashville Sounds Felix Martinez 15th Felix Martinez 5th 6th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Giomar Guevara 16th Giomar Guevara 7th 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Edgar Caceres 17th Takahiro Ikeyama 10th 11th
Tucson Tarantulas Pablo Martinez 18th 13th(tied) 20th
Jacksonville Suns Jorge Velandia 19th Jorge Velandia 4th 8th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Masahiro Kawai 20th Masahiro Kawai 9th 12th
Hartford Whalers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Portland Stag 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Dairy Daddies Shane Mack 1st 12th(tied) 12th
Jacksonville Suns Johnny Damon 2nd Rich Butler 8th 5th
Tucson Tarantulas Jeromy Burnitz 3rd 12th(tied) 13th
Bluff City Beasties Paul O'Neill 4th 12th(tied) 14th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pedro Munoz 5th 12th(tied) 15th
Hartford Whalers Chad Curtis 6th 12th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bisons Matt Stairs 7th Roger Cedeno 1st 1st
Colorado Springs Sky Fox David Dellucci 8th 12th(tied) 17th
Spokane River Rats Mike Simms 9th 12th(tied) 18th
Portland Stag Rusty Greer 10th 12th(tied) 19th
Milwaukee Otters Jeffrey Hammonds 11th Frank Catalanotto 3rd(tied) 2nd
Savannah Swamp Foxes Brian McRae 12th Chris Latham 9th 8th
Asheville Moonshiners Yamil Benitez 13th Jolbert Cabrera 3rd(tied) 4th
New Orleans Brass Ruben Sierra 14th Michael Coleman 10th 9th
Rochester Red Wings Chito Martinez 15th 12th(tied) 20th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ernie Young 16th Mark Little 2nd 3rd
Salt Lake City Buzz Jerome Walton 17th 12th(tied) 21st
Tacoma Rainiers Micah Franklin 18th Micah Franklin 3rd(tied) 6th
Brooklyn Cyclones Billy Ashley 19th DaRond Stovall 3rd(tied) 7th
Idaho Falls Chukars Greg Briley 20th Shane Monahan 11th 11th
Nashville Sounds Carlos Mendoza 21st Carlos Mendoza 7th 10th
Columbus Clippers Riccardo Ingram 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Omaha Storm Chasers Chris Hatcher 23rd 12th(tied) 23rd
San Antonio Missions 24th 12th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Eric Davis 1st Lou Collier 6th 1st
San Antonio Missions Preston Wilson 2nd Preston Wilson 2nd(tied) 2nd
Danville Dairy Daddies Mike Cameron 3rd 13th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Suns Roberto Kelly 4th (tied) 13th(tied) 14th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas Mark Whiten 4th (tied) 13th(tied) 14th(tied)
Hartford Whalers Todd Dunwoody 6th Todd Dunwoody 2nd(tied) 3rd
Tacoma Rainiers Randy Winn 7th Randy Winn 11th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Jay Payton 8th Jay Payton 11th(tied) 11th
Portland Stag Tony Barron 9th 13th(tied) 16th
Columbus Clippers Ryan Thompson 10th Gabe Kapler 2nd(tied) 4th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Brian R. Hunter 11th 13th(tied) 17th
Spokane River Rats Devon White 12th 13th(tied) 18th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Damon Buford 13th Jeff Abbott 2nd(tied) 6th
Rochester Red Wings Terrell Lowery 14th 13th(tied) 19th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Edgard Clemente 15th Edgard Clemente 1st 5th
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Frank 16th Mike Frank 8th 7th
Bluff City Beasties Rikkert Faneyte 17th Barry Wesson 7th 8th
New Orleans Brass Rickey Cradle 18th Rickey Cradle 9th 9th
Salt Lake City Buzz Reggie B. Williams 19th Kimera Bartee 10th 12th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dax Jones 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Asheville Moonshiners 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Brooklyn Cyclones 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Milwaukee Otters 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Nashville Sounds 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Rainiers Vladimir Guerrero 1st Jose Guillen 9th(tied) 4th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Derek Bell 2nd Damon Hollins 3rd 3rd
Spokane River Rats Junior Felix 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Milwaukee Otters Tony Tarasco 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Hartford Whalers Alex Ochoa 5th 11th(tied) 13th
Bluff City Beasties Felix Jose 6th 11th(tied) 14th
Salt Lake City Buzz Emil Brown 7th Emil Brown 1st(tied) 1st
New Orleans Brass Jeremy Giambi 8th Jeremy Giambi 9th(tied) 8th
Idaho Falls Chukars Brady Anderson 9th 11th(tied) 15th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Jacob Cruz 10th Jacob Cruz 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Suns Ozzie Timmons 11th 11th(tied) 16th
Portland Stag Wes Chamberlain 12th 11th(tied) 17th
Brooklyn Cyclones Derrick Gibson 13th Derrick Gibson 4th 5th
Nashville Sounds George Lombard 14th George Lombard 5th 6th
Buffalo Bisons Joey Cora 15th 11th(tied) 18th
Tucson Tarantulas Darren Bragg 16th 11th(tied) 19th
Omaha Storm Chasers Danny Clyburn 17th Danny Clyburn 6th 7th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ryan Long 18th Ryan Long 7th 9th
Danville Dairy Daddies Miguel Mejia 19th Miguel Mejia 8th 10th
Asheville Moonshiners 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Fox 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Columbus Clippers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Missions 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Otters Kerry Wood 1st Kerry Wood 2nd(tied) 1st
San Antonio Missions Jay Tibbs 2nd 18th(tied) 16th
Tacoma Rainiers Rick Aguilera 3rd Ryan Dempster 2nd(tied) 2nd
Hartford Whalers Chris Holt 4th Bobby Chouinard 2nd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Suns Steve Avery 5th Clint Sodowsky 14th 7th
Tucson Tarantulas Denny Neagle 6th 18th(tied) 18th
Danville Dairy Daddies Shinji Imanaka 7th Dan Serafini 15th 11th
New Orleans Brass Trevor Wilson 8th 18th(tied) 19th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Jim Neidlinger 9th 18th(tied) 20th
Columbus Clippers Roy Halladay 10th Roy Halladay 8th(tied) 8th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Joe Magrane 11th C J Nitkowski 8th(tied) 9th
Portland Stag Steve Trachsel 12th 18th(tied) 21st
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Charles Nagy 13th Seth Greisinger 8th(tied) 10th
Bluff City Beasties Hector Fajardo 14th Mike K Johnson 17th 15th
Rochester Red Wings John Halama 15th Jarrod Washburn 6th(tied) 6th
Omaha Storm Chasers Sidney Ponson 16th Sidney Ponson 5th 4th
Spokane River Rats Bruce Ruffin 17th Scott Eyre 13th 12th
Salt Lake City Buzz Mike Oquist 18th 18th(tied) 22nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Willie Banks 19th Frankie Rodriguez 16th 14th
Asheville Moonshiners Carl Pavano 20th Carl Pavano 1st 5th
Nashville Sounds Jeff D. Robinson 21st 18th(tied) 24th
Idaho Falls Chukars Brian Barnes 22nd Rich Hunter 8th(tied) 17th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Brian Bohanon 23rd Jesus Sanchez 6th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bisons Mac Suzuki 24th Mac Suzuki 8th(tied) 23rd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tucson Tarantulas Mike Henneman 1st Keith Foulke 7th(tied) 1st
San Antonio Missions Bob Scanlan 2nd Braden Looper 17th 10th
Milwaukee Otters Todd Ritchie 3rd 21st(tied) 16th
Spokane River Rats Don August 4th Justin Speier 16th 11th
Bluff City Beasties Ramon Pena 5th 21st(tied) 17th
Tacoma Rainiers Cliff Young 6th Brady Raggio 4th(tied) 5th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Cory Bailey 7th 21st(tied) 18th
Danville Dairy Daddies Rosario Rodriguez 8th Felix Rodriguez 14th 12th
Omaha Storm Chasers Scott Arnold 9th Jay Witasick 4th(tied) 6th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Julio Valera 10th Ramon Morel 7th(tied) 7th
Nashville Sounds Mike DeJean 11th Jeremy Powell 4th(tied) 8th
Portland Stag Dilson Torres 12th Will Cunnane 2nd(tied) 2nd
Salt Lake City Buzz John Rocker 13th John Rocker 7th(tied) 9th
Columbus Clippers Rich Loiselle 14th Vladimir Nunez 13th 14th
Buffalo Bisons Brian Shouse 15th Ryan Bradley 20th 19th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Curtis King 16th Antonio Alfonseca 2nd(tied) 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Darren Dreifort 17th Curt Lyons 10th(tied) 13th
Idaho Falls Chukars John Johnstone 18th Dean Crow 1st 3rd
Savannah Swamp Foxes Don Schulze 19th Valerio de los Santos 10th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Suns Jim Corsi 20th Shayne Bennett 15th 20th
Hartford Whalers Paul Byrd 21st Bryan Corey 18th 21st
New Orleans Brass Dan Miceli 22nd Joe Fontenot 19th 22nd
Asheville Moonshiners Everett Stull 23rd Matt Anderson 10th(tied) 23rd
Rochester Red Wings Dale Polley 24th 21st(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Jay Tibbs 1st Braden Looper 17th 11th
Hartford Whalers Chris Holt 2nd Bryan Corey 18th 14th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Joe Magrane 3rd Valerio de los Santos 10th(tied) 1st
Brooklyn Cyclones Jim Bullinger 4th Curt Lyons 10th(tied) 3rd
Omaha Storm Chasers Osvaldo Fernandez 5th Jay Witasick 6th(tied) 2nd
Milwaukee Otters Chan Ho Park 6th 21st(tied) 21st
Spokane River Rats Brian Dubois 7th Justin Speier 16th 15th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Frank Seminara 8th 21st(tied) 22nd
Ocean City Blue Crabs Chad Ogea 9th Ramon Morel 6th(tied) 4th
Jacksonville Suns Jim Corsi 10th Shayne Bennett 15th 16th
Tucson Tarantulas Mike Henneman 11th Keith Foulke 8th 5th
Salt Lake City Buzz John Rocker 12th John Rocker 5th 6th
Bluff City Beasties Ramon Pena 13th (tied) 21st(tied) 23rd
Danville Dairy Daddies Dan Serafini 13th (tied) Dan Serafini 10th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Brian Shouse 15th Ryan Bradley 20th 19th
Nashville Sounds Mike DeJean 16th Jeremy Powell 9th 13th
Idaho Falls Chukars John Johnstone 17th Dean Crow 1st 7th
Portland Stag Dilson Torres 18th Will Cunnane 3rd 8th(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Fox Curtis King 19th Antonio Alfonseca 2nd 8th(tied)
Columbus Clippers Rich Loiselle 20th Vladimir Nunez 14th 18th
Tacoma Rainiers Carlos Reyes 21st Brian Rose 4th 12th
New Orleans Brass Gar Finnvold 22nd Joe Fontenot 19th 20th
Asheville Moonshiners Everett Stull 23rd Matt Anderson 10th(tied) 17th
Rochester Red Wings Dale Polley 24th 21st(tied) 24th
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