Positional Strength Overview By Positions

DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS 08/25/1998
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CATCHERS

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

FIRST BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals	Jim Thome	1st	Kevin Witt	6th	5th
Minnesota Twins	Frank Thomas	2nd		9th(tied)	7th
Charlotte Knights	Jason Giambi	3rd	Mike Kinkade	1st(tied)	1st
Milwaukee Creams	Carlos Delgado	4th	Stephen Larkin	5th	6th
Colorado Rockies	Mark McGwire	5th		9th(tied)	9th
San Diego Padres	Tony Clark	6th		9th(tied)	10th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ryan Klesko	7th	Fernando Seguignol	3rd	2nd
Washington Senators	Albert Belle	8th		9th(tied)	11th
Philadelphia Phillies	Derrek Lee	9th	Travis Lee	4th	4th
Florida Marlins	Richie Sexson	10th		9th(tied)	13th
Oakland Athletics	John Olerud	11th		9th(tied)	14th
Montreal Expos	Fred McGriff	12th	Daryle Ward	1st(tied)	3rd
New York Mets	Olmedo Saenz	13th		9th(tied)	15th
St. Louis Cardinals	Will Clark	14th		9th(tied)	16th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Mark Grace	15th		9th(tied)	17th
Cincinnati Reds	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	16th		9th(tied)	18th
Orlando Devil Rays	John Kruk	17th		9th(tied)	19th
Detroit Tigers	Greg Colbrunn	18th		9th(tied)	20th
Cleveland Spiders	Howard Johnson	19th	Doug Mientkiewicz	7th(tied)	8th
Baltimore Orioles	Hal Morris	20th		9th(tied)	21st
Las Vegas Angels	Greg Norton	21st		9th(tied)	22nd
Chicago Cubs	Don Mattingly	22nd		9th(tied)	23rd
Boston Red Sox	Phil B. Clark	23rd	Paul Konerko	7th(tied)	12th
Toronto Blue Jays		24th		9th(tied)	24th

SECOND BASEMEN

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

THIRD BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Milwaukee Creams	Chipper Jones	1st		10th(tied)	8th
Kansas City Royals	Scott Rolen	2nd		10th(tied)	10th
Cleveland Spiders	Kevin Mitchell	3rd	Aaron Boone	1st(tied)	1st
Las Vegas Angels	Edgar Martinez	4th	Troy Glaus	9th	5th
Montreal Expos	Matt Williams	5th		10th(tied)	11th
Florida Marlins	John Valentin	6th	Mark DeRosa	5th	2nd
Charlotte Knights	Tony Batista	7th		10th(tied)	12th
New York Mets	Phil Nevin	8th		10th(tied)	13th
Toronto Blue Jays	Bill R Mueller	9th		10th(tied)	14th
Baltimore Orioles	Chris Brown	10th	Aramis Ramirez	1st(tied)	3rd
Philadelphia Phillies	Travis Fryman	11th	Kenjiro Nomura	7th	7th
Cincinnati Reds	Dean Palmer	12th	Bob E Smith	6th	4th
Washington Senators	Jeff Cirillo	13th		10th(tied)	15th
San Diego Padres	Vinny Castilla	14th		10th(tied)	16th
Colorado Rockies	Adrian Beltre	15th		10th(tied)	17th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Fernando Tatis	16th		10th(tied)	18th
St. Louis Cardinals	Edgardo Alfonzo	17th		10th(tied)	19th
Minnesota Twins	Abraham O Nunez	18th		10th(tied)	20th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Joe Randa	19th		10th(tied)	21st
Oakland Athletics	Herbert Perry	20th	Mike Lowell	1st(tied)	6th
Chicago Cubs	Bill Selby	21st	Eric Chavez	1st(tied)	9th
Boston Red Sox	Kevin Morgan	22nd		10th(tied)	23rd
Detroit Tigers		23rd (tied)		10th(tied)	24th
Orlando Devil Rays		23rd (tied)	Danny Klassen	8th	22nd

SHORTSTOPS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New York Mets	Gary Sheffield	1st	Takahiro Ikeyama	10th	2nd
Washington Senators	Alex Rodriguez	2nd	Giomar Guevara	6th	1st
Charlotte Knights	Nomar Garciaparra	3rd	Felix Martinez	3rd	3rd
Kansas City Royals	Barry Larkin	4th		12th(tied)	9th
Colorado Rockies	Jay Bell	5th		12th(tied)	11th
Cincinnati Reds	Omar Vizquel	6th	Cheron Farley	4th	4th
Florida Marlins	Craig Counsell	7th		12th(tied)	13th
Orlando Devil Rays	Jose Oquendo	8th		12th(tied)	14th
Baltimore Orioles	Miguel Tejada	9th		12th(tied)	15th
Montreal Expos	Jose Hernandez	10th	Jorge Velandia	5th	6th
Las Vegas Angels	Rich Aurilia	11th	Shinya Miyamoto	7th	7th
Toronto Blue Jays	Alex Gonzalez	12th	Alex Gonzalez	11th	8th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Bret Barberie	13th		12th(tied)	17th
St. Louis Cardinals	Royce Clayton	14th		12th(tied)	18th
Philadelphia Phillies	Kevin Stocker	15th		12th(tied)	19th
San Diego Padres	Manuel Lee	16th		12th(tied)	20th
Minnesota Twins	Mark Grudzielanek	17th		12th(tied)	21st
Los Angeles Dodgers	Pat F. Kelly	18th		12th(tied)	22nd
Detroit Tigers	Alex S Gonzalez	19th		12th(tied)	23rd
Oakland Athletics	Tony Rodriguez	20th	Takuro Ishii	1st(tied)	5th
Chicago Cubs	Wilson Delgado	21st	Luis Ordaz	8th	10th
Milwaukee Creams	Rey Sanchez	22nd		12th(tied)	24th
Boston Red Sox	Daisuke Yamashita	23rd	Masahiro Kawai	9th	12th
Cleveland Spiders		24th	Deivi Cruz	1st(tied)	16th

LEFT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Charlotte Knights	Barry Bonds	1st	Carlos Mendoza	6th	1st
Cincinnati Reds	Bobby Higginson	2nd	Kerry Robinson	5th	5th
San Diego Padres	Manny Ramirez	3rd		12th(tied)	12th
New York Mets	Cliff Floyd	4th	DaRond Stovall	1st(tied)	2nd
Colorado Rockies	Juan Gonzalez	5th		12th(tied)	13th
Minnesota Twins	Kal Daniels	6th		12th(tied)	14th
Orlando Devil Rays	Ron Gant	7th	Chris Latham	9th	7th
Montreal Expos	Gregg Jefferies	8th	Rich Butler	8th	8th
Toronto Blue Jays	Orestes Kindelán	9th		12th(tied)	15th
Florida Marlins	Juan Encarnacion	10th	Jacob Cruz	4th	6th
Kansas City Royals	Reggie L. Sanders	11th		12th(tied)	16th
Washington Senators	Shane Mack	12th	Dee Brown	1st(tied)	3rd
Philadelphia Phillies	Ray Lankford	13th		12th(tied)	17th
Cleveland Spiders	Raul Ibanez	14th	Ricky Ledee	1st(tied)	4th
Detroit Tigers	Shannon Stewart	15th		12th(tied)	18th
Milwaukee Creams	Garret Anderson	16th	Shane Monahan	11th	10th
Oakland Athletics	Darryl Strawberry	17th		12th(tied)	19th
St. Louis Cardinals	Stan Javier	18th		12th(tied)	20th
Las Vegas Angels	Bruce Aven	19th	Trey Beamon	7th	9th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Dante Bichette	20th		12th(tied)	21st
Chicago Cubs	Rich Becker	21st	Michael Coleman	10th	11th
Baltimore Orioles	Chito Martinez	22nd		12th(tied)	22nd
Boston Red Sox	Dion James	23rd		12th(tied)	23rd
Los Angeles Dodgers	Brian L Hunter	24th		12th(tied)	24th

CENTER FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Las Vegas Angels	Ken Griffey Jr.	1st		10th(tied)	7th
Minnesota Twins	Darin Erstad	2nd		10th(tied)	10th
Charlotte Knights	Carl Everett	3rd		10th(tied)	11th
Cincinnati Reds	Andruw Jones	4th		10th(tied)	12th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Torii Hunter	5th		10th(tied)	14th
Colorado Rockies	Eric Davis	6th	Barry Wesson	5th	4th
Orlando Devil Rays	Kenny Lofton	7th	Edgard Clemente	2nd(tied)	2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Preston Wilson	8th	Damian Jackson	2nd(tied)	3rd
Washington Senators	Carlos Beltran	9th	Charles Gipson	8th	5th
Montreal Expos	Johnny Damon	10th		10th(tied)	15th
Florida Marlins	Mark Kotsay	11th	Todd Dunwoody	1st	1st
Detroit Tigers	Jose R Herrera	12th	Ryan Christenson	7th	6th
San Diego Padres	Jim Edmonds	13th		10th(tied)	16th
Oakland Athletics	Doug Glanville	14th		10th(tied)	17th
Toronto Blue Jays	Dwayne Hosey	15th		10th(tied)	18th
Kansas City Royals	Jay Payton	16th	Mike Frank	6th	9th
Milwaukee Creams	Tom Goodwin	17th		10th(tied)	19th
Philadelphia Phillies	Ryan Thompson	18th		10th(tied)	20th
Boston Red Sox	Terry Jones	19th	Kazuhiko Shiotani	9th	13th
Chicago Cubs	Rickey Cradle	20th	Pat Watkins	2nd(tied)	8th
Arizona Diamondbacks		21st (tied)		10th(tied)	21st(tied)
Baltimore Orioles		21st (tied)		10th(tied)	21st(tied)
Cleveland Spiders		21st (tied)		10th(tied)	21st(tied)
New York Mets		21st (tied)		10th(tied)	21st(tied)

RIGHT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
St. Louis Cardinals	Brian S Giles	1st		11th(tied)	9th
New York Mets	Sammy Sosa	2nd	Derrick Gibson	4th	1st
Las Vegas Angels	Vladimir Guerrero	3rd	Jose Guillen	9th	4th
Philadelphia Phillies	Bobby Abreu	4th		11th(tied)	10th
Kansas City Royals	Richard Hidalgo	5th	Danny Clyburn	7th	3rd
Cincinnati Reds	Bernie Williams	6th		11th(tied)	11th
Detroit Tigers	Ben Grieve	7th		11th(tied)	13th
Florida Marlins	Rondell White	8th		11th(tied)	14th
Montreal Expos	Raul Mondesi	9th		11th(tied)	15th
Minnesota Twins	Larry Walker	10th	Emil Brown	2nd	2nd
Arizona Diamondbacks	Steve Finley	11th	Alex Hernandez	6th	5th
Washington Senators	Geoff Jenkins	12th	Ryan Long	8th	7th
Toronto Blue Jays	Bernard Gilkey	13th		11th(tied)	16th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Derek Bell	14th		11th(tied)	17th
Orlando Devil Rays	Orlando Merced	15th	Rob Sasser	10th	12th
Charlotte Knights	Geronimo Berroa	16th	George Lombard	5th	6th
Oakland Athletics	Jay Buhner	17th		11th(tied)	19th
Baltimore Orioles	Darryl Hamilton	18th		11th(tied)	20th
Cleveland Spiders	Damon Hollins	19th	Damon Hollins	3rd	8th
Boston Red Sox	Miguel Mejia	20th		11th(tied)	21st
Chicago Cubs		21st (tied)	Jeremy Giambi	1st	18th
Colorado Rockies		21st (tied)		11th(tied)	22nd(tied)
Milwaukee Creams		21st (tied)		11th(tied)	22nd(tied)
San Diego Padres		21st (tied)		11th(tied)	22nd(tied)

STARTING PITCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Montreal Expos	Pedro Martinez	1st		16th(tied)	2nd
Kansas City Royals	Kevin Brown	2nd	Sidney Ponson	2nd	1st
Orlando Devil Rays	John Smoltz	3rd	Jimmy Haynes	13th	4th
Colorado Rockies	Chris Nabholz	4th	Jesus Sanchez	3rd(tied)	3rd
Washington Senators	Kevin Millwood	5th		16th(tied)	10th
Charlotte Knights	Tony Saunders	6th		16th(tied)	12th
Cincinnati Reds	Mike Mussina	7th	Bruce Chen	11th	6th
Florida Marlins	Kevin Appier	8th	Mike Thurman	3rd(tied)	5th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Greg Maddux	9th	Seth Greisinger	12th	7th
New York Mets	Tom Glavine	10th		16th(tied)	19th
San Diego Padres	Denny Neagle	11th		16th(tied)	20th
Toronto Blue Jays	Hipolito Pichardo	12th	Mike K Johnson	15th	16th
Milwaukee Creams	Matt Young	13th	Rich Hunter	14th	14th
Oakland Athletics	Matt Morris	14th	C J Nitkowski	3rd(tied)	8th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Floyd Youmans	15th		16th(tied)	21st
Minnesota Twins	Juan Guzman	16th		16th(tied)	22nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Miguel Batista	17th		16th(tied)	23rd
Philadelphia Phillies	Chris Carpenter	18th	Roy Halladay	3rd(tied)	11th
Detroit Tigers	Kerry Wood	19th	Odalis Perez	9th	13th
Las Vegas Angels	Rick Aguilera	20th	Ryan Dempster	3rd(tied)	15th
Baltimore Orioles	Dwight Gooden	21st	Jarrod Washburn	3rd(tied)	17th
Chicago Cubs	Scott Chiamparino	22nd	Jason Dickson	10th	18th
Cleveland Spiders	Matt Beech	23rd	Carl Pavano	1st	9th
Boston Red Sox	Roger Salkeld	24th		16th(tied)	24th

RELIEVERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Washington Senators	Dan Plesac	1st	Ramon Morel	6th(tied)	1st
Colorado Rockies	Mariano Rivera	2nd	Esteban Yan	2nd(tied)	2nd
San Diego Padres	Robb Nen	3rd	Keith Foulke	2nd(tied)	3rd
Orlando Devil Rays	Frank Wills	4th	Valerio de los Santos	8th(tied)	6th
Kansas City Royals	Gregg Olson	5th	Benj Sampson	8th(tied)	7th
Cincinnati Reds	Arthur Rhodes	6th	Ryan Bradley	20th	14th
Charlotte Knights	Darren Holmes	7th	Jeremy Powell	2nd(tied)	4th
Milwaukee Creams	Jeff Calhoun	8th	Neil Weber	6th(tied)	5th
Chicago Cubs	Alberto Reyes	9th	Jason Dickson	16th	11th
Minnesota Twins	Rob Dibble	10th	Bob Howry	8th(tied)	8th
New York Mets	Armando Benitez	11th	Curt Lyons	8th(tied)	10th
Florida Marlins	Billy Wagner	12th	Bryan Corey	8th(tied)	12th
Detroit Tigers	Brad Clontz	13th		21st(tied)	20th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Scott Radinsky	14th		21st(tied)	21st
Montreal Expos	Mike Jeffcoat	15th (tied)	Brian Edmondson	19th	18th
Oakland Athletics	Don August	15th (tied)	Jay Witasick	8th(tied)	15th
Philadelphia Phillies	Rich Loiselle	17th	Vladimir Nunez	17th	17th
Boston Red Sox	Roger McDowell	18th	Felix Rodriguez	8th(tied)	16th
Las Vegas Angels	John Wetteland	19th	Jeff Kubenka	2nd(tied)	13th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Eddie Guardado	20th	Will Cunnane	1st	9th
Cleveland Spiders	John Johnstone	21st	Heath Murray	8th(tied)	19th
Toronto Blue Jays	Mike Draper	22nd		21st(tied)	23rd
Baltimore Orioles	T J Mathews	23rd		21st(tied)	24th
St. Louis Cardinals	Joey Eischen	24th	Braden Looper	18th	22nd

CLOSERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals	Rick Reed	1st	Benj Sampson	9th(tied)	1st
Cincinnati Reds	Greg Mathews	2nd	Ryan Bradley	20th	18th
Florida Marlins	Bryan Harvey	3rd	Bryan Corey	9th(tied)	3rd
Montreal Expos	Pat Hentgen	4th	Brian Edmondson	19th	17th
San Diego Padres	Robb Nen	5th	Keith Foulke	7th	2nd
Minnesota Twins	Trevor Hoffman	6th	Bob Howry	9th(tied)	7th
Charlotte Knights	Teddy Higuera	7th	Jeremy Powell	8th	5th
Orlando Devil Rays	Joe Magrane	8th	Valerio de los Santos	9th(tied)	8th
Colorado Rockies	Mariano Rivera	9th	Esteban Yan	2nd	4th
Washington Senators	Dan Plesac	10th	Ramon Morel	3rd	6th
New York Mets	Armando Benitez	11th	Curt Lyons	9th(tied)	10th
Chicago Cubs	Jason Dickson	12th	Jason Dickson	16th	13th
Oakland Athletics	Hector Fajardo	13th	Jason Johnson	6th	9th
St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Chitren	14th	Braden Looper	18th	19th
Milwaukee Creams	Jeff Calhoun	15th	Neil Weber	4th	11th
Baltimore Orioles	Kent Mercker	16th		21st(tied)	21st
Toronto Blue Jays	Matt Mantei	17th		21st(tied)	22nd
Arizona Diamondbacks	Danny Patterson	18th	Will Cunnane	1st	12th
Detroit Tigers	Chan Ho Park	19th		21st(tied)	23rd
Los Angeles Dodgers	Scott Radinsky	20th		21st(tied)	24th
Philadelphia Phillies	Rich Loiselle	21st	Vladimir Nunez	17th	20th
Las Vegas Angels	Joe Hudson	22nd	Jeff Kubenka	5th	14th
Cleveland Spiders	John Johnstone	23rd	Heath Murray	9th(tied)	15th
Boston Red Sox	Roger McDowell	24th	Felix Rodriguez	9th(tied)	16th

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