Positional Strength Overview By Positions

DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS 06/04/1998
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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
Orlando Devil Rays	Ivan Rodriguez	2nd	Melvin Rosario	14th	7th
Cincinnati Reds	Javy Lopez	3rd		15th(tied)	15th
Chicago Cubs	Mike Piazza	4th		15th(tied)	16th
Florida Marlins	Charles Johnson	5th	Robert Fick	3rd(tied)	2nd
Cleveland Spiders	Todd Hundley	6th	Kevin L Brown	8th	4th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Bobby M Estalella	7th		15th(tied)	17th
St. Louis Cardinals	Jorge Posada	8th		15th(tied)	18th
Montreal Expos	Mike Sweeney	9th	A J Hinch	9th	5th
Detroit Tigers	Bob Henley	10th	Bob Henley	2nd	3rd
San Diego Padres	Mike Lieberthal	11th		15th(tied)	19th
Kansas City Royals	Rick Wilkins	12th	Angel Pena	12th	10th
Colorado Rockies	Todd Zeile	13th	Mitch Meluskey	6th	8th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Jason Varitek	14th		15th(tied)	20th
Charlotte Knights	Chris Hoiles	15th	Mark L Johnson	10th	12th
Oakland Athletics	Benito Santiago	16th		15th(tied)	21st
Toronto Blue Jays	Matt Nokes	17th	Ben Davis	7th	11th
Milwaukee Creams	Damian Miller	18th	Marcus Jensen	11th	13th
Philadelphia Phillies	A J Pierzynski	19th	A J Pierzynski	3rd(tied)	6th
Baltimore Orioles	Todd Pratt	20th		15th(tied)	22nd
Boston Red Sox	Todd Greene	21st	Raul Casanova	3rd(tied)	9th
Minnesota Twins	Brook Fordyce	22nd		15th(tied)	23rd
New York Mets	B.J. Surhoff	23rd		15th(tied)	24th
Las Vegas Angels	Mike Figga	24th	Paul Bako	13th	14th

FIRST BASEMEN

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

SECOND BASEMEN

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

THIRD BASEMEN

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

SHORTSTOPS

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

LEFT FIELDERS

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

CENTER FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Las Vegas Angels	Ken Griffey Jr.	1st		13th(tied)	11th
Minnesota Twins	Darin Erstad	2nd	Kimera Bartee	11th	7th
Baltimore Orioles	J D Drew	3rd	J D Drew	12th	9th
Charlotte Knights	Carl Everett	4th		13th(tied)	13th
Colorado Rockies	Eric Davis	5th	Lou Collier	8th	6th
Chicago Cubs	Trot Nixon	6th	Pat Watkins	2nd(tied)	2nd
Orlando Devil Rays	Brian Jordan	7th	Edgard Clemente	1st	1st
Los Angeles Dodgers	Torii Hunter	8th		13th(tied)	14th
San Diego Padres	Jim Edmonds	9th		13th(tied)	15th
Florida Marlins	Mark Kotsay	10th	Todd Dunwoody	2nd(tied)	3rd
Montreal Expos	Johnny Damon	11th		13th(tied)	16th
Washington Senators	Carlos Beltran	12th	Carlos Beltran	2nd(tied)	4th
St. Louis Cardinals	Preston Wilson	13th	Preston Wilson	2nd(tied)	5th
Detroit Tigers	Jose R Herrera	14th	Ryan Christenson	10th	10th
Cleveland Spiders	Jermaine Allensworth	15th		13th(tied)	18th
Toronto Blue Jays	Dwayne Hosey	16th	Barry Wesson	9th	12th
Milwaukee Creams	Tony Barron	17th		13th(tied)	19th
Philadelphia Phillies	Ryan Thompson	18th	Gabe Kapler	2nd(tied)	8th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Curtis Goodwin	19th		13th(tied)	20th
Oakland Athletics	Gene Kingsale	20th		13th(tied)	21st
Boston Red Sox	Oddibe McDowell	21st		13th(tied)	22nd
Cincinnati Reds		22nd (tied)		13th(tied)	23rd(tied)
Kansas City Royals		22nd (tied)	Jay Payton	2nd(tied)	17th
New York Mets		22nd (tied)		13th(tied)	23rd(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	1st(tied)	1st
Las Vegas Angels	Vladimir Guerrero	3rd	Jose Guillen	4th	2nd
Kansas City Royals	Richard Hidalgo	4th	Danny Clyburn	8th	6th
Philadelphia Phillies	Bobby Abreu	5th		11th(tied)	10th
Cincinnati Reds	Bernie Williams	6th		11th(tied)	12th
Florida Marlins	Rondell White	7th		11th(tied)	13th
Minnesota Twins	Larry Walker	8th	Emil Brown	5th	4th
Montreal Expos	Raul Mondesi	9th		11th(tied)	14th
Orlando Devil Rays	Tim Salmon	10th	Rob Sasser	10th	11th
Chicago Cubs	Jon Nunnally	11th	Jeremy Giambi	1st(tied)	3rd
Cleveland Spiders	Bernard Gilkey	12th	Damon Hollins	6th	7th
Toronto Blue Jays	Ellis Burks	13th		11th(tied)	15th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Steve Finley	14th		11th(tied)	16th
Charlotte Knights	Orlando Merced	15th	George Lombard	7th	8th
Oakland Athletics	Jay Buhner	16th		11th(tied)	18th
Washington Senators	Geoff Jenkins	17th	Geoff Jenkins	1st(tied)	5th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Derek Bell	18th		11th(tied)	19th
Milwaukee Creams	Brady Anderson	19th		11th(tied)	20th
Baltimore Orioles	Darryl Hamilton	20th		11th(tied)	21st
Boston Red Sox	Miguel Mejia	21st	Miguel Mejia	9th	17th
Colorado Rockies		22nd (tied)		11th(tied)	22nd(tied)
Detroit Tigers		22nd (tied)		11th(tied)	22nd(tied)
San Diego Padres		22nd (tied)		11th(tied)	22nd(tied)

STARTING PITCHERS

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

RELIEVERS

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

CLOSERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals	Rick Reed	1st	Jay Witasick	7th	1st
Florida Marlins	Bryan Harvey	2nd	Bryan Corey	12th(tied)	2nd
Cincinnati Reds	Greg Mathews	3rd	Ryan Bradley	21st	20th
Orlando Devil Rays	Joe Magrane	4th	Valerio de los Santos	12th(tied)	4th
Montreal Expos	Pat Hentgen	5th	Brian Edmondson	20th	19th
San Diego Padres	Robb Nen	6th	Keith Foulke	10th	3rd
Toronto Blue Jays	Pat Combs	7th	Jose RF Santiago	17th	17th
Oakland Athletics	Jason Bere	8th	Justin Speier	18th	18th
Charlotte Knights	Teddy Higuera	9th	Jeremy Powell	11th	6th
Baltimore Orioles	Kent Mercker	10th	Radhames Dykhoff	22nd	22nd
Cleveland Spiders	Steve Karsay	11th	Dario Veras	9th	9th
Washington Senators	Troy Percival	12th	Chad Bradford	4th	5th
Minnesota Twins	Trevor Hoffman	13th	John Rocker	5th	7th
New York Mets	Jim Bullinger	14th	Curt Lyons	12th(tied)	12th
Milwaukee Creams	Jeff Calhoun	15th	Dean Crow	3rd	8th
Detroit Tigers	Chan Ho Park	16th		23rd(tied)	23rd
Colorado Rockies	Mike Timlin	17th	Heath Murray	6th	11th
St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Chitren	18th	Braden Looper	19th	21st
Chicago Cubs	Alberto Reyes	19th	Jason Dickson	12th(tied)	13th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Danny Patterson	20th	Will Cunnane	2nd	10th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Cory Bailey	21st		23rd(tied)	24th
Boston Red Sox	Roberto Hernandez	22nd	Felix Rodriguez	12th(tied)	16th
Philadelphia Phillies	Jose Mesa	23rd	Nelson Cruz	8th	15th
Las Vegas Angels	Joe Hudson	24th	Brady Raggio	1st	14th

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