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HUGG 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
New Orleans Brass Mike Piazza 1st 13th(tied) 11th
Hartford Whalers Robert Fick 2nd Robert Fick 3rd 1st
Rochester Red Wings Todd Pratt 3rd 13th(tied) 14th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Dan Wilson 4th Takeshi Nakamura 12th 6th
Danville Dairy Daddies Javier Valentin 5th Javier Valentin 4th 4th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Joe Ayrault 6th 13th(tied) 15th
Milwaukee Otters Michael Barrett 7th Michael Barrett 1st(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Gregg Zaun 8th 13th(tied) 16th
Salt Lake City Buzz Sal Fasano 9th 13th(tied) 17th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Izzy Molina 10th Melvin Rosario 11th 7th
Bluff City Beasties Ben Davis 11th Ben Davis 1st(tied) 3rd
San Antonio Missions Kelly Stinnett 12th 13th(tied) 18th
Asheville Moonshiners Einar Diaz 13th Kevin L Brown 5th 5th
Portland Stag Mark Strittmatter 14th 13th(tied) 19th
Tacoma Rainiers Francisco Cabrera 15th 13th(tied) 20th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Brian Banks 16th 13th(tied) 21st
Nashville Sounds Mark L Johnson 17th Mark L Johnson 7th 8th
Omaha Storm Chasers Henry Blanco 18th Angel Pena 8th 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Angelo Encarnacion 19th 13th(tied) 22nd
Jacksonville Suns A J Hinch 20th A J Hinch 6th 9th
Columbus Clippers Tom Lampkin 21st Raul Chavez 10th 12th
Tucson Tarantulas Hector Villanueva 22nd 13th(tied) 23rd
Idaho Falls Chukars Marcus Jensen 23rd Marcus Jensen 9th 13th
Spokane River Rats Alberto T Castillo 24th 13th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Dairy Daddies David Ortiz 1st Paul Konerko 7th(tied) 5th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Kent Hrbek 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Suns Carlos Baerga 3rd Daryle Ward 1st(tied) 1st
Asheville Moonshiners Doug Mientkiewicz 4th Doug Mientkiewicz 7th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Brian Daubach 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Idaho Falls Chukars Bob Hamelin 6th Stephen Larkin 5th 6th
Milwaukee Otters Tino Martinez 7th 9th(tied) 11th
San Antonio Missions Troy Neel 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Brent Brede 9th (tied) 9th(tied) 13th(tied)
Spokane River Rats John Mabry 9th (tied) 9th(tied) 13th(tied)
Columbus Clippers Travis Lee 11th Travis Lee 4th 3rd
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Fernando Seguignol 12th Fernando Seguignol 3rd 2nd
Portland Stag Scott Stahoviak 13th 9th(tied) 15th
Savannah Swamp Foxes David Segui 14th 9th(tied) 16th
Salt Lake City Buzz Carlos A. Martinez 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Hartford Whalers Ricky Gutierrez 16th 9th(tied) 18th
Rochester Red Wings Matt Franco 17th 9th(tied) 19th
Brooklyn Cyclones Rico Brogna 18th 9th(tied) 20th
Tacoma Rainiers Brian Lesher 19th 9th(tied) 21st
Nashville Sounds Calvin Pickering 20th Mike Kinkade 1st(tied) 4th
Tucson Tarantulas Scott McClain 21st 9th(tied) 22nd
Omaha Storm Chasers Kevin Witt 22nd Kevin Witt 6th 8th
Bluff City Beasties Dan Rohrmeier 23rd 9th(tied) 23rd
New Orleans Brass 24th 9th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Storm Chasers Fernando Vina 1st Ramon E Martinez 1st 1st
Danville Dairy Daddies Ray Durham 2nd Ronnie Belliard 13th 8th
New Orleans Brass Jose Vidro 3rd 14th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Otters Howard Battle 4th Desi Relaford 6th 5th
Hartford Whalers Felipe Crespo 5th Felipe Crespo 2nd(tied) 2nd
Portland Stag David Bell 6th David Bell 2nd(tied) 3rd
Tucson Tarantulas Mickey Morandini 7th Ralph Milliard 9th 7th
Brooklyn Cyclones Jed Hansen 8th 14th(tied) 15th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pokey Reese 9th (tied) Pokey Reese 2nd(tied) 4th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Tony Womack 9th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th
Tacoma Rainiers Jason Bates 11th 14th(tied) 17th
Idaho Falls Chukars Andy Stankiewicz 12th 14th(tied) 18th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Orlando Miller 13th 14th(tied) 19th
Columbus Clippers Carter Haney 14th Carter Haney 7th 9th
Rochester Red Wings Lou Merloni 15th 14th(tied) 20th
Nashville Sounds Adam Riggs 16th Adam Riggs 8th 10th
Asheville Moonshiners Jeff Treadway 17th Justin Baughman 10th 11th
Bluff City Beasties Keith Johns 18th Donnie Sadler 12th 13th
Buffalo Bisons Jay Canizaro 19th Jay Canizaro 2nd(tied) 6th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Edwin Diaz 20th Edwin Diaz 11th 12th
Spokane River Rats Jose Lind 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Jacksonville Suns 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Missions 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass Eric Chavez 1st Eric Chavez 1st(tied) 1st
Danville Dairy Daddies Edgar Renteria 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Spokane River Rats Mike Lowell 3rd Mike Lowell 1st(tied) 2nd
Rochester Red Wings Aramis Ramirez 4th Aramis Ramirez 1st(tied) 3rd
Tacoma Rainiers Troy Glaus 5th Troy Glaus 9th 7th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Craig Shipley 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Bluff City Beasties Robin Ventura 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Hartford Whalers Mark DeRosa 8th Mark DeRosa 5th 5th
Asheville Moonshiners Aaron Boone 9th Aaron Boone 1st(tied) 4th
Buffalo Bisons Hensley Meulens 10th Bob E Smith 6th 6th
Nashville Sounds Scott Fletcher 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Milwaukee Otters Russ Johnson 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dave Hansen 13th 10th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Missions Kelly Gruber 14th 10th(tied) 16th
Salt Lake City Buzz Shane Andrews 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Columbus Clippers Kenjiro Nomura 16th Kenjiro Nomura 7th 8th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Keith Lockhart 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Danny Klassen 18th Danny Klassen 8th 9th
Jacksonville Suns Pete Rose Jr 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Brooklyn Cyclones 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
Portland Stag 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Clippers Orlando Cabrera 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Alex Cora 2nd 10th(tied) 11th
New Orleans Brass Randy Velarde 3rd Luis Ordaz 8th 3rd
Danville Dairy Daddies Tony Fernandez 4th 10th(tied) 12th
Portland Stag Aaron Ledesma 5th 10th(tied) 13th
Idaho Falls Chukars Greg Litton 6th 10th(tied) 14th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Kent Anderson 7th 10th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Missions Gary Disarcina 8th 10th(tied) 16th
Asheville Moonshiners Deivi Cruz 9th Deivi Cruz 1st(tied) 1st
Milwaukee Otters Shane Halter 10th 10th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bisons David Howard 11th Cheron Farley 4th 5th
Tacoma Rainiers Chad Fonville 12th Shinya Miyamoto 7th 6th
Spokane River Rats Takuro Ishii 13th Takuro Ishii 1st(tied) 2nd
Nashville Sounds Felix Martinez 14th Felix Martinez 3rd 4th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Giomar Guevara 15th Giomar Guevara 6th 7th
Tucson Tarantulas Pablo Martinez 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Brooklyn Cyclones Edgar Caceres 17th Takahiro Ikeyama 9th 9th
Jacksonville Suns Jorge Velandia 18th Jorge Velandia 5th 8th
Bluff City Beasties 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Hartford Whalers 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Savannah Swamp Foxes 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Paul O'Neill 1st Kerry Robinson 5th 4th
Asheville Moonshiners Ricky Ledee 2nd Ricky Ledee 1st(tied) 1st
Milwaukee Otters Jeffrey Hammonds 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Danville Dairy Daddies Todd Hollandsworth 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Bluff City Beasties Dan Pasqua 5th 11th(tied) 13th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pedro Munoz 6th 11th(tied) 14th
New Orleans Brass Ruben Sierra 7th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Spokane River Rats John Cangelosi 7th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Jacksonville Suns Angel Echevarria 9th Rich Butler 8th 6th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Bip Roberts 10th 11th(tied) 17th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ernie Young 11th Dee Brown 1st(tied) 2nd
Hartford Whalers Jacob Cruz 12th Jacob Cruz 4th 5th
Portland Stag Midre Cummings 13th 11th(tied) 18th
Idaho Falls Chukars Jeff Abbott 14th Shane Monahan 10th 10th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Ron Jones 15th Chris Latham 9th 9th
Salt Lake City Buzz Mike Neill 16th 11th(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Carlos Mendoza 17th Carlos Mendoza 6th 7th
Tacoma Rainiers Mike R Kelly 18th Trey Beamon 7th 8th
Brooklyn Cyclones Billy Ashley 19th DaRond Stovall 1st(tied) 3rd
Tucson Tarantulas Ray McDavid 20th 11th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Missions Ryan Jackson 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Columbus Clippers Tim Hyers 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Omaha Storm Chasers Chris Hatcher 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
Rochester Red Wings Greg Martinez 24th 11th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Red Wings J D Drew 1st 9th(tied) 8th
New Orleans Brass Trot Nixon 2nd Pat Watkins 5th 2nd
Danville Dairy Daddies Mike Cameron 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Hartford Whalers Todd Dunwoody 4th Todd Dunwoody 1st 1st
Idaho Falls Chukars Tony Barron 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Asheville Moonshiners Jermaine Allensworth 6th 9th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Missions Damian Jackson 7th Damian Jackson 2nd(tied) 3rd
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Milt Cuyler 8th Barry Wesson 4th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Deion Sanders 9th 9th(tied) 13th
Portland Stag Curtis Goodwin 10th 9th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Otters Adrian Brown 11th Ryan Christenson 7th 7th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Koji Goto 12th Edgard Clemente 2nd(tied) 4th
Spokane River Rats Devon White 13th 9th(tied) 15th
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Frank 14th Mike Frank 6th 6th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Chuck Carr 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Columbus Clippers Wendell Magee 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Charles Gipson 17th Charles Gipson 8th 9th
Bluff City Beasties Rikkert Faneyte 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Salt Lake City Buzz Reggie B. Williams 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Brooklyn Cyclones 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Suns 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Nashville Sounds 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tacoma Rainiers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass Jon Nunnally 1st Jeremy Giambi 1st 1st
Bluff City Beasties Ellis Burks 2nd 10th(tied) 9th
Spokane River Rats Junior Felix 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Missions Alex Ochoa 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers Jose Canseco 5th 10th(tied) 13th
Salt Lake City Buzz Emil Brown 6th Emil Brown 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Dmitri Young 7th 10th(tied) 14th
Idaho Falls Chukars John Elway 8th 10th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Suns Ozzie Timmons 9th 10th(tied) 16th
Tacoma Rainiers Jose Guillen 10th Jose Guillen 8th 6th
Milwaukee Otters Tony Tarasco 11th 10th(tied) 17th
Rochester Red Wings David Hulse 12th 10th(tied) 18th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Derrick May 13th 10th(tied) 19th
Brooklyn Cyclones Derrick Gibson 14th Derrick Gibson 3rd 3rd
Savannah Swamp Foxes Jimmy Hurst 15th Rob Sasser 9th 12th
Nashville Sounds George Lombard 16th George Lombard 4th 4th
Portland Stag Wes Chamberlain 17th Alex Hernandez 5th 5th
Omaha Storm Chasers Danny Clyburn 18th Danny Clyburn 6th 7th
Tucson Tarantulas Darren Bragg 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ryan Long 20th Ryan Long 7th 8th
Asheville Moonshiners 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Danville Dairy Daddies 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Hartford Whalers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass Mike Hampton 1st 17th(tied) 11th
Hartford Whalers Ugueth Urbina 2nd Mike Thurman 5th(tied) 5th
Danville Dairy Daddies Shinji Imanaka 3rd 17th(tied) 14th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Masato Yoshii 4th Seth Greisinger 12th 9th
Asheville Moonshiners John Thomson 5th Carl Pavano 3rd(tied) 3rd
Columbus Clippers Roy Halladay 6th Roy Halladay 5th(tied) 6th
Spokane River Rats Scott Eyre 7th C J Nitkowski 5th(tied) 7th
Omaha Storm Chasers Sidney Ponson 8th Sidney Ponson 1st 1st
Milwaukee Otters Odalis Perez 9th Odalis Perez 10th 8th
Tucson Tarantulas Rick Krivda 10th 17th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Missions Allan Anderson 11th 17th(tied) 18th
Bluff City Beasties Nate Minchey 12th Mike K Johnson 16th 12th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Brian Bohanon 13th Jesus Sanchez 3rd(tied) 4th
Tacoma Rainiers Ryan Dempster 14th Ryan Dempster 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Jim Abbott 15th Bruce Chen 11th 10th
Jacksonville Suns Jose DeLeon 16th 17th(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Pete J. Smith 17th Jeremy Powell 15th 16th
Brooklyn Cyclones Willie Banks 18th Frankie Rodriguez 14th 15th
Salt Lake City Buzz Mike Oquist 19th 17th(tied) 21st
Idaho Falls Chukars Brian Barnes 20th Rich Hunter 5th(tied) 13th
Portland Stag Steve Trachsel 21st 17th(tied) 23rd
Ocean City Blue Crabs Jamie Brewington 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 24th
Savannah Swamp Foxes David Nied 22nd (tied) Jimmy Haynes 13th 20th
Rochester Red Wings Jarrod Washburn 24th Jarrod Washburn 5th(tied) 22nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Jeff Pico 1st Braden Looper 17th 4th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Milt Hill 2nd Ramon Morel 4th(tied) 2nd
Danville Dairy Daddies Rosario Rodriguez 3rd Felix Rodriguez 15th 9th
Portland Stag Mike Fyhrie 4th Will Cunnane 1st 1st
Columbus Clippers Jose Mesa 5th Vladimir Nunez 16th 11th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Norm Charlton 6th 20th(tied) 17th
Brooklyn Cyclones Darren Dreifort 7th Curt Lyons 6th(tied) 6th
Nashville Sounds Joe Borowski 8th Eric Weaver 6th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Felix Heredia 9th Ryan Bradley 19th 15th
Tucson Tarantulas Mike Cook 10th Sean Runyan 6th(tied) 8th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Curtis King 11th Esteban Yan 2nd(tied) 3rd
Omaha Storm Chasers Mike Cather 12th Benj Sampson 6th(tied) 12th
Tacoma Rainiers Carlos Reyes 13th Jeff Kubenka 2nd(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Suns Ricky Bones 14th Brian Edmondson 18th 19th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Doug Simons 15th Valerio de los Santos 6th(tied) 13th
Bluff City Beasties Jose RF Santiago 16th 20th(tied) 21st
Spokane River Rats Mike Magnante 17th Jay Witasick 6th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Otters Todd Ritchie 18th 20th(tied) 22nd
Idaho Falls Chukars Dean Crow 19th Neil Weber 4th(tied) 10th
Salt Lake City Buzz Bob Howry 20th Bob Howry 6th(tied) 16th
Asheville Moonshiners Jeff Shaw 21st Heath Murray 6th(tied) 18th
Hartford Whalers Terrell Wade 22nd Bryan Corey 6th(tied) 20th
New Orleans Brass Dan Miceli 23rd 20th(tied) 23rd
Rochester Red Wings Mike Buddie 24th 20th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Whalers Ugueth Urbina 1st Bryan Corey 8th(tied) 1st
San Antonio Missions Allan Anderson 2nd Braden Looper 17th 13th
Omaha Storm Chasers Osvaldo Fernandez 3rd Benj Sampson 8th(tied) 3rd
Danville Dairy Daddies Chris Bosio 4th Felix Rodriguez 15th 16th
Spokane River Rats Brian Dubois 5th Jason Johnson 6th 2nd
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Frank Seminara 6th 20th(tied) 20th
Bluff City Beasties Scott Karl 7th 20th(tied) 21st
Nashville Sounds Eric Hillman 8th Jeremy Powell 7th 4th
Milwaukee Otters David Weathers 9th 20th(tied) 22nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Paul Abbott 10th Curt Lyons 8th(tied) 7th
Portland Stag Mike Fyhrie 11th Will Cunnane 1st 5th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Milt Hill 12th Ramon Morel 3rd 6th
Tucson Tarantulas Mike Cook 13th Sean Runyan 8th(tied) 8th
Jacksonville Suns Ricky Bones 14th Brian Edmondson 18th 18th
Buffalo Bisons Felix Heredia 15th Ryan Bradley 19th 19th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Doug Simons 16th Valerio de los Santos 8th(tied) 10th
Asheville Moonshiners Jeff Shaw 17th Heath Murray 8th(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers Jose Mesa 18th Vladimir Nunez 16th 17th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Curtis King 19th Esteban Yan 2nd 9th
Tacoma Rainiers Carlos Reyes 20th Jeff Kubenka 5th 12th
Salt Lake City Buzz Bob Howry 21st Bob Howry 8th(tied) 15th
New Orleans Brass Gar Finnvold 22nd 20th(tied) 23rd
Idaho Falls Chukars Dean Crow 23rd Neil Weber 4th 14th
Rochester Red Wings Mike Buddie 24th 20th(tied) 24th
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