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HUGG 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
Rochester Red Wings Paul Lo Duca 1st 14th(tied) 14th
Brooklyn Cyclones Darrin Fletcher 2nd 14th(tied) 15th
Hartford Whalers Robert Fick 3rd Robert Fick 1st(tied) 1st
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Joe Ayrault 4th 14th(tied) 16th
New Orleans Brass Jim Leyritz 5th 14th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Suns Lenny Webster 6th A J Hinch 8th 6th
Milwaukee Otters Michael Barrett 7th Michael Barrett 1st(tied) 2nd
Salt Lake City Buzz Brian Johnson 8th 14th(tied) 18th
Bluff City Beasties Joe Oliver 9th Ben Davis 6th 4th
Asheville Moonshiners Mickey Tettleton 10th Kevin L Brown 7th 7th
Danville Dairy Daddies Javier Valentin 11th Javier Valentin 4th 5th
San Antonio Missions Kelly Stinnett 12th 14th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bisons Gregg Zaun 13th 14th(tied) 20th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Einar Diaz 14th Einar Diaz 1st(tied) 3rd
Portland Stag Mark Strittmatter 15th 14th(tied) 21st
Savannah Swamp Foxes Izzy Molina 16th Melvin Rosario 13th 11th
Tacoma Rainiers Francisco Cabrera 17th 14th(tied) 22nd
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Mitch Meluskey 18th Mitch Meluskey 5th 8th
Nashville Sounds Mike Matheny 19th Mark L Johnson 9th 9th
Omaha Storm Chasers Henry Blanco 20th Angel Pena 11th 10th
Columbus Clippers Tom Lampkin 21st Raul Chavez 12th 12th
Tucson Tarantulas Hector Villanueva 22nd 14th(tied) 23rd
Idaho Falls Chukars Marcus Jensen 23rd Marcus Jensen 10th 13th
Spokane River Rats Alberto T Castillo 24th 14th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Storm Chasers Kazuhiro Kiyohara 1st Kevin Witt 7th 5th
Danville Dairy Daddies Paul Konerko 2nd Paul Konerko 8th(tied) 7th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Kent Hrbek 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Suns John Jaha 4th Mario Valdez 4th 4th
Savannah Swamp Foxes John Kruk 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Dave Nilsson 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Milwaukee Otters Tino Martinez 7th 10th(tied) 13th
Tucson Tarantulas Dave Hollins 8th 10th(tied) 14th
Asheville Moonshiners Doug Mientkiewicz 9th Doug Mientkiewicz 8th(tied) 8th
San Antonio Missions Troy Neel 10th Brooks Kieschnick 6th 6th
Spokane River Rats John Mabry 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Brent Brede 12th 10th(tied) 16th
Salt Lake City Buzz Carlos A. Martinez 13th 10th(tied) 17th
Portland Stag Scott Stahoviak 14th 10th(tied) 18th
Columbus Clippers Travis Lee 15th Travis Lee 3rd 1st
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Fernando Seguignol 16th Fernando Seguignol 2nd 2nd(tied)
Rochester Red Wings Matt Franco 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Brooklyn Cyclones Rico Brogna 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Tacoma Rainiers Brian Lesher 19th 10th(tied) 21st
Nashville Sounds Calvin Pickering 20th Mike Kinkade 1st 2nd(tied)
Idaho Falls Chukars Stephen Larkin 21st Stephen Larkin 5th 9th
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 Akira Eto 1st Ronnie Belliard 13th 9th
Milwaukee Otters Howard Battle 2nd Desi Relaford 7th 4th
Hartford Whalers Felipe Crespo 3rd David Bell 1st 1st
New Orleans Brass Jeff Frye 4th Aaron Holbert 12th 11th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pokey Reese 5th Pokey Reese 3rd(tied) 3rd
Omaha Storm Chasers Dave Berg 6th Ramon E Martinez 2nd 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Jed Hansen 7th Jed Hansen 8th 8th
Tacoma Rainiers Jason Bates 8th 14th(tied) 14th
Idaho Falls Chukars Andy Stankiewicz 9th 14th(tied) 15th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Orlando Miller 10th 14th(tied) 16th
Columbus Clippers Carter Haney 11th Carter Haney 9th 10th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Jason Hardtke 12th 14th(tied) 17th
Rochester Red Wings Lou Merloni 13th 14th(tied) 18th
Bluff City Beasties Jeff Treadway 14th 14th(tied) 19th
Nashville Sounds Adam Riggs 15th Adam Riggs 3rd(tied) 5th
Buffalo Bisons Jay Canizaro 16th Jay Canizaro 3rd(tied) 6th
Tucson Tarantulas Ralph Milliard 17th Ralph Milliard 10th 12th
Spokane River Rats Jose Lind 18th 14th(tied) 20th
Portland Stag Mike Metcalfe 19th Mike Metcalfe 3rd(tied) 7th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Edwin Diaz 20th Edwin Diaz 11th 13th
Asheville Moonshiners 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Jacksonville Suns 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Missions 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Storm Chasers Scott Rolen 1st 11th(tied) 8th
Spokane River Rats Mike Lowell 2nd Mike Lowell 9th(tied) 6th
New Orleans Brass Eric Chavez 3rd Eric Chavez 1st(tied) 1st
Danville Dairy Daddies Edgar Renteria 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Craig Shipley 5th 11th(tied) 13th
Portland Stag Robin Ventura 6th 11th(tied) 14th
Asheville Moonshiners Aaron Boone 7th Aaron Boone 1st(tied) 2nd
Tacoma Rainiers Troy Glaus 8th Troy Glaus 9th(tied) 9th
Rochester Red Wings Aramis Ramirez 9th Aramis Ramirez 1st(tied) 3rd
San Antonio Missions Kelly Gruber 10th 11th(tied) 15th
Hartford Whalers Mark DeRosa 11th Mark DeRosa 4th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Hensley Meulens 12th Bob E Smith 5th 5th
Milwaukee Otters Russ Johnson 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Bluff City Beasties Scott Brosius 14th Tom Evans 6th 7th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dave Hansen 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Salt Lake City Buzz Shane Andrews 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Columbus Clippers Kenjiro Nomura 17th Kenjiro Nomura 7th 10th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Keith Lockhart 18th 11th(tied) 19th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Danny Klassen 19th Danny Klassen 8th 11th
Jacksonville Suns Pete Rose Jr 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Brooklyn Cyclones 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
Nashville Sounds 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Jose Vizcaino 1st 12th(tied) 12th
New Orleans Brass Randy Velarde 2nd Luis Ordaz 8th 3rd
Bluff City Beasties Alex Gonzalez 3rd Alex Gonzalez 11th 7th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Chip Hale 4th 12th(tied) 13th
Idaho Falls Chukars Greg Litton 5th 12th(tied) 14th
Asheville Moonshiners Deivi Cruz 6th Deivi Cruz 1st(tied) 1st
Milwaukee Otters Shane Halter 7th 12th(tied) 15th
Spokane River Rats Tony Rodriguez 8th Takuro Ishii 1st(tied) 2nd
Tacoma Rainiers Chad Fonville 9th Shinya Miyamoto 7th 8th
Buffalo Bisons David Howard 10th Cheron Farley 5th 6th
Jacksonville Suns Alvaro Espinoza 11th Jorge Velandia 4th 5th
Nashville Sounds Felix Martinez 12th Felix Martinez 3rd 4th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Giomar Guevara 13th Giomar Guevara 6th 9th
Brooklyn Cyclones Edgar Caceres 14th Takahiro Ikeyama 10th 10th
Tucson Tarantulas Pablo Martinez 15th 12th(tied) 16th
Hartford Whalers Masahiro Kawai 16th Masahiro Kawai 9th 11th
Columbus Clippers 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Danville Dairy Daddies 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Portland Stag 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
Savannah Swamp Foxes 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 17th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Darryl Strawberry 1st 12th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons Matt Stairs 2nd Kerry Robinson 2nd(tied) 1st
Asheville Moonshiners Ricky Ledee 3rd Ricky Ledee 2nd(tied) 2nd
Danville Dairy Daddies Todd Hollandsworth 4th 12th(tied) 13th
Spokane River Rats Mike Simms 5th 12th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Otters Jeffrey Hammonds 6th 12th(tied) 15th
Hartford Whalers Chad Curtis 7th Jacob Cruz 6th 6th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Pedro Munoz 8th 12th(tied) 16th
Portland Stag Butch Huskey 9th 12th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Suns Angel Echevarria 10th Rich Butler 9th 7th
Idaho Falls Chukars Mark Carreon 11th Jeff Abbott 2nd(tied) 4th
New Orleans Brass Ruben Sierra 12th Michael Coleman 11th 10th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ernie Young 13th Mark Little 1st 3rd
Brooklyn Cyclones Billy Ashley 14th DaRond Stovall 2nd(tied) 5th
Tacoma Rainiers Ricky Otero 15th Trey Beamon 8th 8th(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz Mike Neill 16th 12th(tied) 18th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Ron Jones 17th Chris Latham 10th 11th
Nashville Sounds Carlos Mendoza 18th Carlos Mendoza 7th 8th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas Ray McDavid 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Columbus Clippers Tim Hyers 20th 12th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Missions Ryan Jackson 21st 12th(tied) 21st
Omaha Storm Chasers Chris Hatcher 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Rochester Red Wings Greg Martinez 23rd 12th(tied) 23rd
Bluff City Beasties 24th 12th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons Andruw Jones 1st 11th(tied) 9th
Danville Dairy Daddies Mike Cameron 2nd 11th(tied) 12th
Hartford Whalers Todd Dunwoody 3rd Todd Dunwoody 2nd(tied) 1st
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Milt Cuyler 4th 11th(tied) 13th
San Antonio Missions Doug Glanville 5th Scarborough Green 10th 6th
Omaha Storm Chasers Jay Payton 6th Jay Payton 2nd(tied) 2nd
New Orleans Brass Lance Johnson 7th Pat Watkins 2nd(tied) 4th
Rochester Red Wings Terrell Lowery 8th 11th(tied) 14th
Spokane River Rats Devon White 9th 11th(tied) 15th
Columbus Clippers Wendell Magee 10th Wendell Magee 5th 5th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Chuck Carr 11th 11th(tied) 16th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Edgard Clemente 12th Edgard Clemente 1st 3rd
Milwaukee Otters Adrian Brown 13th Ryan Christenson 7th 8th
Bluff City Beasties Rikkert Faneyte 14th Barry Wesson 6th 7th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Charles Gipson 15th Charles Gipson 8th 10th
Salt Lake City Buzz Reggie B. Williams 16th Kimera Bartee 9th 11th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dax Jones 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Asheville Moonshiners 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Brooklyn Cyclones 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Jacksonville Suns 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Nashville Sounds 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Portland Stag 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tacoma Rainiers 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Whalers Alex Ochoa 1st (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Idaho Falls Chukars John Elway 1st (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Bluff City Beasties Felix Jose 3rd (tied) 10th(tied) 12th(tied)
Spokane River Rats Michael Tucker 3rd (tied) 10th(tied) 12th(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz Emil Brown 5th Emil Brown 3rd 2nd
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Dmitri Young 6th 10th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Otters Tony Tarasco 7th 10th(tied) 15th
Columbus Clippers Bubba Trammell 8th 10th(tied) 16th
Rochester Red Wings David Hulse 9th 10th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Suns Ozzie Timmons 10th 10th(tied) 18th
New Orleans Brass Jeremy Giambi 11th Jeremy Giambi 1st 1st
Savannah Swamp Foxes Jimmy Hurst 12th Rob Sasser 9th 9th
Tacoma Rainiers Scott Bullett 13th Jose Guillen 2nd 3rd
Asheville Moonshiners Damon Hollins 14th Damon Hollins 4th 4th
Brooklyn Cyclones Derrick Gibson 15th Derrick Gibson 5th 5th
Buffalo Bisons Joey Cora 16th 10th(tied) 19th
Portland Stag Wes Chamberlain 17th 10th(tied) 20th
Nashville Sounds George Lombard 18th George Lombard 6th 6th
Tucson Tarantulas Darren Bragg 19th 10th(tied) 21st
Omaha Storm Chasers Danny Clyburn 20th Danny Clyburn 7th 7th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ryan Long 21st Ryan Long 8th 8th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Ryan Radmanovich 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Danville Dairy Daddies 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Antonio Missions 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Whalers Ugueth Urbina 1st Mike Thurman 5th(tied) 3rd
Danville Dairy Daddies Shinji Imanaka 2nd Dan Serafini 16th 13th
New Orleans Brass John Mitchell 3rd Jason Dickson 11th 6th
Jacksonville Suns Jose DeLeon 4th Clint Sodowsky 12th 7th
Asheville Moonshiners Juan Nieves 5th Carl Pavano 2nd(tied) 2nd
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Charles Nagy 6th Seth Greisinger 13th 11th
Columbus Clippers Roy Halladay 7th Roy Halladay 7th(tied) 5th
Bluff City Beasties Nate Minchey 8th Mike K Johnson 18th 14th
Omaha Storm Chasers Sidney Ponson 9th Sidney Ponson 1st 1st
Tucson Tarantulas Donovan Osborne 10th 19th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Missions Chris Hammond 11th 19th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Otters Odalis Perez 12th Odalis Perez 7th(tied) 8th
Spokane River Rats Brian Dubois 13th 19th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bisons Jim Abbott 14th Mac Suzuki 7th(tied) 10th
Tacoma Rainiers Ryan Dempster 15th Ryan Dempster 2nd(tied) 4th
Salt Lake City Buzz Mike Oquist 16th 19th(tied) 20th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Ariel Prieto 17th 19th(tied) 21st
Brooklyn Cyclones Willie Banks 18th Frankie Rodriguez 15th 16th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Brian Bohanon 19th Jason Johnson 4th 9th
Idaho Falls Chukars Brian Barnes 20th Rich Hunter 7th(tied) 15th
Rochester Red Wings Carlton Loewer 21st Jarrod Washburn 5th(tied) 12th
Portland Stag Brett Tomko 22nd 19th(tied) 24th
Savannah Swamp Foxes David Nied 23rd Jimmy Haynes 14th 22nd
Nashville Sounds Chris Bosio 24th Jeremy Powell 17th 23rd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions Jeff Pico 1st Braden Looper 19th 9th
Ocean City Blue Crabs Milt Hill 2nd Ramon Morel 7th 3rd
Omaha Storm Chasers Scott Arnold 3rd Jay Witasick 4th(tied) 4th
Spokane River Rats Don August 4th Justin Speier 18th 11th
Danville Dairy Daddies Rosario Rodriguez 5th Felix Rodriguez 16th 10th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Norm Charlton 6th 22nd(tied) 17th
Nashville Sounds Mike DeJean 7th Eric Weaver 8th(tied) 8th
Tucson Tarantulas Mike Cook 8th Keith Foulke 4th(tied) 5th
Buffalo Bisons Felix Heredia 9th Ryan Bradley 21st 15th
Columbus Clippers Rich Loiselle 10th Vladimir Nunez 17th 13th
Portland Stag Ron Blazier 11th Will Cunnane 1st 1st
Bluff City Beasties Ramon Pena 12th Jose RF Santiago 15th 14th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Curtis King 13th Heath Murray 2nd(tied) 2nd
Brooklyn Cyclones Darren Dreifort 14th Curt Lyons 8th(tied) 12th
Tacoma Rainiers Carlos Reyes 15th Jeff Kubenka 4th(tied) 7th
Jacksonville Suns Ricky Bones 16th Brian Edmondson 20th 18th
Salt Lake City Buzz Bob Howry 17th Bob Howry 8th(tied) 16th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dean Crow 18th Dean Crow 2nd(tied) 6th
Milwaukee Otters Todd Ritchie 19th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Savannah Swamp Foxes Scott Sullivan 20th Valerio de los Santos 8th(tied) 19th
Asheville Moonshiners John Johnstone 21st Matt Anderson 8th(tied) 20th
New Orleans Brass Dan Miceli 22nd Jason Dickson 14th 21st
Hartford Whalers Bryan Corey 23rd Bryan Corey 8th(tied) 23rd
Rochester Red Wings Mike Buddie 24th 22nd(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Whalers Chris Holt 1st Bryan Corey 9th(tied) 1st
San Antonio Missions Allan Anderson 2nd Braden Looper 19th 15th
Omaha Storm Chasers Osvaldo Fernandez 3rd Jay Witasick 4th 2nd
Spokane River Rats Brian Dubois 4th Justin Speier 18th 16th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman Frank Seminara 5th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Ocean City Blue Crabs Chad Ogea 6th Ramon Morel 5th 3rd
Milwaukee Otters David Weathers 7th 22nd(tied) 23rd
Bluff City Beasties Ramon Pena 8th Jose RF Santiago 16th 18th
Jacksonville Suns Ricky Bones 9th Brian Edmondson 20th 20th
Tucson Tarantulas Mike Cook 10th Keith Foulke 7th 4th
Danville Dairy Daddies Dan Serafini 11th Felix Rodriguez 9th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Felix Heredia 12th Ryan Bradley 21st 21st
Asheville Moonshiners John Johnstone 13th Matt Anderson 9th(tied) 10th
Brooklyn Cyclones Darren Dreifort 14th Curt Lyons 9th(tied) 11th
Nashville Sounds Mike DeJean 15th Jeremy Powell 8th 8th
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Curtis King 16th Heath Murray 3rd 6th
Columbus Clippers Rich Loiselle 17th Vladimir Nunez 17th 19th
Portland Stag Ron Blazier 18th (tied) Will Cunnane 1st 5th
Tacoma Rainiers Carlos Reyes 18th (tied) Jeff Kubenka 6th 9th
Savannah Swamp Foxes Scott Sullivan 20th Valerio de los Santos 9th(tied) 13th
Salt Lake City Buzz Bob Howry 21st Bob Howry 9th(tied) 14th
New Orleans Brass Gar Finnvold 22nd Jason Dickson 15th 17th
Idaho Falls Chukars Dean Crow 23rd Dean Crow 2nd 12th
Rochester Red Wings Mike Buddie 24th 22nd(tied) 24th
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