Positional Strength Overview By Positions

DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS 10/05/1997
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CATCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Florida Marlins	Charles Johnson	1st	Robert Machado	8th	3rd
Cincinnati Reds	Javy Lopez	2nd		11th(tied)	10th
Cleveland Spiders	Todd Hundley	3rd	Kevin L Brown	1st(tied)	1st
Orlando Devil Rays	Ivan Rodriguez	4th	Melvin Rosario	10th	5th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Bobby M Estalella	5th		11th(tied)	11th
Kansas City Royals	Rick Wilkins	6th		11th(tied)	12th
Montreal Expos	Mike Sweeney	7th		11th(tied)	13th
Washington Senators	Jason Kendall	8th	Einar Diaz	1st(tied)	2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Jorge Posada	9th		11th(tied)	15th
San Diego Padres	Ed Taubensee	10th		11th(tied)	16th
Charlotte Knights	Todd Zeile	11th	Raul Casanova	1st(tied)	4th
Baltimore Orioles	Matt Nokes	12th		11th(tied)	17th
Oakland Athletics	Benito Santiago	13th		11th(tied)	18th
Toronto Blue Jays	Darrin Fletcher	14th	Walt McKeel	5th	7th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Scott Hatteberg	15th	Joe Ayrault	4th	6th
Chicago Cubs	Chris Hoiles	16th		11th(tied)	19th
Milwaukee Creams	Damian Miller	17th	Marcus Jensen	6th	8th
Seattle Pilots	Hector Villanueva	18th		11th(tied)	20th
Colorado Rockies	Todd Pratt	19th	Julio Mosquera	7th	9th
New York Mets	B.J. Surhoff	20th		11th(tied)	21st
Minnesota Twins	Brook Fordyce	21st		11th(tied)	22nd
Boston Red Sox	Todd Greene	22nd		11th(tied)	23rd
Detroit Tigers	Brent Mayne	23rd		11th(tied)	24th
New York Yankees	Jeff Grotewold	24th	Raul Chavez	9th	14th

FIRST BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Minnesota Twins	Frank Thomas	1st		8th(tied)	6th
Milwaukee Creams	Carlos Delgado	2nd		8th(tied)	8th
Toronto Blue Jays	Mark McGwire	3rd		8th(tied)	9th
Kansas City Royals	Jim Thome	4th		8th(tied)	11th
Charlotte Knights	Jason Giambi	5th	Paul Konerko	6th(tied)	4th
Seattle Pilots	Edgar Martinez	6th	Greg Norton	3rd	1st
Los Angeles Dodgers	Rafael Palmeiro	7th		8th(tied)	12th
Oakland Athletics	John Olerud	8th		8th(tied)	13th
San Diego Padres	Tony Clark	9th		8th(tied)	14th
Colorado Rockies	Todd Helton	10th		8th(tied)	15th
Cincinnati Reds	Fred McGriff	11th		8th(tied)	16th
Orlando Devil Rays	Jeff Bagwell	12th		8th(tied)	17th
Washington Senators	Kent Hrbek	13th	Brad Fullmer	2nd	3rd
Montreal Expos	Hal Morris	14th	Sean Casey	1st	2nd
Florida Marlins	Richie Sexson	15th		8th(tied)	18th
New York Yankees	Derrek Lee	16th	Derrek Lee	6th(tied)	10th
Cleveland Spiders	Howard Johnson	17th	Randall Simon	4th	5th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Mark Grace	18th		8th(tied)	19th
New York Mets	Olmedo Saenz	19th		8th(tied)	20th
Detroit Tigers	Tino Martinez	20th		8th(tied)	21st
St. Louis Cardinals	Ivan Calderon	21st	Brooks Kieschnick	5th	7th
Boston Red Sox	David Ortiz	22nd		8th(tied)	22nd
Baltimore Orioles	Matt Franco	23rd		8th(tied)	23rd
Chicago Cubs		24th		8th(tied)	24th

SECOND BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Kansas City Royals	Roberto Alomar	1st		10th(tied)	9th
Orlando Devil Rays	Craig Biggio	2nd		10th(tied)	11th
Montreal Expos	Jeff Kent	3rd		10th(tied)	12th
Milwaukee Creams	Mark Loretta	4th		10th(tied)	13th
Toronto Blue Jays	Derek Jeter	5th		10th(tied)	14th
Cincinnati Reds	Fernando Vina	6th	Jay Canizaro	3rd(tied)	1st
Charlotte Knights	Chuck Knoblauch	7th	Adam Riggs	7th	4th
St. Louis Cardinals	John Valentin	8th		10th(tied)	15th
Oakland Athletics	Geronimo Pena	9th		10th(tied)	16th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Delino DeShields	10th		10th(tied)	17th
Boston Red Sox	Akira Eto	11th		10th(tied)	18th
San Diego Padres	Mark Bellhorn	12th	Ralph Milliard	8th	7th
Florida Marlins	Craig Grebeck	13th	David Bell	1st	2nd
Colorado Rockies	Damion Easley	14th		10th(tied)	19th
New York Mets	Bret Boone	15th	Jed Hansen	5th	6th
Minnesota Twins	Brent Gates	16th		10th(tied)	20th
Cleveland Spiders	Tomas Perez	17th	Wilton Guerrero	6th	8th
Baltimore Orioles	Bill Spiers	18th		10th(tied)	21st
Washington Senators	Ray Durham	19th		10th(tied)	22nd
Los Angeles Dodgers	Homer Bush	20th	Pokey Reese	9th	10th
Detroit Tigers	Alex Arias	21st		10th(tied)	23rd
Seattle Pilots	Pat Listach	22nd		10th(tied)	24th
Chicago Cubs	Scott Cooper	23rd	Jose Vidro	2nd	3rd
New York Yankees	Andy Stankiewicz	24th	Carter Haney	3rd(tied)	5th

THIRD BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Cleveland Spiders	Kevin Mitchell	1st	Aaron Boone	3rd	1st
Milwaukee Creams	Chipper Jones	2nd		8th(tied)	8th
Cincinnati Reds	Scott Rolen	3rd		8th(tied)	9th
Montreal Expos	Matt Williams	4th		8th(tied)	10th
New York Mets	Phil Nevin	5th	Mike Glendenning	7th	5th
San Diego Padres	Vinny Castilla	6th		8th(tied)	11th
Florida Marlins	Travis Fryman	7th		8th(tied)	12th
Washington Senators	Willie Greene	8th		8th(tied)	13th
Colorado Rockies	Bill R Mueller	9th	Hiroki Kokubo	6th	6th
Boston Red Sox	Edgar Renteria	10th		8th(tied)	14th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Chris Brown	11th		8th(tied)	15th
Toronto Blue Jays	Dean Palmer	12th	Tom Evans	5th	4th
Kansas City Royals	Tim Naehring	13th		8th(tied)	16th
Charlotte Knights	Tony Batista	14th		8th(tied)	17th
Baltimore Orioles	Kelly Gruber	15th		8th(tied)	18th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Robin Ventura	16th	Fernando Tatis	1st(tied)	2nd
Oakland Athletics	Herbert Perry	17th		8th(tied)	19th
New York Yankees	Kevin Orie	18th	Kevin Orie	1st(tied)	3rd
Minnesota Twins	Kevin Seitzer	19th	Abraham O Nunez	4th	7th
Seattle Pilots	Esteban Beltre	20th		8th(tied)	20th
Detroit Tigers	Russ Johnson	21st		8th(tied)	21st
Chicago Cubs	Bill Selby	22nd		8th(tied)	22nd
Orlando Devil Rays		23rd (tied)		8th(tied)	23rd(tied)
St. Louis Cardinals		23rd (tied)		8th(tied)	23rd(tied)

SHORTSTOPS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Washington Senators	Alex Rodriguez	1st	Cheron Farley	2nd(tied)	1st
New York Mets	Gary Sheffield	2nd		9th(tied)	4th
Charlotte Knights	Nomar Garciaparra	3rd	Felix Martinez	2nd(tied)	2nd
Kansas City Royals	Barry Larkin	4th		9th(tied)	9th
Florida Marlins	Craig Counsell	5th		9th(tied)	10th
Toronto Blue Jays	Jay Bell	6th		9th(tied)	11th
Cincinnati Reds	Omar Vizquel	7th		9th(tied)	12th
Montreal Expos	Jose Hernandez	8th	Jorge Velandia	6th	6th
New York Yankees	Orlando Cabrera	9th		9th(tied)	14th
St. Louis Cardinals	Royce Clayton	10th		9th(tied)	15th
Orlando Devil Rays	Jose Oquendo	11th	Masahiro Kawai	7th	7th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Bret Barberie	12th		9th(tied)	16th
Boston Red Sox	Scott Fletcher	13th	Takahiro Ikeyama	8th	8th
Baltimore Orioles	Miguel Tejada	14th		9th(tied)	17th
Chicago Cubs	Randy Velarde	15th	Wilson Delgado	2nd(tied)	3rd
Minnesota Twins	Mark Grudzielanek	16th		9th(tied)	18th
San Diego Padres	Manuel Lee	17th		9th(tied)	19th
Colorado Rockies	Chip Hale	18th		9th(tied)	20th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Kevin Stocker	19th		9th(tied)	21st
Milwaukee Creams	Rey Sanchez	20th		9th(tied)	22nd
Oakland Athletics	Greg Litton	21st	Takuro Ishii	2nd(tied)	5th
Detroit Tigers	Shane Halter	22nd		9th(tied)	23rd
Seattle Pilots	Chad Fonville	23rd		9th(tied)	24th
Cleveland Spiders		24th	Deivi Cruz	1st	13th

LEFT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Boston Red Sox	Barry Bonds	1st	Midre Cummings	5th	1st
New York Mets	Cliff Floyd	2nd		11th(tied)	10th
Washington Senators	Albert Belle	3rd	Pedro Valdes	9th	4th
San Diego Padres	Manny Ramirez	4th		11th(tied)	11th(tied)
Colorado Rockies	Juan Gonzalez	5th		11th(tied)	13th
Milwaukee Creams	Steve Finley	6th		11th(tied)	14th
Cleveland Spiders	Darryl Strawberry	7th	Billy McMillon	4th	3rd
Montreal Expos	Gregg Jefferies	8th	Rich Butler	7th	8th
Charlotte Knights	Shane Mack	9th	Carlos Mendoza	6th	7th
Kansas City Royals	Reggie L. Sanders	10th		11th(tied)	15th
Orlando Devil Rays	Ron Gant	11th	Chris Latham	8th	9th
Cincinnati Reds	Bobby Higginson	12th	Roger Cedeno	1st(tied)	2nd
Minnesota Twins	Kal Daniels	13th		11th(tied)	16th
Florida Marlins	Juan Encarnacion	14th		11th(tied)	17th
Detroit Tigers	Ben Grieve	15th	Frank Catalanotto	3rd	6th
Oakland Athletics	Greg Vaughn	16th		11th(tied)	18th
Toronto Blue Jays	Dan Pasqua	17th		11th(tied)	19th
St. Louis Cardinals	Stan Javier	18th		11th(tied)	20th
Seattle Pilots	Bruce Aven	19th	Micah Franklin	1st(tied)	5th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Butch Huskey	20th	Hiroshi Shibahara	10th	11th(tied)
Los Angeles Dodgers	Jeffrey Hammonds	21st		11th(tied)	21st
Baltimore Orioles	Lyle Mouton	22nd		11th(tied)	22nd
New York Yankees	Quinton McCracken	23rd		11th(tied)	23rd
Chicago Cubs		24th		11th(tied)	24th

CENTER FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Seattle Pilots	Ken Griffey Jr.	1st		14th(tied)	7th
Minnesota Twins	Darin Erstad	2nd	Kimera Bartee	12th	4th
Kansas City Royals	Andruw Jones	3rd		14th(tied)	15th
Washington Senators	Eric Davis	4th	Jeff Abbott	8th	2nd
Charlotte Knights	Carl Everett	5th		14th(tied)	16th
Orlando Devil Rays	Brian Jordan	6th	Koji Goto	2nd(tied)	1st
San Diego Padres	Jim Edmonds	7th	Barry Wesson	9th	5th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Torii Hunter	8th		14th(tied)	17th
Baltimore Orioles	Kenny Lofton	9th		14th(tied)	18th
Detroit Tigers	Jose R Herrera	10th		14th(tied)	19th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Lance Blankenship	11th	Yoshinobu Takahashi	11th	12th
Florida Marlins	Mark Kotsay	12th	Jason McDonald	1st	3rd
Boston Red Sox	Mike Cameron	13th		14th(tied)	20th
Milwaukee Creams	Tom Goodwin	14th		14th(tied)	21st
Chicago Cubs	Rich Becker	15th	Pat Watkins	7th	9th
Colorado Rockies	Milt Cuyler	16th	Lou Collier	6th	10th
Montreal Expos	Brian R. Hunter	17th		14th(tied)	22nd
Cincinnati Reds	Dwayne Hosey	18th		14th(tied)	23rd
Toronto Blue Jays	Darrin Jackson	19th	Dante Powell	10th	13th
Oakland Athletics	Devon White	20th	Gene Kingsale	13th	14th
St. Louis Cardinals	Doug Glanville	21st	Scarborough Green	2nd(tied)	6th
New York Yankees	Ryan Thompson	22nd	Wendell Magee	2nd(tied)	8th
Cleveland Spiders	Marquis Grissom	23rd	Jermaine Allensworth	5th	11th
New York Mets		24th		14th(tied)	24th

RIGHT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New York Mets	Sammy Sosa	1st		9th(tied)	8th
St. Louis Cardinals	Brian S Giles	2nd	Damian Jackson	5th	1st
Minnesota Twins	Larry Walker	3rd	Emil Brown	1st(tied)	2nd
Toronto Blue Jays	Ellis Burks	4th		9th(tied)	10th
Cincinnati Reds	Bernie Williams	5th		9th(tied)	11th
Kansas City Royals	Richard Hidalgo	6th	Danny Clyburn	6th	6th
Orlando Devil Rays	Tim Salmon	7th	Jacob Cruz	1st(tied)	3rd
New York Yankees	Bobby Abreu	8th	Bubba Trammell	1st(tied)	4th
Washington Senators	Vladimir Guerrero	9th	Ryan Long	7th	7th
Chicago Cubs	Trot Nixon	10th (tied)	Jose L Cruz	4th	5th
Cleveland Spiders	Bernard Gilkey	10th (tied)		9th(tied)	12th
Milwaukee Creams	John Elway	12th		9th(tied)	13th
Oakland Athletics	Jay Buhner	13th		9th(tied)	14th
Montreal Expos	Raul Mondesi	14th		9th(tied)	15th
Florida Marlins	Rondell White	15th		9th(tied)	16th
Charlotte Knights	Orlando Merced	16th		9th(tied)	17th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Tony Gwynn	17th		9th(tied)	18th
Seattle Pilots	Jermaine Dye	18th	Jose Guillen	8th	9th
Colorado Rockies	Dmitri Young	19th		9th(tied)	19th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Derrick May	20th		9th(tied)	20th
Baltimore Orioles		21st (tied)		9th(tied)	21st(tied)
Boston Red Sox		21st (tied)		9th(tied)	21st(tied)
Detroit Tigers		21st (tied)		9th(tied)	21st(tied)
San Diego Padres		21st (tied)		9th(tied)	21st(tied)

STARTING PITCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Montreal Expos	Pedro Martinez	1st	Clint Sodowsky	12th	1st
Kansas City Royals	Kevin Brown	2nd	Geremi Gonzalez	5th(tied)	2nd
Los Angeles Dodgers	Greg Maddux	3rd	Dennys Reyes	11th	5th
Cincinnati Reds	Mike Mussina	4th	Mac Suzuki	9th	6th
Washington Senators	Kevin Millwood	5th		17th(tied)	12th
New York Mets	Randy Johnson	6th		17th(tied)	13th
Orlando Devil Rays	John Smoltz	7th	C J Nitkowski	1st(tied)	3rd
Florida Marlins	Kevin Appier	8th	Bobby Chouinard	3rd(tied)	4th
Toronto Blue Jays	Hipolito Pichardo	9th	Mike K Johnson	14th	9th
Milwaukee Creams	Matt Young	10th	Rich Hunter	13th	10th
Baltimore Orioles	Dwight Gooden	11th		17th(tied)	16th
Charlotte Knights	Tony Saunders	12th	Esteban Loaiza	5th(tied)	8th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Floyd Youmans	13th		17th(tied)	18th
Minnesota Twins	Juan Guzman	14th		17th(tied)	20th
Oakland Athletics	Matt Morris	15th	Jaret Wright	5th(tied)	11th
Cleveland Spiders	John Thomson	16th	Matt Beech	1st(tied)	7th
Colorado Rockies	Curt Schilling	17th	Jason Johnson	8th	15th
San Diego Padres	Ismael Valdez	18th	Matt Wagner	16th	17th
Chicago Cubs	Scott Chiamparino	19th	LaTroy Hawkins	15th	21st
St. Louis Cardinals	Miguel Batista	20th		17th(tied)	22nd
Seattle Pilots	Mike Trombley	21st	Amaury Telemaco	10th	19th
New York Yankees	Mark Clark	22nd	Chris Carpenter	3rd(tied)	14th
Boston Red Sox	Shinji Imanaka	23rd		17th(tied)	23rd
Detroit Tigers	Vaughn Eshelman	24th		17th(tied)	24th

RELIEVERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Washington Senators	Troy Percival	1st	Ramon Morel	5th(tied)	3rd
Florida Marlins	Billy Wagner	2nd	Cory Lidle	1st(tied)	1st
Orlando Devil Rays	Frank DiPino	3rd		17th(tied)	10th
Colorado Rockies	Joey Eischen	4th	Antonio Alfonseca	8th(tied)	4th
St. Louis Cardinals	Mariano Rivera	5th		17th(tied)	11th
Baltimore Orioles	Julian Tavarez	6th		17th(tied)	12th
Charlotte Knights	Tim Burke	7th	Jay Powell	1st(tied)	2nd
Cleveland Spiders	Steve Karsay	8th		17th(tied)	14th
Chicago Cubs	Mike Stanton	9th		17th(tied)	17th
Minnesota Twins	Rob Dibble	10th		17th(tied)	20th
Boston Red Sox	Joe Borowski	11th	Felix Rodriguez	8th(tied)	8th
San Diego Padres	Robb Nen	12th	Keith Foulke	3rd(tied)	5th
Milwaukee Creams	Jeff Calhoun	13th	Steve Falteisek	16th	15th
Kansas City Royals	Gregg Olson	14th	Roberto Duran	5th(tied)	6th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Ricardo Rincon	15th	Ryan Hancock	15th	13th
Detroit Tigers	Danny Graves	16th	Desi Relaford	8th(tied)	9th
New York Mets	Darren Holmes	17th	Jose Cabrera	3rd(tied)	7th
Cincinnati Reds	Arthur Rhodes	18th	Chris Peters	13th	18th
Toronto Blue Jays	Jim Corsi	19th		17th(tied)	23rd
New York Yankees	Mike Henneman	20th	Nelson Cruz	8th(tied)	16th
Montreal Expos	Mike Jeffcoat	21st	Shayne Bennett	14th	21st
Arizona Diamondbacks	Eddie Guardado	22nd	Will Cunnane	8th(tied)	19th
Oakland Athletics	Toby Borland	23rd		17th(tied)	24th
Seattle Pilots	Joe Hudson	24th	Tavo Alvarez	5th(tied)	22nd

CLOSERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Florida Marlins	Bryan Harvey	1st	Cory Lidle	1st	1st
Kansas City Royals	Rick Reed	2nd	Roberto Duran	4th	2nd
Montreal Expos	Pat Hentgen	3rd	Shayne Bennett	14th	13th
Orlando Devil Rays	Joe Magrane	4th		17th(tied)	17th
Washington Senators	Troy Percival	5th	Ramon Morel	2nd	3rd
San Diego Padres	Robb Nen	6th	Keith Foulke	7th	5th
Cleveland Spiders	Steve Karsay	7th		17th(tied)	18th
Seattle Pilots	Mike Trombley	8th	Tavo Alvarez	3rd	4th
Chicago Cubs	Paul Wagner	9th		17th(tied)	19th
Milwaukee Creams	Jeff Calhoun	10th	Steve Falteisek	16th	15th
Oakland Athletics	Jason Bere	11th		17th(tied)	20th
Toronto Blue Jays	Jim Corsi	12th		17th(tied)	21st
St. Louis Cardinals	Steve Chitren	13th		17th(tied)	22nd
Charlotte Knights	Tim Burke	14th	Jay Powell	6th	6th
New York Mets	Darren Holmes	15th	Jose Cabrera	5th	7th
Arizona Diamondbacks	Danny Patterson	16th	Will Cunnane	8th(tied)	8th
Minnesota Twins	Trevor Hoffman	17th		17th(tied)	23rd
New York Yankees	Greg Hibbard	18th	Nelson Cruz	8th(tied)	9th
Los Angeles Dodgers	Lance Painter	19th	Ryan Hancock	15th	16th
Cincinnati Reds	Arthur Rhodes	20th	Chris Peters	13th	14th
Baltimore Orioles	Hector Fajardo	21st		17th(tied)	24th
Colorado Rockies	Joey Eischen	22nd	Antonio Alfonseca	8th(tied)	10th
Detroit Tigers	David Weathers	23rd	Desi Relaford	8th(tied)	11th
Boston Red Sox	Joe Borowski	24th	Felix Rodriguez	8th(tied)	12th

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