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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
10/05/1997
 
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Bobby M Estalella 5th 11th 11th
First Basemen Mark Grace 18th 8th 19th
Second Basemen Delino DeShields 10th 10th 17th
Third Basemen Robin Ventura 16th Fernando Tatis 1st 2nd
Shortstops Bret Barberie 12th 9th 16th
Left Fielders Butch Huskey 20th Hiroshi Shibahara 10th 11th
Center Fielders Lance Blankenship 11th Yoshinobu Takahashi 11th 12th
Right Fielders Tony Gwynn 17th 9th 18th
Starting Pitchers Floyd Youmans 13th 17th 18th
Relievers Eddie Guardado 22nd Will Cunnane 8th 19th
Closers Danny Patterson 16th Will Cunnane 8th 8th
BALTIMORE ORIOLES 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Matt Nokes 12th 11th (tied) 17th
First Basemen Matt Franco 23rd 8th (tied) 23rd
Second Basemen Bill Spiers 18th 10th (tied) 21st
Third Basemen Kelly Gruber 15th 8th 18th
Shortstops Miguel Tejada 14th 9th (tied) 17th
Left Fielders Lyle Mouton 22nd 11th 22nd
Center Fielders Kenny Lofton 9th 14th 18th
Right Fielders 21st 9th (tied) 21st
Starting Pitchers Dwight Gooden 11th 17th (tied) 16th
Relievers Julian Tavarez 6th 17th 12th
Closers Hector Fajardo 21st 17th 24th
BOSTON RED SOX 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Todd Greene 22nd 11th (tied) 23rd
First Basemen David Ortiz 22nd 8th (tied) 22nd
Second Basemen Akira Eto 11th 10th (tied) 18th
Third Basemen Edgar Renteria 10th 8th (tied) 14th
Shortstops Scott Fletcher 13th Takahiro Ikeyama 8th 8th
Left Fielders Barry Bonds 1st Midre Cummings 5th 1st
Center Fielders Mike Cameron 13th 14th (tied) 20th
Right Fielders 21st (tied) 9th (tied) 21st (tied)
Starting Pitchers Shinji Imanaka 23rd 17th (tied) 23rd
Relievers Joe Borowski 11th Felix Rodriguez 8th (tied) 8th
Closers Joe Borowski 24th Felix Rodriguez 8th (tied) 12th
CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Todd Zeile 11th Raul Casanova 1st 4th
First Basemen Jason Giambi 5th Paul Konerko 6th 4th
Second Basemen Chuck Knoblauch 7th Adam Riggs 7th 4th
Third Basemen Tony Batista 14th 8th (tied) 17th
Shortstops Nomar Garciaparra 3rd Felix Martinez 2nd 2nd
Left Fielders Shane Mack 9th Carlos Mendoza 6th 7th
Center Fielders Carl Everett 5th 14th (tied) 16th
Right Fielders Orlando Merced 16th 9th (tied) 17th
Starting Pitchers Tony Saunders 12th Esteban Loaiza 5th 8th
Relievers Tim Burke 7th Jay Powell 1st 2nd
Closers Tim Burke 14th Jay Powell 6th 6th
CHICAGO CUBS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Chris Hoiles 16th 11th (tied) 19th
First Basemen 24th 8th (tied) 24th
Second Basemen Scott Cooper 23rd Jose Vidro 2nd 3rd
Third Basemen Bill Selby 22nd 8th (tied) 22nd
Shortstops Randy Velarde 15th Wilson Delgado 2nd (tied) 3rd
Left Fielders 24th 11th (tied) 24th
Center Fielders Rich Becker 15th Pat Watkins 7th 9th
Right Fielders Trot Nixon 10th Jose L Cruz 4th 5th
Starting Pitchers Scott Chiamparino 19th LaTroy Hawkins 15th 21st
Relievers Mike Stanton 9th 17th (tied) 17th
Closers Paul Wagner 9th 17th (tied) 19th
CINCINNATI REDS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Javy Lopez 2nd 11th (tied) 10th
First Basemen Fred McGriff 11th 8th (tied) 16th
Second Basemen Fernando Vina 6th Jay Canizaro 3rd 1st
Third Basemen Scott Rolen 3rd 8th (tied) 9th
Shortstops Omar Vizquel 7th 9th (tied) 12th
Left Fielders Bobby Higginson 12th Roger Cedeno 1st 2nd
Center Fielders Dwayne Hosey 18th 14th (tied) 23rd
Right Fielders Bernie Williams 5th 9th (tied) 11th
Starting Pitchers Mike Mussina 4th Mac Suzuki 9th 6th
Relievers Arthur Rhodes 18th Chris Peters 13th 18th
Closers Arthur Rhodes 20th Chris Peters 13th 14th
CLEVELAND SPIDERS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Todd Hundley 3rd Kevin L Brown 1st (tied) 1st
First Basemen Howard Johnson 17th Randall Simon 4th 5th
Second Basemen Tomas Perez 17th Wilton Guerrero 6th 8th
Third Basemen Kevin Mitchell 1st Aaron Boone 3rd 1st
Shortstops 24th Deivi Cruz 1st 13th
Left Fielders Darryl Strawberry 7th Billy McMillon 4th 3rd
Center Fielders Marquis Grissom 23rd Jermaine Allensworth 5th 11th
Right Fielders Bernard Gilkey 10th (tied) 9th (tied) 12th
Starting Pitchers John Thomson 16th Matt Beech 1st 7th
Relievers Steve Karsay 8th 17th (tied) 14th
Closers Steve Karsay 7th 17th (tied) 18th
COLORADO ROCKIES 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Todd Pratt 19th Julio Mosquera 7th 9th
First Basemen Todd Helton 10th 8th (tied) 15th
Second Basemen Damion Easley 14th 10th (tied) 19th
Third Basemen Bill R Mueller 9th Hiroki Kokubo 6th 6th
Shortstops Chip Hale 18th 9th (tied) 20th
Left Fielders Juan Gonzalez 5th 11th (tied) 13th
Center Fielders Milt Cuyler 16th Lou Collier 6th 10th
Right Fielders Dmitri Young 19th 9th (tied) 19th
Starting Pitchers Curt Schilling 17th Jason Johnson 8th 15th
Relievers Joey Eischen 4th Antonio Alfonseca 8th (tied) 4th
Closers Joey Eischen 22nd Antonio Alfonseca 8th (tied) 10th
DETROIT TIGERS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Brent Mayne 23rd 11th (tied) 24th
First Basemen Tino Martinez 20th 8th (tied) 21st
Second Basemen Alex Arias 21st 10th (tied) 23rd
Third Basemen Russ Johnson 21st 8th (tied) 21st
Shortstops Shane Halter 22nd 9th (tied) 23rd
Left Fielders Ben Grieve 15th Frank Catalanotto 3rd 6th
Center Fielders Jose R Herrera 10th 14th (tied) 19th
Right Fielders 21st (tied) 9th (tied) 21st (tied)
Starting Pitchers Vaughn Eshelman 24th 17th (tied) 24th
Relievers Danny Graves 16th Desi Relaford 8th (tied) 9th
Closers David Weathers 23rd Desi Relaford 8th (tied) 11th
FLORIDA MARLINS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Charles Johnson 1st Robert Machado 8th 3rd
First Basemen Richie Sexson 15th 8th (tied) 18th
Second Basemen Craig Grebeck 13th David Bell 1st 2nd
Third Basemen Travis Fryman 7th 8th (tied) 12th
Shortstops Craig Counsell 5th 9th (tied) 10th
Left Fielders Juan Encarnacion 14th 11th (tied) 17th
Center Fielders Mark Kotsay 12th Jason McDonald 1st 3rd
Right Fielders Rondell White 15th 9th (tied) 16th
Starting Pitchers Kevin Appier 8th Bobby Chouinard 3rd 4th
Relievers Billy Wagner 2nd Cory Lidle 1st (tied) 1st
Closers Bryan Harvey 1st Cory Lidle 1st 1st
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Rick Wilkins 6th 11th (tied) 12th
First Basemen Jim Thome 4th 8th (tied) 11th
Second Basemen Roberto Alomar 1st 10th (tied) 9th
Third Basemen Tim Naehring 13th 8th (tied) 16th
Shortstops Barry Larkin 4th 9th (tied) 9th
Left Fielders Reggie L. Sanders 10th 11th (tied) 15th
Center Fielders Andruw Jones 3rd 14th (tied) 15th
Right Fielders Richard Hidalgo 6th Danny Clyburn 6th 6th
Starting Pitchers Kevin Brown 2nd Geremi Gonzalez 5th (tied) 2nd
Relievers Gregg Olson 14th Roberto Duran 5th 6th
Closers Rick Reed 2nd Roberto Duran 4th 2nd
LOS ANGELES DODGERS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Scott Hatteberg 15th Joe Ayrault 4th 6th
First Basemen Rafael Palmeiro 7th 8th (tied) 12th
Second Basemen Homer Bush 20th Pokey Reese 9th 10th
Third Basemen Chris Brown 11th 8th (tied) 15th
Shortstops Kevin Stocker 19th 9th (tied) 21st
Left Fielders Jeffrey Hammonds 21st 11th (tied) 21st
Center Fielders Torii Hunter 8th 14th (tied) 17th
Right Fielders Derrick May 20th 9th (tied) 20th
Starting Pitchers Greg Maddux 3rd Dennys Reyes 11th 5th
Relievers Ricardo Rincon 15th Ryan Hancock 15th 13th
Closers Lance Painter 19th Ryan Hancock 15th 16th
MILWAUKEE CREAMS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Damian Miller 17th Marcus Jensen 6th 8th
First Basemen Carlos Delgado 2nd 8th (tied) 8th
Second Basemen Mark Loretta 4th 10th (tied) 13th
Third Basemen Chipper Jones 2nd 8th (tied) 8th
Shortstops Rey Sanchez 20th 9th (tied) 22nd
Left Fielders Steve Finley 6th 11th (tied) 14th
Center Fielders Tom Goodwin 14th 14th (tied) 21st
Right Fielders John Elway 12th 9th (tied) 13th
Starting Pitchers Matt Young 10th Rich Hunter 13th 10th
Relievers Jeff Calhoun 13th Steve Falteisek 16th 15th
Closers Jeff Calhoun 10th Steve Falteisek 16th 15th
MINNESOTA TWINS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Brook Fordyce 21st 11th (tied) 22nd
First Basemen Frank Thomas 1st 8th (tied) 6th
Second Basemen Brent Gates 16th 10th (tied) 20th
Third Basemen Kevin Seitzer 19th Abraham O Nunez 4th 7th
Shortstops Mark Grudzielanek 16th 9th (tied) 18th
Left Fielders Kal Daniels 13th 11th (tied) 16th
Center Fielders Darin Erstad 2nd Kimera Bartee 12th 4th
Right Fielders Larry Walker 3rd Emil Brown 1st 2nd
Starting Pitchers Juan Guzman 14th 17th (tied) 20th
Relievers Rob Dibble 10th 17th (tied) 20th
Closers Trevor Hoffman 17th 17th (tied) 23rd
MONTREAL EXPOS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Mike Sweeney 7th 11th (tied) 13th
First Basemen Hal Morris 14th Sean Casey 1st 2nd
Second Basemen Jeff Kent 3rd 10th (tied) 12th
Third Basemen Matt Williams 4th 8th (tied) 10th
Shortstops Jose Hernandez 8th Jorge Velandia 6th 6th
Left Fielders Gregg Jefferies 8th Rich Butler 7th 8th
Center Fielders Brian R. Hunter 17th 14th (tied) 22nd
Right Fielders Raul Mondesi 14th 9th (tied) 15th
Starting Pitchers Pedro Martinez 1st Clint Sodowsky 12th 1st
Relievers Mike Jeffcoat 21st Shayne Bennett 14th 21st
Closers Pat Hentgen 3rd Shayne Bennett 14th 13th
NEW YORK YANKEES 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Jeff Grotewold 24th Raul Chavez 9th 14th
First Basemen Derrek Lee 16th Derrek Lee 6th (tied) 10th
Second Basemen Andy Stankiewicz 24th Carter Haney 3rd (tied) 5th
Third Basemen Kevin Orie 18th Kevin Orie 1st (tied) 3rd
Shortstops Orlando Cabrera 9th 9th (tied) 14th
Left Fielders Quinton McCracken 23rd 11th (tied) 23rd
Center Fielders Ryan Thompson 22nd Wendell Magee 2nd 8th
Right Fielders Bobby Abreu 8th Bubba Trammell 1st (tied) 4th
Starting Pitchers Mark Clark 22nd Chris Carpenter 3rd (tied) 14th
Relievers Mike Henneman 20th Nelson Cruz 8th (tied) 16th
Closers Greg Hibbard 18th Nelson Cruz 8th (tied) 9th
NEW YORK METS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers B.J. Surhoff 20th 11th (tied) 21st
First Basemen Olmedo Saenz 19th 8th (tied) 20th
Second Basemen Bret Boone 15th Jed Hansen 5th 6th
Third Basemen Phil Nevin 5th Mike Glendenning 7th 5th
Shortstops Gary Sheffield 2nd 9th (tied) 4th
Left Fielders Cliff Floyd 2nd 11th (tied) 10th
Center Fielders 24th 14th (tied) 24th
Right Fielders Sammy Sosa 1st 9th (tied) 8th
Starting Pitchers Randy Johnson 6th 17th (tied) 13th
Relievers Darren Holmes 17th Jose Cabrera 3rd 7th
Closers Darren Holmes 15th Jose Cabrera 5th 7th
OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Benito Santiago 13th 11th (tied) 18th
First Basemen John Olerud 8th 8th (tied) 13th
Second Basemen Geronimo Pena 9th 10th (tied) 16th
Third Basemen Herbert Perry 17th 8th (tied) 19th
Shortstops Greg Litton 21st Takuro Ishii 2nd (tied) 5th
Left Fielders Greg Vaughn 16th 11th (tied) 18th
Center Fielders Devon White 20th Gene Kingsale 13th 14th
Right Fielders Jay Buhner 13th 9th (tied) 14th
Starting Pitchers Matt Morris 15th Jaret Wright 5th (tied) 11th
Relievers Toby Borland 23rd 17th (tied) 24th
Closers Jason Bere 11th 17th (tied) 20th
ORLANDO DEVIL RAYS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Ivan Rodriguez 4th Melvin Rosario 10th 5th
First Basemen Jeff Bagwell 12th 8th (tied) 17th
Second Basemen Craig Biggio 2nd 10th (tied) 11th
Third Basemen 23rd 8th (tied) 23rd
Shortstops Jose Oquendo 11th Masahiro Kawai 7th 7th
Left Fielders Ron Gant 11th Chris Latham 8th 9th
Center Fielders Brian Jordan 6th Koji Goto 2nd (tied) 1st
Right Fielders Tim Salmon 7th Jacob Cruz 1st (tied) 3rd
Starting Pitchers John Smoltz 7th C J Nitkowski 1st (tied) 3rd
Relievers Frank DiPino 3rd 17th (tied) 10th
Closers Joe Magrane 4th 17th (tied) 17th
SAN DIEGO PADRES 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Ed Taubensee 10th 11th (tied) 16th
First Basemen Tony Clark 9th 8th (tied) 14th
Second Basemen Mark Bellhorn 12th Ralph Milliard 8th 7th
Third Basemen Vinny Castilla 6th 8th (tied) 11th
Shortstops Manuel Lee 17th 9th (tied) 19th
Left Fielders Manny Ramirez 4th 11th (tied) 11th (tied)
Center Fielders Jim Edmonds 7th Barry Wesson 9th 5th
Right Fielders 21st (tied) 9th (tied) 21st (tied)
Starting Pitchers Ismael Valdez 18th Matt Wagner 16th 17th
Relievers Robb Nen 12th Keith Foulke 3rd (tied) 5th
Closers Robb Nen 6th Keith Foulke 7th 5th
SEATTLE PILOTS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Hector Villanueva 18th 11th (tied) 20th
First Basemen Edgar Martinez 6th Greg Norton 3rd 1st
Second Basemen Pat Listach 22nd 10th (tied) 24th
Third Basemen Esteban Beltre 20th 8th (tied) 20th
Shortstops Chad Fonville 23rd 9th (tied) 24th
Left Fielders Bruce Aven 19th Micah Franklin 1st (tied) 5th
Center Fielders Ken Griffey Jr. 1st 14th (tied) 7th
Right Fielders Jermaine Dye 18th Jose Guillen 8th 9th
Starting Pitchers Mike Trombley 21st Amaury Telemaco 10th 19th
Relievers Joe Hudson 24th Tavo Alvarez 5th (tied) 22nd
Closers Mike Trombley 8th Tavo Alvarez 3rd 4th
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Jorge Posada 9th 11th (tied) 15th
First Basemen Ivan Calderon 21st Brooks Kieschnick 5th 7th
Second Basemen John Valentin 8th 10th (tied) 15th
Third Basemen 23rd (tied) 8th (tied) 23rd (tied)
Shortstops Royce Clayton 10th 9th (tied) 15th
Left Fielders Stan Javier 18th 11th (tied) 20th
Center Fielders Doug Glanville 21st Scarborough Green 2nd (tied) 6th
Right Fielders Brian S Giles 2nd Damian Jackson 5th 1st
Starting Pitchers Miguel Batista 20th 17th (tied) 22nd
Relievers Mariano Rivera 5th 17th (tied) 11th
Closers Steve Chitren 13th 17th (tied) 22nd
TORONTO BLUE JAYS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Darrin Fletcher 14th Walt McKeel 5th 7th
First Basemen Mark McGwire 3rd 8th (tied) 9th
Second Basemen Derek Jeter 5th 10th (tied) 14th
Third Basemen Dean Palmer 12th Tom Evans 5th 4th
Shortstops Jay Bell 6th 9th (tied) 11th
Left Fielders Dan Pasqua 17th 11th (tied) 19th
Center Fielders Darrin Jackson 19th Dante Powell 10th 13th
Right Fielders Ellis Burks 4th 9th (tied) 10th
Starting Pitchers Hipolito Pichardo 9th Mike K Johnson 14th 9th
Relievers Jim Corsi 19th 17th (tied) 23rd
Closers Jim Corsi 12th 17th (tied) 21st
WASHINGTON SENATORS 10/05/1997
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Jason Kendall 8th Einar Diaz 1st (tied) 2nd
First Basemen Kent Hrbek 13th Brad Fullmer 2nd 3rd
Second Basemen Ray Durham 19th 10th (tied) 22nd
Third Basemen Willie Greene 8th 8th (tied) 13th
Shortstops Alex Rodriguez 1st Cheron Farley 2nd (tied) 1st
Left Fielders Albert Belle 3rd Pedro Valdes 9th 4th
Center Fielders Eric Davis 4th Jeff Abbott 8th 2nd
Right Fielders Vladimir Guerrero 9th Ryan Long 7th 7th
Starting Pitchers Kevin Millwood 5th 17th (tied) 12th
Relievers Troy Percival 1st Ramon Morel 5th (tied) 3rd
Closers Troy Percival 5th Ramon Morel 2nd 3rd
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