Positional Strength Overview By Positions

HUGG 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
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Joe Ayrault	1st	Joe Ayrault	4th	2nd
Nashville Sounds	Lenny Webster	2nd	Raul Casanova	3rd	4th
Jacksonville Suns	Doug Mirabelli	3rd		11th(tied)	11th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	John Flaherty	4th	Einar Diaz	1st(tied)	1st
Salt Lake City Buzz	Brian Johnson	5th		11th(tied)	12th
Buffalo Bisons	Gregg Zaun	6th		11th(tied)	13th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Henry Blanco	7th		11th(tied)	14th
Rochester Red Wings	Tom Lampkin	8th		11th(tied)	15th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Izzy Molina	9th	Melvin Rosario	10th	8th
Asheville Moonshiners	Kevin L Brown	10th	Kevin L Brown	1st(tied)	3rd
Portland Stag	Chris Widger	11th		11th(tied)	16th
San Antonio Missions	Kelly Stinnett	12th		11th(tied)	17th
Hartford Whalers	Keith Osik	13th	Robert Machado	8th	6th
Bluff City Beasties	Walt McKeel	14th	Walt McKeel	5th	5th
New Orleans Brass	Angelo Encarnacion	15th		11th(tied)	18th
Tucson Tarantulas	Matt Walbeck	16th		11th(tied)	19th
Idaho Falls Chukars	Marcus Jensen	17th	Marcus Jensen	6th	7th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Julio Mosquera	18th	Julio Mosquera	7th	9th
Spokane River Rats	Mark Dalesandro	19th		11th(tied)	20th
Columbus Clippers	Raul Chavez	20th (tied)	Raul Chavez	9th	10th
Tacoma Rainiers	Greg O'Halloran	20th (tied)		11th(tied)	21st
Brooklyn Cyclones	Joe Siddall	22nd		11th(tied)	22nd
Danville Dairy Daddies	Erik Pappas	23rd		11th(tied)	23rd
Milwaukee Otters		24th		11th(tied)	24th

FIRST BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass	Mike Piazza	1st		5th(tied)	5th
Buffalo Bisons	Kevin Young	2nd		5th(tied)	6th
Tacoma Rainiers	Greg Norton	3rd	Greg Norton	3rd	3rd
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Brad Fullmer	4th	Brad Fullmer	2nd	2nd
Jacksonville Suns	Dave Hollins	5th	Mario Valdez	1st	1st
Tucson Tarantulas	Jose Canseco	6th		5th(tied)	7th
Milwaukee Otters	Carlos A. Martinez	7th		5th(tied)	8th
Columbus Clippers	Dave Hansen	8th		5th(tied)	9th
Spokane River Rats	John Mabry	9th		5th(tied)	10th
San Antonio Missions	Troy Neel	10th		5th(tied)	11th
Hartford Whalers	Ricky Gutierrez	11th		5th(tied)	12th
Bluff City Beasties	Paul Sorrento	12th (tied)		5th(tied)	13th(tied)
Idaho Falls Chukars	Rico Brogna	12th (tied)		5th(tied)	13th(tied)
Asheville Moonshiners	Randall Simon	14th	Randall Simon	4th	4th
Portland Stag	Mark P Johnson	15th		5th(tied)	15th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Brent Brede	16th		5th(tied)	16th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Matt Mieske	17th		5th(tied)	17th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Dave Staton	18th		5th(tied)	18th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Charlie Hayes	19th		5th(tied)	19th
Rochester Red Wings	Steve R Dunn	20th		5th(tied)	20th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Dan Peltier	21st		5th(tied)	21st
Brooklyn Cyclones	Mike A. Bell	22nd		5th(tied)	22nd
Danville Dairy Daddies		23rd (tied)		5th(tied)	23rd(tied)
Nashville Sounds		23rd (tied)		5th(tied)	23rd(tied)

SECOND BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass	Jose Vidro	1st	Jose Vidro	2nd	2nd
Jacksonville Suns	Chris Gomez	2nd		10th(tied)	10th
Portland Stag	Orlando Miller	3rd		10th(tied)	11th
Tucson Tarantulas	Wil Cordero	4th	Ralph Milliard	8th	7th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Pat F. Kelly	5th		10th(tied)	12th
Hartford Whalers	Felipe Crespo	6th	David Bell	1st	1st
Asheville Moonshiners	Chris Stynes	7th	Wilton Guerrero	6th	5th
Milwaukee Otters	Tony Graffanino	8th		10th(tied)	13th
San Antonio Missions	Tony Fernandez	9th		10th(tied)	14th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Pokey Reese	10th	Pokey Reese	9th	9th
Bluff City Beasties	Jeff Treadway	11th		10th(tied)	15th
Tacoma Rainiers	Jason Bates	12th		10th(tied)	16th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Jed Hansen	13th	Jed Hansen	5th	6th
Columbus Clippers	Carter Haney	14th	Carter Haney	3rd(tied)	3rd
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Andujar Cedeno	15th		10th(tied)	17th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Jason Hardtke	16th		10th(tied)	18th
Spokane River Rats	Luis M. Lopez	17th		10th(tied)	19th
Buffalo Bisons	Jay Canizaro	18th	Jay Canizaro	3rd(tied)	4th
Nashville Sounds	Adam Riggs	19th	Adam Riggs	7th	8th
Danville Dairy Daddies	Shawn Gilbert	20th		10th(tied)	20th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Roberto Mejia	21st		10th(tied)	21st
Rochester Red Wings	Rex Hudler	22nd		10th(tied)	22nd
Idaho Falls Chukars		23rd (tied)		10th(tied)	23rd(tied)
Salt Lake City Buzz		23rd (tied)		10th(tied)	23rd(tied)

THIRD BASEMEN

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Tucson Tarantulas	Dave Magadan	1st		8th(tied)	6th
Jacksonville Suns	Jeff King	2nd		8th(tied)	9th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Abraham O Nunez	3rd	Abraham O Nunez	2nd	2nd
Asheville Moonshiners	Aaron Boone	4th	Aaron Boone	1st	1st
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Craig Worthington	5th		8th(tied)	10th
Milwaukee Otters	Chris Sabo	6th (tied)		8th(tied)	11th(tied)
San Antonio Missions	Scott Livingstone	6th (tied)		8th(tied)	11th(tied)
Idaho Falls Chukars	Mark Lewis	8th (tied)		8th(tied)	13th(tied)
Tacoma Rainiers	Russ Davis	8th (tied)		8th(tied)	13th(tied)
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Scott Leius	10th		8th(tied)	15th
Bluff City Beasties	Tom Evans	11th	Tom Evans	3rd	3rd
Columbus Clippers	Kenjiro Nomura	12th	Kenjiro Nomura	5th	5th
Portland Stag	Josh Booty	13th	Josh Booty	4th	4th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Jack Howell	14th		8th(tied)	16th
Rochester Red Wings	Scott Sheldon	15th		8th(tied)	17th
Spokane River Rats	Rico Rossy	16th		8th(tied)	18th
Buffalo Bisons	Robert Eenhoorn	17th		8th(tied)	19th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Pedro Castellano	18th	Mike Glendenning	7th	8th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Hiroki Kokubo	19th	Hiroki Kokubo	6th	7th
Danville Dairy Daddies		20th (tied)		8th(tied)	20th(tied)
Hartford Whalers		20th (tied)		8th(tied)	20th(tied)
Nashville Sounds		20th (tied)		8th(tied)	20th(tied)
New Orleans Brass		20th (tied)		8th(tied)	20th(tied)
Omaha Storm Chasers		20th (tied)		8th(tied)	20th(tied)

SHORTSTOPS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass	Jeff Cirillo	1st	Luis Ordaz	6th	3rd
Rochester Red Wings	Rich Aurilia	2nd		9th(tied)	9th
Milwaukee Otters	Robby Thompson	3rd		9th(tied)	10th
Hartford Whalers	F P Santangelo	4th		9th(tied)	11th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Norberto Martin	5th		9th(tied)	12th
Portland Stag	Alex S Gonzalez	6th		9th(tied)	13th
Spokane River Rats	Tony Rodriguez	7th	Takuro Ishii	2nd(tied)	2nd
Asheville Moonshiners	Deivi Cruz	8th	Deivi Cruz	1st	1st
Buffalo Bisons	David Howard	9th		9th(tied)	14th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Manny Alexander	10th	Cheron Farley	2nd(tied)	4th
Nashville Sounds	Felix Martinez	11th	Felix Martinez	2nd(tied)	5th
San Antonio Missions	Luis Sojo	12th		9th(tied)	15th
Jacksonville Suns	Jorge Velandia	13th	Jorge Velandia	5th	6th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Pablo Martinez	14th		9th(tied)	16th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Onix Concepcion	15th		9th(tied)	17th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Masahiro Kawai	16th	Masahiro Kawai	7th	7th
Danville Dairy Daddies	Takahiro Ikeyama	17th	Takahiro Ikeyama	8th	8th
Idaho Falls Chukars	Takahiro Suzuki	18th		9th(tied)	18th
Bluff City Beasties		19th (tied)		9th(tied)	19th(tied)
Colorado Springs Sky Fox		19th (tied)		9th(tied)	19th(tied)
Columbus Clippers		19th (tied)		9th(tied)	19th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman		19th (tied)		9th(tied)	19th(tied)
Tacoma Rainiers		19th (tied)		9th(tied)	19th(tied)
Tucson Tarantulas		19th (tied)		9th(tied)	19th(tied)

LEFT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Buffalo Bisons	Matt Stairs	1st	Roger Cedeno	1st(tied)	1st
New Orleans Brass	Roberto Kelly	2nd		11th(tied)	11th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Pedro Munoz	3rd		11th(tied)	12th
Bluff City Beasties	Mike Simms	4th		11th(tied)	13th
Hartford Whalers	Chad Curtis	5th		11th(tied)	14th
Milwaukee Otters	Frank Catalanotto	6th	Frank Catalanotto	3rd	3rd
Idaho Falls Chukars	Dwight Smith	7th		11th(tied)	15th
Tacoma Rainiers	Dion James	8th	Micah Franklin	1st(tied)	2nd
Asheville Moonshiners	Yamil Benitez	9th (tied)	Billy McMillon	4th	4th
Jacksonville Suns	Al L. Martin	9th (tied)	Rich Butler	7th	6th
Tucson Tarantulas	Bip Roberts	11th		11th(tied)	16th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Tony Longmire	12th	Chris Latham	8th	7th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Jerome Walton	13th		11th(tied)	17th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Eduardo Perez	14th		11th(tied)	18th
Danville Dairy Daddies	Midre Cummings	15th	Midre Cummings	5th	5th
Portland Stag	Eric Owens	16th	Hiroshi Shibahara	10th	9th
Spokane River Rats	Billy Ashley	17th		11th(tied)	19th
Nashville Sounds	Carlos Mendoza	18th	Carlos Mendoza	6th	8th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Curtis Pride	19th	Pedro Valdes	9th	10th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Turner Ward	20th		11th(tied)	20th
Columbus Clippers	Riccardo Ingram	21st		11th(tied)	21st
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Ray Montgomery	22nd		11th(tied)	22nd
Rochester Red Wings	Quinn Mack	23rd		11th(tied)	23rd
San Antonio Missions		24th		11th(tied)	24th

CENTER FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Hartford Whalers	Todd Dunwoody	1st	Jason McDonald	1st	1st
Tucson Tarantulas	Mark Whiten	2nd	Barry Wesson	8th	6th
Rochester Red Wings	Terrell Lowery	3rd		12th(tied)	12th
Bluff City Beasties	Brian McRae	4th	Dante Powell	9th	7th
Jacksonville Suns	Curtis Goodwin	5th		12th(tied)	13th
Asheville Moonshiners	Jermaine Allensworth	6th	Jermaine Allensworth	5th	5th
Milwaukee Otters	Oddibe McDowell	7th		12th(tied)	14th
Nashville Sounds	Danny Bautista	8th		12th(tied)	15th
Tacoma Rainiers	Daryl Boston	9th		12th(tied)	16th
Columbus Clippers	Wendell Magee	10th	Wendell Magee	2nd(tied)	2nd
San Antonio Missions	David Green	11th	Scarborough Green	2nd(tied)	3rd
Buffalo Bisons	Manny Martinez	12th		12th(tied)	17th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Koji Goto	13th	Koji Goto	2nd(tied)	4th
Portland Stag	Jeff Kunkel	14th	Yoshinobu Takahashi	10th	10th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Jeff Abbott	15th	Jeff Abbott	7th	8th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Reggie B. Williams	16th	Kimera Bartee	11th	11th
New Orleans Brass	Pat Watkins	17th	Pat Watkins	6th	9th
Idaho Falls Chukars	Dax Jones	18th		12th(tied)	18th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Kerwin Moore	19th		12th(tied)	19th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Kevin Flora	20th		12th(tied)	20th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox		21st (tied)		12th(tied)	21st(tied)
Danville Dairy Daddies		21st (tied)		12th(tied)	21st(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman		21st (tied)		12th(tied)	21st(tied)
Spokane River Rats		21st (tied)		12th(tied)	21st(tied)

RIGHT FIELDERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Junior Felix	1st	Ryan Long	6th	4th
Hartford Whalers	Alex Ochoa	2nd		8th(tied)	8th
Bluff City Beasties	Felix Jose	3rd		8th(tied)	9th
Columbus Clippers	Darryl Hamilton	4th	Alex Hernandez	5th	5th
New Orleans Brass	Jose L Cruz	5th	Jose L Cruz	3rd	3rd
Salt Lake City Buzz	Emil Brown	6th	Emil Brown	1st(tied)	1st
San Antonio Missions	David Hulse	7th		8th(tied)	10th
Buffalo Bisons	Eddie Zambrano	8th		8th(tied)	11th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Jacob Cruz	9th	Jacob Cruz	1st(tied)	2nd
Jacksonville Suns	Ozzie Timmons	10th		8th(tied)	12th
Tacoma Rainiers	Jose Guillen	11th	Jose Guillen	7th	7th
Asheville Moonshiners	Darren Bragg	12th		8th(tied)	13th
Tucson Tarantulas	Jack Voigt	13th		8th(tied)	14th
Idaho Falls Chukars	Wayne Kirby	14th		8th(tied)	15th
Nashville Sounds	Ivan Cruz	15th		8th(tied)	16th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Danny Clyburn	16th	Danny Clyburn	4th	6th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Alan Cockrell	17th		8th(tied)	17th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox		18th (tied)		8th(tied)	18th(tied)
Danville Dairy Daddies		18th (tied)		8th(tied)	18th(tied)
Milwaukee Otters		18th (tied)		8th(tied)	18th(tied)
Naperville Lazy Fisherman		18th (tied)		8th(tied)	18th(tied)
Portland Stag		18th (tied)		8th(tied)	18th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings		18th (tied)		8th(tied)	18th(tied)
Spokane River Rats		18th (tied)		8th(tied)	18th(tied)

STARTING PITCHERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
New Orleans Brass	Mike Hampton	1st	LaTroy Hawkins	17th	5th
Hartford Whalers	Chris Holt	2nd	Bobby Chouinard	3rd(tied)	2nd
Columbus Clippers	Chris Carpenter	3rd	Chris Carpenter	3rd(tied)	3rd
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Charles Nagy	4th	Dennys Reyes	14th	6th
San Antonio Missions	Jay Tibbs	5th		18th(tied)	16th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Jason Dickson	6th	C J Nitkowski	2nd	4th
Asheville Moonshiners	Matt Beech	7th	Matt Beech	1st	1st
Milwaukee Otters	Bob Ojeda	8th		18th(tied)	17th
Nashville Sounds	Kevin Tapani	9th	Esteban Loaiza	5th(tied)	7th
Jacksonville Suns	Jeff Fassero	10th	Clint Sodowsky	15th	11th
Buffalo Bisons	Mac Suzuki	11th	Mac Suzuki	13th	9th
Spokane River Rats	John Mitchell	12th	Scott Eyre	11th	8th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Tyler Green	13th		18th(tied)	18th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Chad Ogea	14th		18th(tied)	19th
Idaho Falls Chukars	Kenny Rogers	15th	Rich Hunter	5th(tied)	10th
Portland Stag	Omar Olivares	16th		18th(tied)	20th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Geremi Gonzalez	17th	Geremi Gonzalez	5th(tied)	12th
Danville Dairy Daddies	Roger Salkeld	18th		18th(tied)	22nd
Bluff City Beasties	Steve W Sparks	19th	Dan Serafini	5th(tied)	13th
Tucson Tarantulas	Marty Bystrom	20th	Bob Wolcott	5th(tied)	14th
Tacoma Rainiers	Bob Wickman	21st	Brian Rose	5th(tied)	15th
Rochester Red Wings	Tom Urbani	22nd		18th(tied)	24th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Brian Barnes	23rd	Jason Johnson	12th	21st
Brooklyn Cyclones	Jim Bullinger	24th	Frankie Rodriguez	16th	23rd

RELIEVERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions	Bob Scanlan	1st		17th(tied)	13th
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Carlos C. Maldonado	2nd	Ryan Hancock	15th	6th
Omaha Storm Chasers	Kevin Rogers	3rd	Roberto Duran	3rd(tied)	2nd
Nashville Sounds	Cliff Young	4th	Jay Powell	2nd	3rd
Columbus Clippers	Marc Wilkins	5th (tied)	Nelson Cruz	5th(tied)	5th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Milt Hill	5th (tied)	Ramon Morel	3rd(tied)	4th
Hartford Whalers	Paul Byrd	7th	Cory Lidle	1st	1st
Milwaukee Otters	Todd Ritchie	8th	Desi Relaford	5th(tied)	7th
Danville Dairy Daddies	A J Sager	9th	Felix Rodriguez	5th(tied)	8th
Tucson Tarantulas	Jeff Shaw	10th	Keith Foulke	5th(tied)	9th
Bluff City Beasties	Brad Clontz	11th		17th(tied)	16th
Portland Stag	Ron Blazier	12th	Will Cunnane	5th(tied)	10th
Buffalo Bisons	Bob W. Malloy	13th	Chris Peters	13th	14th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Bob Ayrault	14th		17th(tied)	18th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Curtis King	15th	Antonio Alfonseca	5th(tied)	11th
Rochester Red Wings	Brian Keyser	16th		17th(tied)	19th
Tacoma Rainiers	Kevin Wickander	17th	Tavo Alvarez	5th(tied)	12th
New Orleans Brass	Scott Ruskin	18th		17th(tied)	20th
Asheville Moonshiners	Mike Draper	19th		17th(tied)	21st
Idaho Falls Chukars	John Johnstone	20th	Steve Falteisek	16th	17th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Darren Dreifort	21st	Curt Lyons	5th(tied)	15th
Spokane River Rats	Matt Whisenant	22nd		17th(tied)	23rd
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Johnny Ruffin	23rd		17th(tied)	24th
Jacksonville Suns	Mark Dewey	24th	Shayne Bennett	14th	22nd

CLOSERS

Team	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
San Antonio Missions	Jay Tibbs	1st		17th(tied)	17th
Hartford Whalers	Chris Holt	2nd	Cory Lidle	1st	1st
Naperville Lazy Fisherman	Donovan Osborne	3rd	Ryan Hancock	15th	14th
Jacksonville Suns	Jeff Fassero	4th	Shayne Bennett	14th	13th
Spokane River Rats	Don August	5th		17th(tied)	18th
Ocean City Blue Crabs	Chad Ogea	6th	Ramon Morel	3rd	2nd
Nashville Sounds	Chris Bosio	7th	Jay Powell	2nd	3rd
Rochester Red Wings	Tom Urbani	8th		17th(tied)	19th
Bluff City Beasties	Joe Grahe	9th		17th(tied)	20th
Tucson Tarantulas	Bob Wolcott	10th	Keith Foulke	6th	4th
Brooklyn Cyclones	Jim Bullinger	11th	Curt Lyons	7th(tied)	5th
Idaho Falls Chukars	Eric Nolte	12th	Steve Falteisek	16th	16th
Salt Lake City Buzz	Bob Ayrault	13th		17th(tied)	21st
Buffalo Bisons	Bob W. Malloy	14th	Chris Peters	13th	15th
Milwaukee Otters	Todd Ritchie	15th	Desi Relaford	7th(tied)	7th
Asheville Moonshiners	Mike Draper	16th (tied)		17th(tied)	22nd
Omaha Storm Chasers	Kevin Rogers	16th (tied)	Roberto Duran	5th	6th
Savannah Swamp Foxes	Johnny Ruffin	18th		17th(tied)	23rd
Columbus Clippers	Marc Wilkins	19th	Nelson Cruz	7th(tied)	8th
Colorado Springs Sky Fox	Curtis King	20th	Antonio Alfonseca	7th(tied)	10th
Portland Stag	Ron Blazier	21st	Will Cunnane	7th(tied)	11th
Danville Dairy Daddies	A J Sager	22nd	Felix Rodriguez	7th(tied)	12th
Tacoma Rainiers	Carlos Reyes	23rd	Tavo Alvarez	4th	9th
New Orleans Brass	Gar Finnvold	24th		17th(tied)	24th

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