FELLOWSHIP OF RESPECT AND TRUST
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2000
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Guardians Clay Dalrymple 1st 12th(tied) 2nd
Colorado Rockies Johnny Edwards 2nd Harry Chozen 9th 4th
Chicago (N) Cubs Carl Sawatski 3rd 12th(tied) 7th
Milwaukee Brewers Johnny Romano 4th 12th(tied) 8th
New York (A) Yankees Jorge Alfaro 5th Bernie Hungling 7th 5th
Detroit Tigers Merritt Ranew 6th 12th(tied) 10th
New York (N) Mets Charlie Moore 7th 12th(tied) 12th
Baltimore Orioles Ivan Rodriguez 8th Jamie Nelson 4th 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Mark Salas 9th 12th(tied) 14th
Arizona Diamondbacks Daulton Varsho 10th Jim Spotts 2nd 1st
Texas Rangers Tyler Stephenson 11th Earle Brucker 11th 13th
Seattle Mariners Alex Avila 12th Butch Benton 8th 11th
Minnesota Twins Lou Marson 13th Pat Veltman 6th 9th
Houston Astros Brayan Pena 14th Ryan Lavarnway 3rd 15th
Montreal Expos Johnny Peacock 15th 12th(tied) 17th
Boston Red Sox Tom Lampkin 16th Austin Allen 5th 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Ray Mueller 17th Doug Camilli 1st 3rd
Chicago (A) White Sox Matt Merullo 18th 12th(tied) 19th
Miami Marlins Michael McKenry 19th Tom Patton 10th 18th
San Francisco Giants 20th 12th(tied) 20th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Adam LaRoche 1st 4th(tied) 2nd
Arizona Diamondbacks Jim Bottomley 2nd 4th(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Frank White 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Baltimore Orioles Dick Stuart 4th Joe DeSa 1st 1st
Colorado Rockies Kendrys Morales 5th 4th(tied) 6th
St. Louis Cardinals Willie Horton 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Milwaukee Brewers George Scott 7th 4th(tied) 8th
San Francisco Giants Joe Hauser 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Seattle Mariners Ted Kluszewski 9th 4th(tied) 10th
New York (N) Mets Zeke Bonura 10th Carlos Rivera 2nd(tied) 4th
Boston Red Sox Jeff Kent 11th 4th(tied) 12th
Chicago (A) White Sox Daric Barton 12th 4th(tied) 13th
Minnesota Twins Trevor Plouffe 13th 4th(tied) 14th
Detroit Tigers Jerry Remy 14th 4th(tied) 15th
Houston Astros Bill Terry 15th 4th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Guardians Anthony Rendon 16th 4th(tied) 17th
Texas Rangers Mike Lansing 17th Kelvin Moore 2nd(tied) 11th
New York (A) Yankees Tyler Freeman 18th 4th(tied) 18th
Miami Marlins Dick Nen 19th 4th(tied) 19th
Chicago (N) Cubs 20th 4th(tied) 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Billy Goodman 1st 11th(tied) 7th
Detroit Tigers Delino DeShields 2nd 11th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Phillies Ketel Marte 3rd Billy Martin 9th 3rd
Chicago (N) Cubs Jack Rothrock 4th Pat Kelly 1st(tied) 1st
Colorado Rockies Snuffy Stirnweiss 5th Brendan Rodgers 8th 5th
New York (A) Yankees Lonny Frey 6th 11th(tied) 11th
Cleveland Guardians Luis Urias 7th 11th(tied) 14th
Seattle Mariners Hubie Brooks 8th Monty Basgall 10th 13th
Minnesota Twins Manny Trillo 9th 11th(tied) 15th
New York (N) Mets Billy Werber 10th Danny Lynch 1st(tied) 2nd
Texas Rangers Rick Auerbach 11th Alen Hanson 7th 10th
Boston Red Sox Lou Stringer 12th Don Buddin 6th 12th
San Francisco Giants Dick Howser 13th 11th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Eddie Leon 14th Bobby Richardson 5th 9th
Milwaukee Brewers Orlando Miller 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Arizona Diamondbacks Geraldo Perdomo 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Chicago (A) White Sox Davis Schneider 17th Travis Denker 1st(tied) 4th
Baltimore Orioles Khalil Greene 18th Jahmai Jones 1st(tied) 6th
Miami Marlins Kim Allen 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Houston Astros 20th 11th(tied) 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arizona Diamondbacks Pete Ward 1st 7th(tied) 3rd
Chicago (A) White Sox Darrell Evans 2nd 7th(tied) 5th
Seattle Mariners Chris Brown 3rd Willis Otanez 5th 2nd
New York (N) Mets Mike Schmidt 4th 7th(tied) 6th
San Francisco Giants Robin Ventura 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Montreal Expos Eddie Mathews 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Colorado Rockies Billy Johnson 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Baltimore Orioles Clete Boyer 8th 7th(tied) 12th
Minnesota Twins Eddie Lake 9th Steve Hertz 6th 8th
St. Louis Cardinals Mike Lowell 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Boston Red Sox Vern Stephens 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th
Houston Astros Emmanuel Rivera 11th (tied) George Arias 1st(tied) 1st
Detroit Tigers Miguel Sanó 13th 7th(tied) 15th
New York (A) Yankees Scott Leius 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Guardians Alex Grammas 15th Renato Nuñez 3rd 10th
Texas Rangers Antonio Perez 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Miami Marlins Frank Sigafoos 17th Wally Kopf 1st(tied) 4th
Chicago (N) Cubs 18th (tied) Steve Kiefer 4th 18th
Milwaukee Brewers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Philadelphia Phillies 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago (N) Cubs Matt Williams 1st 7th(tied) 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals John Valentin 2nd Hal Quick 4th 3rd
Seattle Mariners Glenn Wright 3rd 7th(tied) 4th
Colorado Rockies Hank Majeski 4th Chick Gagnon 1st(tied) 1st
Cleveland Guardians Glenn Hoffman 5th 7th(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Johnny Lucadello 6th 7th(tied) 7th
New York (N) Mets Ha-seong Kim 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Houston Astros Wil Cordero 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Texas Rangers Eugenio Suárez 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Baltimore Orioles Bobby Brown 10th 7th(tied) 14th
Minnesota Twins Bobby Morgan 11th Oswaldo Navarro 5th 10th
Miami Marlins Jim Pendleton 12th 7th(tied) 15th
Montreal Expos Jose Valdivielso 13th 7th(tied) 16th
Milwaukee Brewers Gary DiSarcina 14th Jim Clark 6th 13th
Detroit Tigers Mark Belanger 15th 7th(tied) 17th
Arizona Diamondbacks Tucupita Marcano 16th Whitey Wietelmann 3rd 5th
San Francisco Giants Orlando Ramirez 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Chicago (A) White Sox Daryl Spencer 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Boston Red Sox 19th (tied) Bobby Valentine 1st(tied) 12th
New York (A) Yankees 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York (N) Mets Dick Allen 1st Jackie Gallagher 7th 1st
Seattle Mariners Al Simmons 2nd Dean Look 8th 3rd
Milwaukee Brewers Dale Murphy 3rd 10th(tied) 5th
Chicago (N) Cubs Hank Greenberg 4th 10th(tied) 6th
Houston Astros Carl Reynolds 5th Dave Hengel 5th 4th
Montreal Expos John Hale 6th 10th(tied) 8th
Texas Rangers Billy Williams 7th 10th(tied) 9th
San Francisco Giants Joe Lefebvre 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Minnesota Twins Pat McNulty 9th Von Joshua 2nd 7th
Colorado Rockies Deron Johnson 10th Wilkin Ramirez 6th 11th
St. Louis Cardinals Evar Swanson 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Arizona Diamondbacks Rusty Torres 12th Dick Smith 9th 14th
Miami Marlins Alex Dickerson 13th Jonny Gomes 1st 2nd
New York (A) Yankees Nolan Reimold 14th Orlando Calixte 4th 10th
Chicago (A) White Sox Dick Williams 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Philadelphia Phillies Bobby Murcer 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Detroit Tigers Gabe Gross 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Baltimore Orioles Willie Norwood 18th Pete Stanicek 3rd 13th
Boston Red Sox Harlin Pool 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Cleveland Guardians Terry Francona 20th 10th(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York (A) Yankees Barney McCosky 1st 10th(tied) 7th
Houston Astros Joe Orsulak 2nd Logan Schafer 8th 3rd
Seattle Mariners Mike Yastrzemski 3rd 10th(tied) 8th
New York (N) Mets Darren Lewis 4th 10th(tied) 9th
Arizona Diamondbacks Jay Bruce 5th Jordan Schafer 5th 2nd
Chicago (A) White Sox Earle Combs 6th Hector Martinez 9th 4th
Minnesota Twins Taylor Trammell 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Chicago (N) Cubs Bill Wilson 8th Jose Zardon 6th 5th
Philadelphia Phillies Michael A. Taylor 9th Solly Drake 7th 6th
Texas Rangers Eric Davis 10th 10th(tied) 12th
San Francisco Giants Jon Jay 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Colorado Rockies Andres Torres 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Montreal Expos Gerardo Parra 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Baltimore Orioles Wayne Comer 14th Ron Davis 4th 10th
Detroit Tigers Bob Dernier 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Guardians Ted Uhlaender 16th Hank Leiber 1st 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Alex Escobar 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Miami Marlins Mike Easler 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Boston Red Sox 19th (tied) Enrique Hernández 2nd 19th
Milwaukee Brewers 19th (tied) Hub Walker 3rd 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago (A) White Sox Bryce Harper 1st 5th(tied) 1st
San Francisco Giants Johnny Rizzo 2nd 5th(tied) 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Matt Kemp 3rd 5th(tied) 4th
Milwaukee Brewers Johnny Grubb 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Ken Griffey 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Chicago (N) Cubs Tim Raines 6th Paul Householder 1st 2nd
Arizona Diamondbacks Brad Wilkerson 7th Slade Heathcott 3rd 5th
Texas Rangers Kevin Bass 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Minnesota Twins Norm Siebern 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Houston Astros Melky Cabrera 10th 5th(tied) 10th
New York (N) Mets Beau Bell 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Cleveland Guardians Julio Rodriguez 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Boston Red Sox Skip Schumaker 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Colorado Rockies Gene Clines 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Baltimore Orioles Hunter Pence 15th 5th(tied) 16th
New York (A) Yankees Donald Harris 16th Red Nonnenkamp 2nd 11th
Miami Marlins Ted Beard 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Detroit Tigers 18th (tied) John Perrin 4th 18th
Montreal Expos 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Seattle Mariners 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York (N) Mets Don Drysdale 1st Hilly Hathaway 2nd 1st
Arizona Diamondbacks Jack Fisher 2nd 10th(tied) 4th
Minnesota Twins Mike Ryba 3rd 10th(tied) 7th
Seattle Mariners Logan Gilbert 4th 10th(tied) 8th
Baltimore Orioles Dave Roberts 5th 10th(tied) 9th
Chicago (A) White Sox Nathan Eovaldi 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Milwaukee Brewers Sonny Gray 7th Janson Junk 9th 6th
Philadelphia Phillies Jose Rijo 8th 10th(tied) 12th
New York (A) Yankees Rich Nye 9th Ed Head 5th 5th
Chicago (N) Cubs Jim Colborn 10th Ben Cantwell 1st 2nd
Colorado Rockies Jerome Williams 11th Boots Poffenberger 6th 11th
San Francisco Giants Phil Ortega 12th 10th(tied) 13th
Detroit Tigers Joey Hamilton 13th Gene Conley 3rd(tied) 3rd
Montreal Expos Dave Boswell 14th 10th(tied) 15th
St. Louis Cardinals Milo Candini 15th Kevin Morton 7th 14th
Cleveland Guardians Oral Hildebrand 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Boston Red Sox Aaron Small 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Houston Astros Kyle Hendricks 18th Gil Patterson 8th 19th
Miami Marlins Steve McCatty 19th Anthony Ranaudo 3rd(tied) 17th
Texas Rangers Jesse Litsch 20th 10th(tied) 20th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Brewers Jonathan Broxton 1st Janson Junk 12th 2nd
Cleveland Guardians Ken Giles 2nd Cody Carroll 15th 6th
New York (N) Mets Jeremy Affeldt 3rd Garry Roggenburk 6th(tied) 4th
Seattle Mariners Bobby Jenks 4th 17th(tied) 8th
Minnesota Twins Rusty Meacham 5th Luis Cessa 6th(tied) 5th
San Francisco Giants Grant Roberts 6th Darcy Fast 2nd 3rd
Baltimore Orioles Jeff Zimmerman 7th 17th(tied) 11th
Houston Astros Robert Carson 8th Bill Ford 1st 1st
Chicago (A) White Sox Frank Francisco 9th 17th(tied) 13th
Montreal Expos Rex Brothers 10th Kyle McGrath 13th 10th
Colorado Rockies Luis Ayala 11th Don Kirkwood 6th(tied) 9th
New York (A) Yankees Sean Marshall 12th Earl Huckleberry 14th 16th
Chicago (N) Cubs Matt Albers 13th Jesse Orosco 3rd 7th
Miami Marlins J.P. Howell 14th Mauricio Cabrera 6th(tied) 14th
Boston Red Sox Mike Dunn 15th Mike Mimbs 6th(tied) 15th
Detroit Tigers Dave Otto 16th Buster Ross 4th 12th
Philadelphia Phillies Tyler Danish 17th Thomas Eshelman 6th(tied) 17th
Texas Rangers Jose Veras 18th 17th(tied) 19th
Arizona Diamondbacks Chuck Cary 19th Joe Bisenius 16th 20th
St. Louis Cardinals Joe Genewich 20th Pete Rambo 5th 18th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago (N) Cubs Matt Albers 1st Jesse Orosco 3rd 1st
Seattle Mariners Rocky Coppinger 2nd 17th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Brewers Greg Bollo 3rd Janson Junk 12th 11th
Montreal Expos Danny Patterson 4th Kyle McGrath 13th 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Ken Howell 5th Thomas Eshelman 6th(tied) 2nd
New York (N) Mets Bill Gogolewski 6th Garry Roggenburk 6th(tied) 3rd
Minnesota Twins Brusdar Graterol 7th Luis Cessa 6th(tied) 5th
San Francisco Giants Garrett Olson 8th Darcy Fast 2nd 4th
Baltimore Orioles Jonny Venters 9th 17th(tied) 18th
New York (A) Yankees Yorman Bazardo 10th Earl Huckleberry 14th 15th
Arizona Diamondbacks Dave Veres 11th Joe Bisenius 16th 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Milo Candini 12th Pete Rambo 5th 6th
Detroit Tigers Ed Lopat 13th Buster Ross 4th 7th
Cleveland Guardians Camilo Doval 14th Cody Carroll 15th 17th
Chicago (A) White Sox Bob Ross 15th 17th(tied) 19th
Colorado Rockies Terrell Wade 16th Don Kirkwood 6th(tied) 9th
Houston Astros David Carpenter 17th Bill Ford 1st 8th
Boston Red Sox Mike Dunn 18th Mike Mimbs 6th(tied) 10th
Texas Rangers Jose Veras 19th 17th(tied) 20th
Miami Marlins Dave DeBusschere 20th Mauricio Cabrera 6th(tied) 12th
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