FELLOWSHIP OF RESPECT AND TRUST
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2001
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Guardians Clay Dalrymple 1st 11th(tied) 5th
Colorado Rockies Johnny Edwards 2nd Doc Edwards 3rd(tied) 1st
Chicago (N) Cubs Carl Sawatski 3rd Bob Tillman 6th 6th
St. Louis Cardinals Jake Early 4th Doug Camilli 1st 2nd
Montreal Expos Todd Hundley 5th 11th(tied) 8th
Detroit Tigers Merritt Ranew 6th 11th(tied) 9th
New York (A) Yankees Jorge Alfaro 7th 11th(tied) 10th
Baltimore Orioles Ivan Rodriguez 8th 11th(tied) 12th
San Francisco Giants Keibert Ruiz 9th Pete LaForest 7th 11th
Chicago (A) White Sox Johnny Romano 10th (tied) 11th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York (N) Mets Charlie Moore 10th (tied) 11th(tied) 14th(tied)
Arizona Diamondbacks Daulton Varsho 12th Jim Spotts 9th 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Mark Salas 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Houston Astros Brayan Pena 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Minnesota Twins Jonah Heim 15th Henry Davis 3rd(tied) 4th
Boston Red Sox Tom Lampkin 16th Bill DeLancey 2nd 3rd
Milwaukee Brewers Dick Bertell 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Seattle Mariners Hal Wagner 18th Butch Benton 8th 18th
Miami Marlins Michael McKenry 19th Tom Patton 10th 20th
Texas Rangers Charlie O'Brien 20th Joe McCabe 3rd(tied) 7th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Adam LaRoche 1st 6th(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Frank White 2nd 6th(tied) 4th
Baltimore Orioles Dick Stuart 3rd Joe DeSa 5th 2nd
Colorado Rockies Kendrys Morales 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Arizona Diamondbacks Jim Bottomley 5th 6th(tied) 7th
San Francisco Giants Joe Hauser 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Seattle Mariners Don Mattingly 7th 6th(tied) 9th
New York (N) Mets George Scott 8th 6th(tied) 11th
Miami Marlins Derek Bell 9th Bud Zipfel 1st 1st
Houston Astros Bill Terry 10th 6th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Willie Horton 11th 6th(tied) 13th
Chicago (A) White Sox Daric Barton 12th 6th(tied) 14th
Minnesota Twins Trevor Plouffe 13th 6th(tied) 15th
Chicago (N) Cubs Casey Kotchman 14th Casey Kotchman 2nd 5th
Detroit Tigers Jerry Remy 15th 6th(tied) 16th
Boston Red Sox Mike Shannon 16th Steve Bilko 3rd 10th
Cleveland Guardians Hank Leiber 17th 6th(tied) 17th
New York (A) Yankees Scott Leius 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Brewers Orlando Miller 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Texas Rangers 20th Kelvin Moore 4th 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit Tigers Delino DeShields 1st 8th(tied) 5th
Chicago (N) Cubs Jack Rothrock 2nd Fernando Gonzalez 3rd 3rd
Montreal Expos Billy Goodman 3rd 8th(tied) 6th
Colorado Rockies Snuffy Stirnweiss 4th Brendan Rodgers 6th 4th
Seattle Mariners Hubie Brooks 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Miami Marlins Riggs Stephenson 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Chicago (A) White Sox Daryl Spencer 7th Travis Denker 1st(tied) 1st
Baltimore Orioles Tommy Brown 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia Phillies Luis Rivas 9th Billy Martin 4th 7th
Texas Rangers Luis Castillo 10th Alen Hanson 5th 8th
Boston Red Sox Jose Valdivielso 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Minnesota Twins Dylan Moore 12th 8th(tied) 14th
New York (N) Mets Argenis Diaz 13th Danny Lynch 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Eddie Leon 14th 8th(tied) 15th
New York (A) Yankees Julio Lugo 15th John Happenny 7th 11th
San Francisco Giants Dick Howser 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Arizona Diamondbacks Geraldo Perdomo 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Cleveland Guardians Jose Baez 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Houston Astros 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Milwaukee Brewers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago (A) White Sox Darrell Evans 1st 8th(tied) 1st
Montreal Expos Eddie Mathews 2nd 8th(tied) 6th
Arizona Diamondbacks Pete Ward 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
San Francisco Giants Robin Ventura 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Colorado Rockies Billy Johnson 5th Dallas McPherson 4th 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals Mike Lowell 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Minnesota Twins Eddie Lake 7th Steve Hertz 6th 7th
Boston Red Sox Don Buddin 8th Don Buddin 1st 2nd
Detroit Tigers Miguel Sanó 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Houston Astros Emmanuel Rivera 10th Sammy Esposito 3rd 5th
Cleveland Guardians Anthony Rendon 11th Renato Nuñez 2nd 4th
Milwaukee Brewers Bobby Cox 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Seattle Mariners Angel Berroa 13th Steve Demeter 7th 12th
Philadelphia Phillies Dino Chiozza 14th 8th(tied) 15th
New York (A) Yankees Coot Veal 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Miami Marlins Wally Kopf 16th Wally Kopf 5th 13th
Baltimore Orioles 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Chicago (N) Cubs 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
New York (N) Mets 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Texas Rangers 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chicago (N) Cubs Matt Williams 1st 10th(tied) 1st
Colorado Rockies Hank Majeski 2nd Jordan Lawlar 7th 3rd
Seattle Mariners Glenn Wright 3rd 10th(tied) 5th
St. Louis Cardinals John Valentin 4th Hal Quick 5th 4th
Houston Astros Wil Cordero 5th Rich Aurilia 1st 2nd
Chicago (A) White Sox Danny Santana 6th 10th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Phillies Johnny Lucadello 7th 10th(tied) 9th
New York (N) Mets Ha-seong Kim 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Boston Red Sox Glenn Hoffman 9th Bobby Valentine 2nd 6th
Milwaukee Brewers Bobby Brown 10th Jim Clark 9th 10th
Texas Rangers Eugenio Suárez 11th Richie Martin 3rd 7th
Arizona Diamondbacks Tucupita Marcano 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Baltimore Orioles Gary DiSarcina 13th 10th(tied) 15th
San Francisco Giants Orlando Ramirez 14th Jose Morban 6th 12th
Minnesota Twins Bobby Morgan 15th 10th(tied) 16th
New York (A) Yankees David Eckstein 16th Orlando Calixte 4th 13th
Montreal Expos Paul Janish 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Detroit Tigers Livan Soto 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Miami Marlins Chase d'Arnaud 19th Ken Szotkiewicz 8th 17th
Cleveland Guardians 20th 10th(tied) 20th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York (N) Mets Dick Allen 1st Jackie Gallagher 8th 2nd
Seattle Mariners Al Simmons 2nd Dean Look 9th 4th
Texas Rangers Billy Williams 3rd Nyls Nyman 7th 6th
Houston Astros Carl Reynolds 4th Dave Hengel 6th 7th
Philadelphia Phillies Dale Murphy 5th 10th(tied) 9th
Miami Marlins Walton Cruise 6th Walton Cruise 1st(tied) 1st
Montreal Expos John Hale 7th 10th(tied) 10th
Chicago (A) White Sox Dick Williams 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Detroit Tigers Travis Snider 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Cleveland Guardians Josh Naylor 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Chicago (N) Cubs Hank Greenberg 11th 10th(tied) 15th
New York (A) Yankees Nolan Reimold 12th 10th(tied) 16th
Minnesota Twins Pat McNulty 13th 10th(tied) 17th
St. Louis Cardinals Chick Fullis 14th George Bell 4th 8th
Arizona Diamondbacks Jim Marshall 15th Carl Sumner 1st(tied) 3rd
Colorado Rockies Fernando Martinez 16th George Alusik 5th 11th
Boston Red Sox Skip Schumaker 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Brewers Gene Clines 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Baltimore Orioles Willie Norwood 19th Hank Allen 1st(tied) 5th
San Francisco Giants Leon Wagner 20th 10th(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Brewers Joe Orsulak 1st 9th(tied) 5th
Seattle Mariners Mike Yastrzemski 2nd 9th(tied) 6th
Detroit Tigers George Case 3rd 9th(tied) 8th
New York (A) Yankees Barney McCosky 4th Darin Mastroianni 4th 3rd
Texas Rangers Eric Davis 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Chicago (A) White Sox Earle Combs 6th Fernando Perez 1st(tied) 1st
Arizona Diamondbacks Jay Bruce 7th 9th(tied) 10th
New York (N) Mets Darren Lewis 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Minnesota Twins Taylor Trammell 9th Wade Meckler 6th 4th
Cleveland Guardians Michael Brantley 10th Reggie Abercrombie 1st(tied) 2nd
Colorado Rockies Andres Torres 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Chicago (N) Cubs Billy Burns 12th Jose Zardon 5th 7th
Philadelphia Phillies Michael A. Taylor 13th Juan Sosa 8th 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Whitey Herzog 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Miami Marlins Lance Blankenship 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Montreal Expos Gerardo Parra 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Boston Red Sox Lou Johnson 17th Lou Johnson 3rd 13th
San Francisco Giants Ed Stroud 18th 9th(tied) 19th
Baltimore Orioles Ron Davis 19th Grant McCray 7th 18th
Houston Astros 20th 9th(tied) 20th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York (N) Mets Frank Robinson 1st 7th(tied) 2nd
Chicago (A) White Sox Bryce Harper 2nd 7th(tied) 5th
Colorado Rockies Matt Kemp 3rd Nate Schierholtz 3rd 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Charlie Keller 4th 7th(tied) 6th
Boston Red Sox Enrique Hernández 5th Enrique Hernández 2nd 3rd
San Francisco Giants Johnny Rizzo 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia Phillies Ken Griffey 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Minnesota Twins Norm Siebern 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Houston Astros Melky Cabrera 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Arizona Diamondbacks Brad Wilkerson 10th Slade Heathcott 6th 7th
Baltimore Orioles Johnny Grubb 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Texas Rangers Kevin Bass 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Miami Marlins Alex Dickerson 13th John Perrin 1st 4th
Cleveland Guardians Julio Rodriguez 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Brewers Rusty Torres 15th 7th(tied) 15th
New York (A) Yankees Red Nonnenkamp 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Chicago (N) Cubs 17th (tied) Paul Householder 4th 17th
Detroit Tigers 17th (tied) Zach DeLoach 5th 18th
Montreal Expos 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Seattle Mariners 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York (N) Mets Don Drysdale 1st Max Castillo 9th 4th
Arizona Diamondbacks Frank Baumann 2nd 12th(tied) 10th
New York (A) Yankees Rich Nye 3rd Bill Greif 8th 5th
Seattle Mariners Logan Gilbert 4th 12th(tied) 12th
Detroit Tigers Carl Hubbell 5th Gene Conley 10th 8th
Baltimore Orioles Lou Fette 6th 12th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Joe Coleman 7th Johnny Cooney 6th 6th
Chicago (A) White Sox Nathan Eovaldi 8th Elmer Riddle 7th 7th
Minnesota Twins Mike Ryba 9th 12th(tied) 14th
Houston Astros Kyle Hendricks 10th Tim Leary 5th 9th
San Francisco Giants Esteban Loaiza 11th 12th(tied) 16th
Colorado Rockies Jerome Williams 12th Tony Ghelfi 11th 15th
Cleveland Guardians Oral Hildebrand 13th 12th(tied) 17th
Chicago (N) Cubs Jim Colborn 14th Ben Cantwell 3rd 3rd
Montreal Expos Dave Boswell 15th 12th(tied) 18th
Boston Red Sox Kevin Millwood 16th Kevin Millwood 4th 11th
Milwaukee Brewers Pete Smith 17th 12th(tied) 19th
St. Louis Cardinals Si Johnson 18th Max Lanier 2nd 1st
Texas Rangers Jesse Litsch 19th 12th(tied) 20th
Miami Marlins Brayan Bello 20th Charlie Barnes 1st 2nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Miami Marlins Buck Farmer 1st Manny Muniz 3rd 2nd
Cleveland Guardians Ken Giles 2nd Nick Robertson 12th 6th
Minnesota Twins Brusdar Graterol 3rd Connie Grob 7th(tied) 4th
San Francisco Giants Adbert Alzolay 4th Darcy Fast 4th 3rd
Chicago (N) Cubs Robert Carson 5th Nick Goody 1st 1st
Seattle Mariners Rocky Coppinger 6th 15th(tied) 9th
New York (N) Mets Jay Powell 7th Garry Roggenburk 7th(tied) 7th
Baltimore Orioles Jeff Zimmerman 8th 15th(tied) 10th
Houston Astros David Carpenter 9th Bill Ford 6th 5th
New York (A) Yankees Sean Marshall 10th 15th(tied) 11th
Arizona Diamondbacks Tyler Danish 11th 15th(tied) 12th
Colorado Rockies Luis Ayala 12th Don Kirkwood 5th 8th
Montreal Expos Jonathan Broxton 13th 15th(tied) 14th
Chicago (A) White Sox Bob Ross 14th Elmer Riddle 11th 13th
Texas Rangers Ted Abernathy 15th 15th(tied) 17th
Boston Red Sox Luis Avilan 16th Michael Kohn 14th 18th
Philadelphia Phillies Ramon Troncoso 17th Edgar Barnhart 13th 19th
Milwaukee Brewers Shawn Tolleson 18th Koda Glover 7th(tied) 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Bucky Brandon 19th Pete Rambo 2nd 15th
Detroit Tigers Ed Lopat 20th Buster Ross 7th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Seattle Mariners Bobby Jenks 1st 15th(tied) 12th
Chicago (N) Cubs Matt Albers 2nd Nick Goody 1st 1st
Miami Marlins David Robertson 3rd Manny Muniz 2nd 2nd
Montreal Expos Danny Patterson 4th 15th(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Phillies Ken Howell 5th Johnny Cooney 8th(tied) 3rd
Cleveland Guardians Mike Jeffcoat 6th Nick Robertson 14th 13th
Colorado Rockies Chris Hatcher 7th Don Kirkwood 6th 4th
Minnesota Twins Joe Bonikowski 8th (tied) Connie Grob 8th(tied) 6th
Texas Rangers Felix Heredia 8th (tied) 15th(tied) 17th
New York (N) Mets Bill Gogolewski 10th Garry Roggenburk 4th 5th
Arizona Diamondbacks Dave Veres 11th 15th(tied) 18th
San Francisco Giants Garrett Olson 12th Darcy Fast 5th 7th
Baltimore Orioles Jonny Venters 13th 15th(tied) 19th
Chicago (A) White Sox Bob Ross 14th Elmer Riddle 13th 16th
Houston Astros Blake Parker 15th Bill Ford 7th 8th
Milwaukee Brewers Shawn Tolleson 16th Koda Glover 8th(tied) 9th
Detroit Tigers Ed Lopat 17th Buster Ross 8th(tied) 10th
New York (A) Yankees Yorman Bazardo 18th 15th(tied) 20th
St. Louis Cardinals Joe Genewich 19th Pete Rambo 3rd 11th
Boston Red Sox Fred Baczewski 20th Randy Tate 8th(tied) 14th
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