MLB TRIPLE A
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2001
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oxnard Silverbacks Henry Davis 1st Henry Davis 3rd(tied) 1st
Madison Mallards Bob Tillman 2nd Bob Tillman 6th 6th
Huntington Beach Phoenix Doc Edwards 3rd Doc Edwards 3rd(tied) 3rd
Kattegat Val'kyr Mike Difelice 4th Butch Benton 8th 7th
Chesterfield Royals Ken Sears 5th Bill DeLancey 2nd 2nd
Providence Barons Doug Camilli 6th Doug Camilli 1st 4th
Hudson Valley Renegades P.J. Higgins 7th 11th(tied) 8th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Ebba St. Claire 8th 11th(tied) 9th
Madison Express Sammy White 9th 11th(tied) 10th
New Haven Ravens Ryan Lavarnway 10th 11th(tied) 11th
Lansing Lugnuts Tim Laker 11th 11th(tied) 12th
Raleigh Sox Tyler Soderstrom 12th 11th(tied) 13th
Honolulu Pioneers Howie Storie 13th 11th(tied) 15th
Henderson Arrows Drew Butera 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Glendale Herons Stuart Turner 15th 11th(tied) 19th
Garland Americans Pete LaForest 16th Pete LaForest 7th 14th
Reno Aces Jim Spotts 17th Jim Spotts 9th 16th
Tulsa Swordfish Willie Morales 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Tampa Deputies Tom Patton 19th Tom Patton 10th 18th
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Earle Brucker 20th Joe McCabe 3rd(tied) 5th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tampa Deputies Bud Zipfel 1st Bud Zipfel 1st 1st
Chesterfield Royals Steve Bilko 2nd Steve Bilko 2nd 2nd
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Ryan Shealy 3rd Kelvin Moore 3rd 3rd
Madison Mallards Tony Lupien 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Kattegat Val'kyr Dae-ho Lee 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Gene Corbett 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Raleigh Sox Ryon Healy 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Hudson Valley Renegades Dave Hostetler 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Providence Barons J.J. Matijevic 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Oxnard Silverbacks Billy Jo Robidoux 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Honolulu Pioneers Joe DeSa 11th Joe DeSa 4th 4th
Tulsa Swordfish Carlos Rivera 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Joe Lafata 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Garland Americans Joe Mahoney 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Glendale Herons 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Henderson Arrows 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Huntington Beach Phoenix 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Madison Express 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
New Haven Ravens 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Reno Aces 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Alen Hanson 1st Alen Hanson 5th 5th
Glendale Herons Billy Martin 2nd Billy Martin 4th 4th
Madison Mallards Fernando Gonzalez 3rd Fernando Gonzalez 3rd 3rd
Tampa Deputies George Hausmann 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Oxnard Silverbacks Ryan McMahon 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Kattegat Val'kyr Cory Snyder 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Madison Express Greg Litton 7th John Happenny 7th 7th
Hudson Valley Renegades Wilmer Difo 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Huntington Beach Phoenix Bob Lillis 9th Brendan Rodgers 6th 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Jim Gantner 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Honolulu Pioneers Bob Jones 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Travis Denker 12th Travis Denker 1st(tied) 1st
Tulsa Swordfish Danny Lynch 13th Danny Lynch 1st(tied) 2nd
Reno Aces Ed Walczak 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Chesterfield Royals 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Garland Americans 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Henderson Arrows 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
New Haven Ravens 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Providence Barons 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Raleigh Sox 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Antonio Perez 1st 5th(tied) 4th
Madison Mallards Steve Kiefer 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Huntington Beach Phoenix Dallas McPherson 3rd Dallas McPherson 2nd 1st
Providence Barons Pat Scanlon 4th 5th(tied) 6th
New Haven Ravens Sammy Esposito 5th Sammy Esposito 1st 2nd
Oklahoma City Dodgers Kaleb Cowart 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Oxnard Silverbacks Steve Hertz 7th Steve Hertz 3rd 3rd
Honolulu Pioneers Harry Riconda 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Reno Aces Jeff Bianchi 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Kattegat Val'kyr Willis Otanez 10th Steve Demeter 4th 7th
Glendale Herons Michael Busch 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Garland Americans Vinny Castilla 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Raleigh Sox Tim Olson 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Tulsa Swordfish Joe Perez 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Chesterfield Royals 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Henderson Arrows 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Madison Express 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Tampa Deputies 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oxnard Silverbacks Mike Lansing 1st 8th(tied) 4th
Madison Mallards Mark Belanger 2nd 8th(tied) 5th
Madison Express Enrique Cruz 3rd Orlando Calixte 3rd 3rd
Chesterfield Royals Jay Bell 4th Bobby Valentine 1st 1st
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Richie Martin 5th Richie Martin 2nd 2nd
Henderson Arrows Ernie Smith 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Garland Americans Jose Morban 7th Jose Morban 5th 6th
Reno Aces Jack Albright 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Lansing Lugnuts Bobby Wine 9th Jim Clark 7th 8th
Raleigh Sox Juan Guerrero 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Tulsa Swordfish Pedro Florimon 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Providence Barons Hal Quick 12th Hal Quick 4th 7th
Huntington Beach Phoenix Jordan Lawlar 13th Jordan Lawlar 6th 10th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Glen Stewart 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Glendale Herons 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Honolulu Pioneers 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Kattegat Val'kyr 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
New Haven Ravens 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Tampa Deputies 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tampa Deputies Harold Ramirez 1st Harold Ramirez 4th 2nd
Chesterfield Royals Sixto Lezcano 2nd 10th(tied) 6th
Lansing Lugnuts Bruce Campbell 3rd 10th(tied) 7th(tied)
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Ford Garrison 4th Nyls Nyman 7th 5th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Brian Simmons 5th 10th(tied) 10th
Honolulu Pioneers Jake Smolinski 6th Hank Allen 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Barons George Bell 7th George Bell 3rd 4th
Kattegat Val'kyr Alex Guerrero 8th Dean Look 9th 11th
New Haven Ravens Dave Hengel 9th Dave Hengel 6th 9th
Huntington Beach Phoenix George Alusik 10th George Alusik 5th 7th(tied)
Glendale Herons Jake Brown 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Oxnard Silverbacks Israel Alcantara 12th 10th(tied) 13th
Reno Aces Weston Wilson 13th Carl Sumner 1st(tied) 3rd
Tulsa Swordfish Jackie Gallagher 14th Jackie Gallagher 8th 14th
Garland Americans Bobby Prescott 15th 10th(tied) 15th
Henderson Arrows 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Hudson Valley Renegades 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Madison Express 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Madison Mallards 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Raleigh Sox 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Bob Dernier 1st 8th(tied) 7th
Lansing Lugnuts Curtis Goodwin 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Madison Mallards Jose Zardon 3rd Jose Zardon 4th 4th
Madison Express Darin Mastroianni 4th Darin Mastroianni 3rd 3rd
Honolulu Pioneers Grant McCray 5th Grant McCray 6th 6th
Oxnard Silverbacks Maurice Archdeacon 6th Wade Meckler 5th 5th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Fernando Perez 7th Fernando Perez 1st(tied) 1st
Henderson Arrows Reggie Abercrombie 8th Reggie Abercrombie 1st(tied) 2nd
New Haven Ravens Logan Schafer 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Herman Reich 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Garland Americans Buster Maynard 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Glendale Herons Red Thomas 12th (tied) Juan Sosa 7th 9th
Huntington Beach Phoenix Mike McCoy 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th
Tulsa Swordfish Carden Gillenwater 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Chesterfield Royals 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Kattegat Val'kyr 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Providence Barons 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Raleigh Sox 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Reno Aces 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
Tampa Deputies 15th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Madison Mallards Paul Householder 1st Paul Householder 2nd 1st
Huntington Beach Phoenix Nate Schierholtz 2nd Nate Schierholtz 1st 2nd
Chesterfield Royals Mickey Brantley 3rd 6th(tied) 4th
Hudson Valley Renegades Mel Clark 4th 6th(tied) 5th
Raleigh Sox Zach DeLoach 5th Zach DeLoach 3rd 3rd
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Daniel Palka 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Oxnard Silverbacks Ollie Tucker 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Kattegat Val'kyr Bruce Aven 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Reno Aces Slade Heathcott 9th Slade Heathcott 4th 6th
Henderson Arrows Jason Pridie 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Ben Guintini 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Tampa Deputies Jay Van Noy 12th Jay Van Noy 5th 10th
Garland Americans 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Glendale Herons 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Honolulu Pioneers 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Lansing Lugnuts 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Madison Express 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
New Haven Ravens 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Providence Barons 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
Tulsa Swordfish 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hudson Valley Renegades Pat Caraway 1st 11th(tied) 6th
Chesterfield Royals Randy Tate 2nd Randy Tate 6th 4th
Providence Barons Max Lanier 3rd Max Lanier 2nd 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Wayne Schurr 4th 11th(tied) 7th
Tampa Deputies Jack Morris 5th Charlie Barnes 1st 2nd
Kattegat Val'kyr Bob Miller 6th 11th(tied) 9th
Madison Express Bill Greif 7th Bill Greif 3rd 3rd
New Haven Ravens Brandon Backe 8th Jim Ellis 9th 8th
Madison Mallards Livan Hernandez 9th Livan Hernandez 4th(tied) 5th
Glendale Herons Andy Karl 10th 11th(tied) 11th
Oxnard Silverbacks Vern Olsen 11th Jim Waugh 10th 13th
Raleigh Sox Gene Conley 12th Gene Conley 7th 12th
Henderson Arrows Brian Moehler 13th 11th(tied) 14th
Tulsa Swordfish Max Castillo 14th Max Castillo 4th(tied) 10th
Honolulu Pioneers Freddy Peralta 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Reno Aces Harry Feldman 16th 11th(tied) 17th
Garland Americans Ryan Sadowski 17th 11th(tied) 18th
Huntington Beach Phoenix Tony Ghelfi 18th Tony Ghelfi 8th 16th
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
Oklahoma City Dodgers 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tulsa Swordfish Garry Roggenburk 1st Garry Roggenburk 5th(tied) 4th
Madison Mallards Brett Martin 2nd Jesse Orosco 1st 1st
Lansing Lugnuts Jovani Moran 3rd Koda Glover 5th(tied) 5th
Huntington Beach Phoenix Don Kirkwood 4th Don Kirkwood 4th 2nd
Honolulu Pioneers Mike Madden 5th 14th(tied) 11th
Oxnard Silverbacks Rich Rodriguez 6th Connie Grob 11th 10th
Raleigh Sox Tim Worrell 7th Buster Ross 5th(tied) 7th
Hudson Valley Renegades Jay Ritchie 8th 14th(tied) 13th
Providence Barons JoJo Romero 9th Pete Rambo 2nd 3rd
New Haven Ravens Wei-Chung Wang 10th Wei-Chung Wang 5th(tied) 8th
Garland Americans Darcy Fast 11th Darcy Fast 3rd 6th
Henderson Arrows Nick Robertson 12th Nick Robertson 10th 12th
Tampa Deputies Ed Donnelly 13th Greg Mahle 5th(tied) 9th
Glendale Herons Jake Brigham 14th Edgar Barnhart 12th 14th
Reno Aces Erik Bennett 15th 14th(tied) 15th
Chesterfield Royals Don August 16th Michael Kohn 13th 16th
Kattegat Val'kyr Bryan Baker 17th 14th(tied) 17th
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Luke Little 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Marv Grissom 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Madison Express Ed Phillips 20th 14th(tied) 20th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Huntington Beach Phoenix Don Kirkwood 1st Don Kirkwood 6th 1st
Madison Mallards Brett Martin 2nd Jesse Orosco 1st 2nd
Henderson Arrows Dan McGinn 3rd Nick Robertson 12th 12th
Lansing Lugnuts Jovani Moran 4th Koda Glover 7th(tied) 3rd
Hudson Valley Renegades Jay Ritchie 5th 14th(tied) 14th
Chesterfield Royals Randy Tate 6th Randy Tate 7th(tied) 5th
Tulsa Swordfish Garry Roggenburk 7th Max Castillo 4th 4th
Kattegat Val'kyr Bob Miller 8th 14th(tied) 15th
Honolulu Pioneers Mike Madden 9th 14th(tied) 16th
New Haven Ravens Wei-Chung Wang 10th Wei-Chung Wang 7th(tied) 7th
Glendale Herons Andy Karl 11th Edgar Barnhart 13th 13th
Providence Barons Dave Rajsich 12th Pete Rambo 3rd 6th
Oxnard Silverbacks Rich Rodriguez 13th Connie Grob 7th(tied) 8th
Oklahoma City Dodgers Marv Grissom 14th 14th(tied) 17th
Mt. Arlington Bulldozers Luke Little 15th 14th(tied) 18th
Raleigh Sox Jandel Gustave 16th Buster Ross 7th(tied) 9th
Tampa Deputies Pedro Liriano 17th George Stablein 2nd 10th
Madison Express Ed Phillips 18th 14th(tied) 19th
Garland Americans Sammy Peralta 19th Darcy Fast 5th 11th
Reno Aces Erik Bennett 20th 14th(tied) 20th
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