MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/03/2005
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Padres Yadier Molina 1st John Baker 5th 1st
New York Mets Mike Lieberthal 2nd Timothy Fisher 10th(tied) 3rd
Minnesota Twins A.J. Pierzynski 3rd Justin Huber 3rd 2nd
Arizona Diamondbacks Joe Mauer 4th 24th(tied) 21st
New York Yankees Jorge Posada 5th 24th(tied) 22nd
Kansas City Royals Mike Napoli 6th Rene Rivera 17th 17th
Cleveland Indians Victor Martinez 7th Robinson Chirinos 8th 4th
Colorado Rockies Ramon Hernandez 8th 24th(tied) 25th
Philadelphia Phillies Bengie Molina 9th Lucas May 22nd 18th
Washington Nationals Ramon Castro 10th Luis Alen 21st 20th
Atlanta Braves David Ross 11th Eric Langill 23rd 24th
Los Angeles Angels Ivan Rodriguez 12th 24th(tied) 27th
St. Louis Cardinals Jason Varitek 13th Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2nd 5th
Florida Marlins Miguel Montero 14th Thomas Lagreid 10th(tied) 7th
Los Angeles Dodgers Jason Kendall 15th Ryan Hanigan 18th 19th
Toronto Blue Jays Mike Piazza 16th 24th(tied) 28th
Boston Red Sox Brian Schneider 17th Mitch Maier 4th 6th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Jose Molina 18th 24th(tied) 29th
Houston Astros Paul Lo Duca 19th Angel Rohena 6th 8th
Baltimore Orioles Johnny Estrada 20th Jose Lobaton 19th 23rd
Chicago White Sox Russell Martin 21st Russell Martin 10th(tied) 9th
Pittsburgh Pirates Ronny Paulino 22nd Dusty Brown 20th 26th
Seattle Mariners Mike Jacobs 23rd Josh Thole 10th(tied) 10th
Milwaukee Brewers Shea Hillenbrand 24th Erick Rodriguez 10th(tied) 11th
Oakland Athletics Bobby Estalella 25th Chris Stewart 10th(tied) 14th
Texas Rangers Chris Snyder 26th Nick Hundley 7th 12th
Cincinnati Reds Geovany Soto 27th Francisco Cervelli 10th(tied) 15th
Chicago Cubs Humberto Quintero 28th John Jaso 1st 13th
San Francisco Giants Kurt Suzuki 29th Kurt Suzuki 9th 16th
Detroit Tigers Jared Abruzzo 30th 24th(tied) 30th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Colorado Rockies Todd Helton 1st Jeff Clement 12th(tied) 1st
Washington Nationals Derrek Lee 2nd Brock Peterson 12th(tied) 3rd
Arizona Diamondbacks Chipper Jones 3rd Brandon Allen 5th 2nd
Cleveland Indians Carlos Delgado 4th Mauro Gomez 26th 22nd
St. Louis Cardinals Jason Giambi 5th Mike Carp 12th(tied) 4th
Atlanta Braves David Ortiz 6th Mike Stodolka 27th 23rd
Kansas City Royals Paul Konerko 7th 28th(tied) 24th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Miguel Cabrera 8th Baltazar Lopez 12th(tied) 5th
Toronto Blue Jays Jermaine Dye 9th Michael Aubrey 2nd 6th
Minnesota Twins Michael Cuddyer 10th Daric Barton 6th 7th
Philadelphia Phillies Richie Sexson 11th Conor Jackson 3rd 8th
New York Yankees Frank Thomas 12th 28th(tied) 28th
Cincinnati Reds Mark Teixeira 13th Steve Kleen 12th(tied) 12th
Boston Red Sox Garrett Atkins 14th Chris Robinson 1st 9th
San Francisco Giants Roberto Alomar 15th Mark Trumbo 12th(tied) 13th
Los Angeles Dodgers Josh Phelps 16th Chris Carter 10th 11th
Houston Astros Jeff Bagwell 17th David Gordon 4th 10th
Florida Marlins Rafael Palmeiro 18th 28th(tied) 29th
Chicago Cubs Adam Dunn 19th (tied) Josh Whitesell 25th 26th
Texas Rangers Ryan Klesko 19th (tied) Paul McAnulty 23rd 25th
San Diego Padres Justin Morneau 21st Micah Hoffpauir 7th(tied) 14th
Pittsburgh Pirates Brad Wilkerson 22nd Sandy Madera 12th(tied) 17th
Oakland Athletics Adam LaRoche 23rd Anthony Recker 11th 15th
Seattle Mariners Ryan Howard 24th Adam Lind 12th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Brewers Ray Durham 25th Ryan Shealy 7th(tied) 16th
Los Angeles Angels Sean Casey 26th Steve Pearce 12th(tied) 20th
Chicago White Sox Adrian Gonzalez 27th Mat Gamel 9th 19th
New York Mets Edwin Encarnacion 28th Ryan Mulhern 12th(tied) 21st
Baltimore Orioles Travis Lee 29th Chris Snelling 24th 27th
Detroit Tigers 30th Kendrys Morales 22nd 30th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Florida Marlins Adrian Beltre 1st Eric Young Jr. 18th 6th
Cincinnati Reds Felipe Lopez 2nd Delwyn Young 24th 18th
Los Angeles Dodgers Mark Bellhorn 3rd Josh Barfield 1st 1st
Atlanta Braves Brandon Phillips 4th 28th(tied) 24th
San Diego Padres Aaron Hill 5th Kevin Melillo 21st 19th
Pittsburgh Pirates Marcus Giles 6th Joe Thurston 3rd 2nd
Cleveland Indians Cristian Guzman 7th Robinson Cano 10th 3rd
New York Yankees Orlando Hudson 8th Jonathan Malo 11th(tied) 5th
Colorado Rockies Rickie Weeks Jr. 9th Ruben Gotay 22nd 20th
St. Louis Cardinals D'Angelo Jimenez 10th Jose Lopez 7th 4th
Toronto Blue Jays Todd Walker 11th Donovan Solano 6th 7th
Milwaukee Brewers Frank Catalanotto 12th Eric Patterson 11th(tied) 8th
San Francisco Giants Pokey Reese 13th Jarrett Hoffpauir 11th(tied) 9th
Arizona Diamondbacks Luis Castillo 14th Ben Zobrist 11th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Phillies Placido Polanco 15th Kevin Frandsen 19th 21st
Texas Rangers Jeff Kent 16th Daniel Joseph Garcia 11th(tied) 13th
Seattle Mariners Omar Infante 17th Dustin Pedroia 8th 12th
Boston Red Sox David Bell 18th Issmael Salas 20th 23rd
New York Mets Junior Spivey 19th Tug Hulett 26th 25th
Chicago White Sox Mike Fontenot 20th Josh Wilson 2nd 10th
Washington Nationals Brandon Moss 21st 28th(tied) 29th
Minnesota Twins Ramon Santiago 22nd Carlos Valencia 25th 26th
Los Angeles Angels Rich Aurilia 23rd Emilio Bonifacio 9th 14th
Detroit Tigers Fernando Vina 24th Howie Kendrick 17th 22nd
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Clint Barmes 25th Brooks Conrad 4th 15th
Baltimore Orioles Alberto Callaspo 26th Angel Abreu 27th 28th
Oakland Athletics Tony Graffanino 27th Travis Brown 5th 16th
Houston Astros Craig Biggio 28th Jason Bourgeois 23rd 27th
Chicago Cubs Scott Hairston 29th Neil Walker 11th(tied) 17th
Kansas City Royals Joaquin Arias 30th 28th(tied) 30th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Arizona Diamondbacks Albert Pujols 1st Andy Marte 8th 1st
Florida Marlins Scott Rolen 2nd Jack Hannahan 19th 10th
Los Angeles Angels Eric Chavez 3rd Pablo Sandoval 16th 14th
New York Mets David Wright 4th 27th(tied) 23rd
Baltimore Orioles Hank Blalock 5th Andy Gonzalez 22nd 19th
Los Angeles Dodgers Aramis Ramirez 6th Vasili Spanos 25th 22nd
Atlanta Braves Chase Utley 7th Andy LaRoche 21st 20th
Boston Red Sox Carlos Lee 8th Matt Macri 5th 2nd
Texas Rangers Joe Crede 9th Ryan Zimmerman 7th 4th
Seattle Mariners Juan Uribe 10th Alex Valdez 9th(tied) 5th
San Diego Padres Robin Ventura 11th Luis Valbuena 1st 3rd
Cleveland Indians Morgan Ensberg 12th Mark Reynolds 17th 16th
St. Louis Cardinals Edgar Renteria 13th Adam Pavkovich 9th(tied) 6th
Cincinnati Reds Melvin Mora 14th (tied) Jamie D'Antona 9th(tied) 7th(tied)
Oakland Athletics Pedro Feliz 14th (tied) Trevor Plouffe 9th(tied) 7th(tied)
New York Yankees Mark DeRosa 16th Chase Headley 18th 21st
Toronto Blue Jays Edgardo Alfonzo 17th Ian Stewart 9th(tied) 11th
Pittsburgh Pirates Troy Glaus 18th Martin Prado 2nd 9th
Kansas City Royals Aubrey Huff 19th 27th(tied) 27th
Chicago Cubs Mike Lowell 20th Angel Chavez 9th(tied) 13th
Houston Astros Corey Koskie 21st Willy Aybar 6th 12th
Washington Nationals Aaron Boone 22nd Brennan King 23rd 25th
Chicago White Sox Travis Fryman 23rd Jesus Guzman 20th 24th
Detroit Tigers Jason Bartlett 24th Joe Hooft 26th 26th
Minnesota Twins Brendan Harris 25th 27th(tied) 28th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Jose Bautista 26th 27th(tied) 30th
Philadelphia Phillies Brandon Inge 27th Cesar Suarez 3rd 15th
San Francisco Giants Juan Melo 28th Lee Mitchell 24th 29th
Colorado Rockies Ricky Bell 29th Danny Brezeale 9th(tied) 18th
Milwaukee Brewers J.D. Closser 30th J.D. Closser 4th 17th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Colorado Rockies Alex Rodriguez 1st Nicolas Garcia 21st 16th
New York Yankees Derek Jeter 2nd 25th(tied) 21st
Los Angeles Dodgers Jose Reyes 3rd Jed Lowrie 11th(tied) 1st
Detroit Tigers Rafael Furcal 4th Ian Desmond 19th 15th
St. Louis Cardinals J.J. Hardy 5th Russ Adams 1st 2nd
Oakland Athletics Jimmy Rollins 6th Jose Amador 7th 3rd
Milwaukee Brewers Carlos Guillen 7th Cliff Pennington 11th(tied) 4th
Atlanta Braves Hanley Ramirez 8th Deybis Benitez 22nd 22nd
Boston Red Sox Alex S. Gonzalez 9th Bronson Sardinha 11th(tied) 8th
Toronto Blue Jays Jhonny Peralta 10th Yunel Escobar 5th 5th
San Diego Padres Royce Clayton 11th Stephen Drew 11th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Phillies Orlando Cabrera 12th Sean Rodriguez 6th 6th
Los Angeles Angels Alex Gonzalez 13th Jonathan Herrera 11th(tied) 10th
Arizona Diamondbacks Jack Wilson 14th Elvis Andrus 9th 7th
Baltimore Orioles Michael Barrett 15th Jeremy Jirschele 11th(tied) 11th
Florida Marlins Cesar Izturis 16th Pedro Lopez 11th(tied) 12th
Minnesota Twins Michael Young 17th 25th(tied) 24th
Kansas City Royals Bobby Crosby 18th 25th(tied) 25th
San Francisco Giants Dan Uggla 19th 25th(tied) 26th
New York Mets Willie Greene 20th 25th(tied) 27th
Pittsburgh Pirates Abraham Nunez 21st Mike Aviles 4th 13th
Seattle Mariners Khalil Greene 22nd Ryan Theriot 20th 23rd
Cleveland Indians Julio Lugo 23rd Adam Rosales 2nd 14th
Houston Astros Bill Hall 24th 25th(tied) 29th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Alex Cora 25th Yuniesky Betancourt 8th 17th
Chicago White Sox Alex Cintron 26th Oswaldo Navarro 23rd 28th
Cincinnati Reds Wilson Delgado 27th Eduardo Nunez 3rd 18th
Washington Nationals Mark Ellis 28th Troy Tulowitzki 10th 19th
Texas Rangers Antonio Perez 29th Asdrubal Cabrera 11th(tied) 20th
Chicago Cubs Dave Matranga 30th Doug Bernier 24th 30th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Blue Jays Shawn Green 1st Ivan Terrazas 2nd 1st
Colorado Rockies Manny Ramirez 2nd (tied) Ricardo Nanita 15th 12th
Pittsburgh Pirates Barry Bonds 2nd (tied) 21st(tied) 17th
Chicago Cubs Magglio Ordonez 4th Nolan Reimold 1st 2nd
Baltimore Orioles Jayson Werth 5th Kyle Blanks 13th 11th
Los Angeles Dodgers Shannon Stewart 6th 21st(tied) 19th
Milwaukee Brewers Jason Bay 7th Eder Salcedo 3rd 3rd
New York Yankees Bernie Williams 8th Brett Gardner 11th 10th
San Diego Padres Austin Kearns 9th Matt Murton 14th 15th
Philadelphia Phillies Vladimir Guerrero 10th Michael Brantley 6th 4th
Kansas City Royals Ryan Ludwick 11th 21st(tied) 20th
Atlanta Braves Carl Crawford 12th Mewelde Moore 20th 16th
Arizona Diamondbacks Matt Holliday 13th 21st(tied) 22nd
Florida Marlins Corey Hart 14th 21st(tied) 23rd
Cincinnati Reds Wily Mo Pena 15th (tied) Chris Lubanski 18th 18th
Texas Rangers Ben Grieve 15th (tied) Javier Herrera 8th(tied) 5th
Washington Nationals Pat Burrell 17th David Murphy 12th 14th
Houston Astros Rondell White 18th 21st(tied) 26th
San Francisco Giants Preston Wilson 19th Jeff Frazier 19th 21st
Boston Red Sox Steve Finley 20th Garrett Jones 5th 6th
Chicago White Sox Ryan Raburn 21st Billy Butler 7th 7th
St. Louis Cardinals Brian Giles 22nd Peter Ciofrone 16th(tied) 24th
Minnesota Twins Josh Willingham 23rd 21st(tied) 27th
Oakland Athletics Lew Ford 24th Reggie Willits 4th 8th
Los Angeles Angels Cliff Floyd 25th Alex Romero 16th(tied) 25th
New York Mets Jason Michaels 26th 21st(tied) 28th
Cleveland Indians Kenny Lofton 27th (tied) 21st(tied) 29th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ben Francisco 27th (tied) Lorenzo Buelna 8th(tied) 9th
Detroit Tigers Matt Diaz 29th 21st(tied) 30th
Seattle Mariners Adrian Brown 30th Ryan Braun 8th(tied) 13th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis Cardinals Jim Edmonds 1st Chris Dickerson 21st 13th
New York Yankees Carlos Beltran 2nd Xavier Paul 22nd 19th
Minnesota Twins Johnny Damon 3rd Eduardo Arredondo 23rd 20th
Washington Nationals Rajai Davis 4th Denard Span 11th(tied) 1st
Florida Marlins Richard Hidalgo 5th 27th(tied) 24th
Atlanta Braves Shane Victorino 6th Melvin Upton Jr. 17th 15th
Colorado Rockies Mark Kotsay 7th Jamie Hoffmann 26th 22nd
Chicago Cubs Darin Erstad 8th Andrew McCutchen 11th(tied) 2nd
Toronto Blue Jays Vernon Wells 9th Felix Pie 11th(tied) 4th
Los Angeles Dodgers Andruw Jones 10th Roger Bernadina 9th 3rd
Detroit Tigers Torii Hunter 11th Casper Wells 19th 21st
San Diego Padres Curtis Granderson 12th Tony Gwynn Jr. 5th 5th
Cincinnati Reds Coco Crisp 13th Josh Anderson 11th(tied) 7th
Kansas City Royals Mike Cameron 14th Colby Rasmus 11th(tied) 8th
Los Angeles Angels Nick Swisher 15th 27th(tied) 26th
Baltimore Orioles Ryan Langerhans 16th 27th(tied) 27th
Houston Astros Nelson Cruz 17th Carlos Gomez 1st 6th
Pittsburgh Pirates Nate McLouth 18th 27th(tied) 28th
New York Mets Chris Denorfia 19th Chip Ambres 25th 25th
Arizona Diamondbacks Cody Ross 20th Austin Jackson 8th 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Grady Sizemore 21st Adam Jones 7th 12th
Boston Red Sox Marc Newfield 22nd Chris B. Young 3rd 11th
Milwaukee Brewers Willie Harris 23rd Dexter Fowler 18th 23rd
Texas Rangers Eric Byrnes 24th Jason Pridie 2nd 9th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Geoff Jenkins 25th Matt Kemp 6th 14th
Chicago White Sox Chris Burke 26th Lorenzo Cain 10th 17th
Oakland Athletics Jay Payton 27th Jose Tabata 4th 16th
Cleveland Indians Roger Cedeno 28th Jacoby Ellsbury 11th(tied) 18th
San Francisco Giants Dustan Mohr 29th Cory Sullivan 20th 29th
Seattle Mariners Lastings Milledge 30th Lorenzo Scott 24th 30th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Milwaukee Brewers Milton Bradley 1st Shane Costa 9th(tied) 1st
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ken Griffey Jr. 2nd Matt Joyce 9th(tied) 2nd
New York Yankees Lance Berkman 3rd 26th(tied) 20th
Boston Red Sox J.D. Drew 4th Sergio Contreras 1st 3rd
Cleveland Indians Alex Rios 5th 26th(tied) 23rd
Texas Rangers Shin-Soo Choo 6th Albino Contreras 9th(tied) 4th
Philadelphia Phillies Josh Hamilton 7th David Smith 9th(tied) 5th
Toronto Blue Jays Jonny Gomes 8th Cristhian Presichi 9th(tied) 6th
Florida Marlins Willy Taveras 9th 26th(tied) 26th
San Diego Padres Aaron Rowand 10th Travis Buck 9th(tied) 9th
Cincinnati Reds Ichiro Suzuki 11th Brandon Boggs 23rd 19th
Chicago Cubs Jose Guillen 12th Delmon Young 5th 8th
Baltimore Orioles Luis Matos 13th Scott Van Slyke 24th 22nd
Pittsburgh Pirates Alfonso Soriano 14th Hunter Pence 3rd 7th
Detroit Tigers Bobby Abreu 15th Justin Ruggiano 18th 18th
Los Angeles Angels Rocco Baldelli 16th (tied) Nick Markakis 17th 16th
Los Angeles Dodgers Juan Rivera 16th (tied) Victor I. Diaz 22nd 21st
Kansas City Royals Ryan Church 18th 26th(tied) 29th
Oakland Athletics Craig Wilson 19th Sean Farrell 2nd 10th
Minnesota Twins Jeff Francoeur 20th Matt Carson 21st 24th
Houston Astros Jose Cruz Jr. 21st Seth Smith 8th 11th
San Francisco Giants Juan Gonzalez 22nd Mike Wilson 9th(tied) 12th
Colorado Rockies Sammy Sosa 23rd (tied) Nick Stavinoha 25th 28th
Washington Nationals Peter Bergeron 23rd (tied) Carlos Quentin 7th 13th
Chicago White Sox Alex Ochoa 25th Efren Espinoza 19th 25th
New York Mets Jeffrey Hammonds 26th Elijah Dukes 20th 27th
Arizona Diamondbacks Matt Lawton 27th 26th(tied) 30th
St. Louis Cardinals Jacque Jones 28th Dan Ortmeier 9th(tied) 15th
Atlanta Braves Kevin Youkilis 29th Carlos Gonzalez 4th 14th
Seattle Mariners Jason Perry 30th Will Venable 6th 17th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Padres Tim Hudson 1st Roberto H. Hernandez 20th(tied) 14th
New York Yankees Mike Mussina 2nd Josh Teekel 28th 22nd
Los Angeles Dodgers Jason Schmidt 3rd Edinson Volquez 5th 1st
Atlanta Braves Greg Maddux 4th Joe Saunders 2nd 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Pedro Martinez 5th Jered Weaver 20th(tied) 16th
Philadelphia Phillies Mark Prior 6th Anibal Sanchez 20th(tied) 17th
Houston Astros Zack Greinke 7th Johnny Cueto 14th 10th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Mark Buehrle 8th Yovani Gallardo 20th(tied) 18th
Toronto Blue Jays David Weathers 9th John Maine 27th 25th
Texas Rangers Carlos Zambrano 10th Jon Niese 13th 11th
Chicago Cubs John Lackey 11th Francisco Liriano 1st 3rd
Pittsburgh Pirates Rich Harden 12th David Pauley 20th(tied) 20th
San Francisco Giants Livan Hernandez 13th Justin Verlander 6th 4th(tied)
Florida Marlins Roy Halladay 14th Matt Garza 4th 4th(tied)
Arizona Diamondbacks Jake Peavy 15th Rich Hill 29th 29th
Detroit Tigers Jon Lieber 16th Felipe Paulino 8th(tied) 6th
Seattle Mariners Carl Pavano 17th Daniel Cabrera 7th 7th
Washington Nationals Chris Carpenter 18th Wade Davis 8th(tied) 8th
Milwaukee Brewers Derek Lowe 19th Gio Gonzalez 20th(tied) 23rd
Minnesota Twins Barry Zito 20th J.A. Happ 11th(tied) 9th
Cleveland Indians Adam Wainwright 21st Jason Hammel 15th 15th
Kansas City Royals Kevin Appier 22nd Dallas Braden 10th 12th
Cincinnati Reds Mike Hampton 23rd Scott Baker 18th 21st
Los Angeles Angels James Shields 24th Scott Olsen 3rd 13th
Boston Red Sox Salomon Torres 25th Jorge De La Rosa 20th(tied) 28th
Baltimore Orioles Julian Tavarez 26th Kirk Saarloos 16th 24th
Oakland Athletics Kris Benson 27th 30th 30th
Colorado Rockies Josh Beckett 28th Clay Buchholz 17th 26th
New York Mets Chris Holt 29th Jeff Niemann 19th 27th
Chicago White Sox Aaron Sele 30th Chad Billingsley 11th(tied) 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Los Angeles Dodgers Gabe White 1st Brian Wilson 18th 1st
St. Louis Cardinals Steve Kline 2nd Alfredo Aceves 23rd 4th
New York Yankees Rafael Soriano 3rd Renyel Pinto 14th 2nd
Houston Astros Billy Wagner 4th Oscar Villarreal 19th 3rd
Kansas City Royals John Rocker 5th Anthony Swarzak 6th 5th
Baltimore Orioles Ronald Belisario 6th Yusmeiro Petit 13th 6th
Oakland Athletics Travis Miller 7th Bobby Parnell 20th 10th
Texas Rangers Joe Nathan 8th Mike Ekstrom 29th(tied) 19th
Cincinnati Reds Pedro Feliciano 9th Brad Halsey 8th 8th
Los Angeles Angels Dan Wheeler 10th Kurt Birkins 3rd 9th
Chicago White Sox Luis Ayala 11th Ernesto Frieri 1st 7th
Boston Red Sox Brian Tallet 12th Jonny Venters 15th 11th
Florida Marlins Felix Heredia 13th Sean Marshall 16th 12th
Seattle Mariners Brandon League 14th Robinson Tejeda 4th 13th
San Francisco Giants Jonathan Papelbon 15th Mat Thompson 12th 14th
Detroit Tigers Brad Lidge 16th Alexi Ogando 2nd 15th
Arizona Diamondbacks Danny Graves 17th Bill Bray 11th 17th
New York Mets Jared Burton 18th Matt Lindstrom 7th 16th
Milwaukee Brewers Zach Duke 19th Carlos Torres 27th 21st
Colorado Rockies Brad Ziegler 20th Jose Carrillo 9th 18th
Chicago Cubs Taylor Buchholz 21st Jose Ascanio 24th 22nd
Philadelphia Phillies Jim Brower 22nd Clay Hensley 28th 26th
Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Jackson 23rd Chris Ray 25th 25th
Atlanta Braves Frank Francisco 24th Kenley Jansen 10th 20th
Toronto Blue Jays Chris Reitsma 25th Andy Sisco 22nd 24th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Travis Blackley 26th Dana Eveland 29th(tied) 30th
Cleveland Indians Vinnie Chulk 27th Brian Duensing 26th 28th
Washington Nationals Tony Pena 28th Brad Hennessey 5th 23rd
San Diego Padres Dustin McGowan 29th Alex Burnett 21st 27th
Minnesota Twins Juan Carlos Oviedo 30th Lance Cormier 17th 29th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York Yankees Mariano Rivera 1st Angel Guzman 8th 1st
Los Angeles Dodgers Trevor Hoffman 2nd Carlos Marmol 17th(tied) 2nd
Toronto Blue Jays Akinori Otsuka 3rd Ryan Webb 13th 3rd
Milwaukee Brewers Steve Karsay 4th Sam LeCure 20th(tied) 4th
Oakland Athletics Matt Belisle 5th Mark Lowe 20th(tied) 5th
Colorado Rockies Eric Gagne 6th Craig Stammen 17th(tied) 7th
Washington Nationals Bobby Jenks 7th Mitchell Boggs 6th 6th
Chicago Cubs Hong-Chih Kuo 8th David Hernandez 12th 9th(tied)
Atlanta Braves Francisco Cordero 9th Casey Janssen 14th 11th
Texas Rangers Francisco Rodriguez 10th Tyler Clippard 27th 27th
Kansas City Royals Trever Miller 11th Jesse Chavez 4th 8th
Cincinnati Reds Huston Street 12th Evan Meek 1st 9th(tied)
Houston Astros Chad Cordero 13th Manny Delcarmen 9th 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Dan Miceli 14th Jake McGee 20th(tied) 13th
San Diego Padres Felix Rodriguez 15th Kevin Altman 30th 29th
Pittsburgh Pirates Robb Nen 16th Jeremy Accardo 20th(tied) 15th
New York Mets Pat Neshek 17th Sergio Santos 10th 14th
Detroit Tigers Scott Downs 18th David Purcey 29th 28th
Los Angeles Angels Octavio Dotel 19th Cla Meredith 11th 16th
Cleveland Indians Billy Koch 20th Jason Motte 7th 17th
Philadelphia Phillies Aaron Heilman 21st Joel Zumaya 15th 18th
Baltimore Orioles Dave Veres 22nd Wilton Lopez 20th(tied) 20th
Florida Marlins Jonathan Broxton 23rd J.P. Howell 17th(tied) 19th
Arizona Diamondbacks Michael Wuertz 24th J.C. Gutierrez 20th(tied) 21st
San Francisco Giants Randy Wolf 25th (tied) Sergio Romo 16th 22nd
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Sun-woo Kim 25th (tied) Edward Mujica 20th(tied) 24th
Chicago White Sox Dave Coggin 27th Jim Henderson 3rd 23rd
Seattle Mariners Neal Cotts 28th Kevin Jepsen 2nd 25th
Boston Red Sox Juan Rincon 29th Jose Mijares 28th 30th
Minnesota Twins Tony Armas 30th Fernando Salas 5th 26th
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