AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/31/2002
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Indians Miguel Olivo 1st Miguel Olivo 5th 4th
Louisville Redbirds Scott Hatteberg 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Iowa Cubs Humberto Quintero 3rd Humberto Quintero 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bisons Ronny Paulino 4th Ronny Paulino 1st(tied) 2nd
Denver Zephyrs Gerald Laird 5th Gerald Laird 1st(tied) 3rd
Omaha Royals Mike Macfarlane 6th Mike Napoli 4th 5th
Coarsegold Giants Pat Cline 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Oklahoma City 89ers Miguel Ojeda 8th 6th(tied) 8th
Nashville Sounds Josh Paul 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Jon Fuller 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Des Moines Rockets Dan Moylan 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Brasher Huskies Brian Hickman 12th 6th(tied) 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Des Moines Rockets Dante Bichette 1st Miguel Cabrera 2nd 2nd
Denver Zephyrs Carlos Pena 2nd Jeff Bailey 1st 1st
Louisville Redbirds David Segui 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Indians Greg Colbrunn 4th Hee-seop Choi 3rd 3rd
Oklahoma City 89ers Rob Maurer 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bisons Luis Polonia 6th Jason Hart 5th 4th
Iowa Cubs Kevin Roberson 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Brasher Huskies Randy Ruiz 8th Randy Ruiz 4th 5th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Angelo Cuevas 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Omaha Royals Sean Berry 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Coarsegold Giants Aaron McNeal 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Nashville Sounds 12th 6th(tied) 12th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Indians Mark Ellis 1st Mark Ellis 3rd 3rd
Brasher Huskies Kelly Johnson 2nd Kelly Johnson 2nd 1st
Buffalo Bisons Esteban German 3rd Esteban German 4th 4th
Louisville Redbirds Shane Halter 4th 8th(tied) 7th
Iowa Cubs Kurt Stillwell 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Oklahoma City 89ers Felipe Crespo 6th Pedro Santana 7th 6th
Nashville Sounds Bobby Scales 7th Bobby Scales 1st 2nd
Minneapolis Buffaloes Tony Schrager 8th Tony Schrager 5th 5th
Des Moines Rockets Pete Orr 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Coarsegold Giants Edgar V. Gonzalez 10th Edgar V. Gonzalez 6th 8th
Omaha Royals Sergio Nunez 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Denver Zephyrs 12th 8th(tied) 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Redbirds Sean Burroughs 1st Sean Burroughs 4th 3rd
Des Moines Rockets Scott Brosius 2nd 10th(tied) 8th
Coarsegold Giants Jack Hannahan 3rd Corey Hart 1st 1st
Nashville Sounds Chris Duncan 4th Chris Duncan 3rd 4th
Brasher Huskies Travis Chapman 5th Travis Chapman 6th 5th
Oklahoma City 89ers Jason Grabowski 6th Jason Grabowski 5th 6th
Iowa Cubs Kevin Haverbusch 7th Kevin Haverbusch 7th 7th
Buffalo Bisons Abel Martinez 8th Abel Martinez 2nd 2nd
Indianapolis Indians Jeff Deardorff 9th Jeff Deardorff 8th 9th
Denver Zephyrs Cody Ransom 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Omaha Royals Jacob Brumfield 11th Chris Schrock 9th 10th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Napoleon Calzado 12th 10th(tied) 12th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Omaha Royals Bobby Crosby 1st Bobby Crosby 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Denny Hocking 2nd Alfredo Amezaga 1st 1st
Iowa Cubs Chris Gomez 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Louisville Redbirds Pat Meares 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Des Moines Rockets Jeff Branson 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Oklahoma City 89ers Mike Peeples 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Nicolas Garcia 7th Nicolas Garcia 4th 3rd(tied)
Denver Zephyrs Felix Escalona 8th Felix Escalona 3rd 3rd(tied)
Indianapolis Indians Jimmy Alvarez 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Nashville Sounds Kelly Dransfeldt 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Brasher Huskies 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Coarsegold Giants 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Indians Reed Johnson 1st Reed Johnson 5th 4th
Louisville Redbirds Ray Lankford 2nd 8th(tied) 7th
Nashville Sounds Wily Mo Pena 3rd Wily Mo Pena 4th 5th
Iowa Cubs Larry Bigbie 4th Larry Bigbie 2nd(tied) 1st
Omaha Royals Brian McRae 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Todd Greene 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Des Moines Rockets Matt Watson 7th Matt Watson 1st 2nd
Denver Zephyrs Fernando Seguignol 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bisons Dee Brown 9th Dee Brown 7th 6th
Oklahoma City 89ers Rich Gomez 10th Rich Gomez 2nd(tied) 3rd
Coarsegold Giants Lou Montanez 11th Lou Montanez 6th 8th
Brasher Huskies 12th 8th(tied) 12th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Denver Zephyrs Willie Harris 1st Dewayne Wise 7th 4th
Indianapolis Indians Rajai Davis 2nd Rajai Davis 5th 5th
Omaha Royals David DeJesus 3rd David DeJesus 6th 6th
Nashville Sounds Angel Pagan 4th Angel Pagan 1st 1st
Minneapolis Buffaloes Josh Hamilton 5th Josh Hamilton 4th 7th
Brasher Huskies Reggie Abercrombie 6th Reggie Abercrombie 2nd(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Kenny Kelly 7th Kenny Kelly 2nd(tied) 3rd
Des Moines Rockets Nic Jackson 8th 9th(tied) 9th
Iowa Cubs Ron Calloway 9th Ron Calloway 8th 8th
Coarsegold Giants Carlos Villalobos 10th 9th(tied) 10th
Louisville Redbirds 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
Oklahoma City 89ers 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Denver Zephyrs Terrmel Sledge 1st Terrmel Sledge 1st(tied) 1st
Oklahoma City 89ers Deion Sanders 2nd Albino Contreras 1st(tied) 2nd
Louisville Redbirds Mike Simms 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Iowa Cubs Justin Sherrod 4th Justin Sherrod 5th 5th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Gonzalo Meza 5th Val Pascucci 1st(tied) 3rd
Brasher Huskies Michael Restovich 6th Michael Restovich 6th 6th
Des Moines Rockets Jose Bautista 7th Jose Bautista 4th 4th
Indianapolis Indians Tyrone Woods 8th 7th(tied) 8th
Omaha Royals Harvey Pulliam 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Coarsegold Giants Luis Saturria 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Nashville Sounds 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oklahoma City 89ers Tony Saunders 1st Jeremy Bonderman 3rd 1st
Brasher Huskies Mark Prior 2nd Mark Prior 4th 2nd
Omaha Royals Kurt Ainsworth 3rd Kurt Ainsworth 2nd 3rd
Coarsegold Giants Wes Obermueller 4th Wes Obermueller 1st 4th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Zach Day 5th 12th 11th
Denver Zephyrs Ervin Santana 6th Ervin Santana 6th 6th
Indianapolis Indians Gustavo Chacin 7th Gustavo Chacin 8th 7th
Iowa Cubs Shawn Hill 8th Shawn Hill 9th(tied) 9th
Louisville Redbirds Carlos E. Hernandez 9th Chris Capuano 9th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Boof Bonser 10th Jeff Francis 5th 5th
Nashville Sounds Runelvys Hernandez 11th Runelvys Hernandez 7th 8th
Des Moines Rockets Dave Bush 12th Dave Bush 11th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Redbirds Jack Taschner 1st Jack Taschner 4th 3rd
Denver Zephyrs Chad Paronto 2nd Jose Veras 6th(tied) 6th
Des Moines Rockets Macay McBride 3rd Robinson Tejeda 1st 1st
Iowa Cubs Taylor Buchholz 4th Taylor Buchholz 6th(tied) 7th
Brasher Huskies Jeremy Ward 5th Jason Frasor 2nd 2nd
Minneapolis Buffaloes Doug Slaten 6th Brian Sanches 5th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Tim Spooneybarger 7th Kevin Hodge 3rd 5th
Nashville Sounds Brandon Medders 8th Brandon Medders 10th 10th
Oklahoma City 89ers Todd Ozias 9th Jose Valverde 6th(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Indians Merkin Valdez 10th Ryan Houston 6th(tied) 9th
Coarsegold Giants Brad Guy 11th Chris Wallace 12th 11th
Omaha Royals Miguel Duarte 12th Miguel Duarte 11th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Denver Zephyrs Jorge Julio 1st Jose Veras 4th 1st
Iowa Cubs Hong-Chih Kuo 2nd Hong-Chih Kuo 6th 5th
Coarsegold Giants Chad Qualls 3rd Chad Qualls 7th 7th
Oklahoma City 89ers Francisco Rodriguez 4th Francisco Rodriguez 5th 6th
Minneapolis Buffaloes Luis Vizcaino 5th Brian Sanches 3rd 2nd
Nashville Sounds Xavier Hernandez 6th Brandon Medders 10th 8th
Omaha Royals Chris Spurling 7th Chris Spurling 12th 11th
Des Moines Rockets Neal Cotts 8th Neal Cotts 9th 10th
Brasher Huskies Brian Bruney 9th Brian Bruney 11th 12th
Louisville Redbirds Jesse Crain 10th Jesse Crain 8th 9th
Buffalo Bisons Tim Spooneybarger 11th Mark Mangum 1st 3rd
Indianapolis Indians Dan Freed 12th Mauricio Lara 2nd 4th
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