FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/21/2002
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Petersburg Cardinals Julio Zuleta 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Miami Miracle Steve Torrealba 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Port Charlotte Rangers Casey Kopitzke 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Winter Haven Red Sox Roberto Lugo 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Dunedin Blue Jays Jose Umbria 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Osceola Astros Eddie Fink 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Jose Cerda 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Clearwater Phillies Jeremy Sickles 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Sarasota White Sox Mark Obradovich 9th 1st(tied) 9th
St. Lucie Mets Brian Strong 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Vero Beach Dodgers Mike Russell 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Baseball City Royals Jeff Stevens 12th 1st(tied) 12th
West Palm Beach Expos Luis Rivera 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Lakeland Tigers 14th 1st(tied) 14th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dunedin Blue Jays Walter Young 1st 6th(tied) 4th
St. Petersburg Cardinals Mike Eylward 2nd 6th(tied) 5th
Miami Miracle Luis Figueroa 3rd Luis Figueroa 1st 1st
Port Charlotte Rangers Paul McAnulty 4th Paul McAnulty 2nd 2nd
Winter Haven Red Sox Brian Barden 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Sarasota White Sox Juan M. Gonzalez 6th Doug Deeds 3rd 3rd
Vero Beach Dodgers Chuck Klee 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Osceola Astros Isaac Iorg 8th Isaac Iorg 4th 6th
St. Lucie Mets Martin Malpica 9th Martin Malpica 5th 8th
Clearwater Phillies Dan Hummel 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Baseball City Royals Brad Wise 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
Lakeland Tigers 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
West Palm Beach Expos 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dunedin Blue Jays Jose Castillo 1st Jose Castillo 1st 1st
Sarasota White Sox Jesus Merchan 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Miami Miracle Jhonny Perez 3rd Liu Rodriguez 2nd 2nd
Port Charlotte Rangers Richard Lewis 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Petersburg Cardinals Brian Harris 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Clearwater Phillies Keoni De Renne 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
West Palm Beach Expos Guillermo Reyes 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Winter Haven Red Sox Blake Whealy 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Osceola Astros Victor Castillo 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Vero Beach Dodgers Asbel Ortiz 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Emigdio Tiburcio 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
St. Lucie Mets Willie Vasquez 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Baseball City Royals 13th (tied) 3rd(tied) 13th(tied)
Lakeland Tigers 13th (tied) 3rd(tied) 13th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dunedin Blue Jays Juan Richardson 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Miami Miracle Simon Pond 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Winter Haven Red Sox Bronson Sardinha 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
St. Petersburg Cardinals Eloy Arano 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Clearwater Phillies John Ballon 5th 1st(tied) 5th
West Palm Beach Expos Pat Manning 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Sarasota White Sox Danny Solano 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Port Charlotte Rangers Matt Howe 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Vero Beach Dodgers Robbie Kison 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Osceola Astros Rick Angell 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Michael Forbes 11th 1st(tied) 11th
St. Lucie Mets Casey Clark 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Baseball City Royals 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
Lakeland Tigers 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dunedin Blue Jays Jhonny Peralta 1st Jhonny Peralta 1st 1st
Vero Beach Dodgers Erick Aybar 2nd Erick Aybar 2nd 2nd
Miami Miracle Jay Woolf 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Clearwater Phillies Brandon Chaves 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
St. Petersburg Cardinals Tim Barker 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Winter Haven Red Sox Max Poulin 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Port Charlotte Rangers Rich Almanzar 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Sarasota White Sox Damon Katz 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
St. Lucie Mets Jason St. Clair 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Baseball City Royals M. Burba 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Lakeland Tigers 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Osceola Astros 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
West Palm Beach Expos 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Miami Miracle Trent Durrington 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Dunedin Blue Jays John-Ford Griffin 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Winter Haven Red Sox Jeff Salazar 3rd Jeff Salazar 1st 1st
St. Petersburg Cardinals Mitch Jones 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Clearwater Phillies T.J. Soto 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Port Charlotte Rangers Juan Piniella 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Osceola Astros Walter Olmstead 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Sarasota White Sox Jutt Hileman 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
West Palm Beach Expos Jon Topolski 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Vero Beach Dodgers Casey Williamson 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Ryan Nohr 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Lakeland Tigers Wladimir Filardi 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
St. Lucie Mets Javier Boll 13th 2nd(tied) 13th
Baseball City Royals David Giorgis 14th 2nd(tied) 14th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Port Charlotte Rangers Brandon Watson 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Miami Miracle Darrell Dent 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Clearwater Phillies Tommy Murphy 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Dunedin Blue Jays Alejandro Diaz 4th 1st(tied) 4th
St. Petersburg Cardinals Derek Shumpert 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Winter Haven Red Sox Jesse Roman 6th 1st(tied) 6th
West Palm Beach Expos Tim Lemon 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Osceola Astros Perry Miley 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Jon Cook 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Lakeland Tigers Herman Dean 10th 1st(tied) 10th
St. Lucie Mets Cristian Garcia 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Sarasota White Sox Jeremy Deitrick 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Baseball City Royals 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
Vero Beach Dodgers 13th (tied) 1st(tied) 13th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Petersburg Cardinals Carlos Avila 1st Cory Aldridge 2nd 2nd
West Palm Beach Expos Brandon Moss 2nd Brandon Moss 1st 1st
Miami Miracle Alex Hernandez 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Clearwater Phillies T.J. Bohn 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Winter Haven Red Sox Derek Michaelis 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Osceola Astros Brent Clevlen 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Sarasota White Sox Tom Whitehurst 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Vero Beach Dodgers Justo Rivas 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Lakeland Tigers Jose Tress 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
St. Lucie Mets Matt Ware 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
Baseball City Royals 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Dunedin Blue Jays 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Fort Lauderdale Yankees 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
Port Charlotte Rangers 11th (tied) 3rd(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Miami Miracle Chris Nabholz 1st Tony McKnight 2nd 2nd
St. Lucie Mets Kevin Foster 2nd 10th(tied) 8th
Sarasota White Sox Ryan Kibler 3rd Ryan Kibler 4th(tied) 4th
Lakeland Tigers Leonardo Gonzalez 4th Leonardo Gonzalez 3rd 3rd
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Beau Hale 5th Jose Felix Navarro 4th(tied) 5th
Baseball City Royals Jake Woods 6th Ben Fritz 1st 1st
Clearwater Phillies Ben Shaffar 7th Matt Butler 4th(tied) 6th
Winter Haven Red Sox Ramon Antonio Garcia 8th Wade Parrish 4th(tied) 7th
Vero Beach Dodgers Adam Harben 9th Chuck Crowder 8th 9th
Dunedin Blue Jays Todd Cutchins 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Port Charlotte Rangers Ralph McCasland 11th 10th(tied) 12th
Osceola Astros Jose Rojas 12th Greg Kubes 9th 10th
West Palm Beach Expos Felix Diaz 13th 10th(tied) 13th
St. Petersburg Cardinals 14th 10th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Lucie Mets Travis Minix 1st Jhonny Pantoja 3rd(tied) 2nd
Winter Haven Red Sox Matt DeWitt 2nd Matt DeWitt 1st 1st
Sarasota White Sox Chris Howay 3rd Cecilio Garibaldi 3rd(tied) 4th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Kelvin Jimenez 4th Kelvin Jimenez 2nd 3rd
Dunedin Blue Jays Edgar Lizarraga 5th Edgar Lizarraga 3rd(tied) 5th
Clearwater Phillies Saul Montoya 6th Saul Montoya 9th 8th
Lakeland Tigers Zach Miner 7th Zach Miner 7th 7th
Vero Beach Dodgers Talley Haines 8th Talley Haines 12th 9th
Osceola Astros Jon Switzer 9th Preston Larrison 10th 10th
Miami Miracle Matt Whisenant 10th Aaron Krawiec 3rd(tied) 6th
Baseball City Royals Marcos Zavala 11th Marcos Zavala 11th 11th
West Palm Beach Expos Dan Meyer 12th Brad Hennessey 8th 12th
Port Charlotte Rangers Brad Stiles 13th 13th(tied) 13th
St. Petersburg Cardinals Kelly Martin 14th 13th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Miami Miracle Brian Edmondson 1st Aaron Krawiec 1st(tied) 1st
Sarasota White Sox Blaine Boyer 2nd Blaine Boyer 4th 4th
Fort Lauderdale Yankees Angel Guzman 3rd Angel Guzman 6th 5th
Winter Haven Red Sox George Sherrill 4th George Sherrill 7th 6th
Clearwater Phillies Jorge Flores 5th Jorge Flores 10th 9th
Lakeland Tigers Chad Gaudin 6th Chad Gaudin 5th 7th
Dunedin Blue Jays Jonathan Albaladejo 7th Jonathan Albaladejo 9th 8th
Vero Beach Dodgers Sergio Perez 8th Talley Haines 12th 10th
St. Lucie Mets Lance McCullers 9th Jhonny Pantoja 1st(tied) 2nd
Osceola Astros Preston Larrison 10th Preston Larrison 11th 12th
Baseball City Royals Marcos Zavala 11th Travis Held 1st(tied) 3rd
West Palm Beach Expos Brad Hennessey 12th Brad Hennessey 8th 11th
Port Charlotte Rangers Eric White 13th 13th(tied) 13th
St. Petersburg Cardinals Juan Cedeno 14th 13th(tied) 14th
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