APPALACHIAN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/03/2115
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Princeton Rays Malachi Gude 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Johnson City Cardinals Brian Rush 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Burlington Royals Kevin McCurley 3rd Kevin McCurley 3rd 2nd
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Jaime Stone 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Bluefield Blue Jays Juan Palma 5th Juan Palma 2nd 3rd
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Carmo Manaia 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Elizabethton Twins Alejandro Garcia 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Greeneville Astros Freddy Ruiz 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Kingsport Mets Robert Sandoval 9th Alex Santos 1st 1st
Danville Braves Carlos Fernandez 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Bristol Pirates Raul Cruz 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Pulaski Yankees 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
San Diego (Rk+) Padres 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Elizabethton Twins Emanuel Coleman 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Fernando Jorge 2nd Gabe Howell 2nd 2nd
Kingsport Mets Jose Magallanes 3rd 3rd(tied) 4th
Johnson City Cardinals Jack Jones 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Bluefield Blue Jays Dan Myshrall 5th Dan Myshrall 1st 1st
Pulaski Yankees Josh Rupert 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Brian Biaram 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Greeneville Astros Andres Apodaca 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Bristol Pirates Robert Zuniga 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Burlington Royals 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Danville Braves 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Princeton Rays 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
San Diego (Rk+) Padres 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Princeton Rays Jake Embrey 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Kinji Tanioka 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Elizabethton Twins Mike Currin 3rd Josh Roberts 1st 1st
Burlington Royals Ramon Munive 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Greeneville Astros Tony Zeballos 5th Rafael Valdovinos 2nd 2nd
Danville Braves Francisco Ballesteros 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Johnson City Cardinals Omar Vega 7th Omar Vega 3rd 3rd
Bristol Pirates Jose Romero 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Kingsport Mets Javier Duran 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Bluefield Blue Jays 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
Pulaski Yankees 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
San Diego (Rk+) Padres 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants 10th (tied) 4th(tied) 10th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Princeton Rays Joe Daig 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Danville Braves Ryan Martinez 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Robby Torres 3rd Kareem Long 1st 1st
Bluefield Blue Jays Tanner Gillespie 4th Mike Posik 2nd 2nd
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox Jeff Boulware 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Johnson City Cardinals Pedro Vertiz 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Greeneville Astros Mike Severt 7th Mike Severt 3rd 3rd
Burlington Royals Alex Chavez 8th 4th(tied) 8th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Kyle McCorkle 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Elizabethton Twins Mario Vega 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Pulaski Yankees Joy-shan Shui 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
San Diego (Rk+) Padres Chris Valenzuela 11th (tied) 4th(tied) 11th(tied)
Kingsport Mets Edgar Gutierrez 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Bristol Pirates 14th 4th(tied) 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pulaski Yankees Jimmy Brockman 1st Craig Whelan 3rd 1st
Princeton Rays Gabe Peters 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Burlington Royals Scott Crespo 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox Christian Wolstenholme 4th Ed Doster 4th 2nd
Bristol Pirates James Lough 5th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Ron Nall 5th (tied) Ron Nall 1st 3rd
Danville Braves Antonio Garza 7th Mike Scanlon 2nd 4th
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Chris Sprague 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Greeneville Astros Roberto Rodriguez 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Johnson City Cardinals Robby Puleo 10th 5th(tied) 10th
San Diego (Rk+) Padres Juan Martinez 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Kingsport Mets Carlos Martinez 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Bluefield Blue Jays 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Elizabethton Twins 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Royals Alex Valdivia 1st Alex Valdivia 1st 1st
Bluefield Blue Jays Tony Barcena 2nd Tony Barcena 2nd 2nd
Greeneville Astros Justin Blais 3rd 3rd(tied) 3rd
San Diego (Rk+) Padres Matthew Sears 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox Carlos Arrizola 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Michael Bell 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Kingsport Mets Mario Medina 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Bristol Pirates 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Danville Braves 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Elizabethton Twins 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Johnson City Cardinals 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Princeton Rays 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
Pulaski Yankees 8th (tied) 3rd(tied) 8th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Royals Muneo Kojima 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Pulaski Yankees Joey Kosch 2nd Walt Taylor 2nd 1st
Princeton Rays Cody Keyser 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Jared Riley 4th Nelson Contreras 3rd(tied) 2nd
Danville Braves Adam Obert 5th 9th(tied) 11th
San Diego (Rk+) Padres Marshall Lindsey 6th 9th(tied) 12th
Bristol Pirates Jeremy Lanier 7th Jeremy Lanier 1st 3rd
Greeneville Astros Bob Nunn 8th Rory Miller 3rd(tied) 4th
Bluefield Blue Jays Joey Gillett 9th Alex Arevalo 8th 7th
Elizabethton Twins Joel Cruz 10th Joel Cruz 6th 6th
Johnson City Cardinals John Hubbard 11th Mike Thompson 7th 8th
Kingsport Mets Tyler Sandoval 12th Rodolfo Perez 5th 5th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox Carlos Trevino 13th 9th(tied) 13th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Jose Caballero 14th 9th(tied) 14th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Bobby Panter 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Burlington Royals Gabe Hall 2nd Gerrit de Geus 3rd 2nd
Pulaski Yankees Ryan Castro 3rd Dan Chacon 1st 1st
Johnson City Cardinals Jose Lamborghini 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Greeneville Astros Wuilfredo Parham 5th Wuilfredo Parham 4th 4th
Danville Braves Bill Pratt 6th Chris Jackson 2nd 3rd
Kingsport Mets Ed Hill 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Princeton Rays Kazuo Abe 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Bluefield Blue Jays Miguel Canavaro 9th 5th(tied) 9th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Javier Moreno 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Bristol Pirates 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
Elizabethton Twins 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
San Diego (Rk+) Padres 11th (tied) 5th(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greeneville Astros Cory Richey 1st Justin Wiedenbeck 8th 6th
Bluefield Blue Jays Will Mueller 2nd Will Mueller 5th 4th
Danville Braves Juan Alvarez 3rd Steve Wentzel 3rd 3rd
Princeton Rays Joe Connell 4th 10th(tied) 8th
Kingsport Mets Fred Burke 5th Carlos Davila 1st 1st
Bristol Pirates John Anderson 6th Victor Rodriquez 2nd 2nd
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles Brendan Lickteig 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox Fidel Salazar 8th Zach Nelson 4th 5th
Elizabethton Twins Roberto Romo 9th Ivan Garza 7th 7th
San Diego (Rk+) Padres Justin Hardesty 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Burlington Royals Frank Ritter 11th Frank Ritter 9th 10th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Nick Lane 12th 10th(tied) 13th
Johnson City Cardinals Marcos Velasco 13th Emilio Cornejo 6th 9th
Pulaski Yankees Jesus Cifuentes 14th 10th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bluefield Blue Jays Ruben Ortega 1st Erik Schmidt 3rd 1st
Johnson City Cardinals Mason Goodwin 2nd Emilio Cornejo 2nd 2nd
Elizabethton Twins Kellen Bennion 3rd 6th(tied) 4th
Bristol Pirates Edwin Morales 4th Norbert Holoubek 4th 3rd
Greeneville Astros Chris Robert 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Burlington Royals Jose Quintana 6th 6th(tied) 8th
San Diego (Rk+) Padres Josh Coles 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox Hector Chavez 8th Josh Blessing 1st 5th
Danville Braves Jonathan Arthur 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Kingsport Mets Carlos Maldonado 10th Javy Sierra 5th 6th
Princeton Rays Mike Harris 11th 6th(tied) 11th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Jose Bueno 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Pulaski Yankees David Alicea 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles 14th 6th(tied) 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Braves Nick Fife 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Bristol Pirates Edwin Morales 2nd Norbert Holoubek 4th 3rd
Princeton Rays Nick Paley 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Boston (Rk+) Red Sox Joe Taylor 4th (tied) Joe Taylor 2nd 2nd
Johnson City Cardinals Mason Goodwin 4th (tied) Emilio Cornejo 1st 1st
San Diego (Rk+) Padres Justin Hardesty 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Kingsport Mets Luke Carlson 7th Javy Sierra 5th 4th
Greeneville Astros Gregg Deppen 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Bluefield Blue Jays Erik Schmidt 9th Erik Schmidt 3rd 5th
San Francisco (Rk+) Giants Jose Bueno 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Elizabethton Twins Juan Loza 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Pulaski Yankees Omar Saavedra 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Burlington Royals Luis Chavez 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Baltimore (Rk+) Orioles 14th 6th(tied) 14th
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