Positional Strength Overview By Teams

	09/01/2010
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Eastern League Positional Strength Overview By Teams

Akron Aeros (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Phil De La Torre	10th	Phil De La Torre	3rd	3rd
First Basemen	Christian Gunther	12th	Christian Gunther	Tied for 3rd	12th
Second Basemen	Danilo Ruas	11th	Danilo Ruas	3rd	3rd
Third Basemen	Mal Hunter	11th	Mal Hunter	1st	1st
Shortstops	Ab Hagenaars	12th		Tied for 4th	12th
Left Fielders	Zack Frey	11th	Zack Frey	Tied for 2nd	11th
Center Fielders	Vicente Canseco	9th	Vicente Canseco	Tied for 2nd	9th
Right Fielders	Ernest Collins	10th	Ernest Collins	2nd	2nd
Starting Pitchers	Hsi-men Wu	11th	Hsi-men Wu	1st	2nd
Relievers	Mark Ratzlaff	12th	Wilson Torres	6th	6th
Closers	Makoto Honda	12th	Wilson Torres	9th	9th

Altoona Curve (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Steve Cook	11th	Steve Cook	2nd	2nd
First Basemen	Jim McDonald	10th	Thomas Short	2nd	2nd
Second Basemen	Victor Alexander	12th	Victor Alexander	4th	4th
Third Basemen	Robby Anderson	12th	Robby Anderson	Tied for 2nd	12th
Shortstops	Zhong-qi Hsiao	11th	Zhong-qi Hsiao	3rd	3rd
Left Fielders	Li-ben Jiang	10th	Li-ben Jiang	1st	1st
Center Fielders	Zhu-lan Huang	12th	Zhu-lan Huang	Tied for 2nd	12th
Right Fielders	Sung-min Kim	11th	Craig Webber	1st	1st
Starting Pitchers	Iván Garza	12th	Iván Garza	Tied for 3rd	12th
Relievers	Adam Lester	4th	Adam Lester	5th	4th
Closers	Anthony Park	10th	Anthony Park	8th	8th

Binghamton Mets (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Gilberto Reyes	5th	Pedro Rivera	Tied for 4th	8th
First Basemen	César Alonzo	9th		Tied for 3rd	10th
Second Basemen	Kip Fullerton	7th		Tied for 5th	9th
Third Basemen	Rhys Stone	8th		Tied for 2nd	9th
Shortstops	José Morán	5th	José Morán	Tied for 4th	8th
Left Fielders	Tao Pian	3rd	Tao Pian	Tied for 2nd	4th
Center Fielders	Alex Hughes	2nd	Mark Jones	Tied for 2nd	3rd
Right Fielders	Cody MacErracher	1st		Tied for 3rd	3rd
Starting Pitchers	Thomas Hatcher	5th	Carlos Sánchez	Tied for 3rd	6th
Relievers	Javier Colón	2nd	Pat Townsley	Tied for 7th	8th
Closers	Edgar Martínez	5th	Pat Townsley	Tied for 10th	12th

Bowie Baysox (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Germán Rivera	4th		Tied for 4th	7th
First Basemen	Eric Davis	7th	Eric Sewell	Tied for 3rd	8th
Second Basemen	Freddy Kennedy	3rd	Freddy Kennedy	2nd	1st
Third Basemen	Mike Hyde	3rd		Tied for 2nd	4th
Shortstops	Augusto Salazar	6th		Tied for 4th	9th
Left Fielders	Armando Estrada	2nd	Armando Estrada	Tied for 2nd	3rd
Center Fielders	Ricardo De La Torre	1st		Tied for 2nd	2nd
Right Fielders	Michael McAllister	4th		Tied for 3rd	6th
Starting Pitchers	Jesús Espinoza	8th	Jesús Espinoza	Tied for 3rd	9th
Relievers	Manny Aguirre	1st	Roy English	Tied for 7th	7th
Closers	Hirotada Otani	4th	Roy English	10th	11th

Erie SeaWolves (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Travis Callahan	7th	Travis Callahan	Tied for 4th	10th
First Basemen	Ken Washington	6th	Ken Phillips	1st	1st
Second Basemen	Pierre Migneault	8th		Tied for 5th	10th
Third Basemen	Fernando Castro	4th	Fernando Castro	Tied for 2nd	5th
Shortstops	Jerry Duncan	10th	Donald Peltier	2nd	2nd
Left Fielders	Kenny Henry	7th		Tied for 2nd	8th
Center Fielders	Telma Salviati	8th		Tied for 2nd	8th
Right Fielders	Lonny Frazer	3rd	Lonny Frazer	Tied for 3rd	5th
Starting Pitchers	Orlando Souza	4th	Cris Morán	Tied for 3rd	5th
Relievers	António Morales	5th	Tokutomi Shini	1st	1st
Closers	Alex Whitaker	9th	Alex Whitaker	2nd	2nd

Harrisburg Senators (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Jorge Salars	2nd	Kwan-cheol Yu	Tied for 4th	5th
First Basemen	José Sánchez	1st	Pepe Ybarra	Tied for 3rd	3rd
Second Basemen	Ricardo García	2nd	Ricardo García	Tied for 5th	6th
Third Basemen	Joe Carbaugh	2nd		Tied for 2nd	3rd
Shortstops	Juan Pérez	7th		Tied for 4th	10th
Left Fielders	Gregg Jones	5th		Tied for 2nd	6th
Center Fielders	Woody Carter	3rd		Tied for 2nd	4th
Right Fielders	Bill Towns	6th		Tied for 3rd	8th
Starting Pitchers	Terry Dunn	10th	Cole Rose	3rd	11th
Relievers	Juan Pérez	9th	Donald Lyon	Tied for 7th	12th
Closers	Donald Lyon	8th	Donald Lyon	5th	4th

New Britain Rock Cats (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Kevin Collins	6th	Kevin Collins	Tied for 4th	9th
First Basemen	Harvey Bell	11th		Tied for 3rd	11th
Second Basemen	Yoshi Otani	10th		Tied for 5th	12th
Third Basemen	Joe Fox	10th	Joe Fox	Tied for 2nd	11th
Shortstops	Júlio Guzmán	8th	Júlio Guzmán	Tied for 4th	11th
Left Fielders	Joel Hatfield	8th		Tied for 2nd	9th
Center Fielders	Guo-qing Chia	11th	Roberto Vindel	Tied for 2nd	11th
Right Fielders	Yong-hun Park	7th	Juan Rodríguez	Tied for 3rd	9th
Starting Pitchers	Ron Jennings	2nd	Ron Jennings	Tied for 3rd	4th
Relievers	Jaime Moreno	8th	Pablo Arenas	Tied for 7th	11th
Closers	Pablo Arenas	7th	Pablo Arenas	6th	5th

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Emílio Rodríguez	8th	Leonard Krause	1st	1st
First Basemen	Chris Halpern	8th	Cameron Black	Tied for 3rd	9th
Second Basemen	Chris Blashill	6th	Chris Blashill	1st	2nd
Third Basemen	Joaquín Martínez	1st	Sherif Mazi	Tied for 2nd	2nd
Shortstops	John Waller	4th	John Waller	Tied for 4th	7th
Left Fielders	Cliff Holmes	1st	Cliff Holmes	Tied for 2nd	2nd
Center Fielders	Bartolo Hernández	4th		Tied for 2nd	5th
Right Fielders	António Rentería	2nd	António Rentería	Tied for 3rd	4th
Starting Pitchers	Gene Best	7th	Gene Best	Tied for 3rd	8th
Relievers	Ryan Madden	10th	Ryan Madden	3rd	3rd
Closers	Takeo Tsukamoto	11th	Takeo Tsukamoto	4th	6th

Portland Sea Dogs (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Paco González	12th		Tied for 4th	12th
First Basemen	Matt Brewer	4th	Matt Brewer	Tied for 3rd	6th
Second Basemen	Jorge Álvarez	9th	Jorge Álvarez	Tied for 5th	11th
Third Basemen	Gary Mason	9th	Gary Mason	Tied for 2nd	10th
Shortstops	Ignacio Ramírez	9th	Ignacio Ramírez	1st	1st
Left Fielders	Luis Hernández	9th		Tied for 2nd	10th
Center Fielders	Iván Prieto	6th	Iván Prieto	1st	1st
Right Fielders	Carlos Aguirre	8th	Carlos Aguirre	Tied for 3rd	10th
Starting Pitchers	Chad Gibson	6th	Marcos Ortíz	Tied for 3rd	7th
Relievers	Paul Fields	11th	Paul Fields	4th	5th
Closers	Jerome Walters	1st	Jerome Walters	1st	1st

Reading Phillies (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Scott Taylor	3rd		4th	6th
First Basemen	Germán Mata	5th		3rd	7th
Second Basemen	Anthony Walter	1st		5th	5th
Third Basemen	Pierre-Luc Simard	7th		2nd	8th
Shortstops	Joseph Matthews	2nd		4th	5th
Left Fielders	Jason May	6th		2nd	7th
Center Fielders	Pedro Casillas	5th		2nd	6th
Right Fielders	Leonardo Labriola	12th		3rd	12th
Starting Pitchers	Brian Reeves	3rd	Gabriel Herrera	2nd	1st
Relievers	Jian-gun Ping	7th	Eric Miller	7th	10th
Closers	Anthony Miller	6th	Anthony Miller	7th	7th

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	José García	1st		Tied for 4th	4th
First Basemen	Chris Pruitt	3rd		Tied for 3rd	5th
Second Basemen	Michael Smith	4th		Tied for 5th	7th
Third Basemen	Robert Courtemanche	5th		Tied for 2nd	6th
Shortstops	Dennis Swanson	1st		Tied for 4th	4th
Left Fielders	Bill Davidson	12th		Tied for 2nd	12th
Center Fielders	Esteban Souza	Tied for 9th		Tied for 2nd	Tied for 9th
Right Fielders	Ray Morgan	9th		Tied for 3rd	11th
Starting Pitchers	Mac Blevins	1st		Tied for 3rd	3rd
Relievers	Morihiro Sugimoto	6th		Tied for 7th	9th
Closers	John Decker	3rd		Tied for 10th	10th

Trenton Thunder (AA) 09/01/2010
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Juan Ávila	9th		Tied for 4th	11th
First Basemen	Helespôntico Benaque	2nd		Tied for 3rd	4th
Second Basemen	Ben Arnold	5th		Tied for 5th	8th
Third Basemen	William Noël	6th	William Noël	Tied for 2nd	7th
Shortstops	Martin Burke	3rd		Tied for 4th	6th
Left Fielders	Jesús Parra	4th	Jesús Parra	Tied for 2nd	5th
Center Fielders	Mike Waller	7th	Mike Waller	Tied for 2nd	7th
Right Fielders	Sergio Jiménez	5th		Tied for 3rd	7th
Starting Pitchers	Woodrow O'Day	9th	David Romano	Tied for 3rd	10th
Relievers	Thomas Polk	3rd	Jorge González	2nd	2nd
Closers	Joaquín Quiñones	2nd	Joaquín Quiñones	3rd	3rd