MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/18/2019
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta Braves Brian McCann 1st 14th(tied) 11th
Oakland Athletics Sean Murphy 2nd Sean Murphy 6th 6th
Cleveland Indians Carson Kelly 3rd Andrew Knizner 8th 7th
Detroit Tigers Reese McGuire 4th Dom Nuñez 9th 8th
Chicago White Sox Buster Posey 5th 14th(tied) 14th
Montreal Expos Salvador Perez 6th 14th(tied) 15th
Arizona Diamondbacks Willson Contreras 7th 14th(tied) 16th
Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Jansen 8th Danny Jansen 1st(tied) 1st
Seattle Mariners Yasmani Grandal 9th 14th(tied) 17th
Chicago Cubs Victor Caratini 10th Zack Collins 10th 9th
Texas Rangers James McCann 11th Will Smith 1st(tied) 2nd
Boston Red Sox Alex Avila 12th 14th(tied) 18th
New York Mets Austin Nola 13th Austin Allen 11th 10th
Baltimore Orioles Omar Narvaez 14th 14th(tied) 19th
St. Louis Cardinals Tucker Barnhart 15th Seby Zavala 1st(tied) 3rd
Toronto Blue Jays Francisco Cervelli 16th 14th(tied) 21st
Houston Astros Joe Mauer 17th 14th(tied) 22nd
Colorado Rockies Wilin Rosario 18th 14th(tied) 23rd
Kansas City Royals Chance Sisco 19th Meibrys Viloria 12th 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Derek Norris 20th Nick Dini 1st(tied) 4th
Minnesota Twins Luis Torrens 21st Luis Torrens 7th 12th
Milwaukee Brewers Mitch Garver 22nd Jake Rogers 1st(tied) 5th
New York Yankees Matt Wieters 23rd 14th(tied) 24th
San Francisco Giants Travis d'Arnaud 24th Oscar Hernandez 13th 20th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Jason Castro 25th 14th(tied) 25th
Los Angeles Dodgers Josh Phegley 26th 14th(tied) 26th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Texas Rangers Trey Mancini 1st 14th(tied) 11th
St. Louis Cardinals Matt Olson 2nd 14th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Royals Miguel Cabrera 3rd Nathaniel Lowe 7th 5th
Atlanta Braves Adrian Gonzalez 4th 14th(tied) 16th
Toronto Blue Jays Prince Fielder 5th Renato Nuñez 11th 7th
Colorado Rockies Josh Bell 6th Dawel Lugo 1st(tied) 1st
Pittsburgh Pirates Anthony Rizzo 7th 14th(tied) 17th
Detroit Tigers Ryan Zimmerman 8th 14th(tied) 18th
Houston Astros Justin Upton 9th Cavan Biggio 6th 6th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Freddie Freeman 10th 14th(tied) 19th
New York Yankees Dan Murphy 11th 14th(tied) 20th
Boston Red Sox Paul Goldschmidt 12th Matt Beaty 10th 10th
Philadelphia Phillies Brandon Belt 13th 14th(tied) 21st
San Francisco Giants Rhys Hoskins 14th 14th(tied) 22nd
Oakland Athletics Jeimer Candelario 15th Bobby Bradley 1st(tied) 2nd
Chicago Cubs Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 16th Ronald Guzman 8th 8th
Arizona Diamondbacks Hanley Ramirez 17th Michael Chavis 9th 12th
Montreal Expos Nick Castellanos 18th 14th(tied) 23rd
Baltimore Orioles Neil Walker 19th Pete Alonso 5th 9th
Milwaukee Brewers Amed Rosario 20th (tied) Dilson Herrera 1st(tied) 3rd
Seattle Mariners Justin Smoak 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 24th
Cleveland Indians Luke Voit 22nd Josh Naylor 1st(tied) 4th
Minnesota Twins Dustin Pedroia 23rd Ryder Jones 13th 15th
New York Mets Albert Pujols 24th Joshua Fuentes 12th 14th
Chicago White Sox Conor Gillaspie 25th 14th(tied) 25th
Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Joseph 26th 14th(tied) 26th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Indians Ozzie Albies 1st Brendan Rodgers 1st 1st
Texas Rangers Didi Gregorius 2nd Tommy Edman 4th 3rd
Tampa Bay Devil Rays DJ LeMahieu 3rd 16th(tied) 12th
Pittsburgh Pirates Gleyber Torres 4th 16th(tied) 15th
Toronto Blue Jays Kolten Wong 5th Josh VanMeter 9th 7th
New York Mets Jason Kipnis 6th Gavin Lux 2nd 2nd
Chicago White Sox Keston Hiura 7th Keston Hiura 3rd 4th
Kansas City Royals Bo Bichette 8th Luis Guillorme 6th 6th
Montreal Expos Scooter Gennett 9th 16th(tied) 18th
Detroit Tigers Dylan Moore 10th 16th(tied) 19th
Boston Red Sox Jose Altuve 11th Robel Garcia 12th 10th
Colorado Rockies Luis Rengifo 12th Luis Rengifo 5th 5th
San Francisco Giants Whit Merrifield 13th 16th(tied) 20th
Philadelphia Phillies Jace Peterson 14th Luis Sardinas 14th 11th
New York Yankees Aledmys Diaz 15th 16th(tied) 21st
Minnesota Twins T.J. Rivera 16th 16th(tied) 22nd
St. Louis Cardinals Starlin Castro 17th Mauricio Dubon 8th 8th
Chicago Cubs Dee Strange-Gordon 18th 16th(tied) 23rd
Seattle Mariners Tony Kemp 19th Chris Bostick 13th 13th
Arizona Diamondbacks Joe Panik 20th 16th(tied) 24th
Houston Astros Enrique Hernández 21st 16th(tied) 25th
Atlanta Braves Devon Travis 22nd Josh Rojas 7th 9th
Oakland Athletics Asdrubal Cabrera 23rd Donovan Walton 15th 17th
Milwaukee Brewers Cesar Hernández 24th 16th(tied) 26th
Los Angeles Dodgers Derek Dietrich 25th Abraham Toro 10th 14th
Baltimore Orioles Jed Lowrie 26th Gavin Cecchini 11th 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Texas Rangers Rougned Odor 1st Edwin Rios 9th 3rd
Cleveland Indians Manny Machado 2nd Austin Riley 1st 1st
Pittsburgh Pirates Rafael Devers 3rd Matt Thaiss 7th 4th
Milwaukee Brewers Carlos Correa 4th Kevin Kramer 12th 7th
New York Yankees Nolan Arenado 5th 14th(tied) 13th
Boston Red Sox Kyle Seager 6th 14th(tied) 14th
Colorado Rockies Matt Chapman 7th Danny Mendick 6th 6th
Chicago Cubs Yoan Moncada 8th David Bote 5th 5th
Arizona Diamondbacks Jose Ramirez 9th 14th(tied) 15th
Chicago White Sox Xander Bogaerts 10th Kelvin Gutierrez 8th 8th
St. Louis Cardinals Anthony Rendon 11th 14th(tied) 16th
San Francisco Giants Kris Bryant 12th 14th(tied) 18th
Detroit Tigers Evan Longoria 13th 14th(tied) 19th
Oakland Athletics Miguel Sanó 14th 14th(tied) 20th
Seattle Mariners Alex Bregman 15th Sheldon Neuse 10th 11th
Philadelphia Phillies Mike Moustakas 16th Jesmuel Valentin 11th 12th
Kansas City Royals Travis Shaw 17th 14th(tied) 21st
Atlanta Braves Brett Lawrie 18th Zach Green 13th 17th
New York Mets Mike Brosseau 19th Mike Brosseau 2nd 2nd
Houston Astros Martin Prado 20th Nick Senzel 4th 10th
Minnesota Twins Ty France 21st Ty France 3rd 9th
Baltimore Orioles Lonnie Chisenhall 22nd 14th(tied) 22nd
Toronto Blue Jays Yandy Díaz 23rd 14th(tied) 23rd
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Rio Ruiz 24th 14th(tied) 24th
Montreal Expos Maikel Franco 25th 14th(tied) 25th
Los Angeles Dodgers 26th 14th(tied) 26th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Texas Rangers Marcus Semien 1st Edmundo Sosa 2nd 1st
New York Mets Fernando Tatis Jr. 2nd 8th(tied) 4th(tied)
Detroit Tigers Trea Turner 3rd Humberto Arteaga 7th 2nd
Houston Astros Javier Baez 4th 8th(tied) 7th
New York Yankees Ketel Marte 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Los Angeles Dodgers Corey Seager 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Boston Red Sox Willy Adames 7th 8th(tied) 10th
San Francisco Giants Francisco Lindor 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Arizona Diamondbacks Orlando Arcia 9th 8th(tied) 13th
Cleveland Indians Jonathan Schoop 10th 8th(tied) 14th
Colorado Rockies Paul DeJong 11th Nicky Lopez 1st 3rd
Chicago White Sox J.P. Crawford 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Baltimore Orioles Tim Anderson 13th 8th(tied) 17th
Chicago Cubs Jean Segura 14th 8th(tied) 18th
St. Louis Cardinals David Fletcher 15th Yu Chang 4th 4th(tied)
Pittsburgh Pirates Dansby Swanson 16th Cole Tucker 3rd 6th
Montreal Expos Eugenio Suárez 17th 8th(tied) 19th
Milwaukee Brewers Jorge Polanco 18th 8th(tied) 20th
Kansas City Royals Niko Goodrum 19th 8th(tied) 21st
Toronto Blue Jays Jonathan Villar 20th Franklin Barreto 6th 12th
Seattle Mariners Matt Reynolds 21st 8th(tied) 22nd
Philadelphia Phillies Freddy Galvis 22nd 8th(tied) 23rd
Atlanta Braves Ehire Adrianza 23rd Max Moroff 5th 16th
Oakland Athletics Ronald Torreyes 24th 8th(tied) 24th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Richie Martin 25th 8th(tied) 25th
Minnesota Twins Miguel Rojas 26th 8th(tied) 26th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Blue Jays Juan Soto 1st Jake Fraley 4th 2nd
Los Angeles Dodgers Yordan Alvarez 2nd 14th(tied) 7th
Arizona Diamondbacks Christian Yelich 3rd Christin Stewart 6th 4th
Texas Rangers Tyler O'Neill 4th Scott Kingery 3rd 3rd
Baltimore Orioles Jeff McNeil 5th 14th(tied) 13th
Atlanta Braves Jesse Winker 6th 14th(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Brewers Andrew Benintendi 7th 14th(tied) 16th
San Francisco Giants Ian Happ 8th 14th(tied) 17th
Minnesota Twins Carlos Gonzalez 9th 14th(tied) 18th
Chicago White Sox Jake Cave 10th Justin Williams 13th 10th
St. Louis Cardinals Miguel Andújar 11th 14th(tied) 19th
Cleveland Indians Charlie Blackmon 12th Andrew Stevenson 9th 6th
New York Mets Yoenis Cespedes 13th Randy Arozarena 1st(tied) 1st
Kansas City Royals Odubel Herrera 14th 14th(tied) 21st
Montreal Expos David Peralta 15th Sam Hilliard 5th 5th
Colorado Rockies Adam Eaton 16th Tyrone Taylor 12th 11th
Boston Red Sox Aristides Aquino 17th (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Houston Astros Kyle Schwarber 17th (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
New York Yankees Domingo Santana 19th 14th(tied) 24th
Seattle Mariners Denard Span 20th Willie Calhoun 7th 8th
Pittsburgh Pirates Kyle Tucker 21st 14th(tied) 25th
Philadelphia Phillies Marcell Ozuna 22nd Yonathan Daza 8th 9th
Oakland Athletics Logan Morrison 23rd Sam Travis 10th 12th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tyler Austin 24th 14th(tied) 26th
Detroit Tigers Tommy Pham 25th Pablo Reyes 11th 15th
Chicago Cubs 26th Eloy Jimenez 1st(tied) 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Minnesota Twins Mookie Betts 1st Anthony Alford 13th 3rd
Boston Red Sox Cody Bellinger 2nd Steven Duggar 9th 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies Ronald Acuna Jr. 3rd Oscar Mercado 10th 4th
Pittsburgh Pirates Bryce Harper 4th Trent Grisham 1st(tied) 1st
Atlanta Braves Brandon Nimmo 5th 16th(tied) 13th
Texas Rangers Jason Heyward 6th Carlos Tocci 12th 7th
New York Mets Harrison Bader 7th 16th(tied) 15th
Arizona Diamondbacks Giancarlo Stanton 8th 16th(tied) 16th
Cleveland Indians Mallex Smith 9th 16th(tied) 17th
Milwaukee Brewers Albert Almora Jr. 10th Willi Castro 8th 9th
Chicago Cubs Jose Tabata 11th Adam Haseley 7th 10th
St. Louis Cardinals Victor Robles 12th 16th(tied) 19th
Detroit Tigers David Dahl 13th 16th(tied) 20th
Chicago White Sox Cedric Mullins 14th 16th(tied) 21st
Los Angeles Dodgers Brian Goodwin 15th 16th(tied) 22nd
New York Yankees Michael A. Taylor 16th 16th(tied) 23rd
Baltimore Orioles Ender Inciarte 17th Bryan Reynolds 4th 8th
Colorado Rockies Lorenzo Cain 18th Lane Thomas 6th 11th
Montreal Expos George Springer 19th Nick Solak 5th 12th
Toronto Blue Jays AJ Pollock 20th Skye Bolt 14th 18th
Houston Astros Myles Straw 21st 16th(tied) 25th
Kansas City Royals Aaron Hicks 22nd LaMonte Wade Jr. 11th 14th
Oakland Athletics Teoscar Hernández 23rd Drew Jackson 15th 24th
Seattle Mariners Mark Canha 24th 16th(tied) 26th
San Francisco Giants Bradley Zimmer 25th Brett Phillips 1st(tied) 5th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ben Revere 26th Jordan Luplow 1st(tied) 6th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cleveland Indians Austin Jackson 1st Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2nd 1st
Texas Rangers Mike Trout 2nd 12th(tied) 3rd
Milwaukee Brewers Aaron Judge 3rd 12th(tied) 4th
Boston Red Sox Mike Yastrzemski 4th 12th(tied) 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Ramon Laureano 5th 12th(tied) 14th
Arizona Diamondbacks Mitch Haniger 6th 12th(tied) 15th
Baltimore Orioles Franmil Reyes 7th 12th(tied) 16th
Los Angeles Dodgers Hunter Renfroe 8th Adolis García 10th 7th
Philadelphia Phillies Yasiel Puig 9th Jaylin Davis 9th 8th
New York Mets Tyler Naquin 10th 12th(tied) 17th
Colorado Rockies Starling Marte 11th Magneuris Sierra 7th 6th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Michael Conforto 12th Harold Ramirez 1st 2nd
Toronto Blue Jays Alex Verdugo 13th 12th(tied) 19th
Detroit Tigers Austin Hays 14th Travis Demeritte 8th 9th
New York Yankees Brandon Lowe 15th Kyle Lewis 3rd 5th
Chicago White Sox Josh Reddick 16th 12th(tied) 20th
Kansas City Royals Nick Williams 17th Rafael Bautista 11th 18th
Chicago Cubs Dayan Viciedo 18th 12th(tied) 21st
San Francisco Giants Clint Frazier 19th 12th(tied) 22nd
Atlanta Braves Melky Cabrera 20th 12th(tied) 23rd
Montreal Expos Avisail Garcia 21st 12th(tied) 24th
Seattle Mariners Shin-Soo Choo 22nd 12th(tied) 25th
Houston Astros Gerardo Parra 23rd 12th(tied) 26th
Pittsburgh Pirates Victor Reyes 24th Victor Reyes 4th 10th
Minnesota Twins Jared Walsh 25th Jared Walsh 5th 11th
Oakland Athletics Sam Haggerty 26th Sam Haggerty 6th 13th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Texas Rangers Trevor Bauer 1st Jose Suarez 15th 8th
Cleveland Indians Jose Berrios 2nd Jace Fry 7th(tied) 3rd
Boston Red Sox Shane Bieber 3rd 21st(tied) 14th
Milwaukee Brewers German Marquez 4th Jake Thompson 20th 15th
Colorado Rockies Matt Shoemaker 5th Aaron Civale 7th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Phillies Jack Flaherty 6th Rogelio Armenteros 5th 4th
Baltimore Orioles Aaron Nola 7th 21st(tied) 20th
Montreal Expos Josh Johnson 8th 21st(tied) 21st
Pittsburgh Pirates Luiz Gohara 9th Kolby Allard 7th(tied) 10th
Houston Astros Madison Bumgarner 10th Zac Gallen 12th 13th
Kansas City Royals Tyler Glasnow 11th Dustin May 1st 1st
Chicago Cubs Michael Soroka 12th Randy Dobnak 16th 16th
Seattle Mariners Walker Buehler 13th Michael Kopech 7th(tied) 11th
St. Louis Cardinals Jose Fernandez 14th Ariel Jurado 18th 18th
Atlanta Braves Pablo Lopez 15th Elieser Hernandez 4th 5th
New York Yankees Jacob deGrom 16th Peter Lambert 19th 19th
New York Mets Matt Harvey 17th Reynaldo Lopez 6th 6th
Oakland Athletics Blake Snell 18th Mitch Keller 3rd 7th
Chicago White Sox Freddy Peralta 19th Logan Webb 2nd 2nd
Arizona Diamondbacks Noah Syndergaard 20th (tied) 21st(tied) 24th
Toronto Blue Jays Julio Urias 20th (tied) Griffin Canning 7th(tied) 12th
Minnesota Twins Jameson Taillon 22nd 21st(tied) 25th
Detroit Tigers Jordan Montgomery 23rd 21st(tied) 26th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Chris Paddack 24th Chris Paddack 13th 17th
San Francisco Giants Kyle Hendricks 25th Jordan Yamamoto 17th 22nd
Los Angeles Dodgers Chris Archer 26th Patrick Sandoval 14th 23rd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Devin Williams 1st Devin Williams 13th 5th
San Francisco Giants Alex Reyes 2nd Ryan Helsley 8th 1st
Minnesota Twins Richard Rodriguez 3rd Eric Hanhold 20th(tied) 18th
New York Yankees Nick Vincent 4th Jackson Stephens 17th 15th
St. Louis Cardinals Nick Anderson 5th Jordan Romano 20th(tied) 19th
Oakland Athletics Andrew Chafin 6th Josh Taylor 4th 2nd
Detroit Tigers Seung-hwan Oh 7th Ryan Borucki 20th(tied) 20th
Chicago White Sox Chris Devenski 8th David Bednar 14th 7th
Houston Astros Chad Green 9th 26th 25th
Milwaukee Brewers Ian Krol 10th Evan Phillips 7th 3rd
Los Angeles Dodgers A.J. Minter 11th Adbert Alzolay 20th(tied) 22nd
Baltimore Orioles Edwin Díaz 12th Jacob Webb 11th 10th
Texas Rangers Sean Doolittle 13th Jake Faria 10th 11th
Kansas City Royals Kelvin Herrera 14th Pete Fairbanks 3rd 4th
Colorado Rockies John Brebbia 15th Jorge Alcala 12th 12th
Boston Red Sox Tim Mayza 16th Jalen Beeks 20th(tied) 23rd
New York Mets James Karinchak 17th Ranger Suarez 16th 16th
Arizona Diamondbacks Cody Stashak 18th Cody Stashak 19th 21st
Seattle Mariners Carson Smith 19th Dillon Tate 1st 6th
Atlanta Braves Matt Strahm 20th Colin Poche 5th 8th
Chicago Cubs Tyler Thornburg 21st Darwinzon Hernandez 15th 17th
Philadelphia Phillies Dinelson Lamet 22nd Erik Swanson 2nd 9th
Cleveland Indians Greg Holland 23rd Caleb Ferguson 18th 24th
Toronto Blue Jays Joe Thatcher 24th Bryan Abreu 9th 13th
Pittsburgh Pirates Kenley Jansen 25th Gerardo Reyes 20th(tied) 26th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tanner Rainey 26th Brusdar Graterol 6th 14th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Expos Jose Alvarado 1st Devin Williams 4th 1st
Houston Astros Josh Hader 2nd 26th 25th
Minnesota Twins Richard Rodriguez 3rd Chase De Jong 24th 19th
Milwaukee Brewers Ian Krol 4th David McKay 23rd 17th
Arizona Diamondbacks Cody Stashak 5th Chad Sobotka 12th(tied) 3rd
Colorado Rockies Ken Giles 6th Jorge Alcala 5th 2nd
Boston Red Sox Craig Kimbrel 7th Jalen Beeks 12th(tied) 7th
San Francisco Giants Seth Lugo 8th Anthony Kay 22nd 21st
Detroit Tigers Jose Leclerc 9th (tied) A.J. Puk 19th 18th
New York Mets James Karinchak 9th (tied) John Curtiss 9th 6th
Oakland Athletics Andrew Chafin 11th Zack Littell 21st 20th
Texas Rangers Sean Doolittle 12th Jake Faria 8th 5th
Kansas City Royals Kelvin Herrera 13th Pedro Araujo 25th 24th
Seattle Mariners Carson Smith 14th Dillon Tate 2nd 4th
Chicago Cubs Tyler Thornburg 15th Darwinzon Hernandez 7th 8th
Atlanta Braves Matt Strahm 16th Colin Poche 1st 9th
Cleveland Indians Greg Holland 17th Caleb Ferguson 11th 10th
Pittsburgh Pirates Kenley Jansen 18th Gerardo Reyes 12th(tied) 13th
Philadelphia Phillies Jordan Hicks 19th Michel Baez 10th 12th
St. Louis Cardinals Edward Mujica 20th Jordan Romano 12th(tied) 14th
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tanner Rainey 21st Brusdar Graterol 3rd 11th
Baltimore Orioles Carlos Estevez 22nd Emmanuel Clase 17th 22nd
Toronto Blue Jays Daniel Hudson 23rd Michael King 18th 23rd
Chicago White Sox Kirby Yates 24th Jose Quijada 12th(tied) 15th
Los Angeles Dodgers Keone Kela 25th Brett Martin 20th 26th
New York Yankees Wade Davis 26th Jackson Stephens 6th 16th
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