WORLD BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/15/2036
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Japan Narushi Mihara 1st 5th(tied) 3rd
Dominican Republic Chris Ramos 2nd 5th(tied) 4th
Venezuela Diego Cartaya 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
The United States Zach Crandall 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Cuba Ricky Fernandez 5th 5th(tied) 9th
South Korea Dong-hyun Kim 6th 5th(tied) 10th
Canada Bo Naylor 7th 5th(tied) 11th
Taiwan Wei-hong Nao 8th 5th(tied) 12th
North Korea Jung-wook Kim 9th 5th(tied) 13th
Honduras Bobby Gomez 10th Vinny Collado 4th 5th
Mexico Israel Lopez 11th Luis Arroya 1st(tied) 1st
Australia Brendan Velvick 12th Oliver Ahernfeld 3rd 6th
The Netherlands David Solano 13th David Solano 1st(tied) 2nd
Colombia 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Panama 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Puerto Rico 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The United States Steve Bobak 1st 4th(tied) 3rd
Venezuela Daniel Hernandez 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Dominican Republic Mario de la Rosa 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Canada Matt Dow 4th Jeff Holden 3rd 4th
Cuba Ramon Navarro 5th 4th(tied) 7th
South Korea Kyu-min Kim 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Japan Tsukiya Yagi 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Taiwan Ju-wei Zhuan 8th Ling-lai Xiao 1st(tied) 1st
The Netherlands Mario Sanchez 9th Eddo Goossens 1st(tied) 2nd
Honduras Jesus Abadilla 10th 4th(tied) 10th
North Korea Bong-hwan Park 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Australia Greg Brooks 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Colombia 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Mexico 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Panama 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
Puerto Rico 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The United States Steve Ferguson 1st 5th(tied) 2nd
The Netherlands Ozzie Albies 2nd Emmanuel Rosado 1st 1st
Dominican Republic Jorge Sanchez 3rd 5th(tied) 3rd
Venezuela Gleyber Torres 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Cuba Victor Castrejon 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Canada Curtis Keys 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Australia Rhett Whalley 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Taiwan Qing-lai XĂș 8th 5th(tied) 11th
Japan Yorkis Konda 9th Katsusaburo Ito 4th 5th
South Korea Seung-hak Kim 10th In-ho Lee 3rd 4th
North Korea In-hee Kim 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Mexico Gilberto Lazaro 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Honduras Orlando Acevedo 13th Orlando Acevedo 2nd 10th
Colombia 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Panama 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Puerto Rico 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dominican Republic Fernando Tatis Jr. 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
The United States Ethan Yearby 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Cuba Bryan Ramos 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Australia Vinnie Belgrove 4th Justin Sims 1st 1st
Taiwan Wei-fang Hsia 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Venezuela Maximo Acosta 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Canada Jason Tremblay 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
North Korea Won-hyung Kim 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Mexico Hector Dominguez 9th 2nd(tied) 9th
Japan Hiroaki Yamazaki 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
Honduras Willie Arellano 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Colombia 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Panama 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
Puerto Rico 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
South Korea 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
The Netherlands 12th (tied) 2nd(tied) 12th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The United States Bobby Brimmer 1st 6th(tied) 4th
Dominican Republic Mario Morales 2nd 6th(tied) 5th
Venezuela Lionnel Covi 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Cuba Willie Villegas 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Mexico Mateo Gil 5th Danny Aragon 1st(tied) 1st
Honduras Willie Flores 6th Mike Padilla 4th 6th
Japan Toichi Nakashima 7th 6th(tied) 10th
North Korea Kwan Lee 8th 6th(tied) 11th
The Netherlands Jorge Gonzalez 9th Jorge Gonzalez 1st(tied) 2nd
Canada Johnny Woodbury 10th 6th(tied) 12th
South Korea Jun-seo Kim 11th 6th(tied) 13th
Taiwan Pi-ao Lan 12th Pi-ao Lan 5th 9th
Australia Oliver Eastick 13th Willem Esmonde 1st(tied) 3rd
Colombia 14th (tied) 6th(tied) 14th(tied)
Panama 14th (tied) 6th(tied) 14th(tied)
Puerto Rico 14th (tied) 6th(tied) 14th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Mexico Manny Larrinaga 1st Jose Navarro 2nd 1st
Dominican Republic William de Leon 2nd 4th(tied) 2nd
Canada Tom Barlow 3rd 4th(tied) 3rd
The United States Logan Glass 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Venezuela Lauro Paolozzi 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Japan Tomoya Iwamoto 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Taiwan Zhong-qi Szema 7th 4th(tied) 8th
The Netherlands Juan Tola 8th Manny Arroyo 1st 4th
Honduras Danny Ruiz 9th 4th(tied) 9th
North Korea Dong-kyun Yoo 10th 4th(tied) 10th
South Korea Jin-ho Kim 11th Jin-ho Kim 3rd 11th
Australia 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Colombia 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Cuba 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Panama 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Puerto Rico 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The United States Ben Monroe 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Dominican Republic Jasson Dominguez 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Cuba Hector Vilchez 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Venezuela Angelo Molina 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Taiwan Hoo-gwo Chong 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
Canada Jahiem Jacksom 6th 3rd(tied) 8th
Mexico Jose Bush 7th 3rd(tied) 9th
South Korea Hyun-woo Kim 8th 3rd(tied) 10th
North Korea Nam-shik Park 9th 3rd(tied) 11th
Japan Sadamu Yamada 10th 3rd(tied) 12th
The Netherlands Jonathan Davila 11th Mario Marentes 2nd 1st
Honduras Sal de la Cruz 12th 3rd(tied) 13th
Australia Vinnie Pickford 13th Joshua degruchy 1st 2nd
Colombia 14th (tied) 3rd(tied) 14th(tied)
Panama 14th (tied) 3rd(tied) 14th(tied)
Puerto Rico 14th (tied) 3rd(tied) 14th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Venezuela Ronald Acuna Jr. 1st 2nd(tied) 1st
The United States Chris Bleich 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Dominican Republic Alex Rodriguez 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
The Netherlands Oscar Acevedo 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Cuba Luis Robert 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Canada Michael Balaski 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Honduras Octavio Bueno 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Taiwan Tai sun Gai 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
South Korea Jose Quinones 9th Kun-woo Kim 1st 5th
Japan Takeshi Nakamura 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
North Korea Chae-hwi Kim 11th 2nd(tied) 11th
Mexico Alvaro Giraldo 12th 2nd(tied) 12th
Australia 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
Colombia 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
Panama 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
Puerto Rico 13th (tied) 2nd(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The United States Jordan Crowder 1st 8th(tied) 3rd
Dominican Republic Jose Renteria 2nd 8th(tied) 4th
Venezuela Andres Gomez 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
The Netherlands Wulf Danks 4th Jaap van den Eijkel 4th 2nd
Mexico Gabe Ayala 5th Alexis Rivera 5th(tied) 7th
Canada Nathan Longchamps 6th Brian Proulx 5th(tied) 9th
Cuba Ruben Morales 7th Jim Hoff 7th 10th
Australia Matthew Kay 8th Keith Walcott 1st 1st
South Korea Myung-hwan Han 9th Chi-hoon Kim 3rd 5th
Japan Masaaki Inoue 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Taiwan Yu-shu Kin 11th Tu-fu Sung 2nd 6th
North Korea Hyun-woo Kim 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Honduras Alex Delgado 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Colombia 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Panama 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Puerto Rico 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Canada Nathan Longchamps 1st Brian Proulx 5th 2nd
The Netherlands Kennet van Mierlo 2nd Jaap van den Eijkel 3rd(tied) 3rd
Australia Rich Crossingham 3rd Keith Walcott 1st 1st
Taiwan Yu-shu Kin 4th Zhu-lan Lee 7th 4th
The United States Bobby Oliva 5th 8th(tied) 7th
Cuba Andres Galvan 6th Andres Galvan 6th 6th
South Korea Ki-tae Hwang 7th Chi-hoon Kim 2nd 5th
Dominican Republic Alberto Pacheco 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Venezuela Jhonelvis Henriquez 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Mexico Victor Nova 10th Alexis Rivera 3rd(tied) 8th
Japan Genjo Kondo 11th 8th(tied) 11th
North Korea Yoon-tae Kim 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Honduras Jon Saucedo 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Colombia 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Panama 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Puerto Rico 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The United States Tim Hearn 1st 8th(tied) 7th
Dominican Republic Victor Cisneros 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Cuba Ruben Morales 3rd Jim Hoff 3rd(tied) 1st
Canada Nathan Longchamps 4th Brian Proulx 6th 6th
The Netherlands Kennet van Mierlo 5th Jaap van den Eijkel 3rd(tied) 2nd
Mexico Eddie Cardenas 6th Alexis Rivera 3rd(tied) 3rd
Venezuela Jerry Banuelos 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Australia Rich Crossingham 8th Keith Walcott 2nd 4th
Taiwan Yu-shu Kin 9th Zhu-lan Lee 7th 9th
South Korea Dong-yeop Yoo 10th Chi-hoon Kim 1st 5th
North Korea Yoon-tae Kim 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Japan Genjo Kondo 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Honduras Jon Saucedo 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Colombia 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Panama 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Puerto Rico 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
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