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Major League Baseball 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview By Teams Arizona Diamondbacks 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Chris Snyder 10th Miguel Montero 17th 12th First Basemen Conor Jackson 11th Brad Miller 23rd 17th Second Basemen Jamie D'Antona 29th Jim Rose 29th 30th Third Basemen Mark Reynolds 10th Mark Reynolds 7th 7th Shortstops Emilio Bonifacio 20th Matthew Oxendine 11th 15th Left Fielders Eric Byrnes 18th Cyle Hankerd 16th 18th Center Fielders Chris B. Young 4th Justin Upton 1st 1st Right Fielders Jeff Salazar 29th Joey Side 3rd 16th Starting Pitchers Brandon Webb 10th Morton Carey 7th 8th Relievers Dustin Nippert 16th Morton Carey 6th 9th Closers Dustin Nippert 21st Max Scherzer 6th 10th Atlanta Braves 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Brian McCann 14th David Vargas 10th 10th First Basemen Mark Teixeira 6th Todd Hewitt 25th 15th Second Basemen Kelly Johnson 6th Martin Prado 13th 9th Third Basemen Chipper Jones 4th Willie Cabrera 14th 6th Shortstops Yunel Escobar 8th Michael Marbry 18th 14th Left Fielders Matt Diaz 12th Eric Patterson 13th 13th Center Fielders Brandon Jones 20th Gregor Blanco 14th 15th Right Fielders Jeff Francoeur 11th Jeff Francoeur 6th 7th Starting Pitchers John Smoltz 20th Jair Jurrjens 19th 19th Relievers Will Ohman 18th Erik Cordier 14th 12th Closers Rafael Soriano 19th Casey Beck 21st 22nd Baltimore Orioles 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Matt Wieters 24th Matt Wieters 6th 13th First Basemen Scott Moore 23rd Henry Justice 6th 8th Second Basemen Freddy Sanchez 13th David Cash 21st 19th Third Basemen Aubrey Huff 26th Brandon Snyder 12th 18th Shortstops Eider Torres 28th Pedro Florimon 16th 25th Left Fielders Luke Scott 11th Alberto Reyes 5th 4th Center Fielders Freddie Bynum 29th Robert Andrews 30th 30th Right Fielders Nick Markakis 1st Nick Markakis 4th 2nd Starting Pitchers Erik Bedard 4th Adam Loewen 10th 6th Relievers Jim Hoey 25th Andrew Schindling 28th 28th Closers Chris Ray 16th Josh Potter 29th 26th Boston Red Sox 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers J.R. Towles 9th J.R. Towles 8th 5th First Basemen David Ortiz 3rd Luis Antonio Jimenez 11th 3rd Second Basemen Jeff Natale 30th José Rosas 23rd 29th Third Basemen Edwin Encarnacion 11th Christopher Johnson 27th 24th Shortstops Julio Lugo 14th Andrew Pinckney 1st 5th Left Fielders Adam Dunn 4th Gregory Valentine 17th 11th Center Fielders Lastings Milledge 15th Ryan Kalish 2nd 4th Right Fielders J.D. Drew 20th Bubba Bell 23rd 21st Starting Pitchers Johnny Cueto 13th Johnny Cueto 14th 12th Relievers David Aardsma 29th Alberto Figueroa 10th 24th Closers Chuck Hoblitzel 25th Chuck Hoblitzel 5th 15th Chicago (A) White Sox 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers A.J. Pierzynski 17th Kris Welker 22nd 25th First Basemen Mike Morse 21st Tim Nichols 21st 25th Second Basemen Mark DeRosa 20th Gustavo Hernández 16th 17th Third Basemen Josh Fields 14th Jeury Espinal 23rd 23rd Shortstops Robert Valido 26th Carlos Triunfel 8th 18th Left Fielders Nick Swisher 7th Jim Young 20th 21st Center Fielders Jerry Owens 30th Hyo-cheong Mun 24th 28th Right Fielders Carlos Quentin 19th Jose Martinez 5th 14th Starting Pitchers Mark Buehrle 29th Miguel Socolovich 12th 26th Relievers Matt Thornton 9th Randall Price 4th 7th Closers Andrew Sisco 29th Andrew Urena 18th 29th Chicago (N) Cubs 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Geovany Soto 4th Mark Reed 24th 11th First Basemen Derrek Lee 5th Alberto Garcia 30th 21st Second Basemen Alexi Casilla 11th Alexi Casilla 4th 5th Third Basemen Aramis Ramirez 7th Jack Cunningham 4th 4th Shortstops Michael Young 13th Andres Blanco 22nd 21st Left Fielders Carl Crawford 2nd Mang Xuan 27th 17th Center Fielders Alfredo Amezaga 28th Gorkys Hernandez 18th 26th Right Fielders Delmon Young 15th Delmon Young 1st 1st Starting Pitchers Fausto Carmona 2nd Fausto Carmona 9th 3rd Relievers Jose Ceda 5th Jose Ceda 3rd 3rd Closers Bobby Jenks 4th Mitch Atkins 19th 7th Cincinnati Reds 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Dan Conway 18th Devin Mesoraco 20th 23rd First Basemen Doug Mientkiewicz 17th Lars Anderson 7th 7th Second Basemen Jed Lowrie 25th Jed Lowrie 6th 12th Third Basemen Jeff Keppinger 25th Innes Swain 5th 12th Shortstops Jerry Gil 23rd Paul Janish 28th 27th Left Fielders Norris Hopper 21st Ramón Sánchez 18th 20th Center Fielders Jay Bruce 6th Jay Bruce 6th 7th Right Fielders Josh Hamilton 5th Josh Reddick 11th 3rd Starting Pitchers Clay Buchholz 25th Clay Buchholz 23rd 27th Relievers Manny Delcarmen 10th Sam LeCure 16th 10th Closers Joe Nathan 7th Daniel Herrera 24th 14th Cleveland Indians 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Victor Martinez 1st Matt McBride 29th 8th First Basemen Ryan Garko 18th Stephen Head 22nd 26th Second Basemen Asdrubal Cabrera 8th Josh Rodriguez 1st 1st Third Basemen 30th Wes Hodges 16th 30th Shortstops Jhonny Peralta 11th Luis Álvarez 27th 23rd Left Fielders Tied for 29th Daryl King 29th 30th Center Fielders Grady Sizemore 1st Jacoby Ellsbury Tied for 18th 3rd Right Fielders Franklin Gutierrez 16th Nick Weglarz 20th 19th Starting Pitchers Ian Kennedy 26th Ian Kennedy 30th 29th Relievers Rafael Perez 3rd Joe Ness 27th 8th Closers Rafael Betancourt 2nd Cody Bunkelman 16th 6th Colorado Rockies 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Austin Rauch 26th George Kottaras 1st 6th First Basemen Joe Koshansky 24th Graham Griffith 15th 19th Second Basemen Josh Barfield 19th Eric Young Jr. 20th 21st Third Basemen Garrett Atkins 13th Daniel Mayora 21st 17th Shortstops Troy Tulowitzki 4th Troy Tulowitzki 2nd 2nd Left Fielders Matt Holliday 1st Cole Garner 28th 15th Center Fielders Ryan Spilborghs 11th Tyler Colvin 26th 23rd Right Fielders Brad Hawpe 6th Reynaldo Marenta 10th 5th Starting Pitchers Jered Weaver 17th Brandon Hynick 21st 17th Relievers Taylor Buchholz 21st Bob Smith 20th 23rd Closers Manny Corpas Tied for 10th Casey Weathers 8th 8th Detroit Tigers 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Dusty Ryan 30th Thomas Leach 28th 30th First Basemen Carlos Guillen 10th Ryan Strieby 28th 22nd Second Basemen Placido Polanco 7th Scott Sizemore 14th 10th Third Basemen Miguel Cabrera 1st Miguel Cabrera 1st 1st Shortstops Tony Giarratano 24th Cale Iorg 19th 24th Left Fielders Brandon Inge 28th Brennan Boesch 19th 25th Center Fielders Curtis Granderson 3rd Clete Thomas 29th 25th Right Fielders Magglio Ordonez 8th Robby Bullock 15th 11th Starting Pitchers Justin Verlander 7th Rick Porcello 24th 11th Relievers Zach Miner 28th Claude Stokes 13th 26th Closers Fernando Rodney 17th Joel Zumaya 27th 25th Florida Marlins 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Mike Rabelo 20th Tanner Rogers 23rd 26th First Basemen Gaby Sanchez 14th Michael Day 5th 6th Second Basemen Dan Uggla 10th Chris Coghlan 17th 15th Third Basemen Robert Andino 23rd Robert Andino 18th 19th Shortstops Hanley Ramirez 1st Hanley Ramirez 7th 1st Left Fielders Josh Willingham 17th Dustin Kaats 22nd 23rd Center Fielders Cody Ross 21st Alejandro De Aza 13th 13th Right Fielders Jeremy Hermida 14th Jeremy Hermida 9th 9th Starting Pitchers Andrew Miller 18th Andrew Miller 4th 9th Relievers Justin Miller 7th Dan Barone 30th 16th Closers Matt Lindstrom 8th Eulogio De La Cruz 3rd 3rd Houston Astros 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Lou Santangelo 28th Mike Leonard 27th 29th First Basemen Eric Taylor 22nd Eric Taylor 8th 10th Second Basemen Kazuo Matsui 15th Drew Sutton 11th 16th Third Basemen Kevin Kouzmanoff 22nd Juan Montesino 13th 16th Shortstops Miguel Tejada 12th Thomas Manzella 25th 20th Left Fielders Nick Gorneault 26th James Van Ostrand 26th 26th Center Fielders Hunter Pence 5th Hunter Pence 8th 6th Right Fielders Lance Berkman 3rd António Moreno 30th 24th Starting Pitchers Roy Oswalt 30th Anthony Bello 29th 30th Relievers Hideki Okajima 6th Bud Norris 2nd 5th Closers Chad Reineke 23rd Bill White 7th 11th Kansas City Royals 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers John Buck 15th Ryan Gallagher 21st 24th First Basemen Ross Gload 28th Irving Falu 27th 30th Second Basemen Callix Crabbe 12th Bob Yonekawa 8th 6th Third Basemen Alex Gordon 5th Alex Gordon 6th 5th Shortstops David Eckstein 19th Mike Moustakas 3rd 7th Left Fielders Mark Teahen 19th Billy Butler 11th 14th Center Fielders Joey Gathright 22nd Chris Lubanski 21st 21st Right Fielders Wladimir Balentien 7th Wladimir Balentien 7th 4th Starting Pitchers Luke Hochevar 28th Blake Johnson 15th 25th Relievers Jimmy Gobble 23rd Tex Hooper 29th 27th Closers Joakim Soria 1st Joakim Soria 11th 4th Los Angeles (A) Angels 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Mike Napoli 6th Scott Knazek 25th 14th First Basemen Casey Kotchman 9th Seth Loman 29th 20th Second Basemen Howie Kendrick 3rd Howie Kendrick 5th 3rd Third Basemen Matthew Brown 28th Travis Schlichting 17th 22nd Shortstops Rafael Furcal 9th Carlos Colmenares 30th 26th Left Fielders Pat Burrell 5th Rubén Silva 23rd 19th Center Fielders Felix Pie 16th Felix Pie 3rd 8th Right Fielders Vladimir Guerrero 2nd Clarence Martin 25th 12th Starting Pitchers John Lackey 5th Franklin Morales 3rd 4th Relievers Joe Beimel 8th Nicolas Veras 26th 15th Closers Eric Gagne 12th Douglas Brandt 14th 13th Los Angeles (N) Dodgers 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Russell Martin 2nd Esteban Lopez 30th 18th First Basemen James Loney 27th Jaime Ortiz 19th 28th Second Basemen Tony Abreu 16th Tony Abreu 3rd 7th Third Basemen Andy LaRoche 8th Andy LaRoche 2nd 2nd Shortstops Chin-Lung Hu 10th Brandon Wood 6th 6th Left Fielders Matt Kemp 3rd Lyndon Poole 3rd 1st Center Fielders Andruw Jones 9th Mark Palmer 25th 22nd Right Fielders Andre Ethier 10th Rubén Rivera 17th 15th Starting Pitchers Chad Billingsley 24th Clayton Kershaw 2nd 10th Relievers Jonathan Broxton 15th Orland Ramírez 1st 4th Closers Justin Orenduff 26th Rich Thompson 10th 16th Milwaukee Brewers 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Mike Rivera 27th Peter Peters 14th 28th First Basemen Prince Fielder 2nd Prince Fielder 3rd 2nd Second Basemen Rickie Weeks 5th Hernan Iribarren 15th 8th Third Basemen Mat Gamel 24th Mat Gamel 20th 20th Shortstops J.J. Hardy 16th Alcides Escobar 21st 19th Left Fielders Ryan Braun 22nd Cole Gillespie 8th 9th Center Fielders Austin Jackson 27th Austin Jackson 9th 17th Right Fielders Corey Hart 12th Juan Gómez 14th 13th Starting Pitchers Phil Hughes 27th Woodrow Marsh 13th 24th Relievers Chris Oxspring 30th Mark Rogers 24th 30th Closers Mitch Stetter 28th Rolando Pascual 28th 30th Minnesota Twins 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Joe Mauer 3rd Joe Mauer 3rd 1st First Basemen Micah Hoffpauir 20th Brock Peterson 17th 18th Second Basemen Andrew Thompson 26th Tony Thomas 7th 13th Third Basemen Chone Figgins 17th Matt Moses 8th 9th Shortstops Trevor Plouffe 18th Ian Desmond 9th 12th Left Fielders Jason Kubel Tied for 13th Christopher Petit 12th 10th Center Fielders Adam Jones 8th Brenton White 11th 10th Right Fielders Michael Cuddyer 23rd Chris Parmelee 26th 27th Starting Pitchers Jon Lester 23rd Kevin Slowey 20th 21st Relievers Jesse Floyd 26th Jose Acosta 25th 29th Closers Carlos Marmol 13th Walter Patton 25th 23rd New York (A) Yankees 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Jorge Posada 8th Brock Ungricht 15th 9th First Basemen Johnny Damon 19th Jesus Montero 9th 9th Second Basemen Robinson Cano 4th Luis Nunez 18th 11th Third Basemen Alex Rodriguez 3rd Ron Bush 15th 3rd Shortstops Derek Jeter 6th Eduardo Nunez 14th 8th Left Fielders Jose Tabata 20th Jose Tabata 10th 12th Center Fielders Melky Cabrera 19th Melky Cabrera 22nd 19th Right Fielders Tim Battle 30th Preston Dewin 13th 28th Starting Pitchers Joba Chamberlain 15th Joba Chamberlain 22nd 18th Relievers Jeff Marquez 17th Ivan Nova 18th 17th Closers Mariano Rivera 15th Mark Melancon 20th 19th New York (N) Mets 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Ramon Castro 13th Yasmil Bucce 9th 7th First Basemen Fernando Tatis 30th Mike Carp 13th 23rd Second Basemen Akinori Iwamura 14th Ritchie Price 27th 26th Third Basemen David Wright 2nd Hector Pellot 28th 14th Shortstops Jose Reyes 3rd Jose Reyes 12th 3rd Left Fielders Ryan Church 6th Andy Wachter 2nd 2nd Center Fielders Angel Pagan 24th Adrián Durán 28th 29th Right Fielders Austin Kearns 27th Daniel Stegall 22nd 26th Starting Pitchers Johan Santana 16th Todd Privett 26th 23rd Relievers Pedro Feliciano 22nd Julio Polanco 9th 14th Closers Francisco Rodriguez 3rd Brant Rustich 1st 1st Oakland Athletics 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Kurt Suzuki 7th Kurt Suzuki 7th 3rd First Basemen Daric Barton 8th Daric Barton 2nd 4th Second Basemen Kevin Melillo 24th Pete Morrison 24th 25th Third Basemen Eric Chavez 16th Mario Bernard 29th 29th Shortstops Bobby Crosby 29th Justin Sellers 24th 28th Left Fielders Travis Buck 8th Travis Buck 4th 3rd Center Fielders Ryan Sweeney 23rd Carlos Gonzalez 7th 12th Right Fielders Jayson Werth 18th Corey Brown 24th 20th Starting Pitchers Rich Harden 8th Faustino de los Santos 6th 5th Relievers Santiago Casilla 12th Jamie Richmond 15th 11th Closers Huston Street 6th Huston Street 2nd 2nd Philadelphia Phillies 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Lou Marson 21st Jesus Sanchez 2nd 4th First Basemen Ryan Howard 4th Charlie Yarbrough 24th 12th Second Basemen Chase Utley 1st Adrian Cardenas 10th 2nd Third Basemen Mike Lamb 19th Welinson Baez 26th 25th Shortstops Eric Bruntlett 27th Joe McIntosh 29th 29th Left Fielders Jason Tyner 27th Julian Williams Tied for 23rd 27th Center Fielders Greg Golson 26th Greg Golson 17th 24th Right Fielders Chris Snelling 25th Dominic Brown 19th 23rd Starting Pitchers Brett Myers 22nd Bruce Mayes 5th 14th Relievers Scott Mathieson 24th Scott Mathieson 8th 18th Closers Matt Capps 24th Matt Capps 12th 18th Pittsburgh Pirates 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Ronny Paulino 25th Mark Coleman 19th 27th First Basemen Adam LaRoche 13th Edgardo Coronado 1st 5th Second Basemen Brian Bixler 21st Shelby Ford 22nd 23rd Third Basemen Neil Walker 15th Neil Walker 10th 13th Shortstops Jimmy Rollins 2nd Issael Gonzalez 15th 4th Left Fielders Jason Bay 25th Victor Igsema 30th 28th Center Fielders Andrew McCutchen 7th Andrew McCutchen 12th 9th Right Fielders Jorge Cortes 28th Jamie Romak 21st 25th Starting Pitchers Ben Sheets 9th Ryan Herbort 25th 16th Relievers Yoslan Herrera 14th Patrick Bresnehan 22nd 19th Closers Yoslan Herrera 30th Daniel Moskos 15th 28th San Diego Padres 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Nick Hundley 23rd Nick Hundley 12th 20th First Basemen Adrian Gonzalez 7th Kyle Blanks 18th 13th Second Basemen Luis Castillo Tied for 17th Brad Davies 25th 24th Third Basemen Chase Headley 27th José Aquino 24th 27th Shortstops Khalil Greene 7th George Furneaux 23rd 17th Left Fielders Will Venable 24th Chad Huffman 14th 22nd Center Fielders Matt Antonelli 17th José Romero 10th 11th Right Fielders Drew Macias 26th Garner Wetzel 29th 30th Starting Pitchers Josh Beckett 1st Cole Hamels 16th 1st Relievers Heath Bell 11th Michael Ekstrom 17th 13th Closers Jose Valverde 20th Neil Jamison 17th 17th San Francisco Giants 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Bengie Molina 22nd John Brown 16th 21st First Basemen Scott McClain 29th Travis Ishikawa 16th 27th Second Basemen Ray Durham 22nd Javier Vega 9th 14th Third Basemen Geoff Blum 29th Angel Villalona 3rd 15th Shortstops 30th Tom Ross 20th 30th Left Fielders Randy Winn 15th Jeffrey Couch 6th 7th Center Fielders Aaron Rowand 14th Brandon Jordan 23rd 18th Right Fielders Nate Schierholtz 21st Nate Schierholtz 12th 17th Starting Pitchers Matt Cain 12th Matt Cain 18th 15th Relievers Randy Messenger 13th Taylor Wilding 23rd 20th Closers Vinnie Chulk 10th Brian Anderson 23rd 21st Seattle Mariners 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Paul Keck 29th Juan Beltran 4th 19th First Basemen Todd Helton 15th Guo Zhou 14th 16th Second Basemen Jose Lopez 28th Jose Lopez 12th 22nd Third Basemen Adrian Beltre 21st Matt Tuiasosopo 25th 26th Shortstops Yuniesky Betancourt 15th Oswaldo Navarro 26th 22nd Left Fielders 29th José Morales 21st 29th Center Fielders Torii Hunter 12th Michael Saunders 16th 14th Right Fielders Ichiro Suzuki 4th Greg Halman 16th 6th Starting Pitchers Felix Hernandez 3rd Felix Hernandez 1st 2nd Relievers George Sherrill 1st Travis Grimes 5th 1st Closers J.J. Putz Tied for 4th Haley Winter 22nd 9th St. Louis Cardinals 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Yadier Molina 12th Brandon Yarbrough 26th 22nd First Basemen Albert Pujols 1st Garrett Bussiere 4th 1st Second Basemen Adam Kennedy 27th Chris Smith 28th 28th Third Basemen Troy Glaus Tied for 17th Dale Henderson 22nd 21st Shortstops Brendan Ryan 17th Peter Kozma 13th 13th Left Fielders Chris Duncan 9th Jon Jay 9th 8th Center Fielders Colby Rasmus 10th Colby Rasmus 4th 5th Right Fielders Rick Ankiel 17th Paul Scott 18th 18th Starting Pitchers Adam Wainwright 11th Artie Collier 27th 22nd Relievers Russ Springer 20th Artie Collier 21st 22nd Closers Jason Isringhausen 27th Chris Perez 9th 20th Tampa Bay Rays 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers John Jaso 19th Josh Donaldson 11th 16th First Basemen Joel Guzman 26th Gabriel Villalobos 10th 14th Second Basemen Willy Aybar 17th Chase Fontaine 19th 20th Third Basemen Evan Longoria 9th Evan Longoria 11th 8th Shortstops Reid Brignac 22nd Chris Nelson 10th 16th Left Fielders Justin Ruggiano 23rd Chris Marrero 1st 5th Center Fielders B.J. Upton 2nd B.J. Upton 5th 2nd Right Fielders Bobby Abreu 22nd Al Jacobs 2nd 10th Starting Pitchers Scott Kazmir 6th Scott Kazmir 8th 7th Relievers Mitch Talbot 27th Eddie Wright 12th 25th Closers Troy Percival 18th Eduardo Morlan 4th 5th Texas Rangers 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Jarrod Saltalamacchia 5th Jarrod Saltalamacchia 5th 2nd First Basemen Chris Shelton 25th Chris Davis 26th 29th Second Basemen Ian Kinsler 23rd David Peterson 26th 27th Third Basemen Hank Blalock 12th Matthew Jaimes 30th 28th Shortstops Elvis Andrus 21st Elvis Andrus 5th 9th Left Fielders Joey Votto 10th Joey Votto 15th 16th Center Fielders Drew Stubbs 25th Engel Beltre 15th 20th Right Fielders John Rodriguez 24th Diego Delgado 27th 29th Starting Pitchers Kason Gabbard 21st Blake Beavan 17th 20th Relievers Luis Mendoza 19th Luis Mendoza 19th 21st Closers Joaquin Benoit 9th Jose Marte 30th 24th Toronto Blue Jays 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Curtis Thigpen 16th J.P. Arencibia 13th 17th First Basemen Lyle Overbay 16th Joey Metropoulos 20th 24th Second Basemen Aaron Hill 9th Chris Johnson 2nd 4th Third Basemen Scott Rolen 20th Kevin Ahrens 9th 11th Shortstops Russ Adams 25th Justin Jackson 4th 11th Left Fielders Adam Lind 13th Chris Clark 7th 6th Center Fielders Vernon Wells 18th Seth Cox 27th 27th Right Fielders Alex Rios 9th Jacob Butler 28th 22nd Starting Pitchers Dustin McGowan 19th Brett Cecil 28th 28th Relievers Jason Frasor 2nd Shoin Hirata 11th 2nd Closers B.J. Ryan 22nd Paul Phillips 26th 27th Washington Nationals 04-05-2009 Positional Strength Overview Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking Catchers Jeff Clement 11th Jeff Clement 18th 15th First Basemen Dmitri Young 12th Matt Whitney 12th 11th Second Basemen Brandon Phillips 2nd Tim Mercer 30th 18th Third Basemen Ryan Zimmerman 6th Ryan Zimmerman 19th 10th Shortstops Edgar Renteria 5th Dustin Pedroia 17th 10th Left Fielders Brad Wilkerson 16th António Salinas 25th 24th Center Fielders Reggie Willits 13th Nolan Johnston 20th 16th Right Fielders Elijah Dukes 13th Michael Burgess 8th 8th Starting Pitchers Kelvim Escobar 14th Justin Masterson 11th 13th Relievers Chad Cordero 4th Cory Van Allen 7th 6th Closers Hitoki Iwase 14th Zechry Zinicola 13th 12th

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