APPALACHIAN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/18/2000
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Johnson City Soilders Trey Dunham 1st Trey Dunham 2nd 1st
Covington Blue Sox Ryan Jorgensen 2nd Ryan Jorgensen 4th 3rd
Waynesboro Braves Carlos Ruiz 3rd Carlos Ruiz 6th 4th
Charlotte Ironmen Humberto Quintero 4th Joe Mauer 5th 5th
Elmira Pioneers Tony Cosentino 5th Steve Lomasney 1st 2nd
Pulaski Counts Omar Bustamante 6th Omar Bustamante 7th(tied) 6th
Blacksburg Tribe Brad Bardin 7th Brad Bardin 10th 9th
Virginia Beach Mean Green Corey Myers 8th Corey Myers 7th(tied) 8th
Marion Mets Nate Culwell 9th Geovany Soto 3rd 7th
Kingsport Cherokees John Hernandez 10th John Hernandez 11th 11th
Bluefield Grays Paul Klein 11th Paul Klein 9th 10th
Bristol Bees 12th 12th 12th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Covington Blue Sox Jon Benick 1st Jason Moore 6th 5th
Johnson City Soilders Adam LaRoche 2nd Ryan Howard 3rd(tied) 2nd
Blacksburg Tribe Tagg Bozied 3rd Manuel Lutz 3rd(tied) 3rd
Elmira Pioneers Don Ross 4th Adrian Gonzalez 1st 1st
Virginia Beach Mean Green Bill Scott 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Marion Mets Joseph Hastings 6th Victor Alvarez 2nd 4th
Waynesboro Braves Casey Rogowski 7th Casey Rogowski 5th 6th
Bluefield Grays 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Bristol Bees 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Charlotte Ironmen 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Kingsport Cherokees 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
Pulaski Counts 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Elmira Pioneers Wilson Valdez 1st Wilson Valdez 1st 1st
Charlotte Ironmen Brandon Phillips 2nd Brandon Phillips 2nd 2nd
Bristol Bees Chris Burke 3rd Chris Burke 6th 6th
Pulaski Counts Danilo Araujo 4th Danilo Araujo 9th 7th
Waynesboro Braves Ruddy Yan 5th Gus Marquez 3rd(tied) 3rd
Covington Blue Sox Rene Capellan 6th Rene Capellan 10th 9th
Blacksburg Tribe Edgar Lopez 7th Edgar Lopez 11th 11th
Johnson City Soilders Rodney Van Buizen 8th Rodney Van Buizen 3rd(tied) 4th
Bluefield Grays Kevin Nulton 9th Miguel Vargas 8th 8th
Virginia Beach Mean Green Russell Lewis 10th Alex Moreno 3rd(tied) 5th
Marion Mets Willie Ramirez 11th Willie Ramirez 7th 10th
Kingsport Cherokees 12th 12th 12th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Johnson City Soilders Pedro Diaz 1st Ryan Raburn 5th 1st
Elmira Pioneers Josh Hochgesang 2nd C J Thomas 2nd 2nd
Waynesboro Braves Nelson Teilon 3rd Nelson Teilon 8th 8th
Blacksburg Tribe Ernesto Gracia 4th Ernesto Gracia 3rd 3rd
Pulaski Counts Greg Dobbs 5th Greg Dobbs 6th 4th
Bristol Bees Jorge Cantu 6th (tied) Jorge Cantu 7th 7th
Covington Blue Sox Shane Hopper 6th (tied) Shane Hopper 9th 9th
Marion Mets Elvis Corporan 8th Scott Thorman 1st 5th
Charlotte Ironmen Ray Olmedo 9th Jose Bautista 4th 6th
Bluefield Grays 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Kingsport Cherokees 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Virginia Beach Mean Green 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Ironmen Alex Rebollar 1st Jason Bowers 2nd 1st
Pulaski Counts Luis Bustillos 2nd Luis Bustillos 3rd 2nd
Virginia Beach Mean Green Jason Smith 3rd Anderson Hernandez 1st 3rd
Covington Blue Sox Jeff Maloney 4th Jeff Maloney 9th 8th
Waynesboro Braves Jose Lopez 5th Jose Lopez 4th 4th
Elmira Pioneers Edwin Maldonado 6th Edwin Maldonado 8th 9th
Marion Mets Cesar Saba 7th Jordan Plascencia 5th 5th
Bristol Bees Wes Carroll 8th 10th(tied) 10th
Johnson City Soilders Tony Pena Jr. 9th Tony Pena Jr. 7th 7th
Bluefield Grays Ricardo Martinez 10th Ricardo Martinez 6th 6th
Kingsport Cherokees Angelo Fermin 11th 10th(tied) 11th
Blacksburg Tribe 12th 10th(tied) 12th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Ironmen Mike Vento 1st Mike Vento 3rd 1st
Elmira Pioneers Randy Ruiz 2nd Cody Ross 1st 2nd
Covington Blue Sox Victor Hall 3rd Jorge Moreno 2nd 3rd
Waynesboro Braves Nate McLouth 4th Nate McLouth 7th 4th
Virginia Beach Mean Green Orlando Lopez 5th Mario Ramirez 4th 5th
Johnson City Soilders Josh Rabe 6th Josh Rabe 6th 7th
Marion Mets Lou Montanez 7th Lou Montanez 5th 6th
Blacksburg Tribe Jeff Sheffield 8th Jeff Sheffield 9th 9th
Bristol Bees Fernando Cartagena 9th Fernando Cartagena 8th 8th
Bluefield Grays 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Kingsport Cherokees 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Pulaski Counts 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Ironmen Carlos Guzman 1st Alex Rios 1st 1st
Elmira Pioneers Josh Hamilton 2nd Josh Hamilton 3rd 2nd
Johnson City Soilders Chad Durham 3rd Grady Sizemore 5th(tied) 3rd
Waynesboro Braves Willy Taveras 4th Willy Taveras 4th 5th
Virginia Beach Mean Green Carlos Perez 5th Rajai Davis 2nd 4th
Blacksburg Tribe Gabe Hernandez 6th Gabe Hernandez 9th 7th
Marion Mets Jose Colon 7th Rafael Blanco 5th(tied) 6th
Pulaski Counts Alex Alvarez 8th Alex Alvarez 8th 8th
Bluefield Grays Jesus Canales 9th Jesus Canales 7th 9th
Bristol Bees 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Covington Blue Sox 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
Kingsport Cherokees 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 10th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kingsport Cherokees Rob Stratton 1st Rob Stratton 5th 5th
Johnson City Soilders Joel Sajiun 2nd Joel Sajiun 6th 6th
Covington Blue Sox Martires Castro 3rd Martires Castro 3rd(tied) 1st
Virginia Beach Mean Green Irving Tress 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Pulaski Counts Jeff Segar 5th Victor I. Diaz 2nd 2nd
Blacksburg Tribe Francisco Bautista 6th Francisco Bautista 3rd(tied) 4th
Marion Mets Mark Walker 7th Jorge Salgado 1st 3rd
Elmira Pioneers Justo Rivas 8th Justo Rivas 7th 7th
Charlotte Ironmen Scott Whitrock 9th 8th(tied) 9th
Bluefield Grays 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th(tied)
Bristol Bees 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th(tied)
Waynesboro Braves 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Virginia Beach Mean Green Cesar Verdin 1st Jake Peavy 7th 2nd
Charlotte Ironmen Adam Wainwright 2nd Adam Wainwright 1st 1st
Johnson City Soilders Danny Borrell 3rd Francisco Liriano 3rd 3rd
Blacksburg Tribe Todd Thorn 4th Rafael Arias 8th 4th
Pulaski Counts Eric Good 5th Eric Good 6th 5th
Elmira Pioneers Cory Doyne 6th Brandon League 4th 7th
Covington Blue Sox Bobby Alanis 7th Bobby Alanis 2nd 6th
Waynesboro Braves Joel Hanrahan 8th Joel Hanrahan 9th 9th
Kingsport Cherokees Omar Avina 9th Jon Pridie 5th 8th
Bluefield Grays J.D. Martin 10th Ismael Gutierrez 10th 10th
Bristol Bees Rob Bell 11th Rob Bell 11th 11th
Marion Mets 12th 12th 12th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Ironmen Brian Hecht 1st Matt Guerrier 1st 1st
Virginia Beach Mean Green Rodney Ormond 2nd Rodney Ormond 2nd 2nd
Waynesboro Braves Eric Schmitt 3rd Eric Schmitt 3rd 3rd
Johnson City Soilders Julian De La Fuente 4th Julian De La Fuente 7th 5th
Bluefield Grays Tony Pluta 5th Carlos Zambrano 6th 6th
Bristol Bees Rob Bell 6th Rob Bell 9th 7th
Blacksburg Tribe Rich Lawrence 7th Rich Lawrence 10th 10th
Kingsport Cherokees Jon-Mark Sprowl 8th Jon-Mark Sprowl 8th 9th
Pulaski Counts Ryan Rowland-Smith 9th Ryan Rowland-Smith 4th 4th
Covington Blue Sox Trey Martin 10th Trey Martin 11th 11th
Elmira Pioneers Carlos Marmol 11th Carlos Marmol 5th 8th
Marion Mets 12th 12th 12th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Johnson City Soilders Julian De La Fuente 1st Julian De La Fuente 2nd 2nd
Charlotte Ironmen Ignacio Reynoso 2nd Matt Guerrier 1st 1st
Waynesboro Braves Kevin Barry 3rd Jeff Bajenaru 9th 4th
Bristol Bees Rob Bell 4th Rob Bell 10th 5th
Virginia Beach Mean Green Larry Alvarez 5th Larry Alvarez 7th 6th
Covington Blue Sox Oswaldo Verdugo 6th Oswaldo Verdugo 5th 7th
Elmira Pioneers Mike Adams 7th Mike Adams 3rd 3rd
Kingsport Cherokees Jon-Mark Sprowl 8th Jon-Mark Sprowl 8th 10th
Pulaski Counts Christian Guzman 9th Christian Guzman 6th 9th
Blacksburg Tribe Adrian Burnside 10th Adrian Burnside 11th 11th
Bluefield Grays Carlos Zambrano 11th Carlos Zambrano 4th 8th
Marion Mets 12th 12th 12th
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