INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/28/2024
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders A.J. Jimenez 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Pawtucket Red Sox Tyler Heineman 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Toledo Mud Hens Yasmani Grandal 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Ken Miller 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Jorge Acosta 5th Juan Reyes 3rd 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Randy Vasquez 6th Lenin Rodriguez 2nd 3rd
Rochester Red Wings Alex Martin 7th Alex Martin 1st 1st
Syracuse Chiefs Cal Lee 8th Jeff Wallace 4th 4th
Norfolk Tides Jean Carrillo 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Gwinnett Firebirds Dylan McQueen 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bisons Luis Delgado 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Durham Bulls 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
Louisville Bats 12th (tied) 5th(tied) 12th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Scranton WB RailRiders Jeimer Candelario 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Columbus Clippers Pat Sargent 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Louisville Bats Dan Russell 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Pawtucket Red Sox Ed Park 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Rochester Red Wings Orlando Rivera 5th Stan Bolden 1st 1st
Toledo Mud Hens Eric Conrad 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Syracuse Chiefs Kevin M. Gonzalez 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Charlotte Knights Kevin Cron 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Durham Bulls 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Gwinnett Firebirds 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Norfolk Tides 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Red Wings Ken Barnes 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Pawtucket Red Sox Alexis Pantoja 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Jeremy Martin 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Joe Panik 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Juan Durán 5th Wilbert Austin 1st(tied) 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Rob Refsnyder 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Dave Drew 7th Alex Myers 1st(tied) 2nd
Gwinnett Firebirds Austin Davidson 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons Shao-qi Chin 9th 3rd(tied) 9th
Charlotte Knights 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Columbus Clippers 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Durham Bulls 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats 10th (tied) 3rd(tied) 10th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Wyatt Mathisen 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Louisville Bats Elio Castillo 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Syracuse Chiefs Jesús Saldaña 3rd Jesús Saldaña 1st 1st
Charlotte Knights Jake Peter 4th 3rd(tied) 5th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Wen-hua Shih 5th 3rd(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Antony Morillo 6th 3rd(tied) 7th
Gwinnett Firebirds Kevin Cornelius 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Eric Jagielo 8th Juan Alaorbar 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bisons 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Durham Bulls 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Rochester Red Wings 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rochester Red Wings José Jiménez 1st José Jiménez 1st(tied) 1st
Pawtucket Red Sox Doug Watkins 2nd Doug Watkins 3rd 3rd
Columbus Clippers José Jiménez 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Joey Roberts 4th Joey Roberts 5th 5th
Charlotte Knights Tanzan Ine 5th Tanzan Ine 4th 4th
Syracuse Chiefs César Hernández 6th Jerry Hendricks 1st(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bisons Estarling Guzman 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Gwinnett Firebirds 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Louisville Bats 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Pawtucket Red Sox Anastasio Mendoza 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Toledo Mud Hens Sadaharu Uchida 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Syracuse Chiefs Joe Perry 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Columbus Clippers Anthony Garcia 4th Luis Carlos 1st 1st
Scranton WB RailRiders Sam Woodard 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Rochester Red Wings Tomás Martínez 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Norfolk Tides Gjèrgji Thika 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Gwinnett Firebirds Joe Hemming 8th 2nd(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bisons 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Charlotte Knights 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Durham Bulls 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
Louisville Bats 9th (tied) 2nd(tied) 9th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charlotte Knights Alfredo Martínez 1st Alfredo Martínez 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Juan Arelland 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Reginald Chase 3rd Reginald Chase 2nd 2nd
Columbus Clippers Mike Sperring 4th Mike Sperring 3rd 3rd
Syracuse Chiefs Victor Rodriguez 5th Mike McDermott 4th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Ignacio Mendoza 6th Ignacio Mendoza 5th 5th
Norfolk Tides Dave McDaniel 7th 6th(tied) 7th
Durham Bulls 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Gwinnett Firebirds 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Louisville Bats 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Pawtucket Red Sox 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Scranton WB RailRiders 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
Toledo Mud Hens 8th (tied) 6th(tied) 8th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Joe Wallace 1st Joe Wallace 1st 1st
Rochester Red Wings Dany Rojas 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Syracuse Chiefs Ken Little 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Scranton WB RailRiders Joe Cross 4th Joe Cross 2nd 2nd
Pawtucket Red Sox Yoan Aybar 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Toledo Mud Hens Dax Phillips 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Columbus Clippers Lúcio Polanco 7th Lúcio Polanco 3rd 3rd
Norfolk Tides Mike Robinson 8th Nelson Ortíz 4th 4th
Gwinnett Firebirds Greg McKinley 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bisons 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Charlotte Knights 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Durham Bulls 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Indianapolis Arrows 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Louisville Bats 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toledo Mud Hens Alfredo Flores 1st 7th(tied) 6th
Rochester Red Wings Mike Minor 2nd José Jaramillo 2nd 1st
Pawtucket Red Sox Jose Cisnero 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Syracuse Chiefs Juan Hernández 4th Clarence Jackson 1st 2nd
Norfolk Tides Mike Miller 5th Nate Sandoval 3rd 3rd
Charlotte Knights Chris Freudenberg 6th José Gonzáles 5th(tied) 5th
Columbus Clippers Sandy Baez 7th Lou Williams 4th 4th
Buffalo Bisons Felipe Perez 8th 7th(tied) 8th
Gwinnett Firebirds Cristián Vareas 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Arrows Darwin Ramos 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Scranton WB RailRiders Jack Flaherty 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Louisville Bats Chris Whitaker 12th Micheal Johnston 5th(tied) 10th
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Al Parker 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Durham Bulls 14th 7th(tied) 14th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Chiefs Ross Ismail 1st Hugh Lemley 2nd 1st
Rochester Red Wings Kevin Jackson 2nd Kevin Jackson 6th 2nd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Al Parker 3rd Ron Boyer 4th 4th
Scranton WB RailRiders Miguel Burgos 4th 8th(tied) 5th
Toledo Mud Hens Ed Raines 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Pawtucket Red Sox Corey Knebel 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Norfolk Tides Sean López 7th Dan Thompson 1st 3rd
Charlotte Knights Argemiro Estremor 8th José Gonzáles 5th 7th
Indianapolis Arrows Duane Cooper 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Columbus Clippers Rodolfo Villasmil 10th Michel Deodato 3rd 6th
Louisville Bats Chris Whitaker 11th Chris Whitaker 7th 10th
Gwinnett Firebirds Juan Martínez 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bisons 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Durham Bulls 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Indianapolis Arrows Darwin Ramos 1st 8th(tied) 4th
Toledo Mud Hens Kevin Gadea 2nd 8th(tied) 6th
Pawtucket Red Sox Andrew Heaney 3rd 8th(tied) 7th
Columbus Clippers Sandy Baez 4th Michel Deodato 2nd 1st
Gwinnett Firebirds Cristián Vareas 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Charlotte Knights Yency Almonte 6th José Gonzáles 4th 3rd
Lehigh Valley IronPigs Ron Boyer 7th Ron Boyer 3rd 5th
Syracuse Chiefs Bob Douglas 8th Hugh Lemley 1st 2nd
Scranton WB RailRiders Pat Stafford 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Norfolk Tides Jeff O'Brian 10th Jeff O'Brian 6th 8th
Louisville Bats Chris Whitaker 11th Chris Whitaker 7th 11th
Rochester Red Wings Alex Yoakum 12th Kevin Jackson 5th 9th
Buffalo Bisons 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Durham Bulls 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
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