GULF COAST ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/27/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Doug Thompson 1st Doug Thompson 5th 4th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Steve Blackburn 2nd Steve Blackburn 9th 5th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Charlie Carlson 3rd José Lerma 10th 7th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Jesús López 4th Jesús López 11th 8th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Ánibal Holguín 5th José Luna 4th 6th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Quincy Becker 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Curt Morales 7th Esteban Parra 6th 9th
New York N (GCL) Mets Kevin Richardson 8th Dave Bannatyne 8th 10th
Houston (GCL) Astros Doug Miller 9th 13th(tied) 14th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Joey Byrd 10th Joey Byrd 1st(tied) 1st
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Norm Wiggins 11th Norm Wiggins 1st(tied) 2nd
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Pete Lger 12th José Rivera 1st(tied) 3rd
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Jorge López 13th Jorge López 12th 12th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Iván Escobedo 14th Osvaldo Froes 7th 11th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Curt Zimmerman 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Washington (GCL) Nationals 16th 13th(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Willie Owens 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Pete Brown 2nd Pete Brown 1st 1st
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Phil Partridge 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Rob Barber 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Houston (GCL) Astros Cori Curry 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Mike Jackson 6th 4th(tied) 8th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Jeff Carter 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Ron Reese 8th Ron Reese 2nd 2nd
Washington (GCL) Nationals Erik Williams 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Steve Thomas 10th Anastasio Echevarría 3rd 3rd
Miami (GCL) Marlins Ed Castle 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Rodrigo Alba 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
New York N (GCL) Mets 13th (tied) 4th(tied) 13th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York N (GCL) Mets Shawn Simons 1st Shawn Simons 2nd 2nd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Luis Zamora 2nd Tim Burks 4th 3rd
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Dave MacCaw 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Chip Gómez 4th Gil Peterson 3rd 4th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Dave Robinson 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Ed Bennett 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Héctor García 7th Héctor García 1st 1st
Miami (GCL) Marlins Ollie Young 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Houston (GCL) Astros Bob Weber 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds António Morán 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Glen Gavaghan 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Phil Camacho 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Jorge Flores 13th 5th(tied) 13th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Arnauld Candeloro 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Dave Matthews 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays 16th 5th(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston (GCL) Astros Pancho Mendoza 1st Pancho Mendoza 2nd 2nd
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Curt Adams 2nd Curt Adams 1st 1st
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Kevin Green 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Ken MacKinney 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Spike Abrams 5th Spike Abrams 4th 3rd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Monty Kelly 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Oscar Turpin 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Kevin Carter 7th (tied) 5th(tied) 8th(tied)
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Pancho Medina 9th Pancho Medina 3rd 4th
New York N (GCL) Mets Ron Lyons 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Tim Monroe 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Doug Williams 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Steve Lee 13th 5th(tied) 13th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 José Pérez 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 15th (tied) 5th(tied) 15th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York N (GCL) Mets Brad Miner 1st Brad Miner 6th 5th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Kevin Lewis 2nd Juan Gonzáles 5th 4th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Dan McKnight 3rd Joe Kent 2nd 2nd
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Dan Stevenson 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Houston (GCL) Astros Toby Johnson 5th (tied) 7th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Gil Elam 5th (tied) Kevin Duncan 4th 6th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Ben Bishop 7th 7th(tied) 9th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Andy Cole 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Lou McCullough 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Bob Blair 10th Bob Blair 3rd 3rd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Jim Smith 11th Dan Kengor 1st 1st
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Xavier Burke 12th 7th(tied) 12th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Andy Buchanan 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Sancho Vega 1st Sancho Vega 3rd 2nd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Ilham Djidjishvili 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Aurelio Molina 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Jeff Johnson 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Dani Chávez 5th Dani Chávez 1st 1st
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Mel Lester 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Doug Small 7th José Romano 4th 4th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Brad Bowers 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Pat Hardin 9th Iorgu Grigorie 2nd 3rd
Houston (GCL) Astros Billy Ward 10th Jim Austin 5th 5th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Edwin Hall 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Tim West 12th 6th(tied) 12th
New York N (GCL) Mets Luis Rodríguez 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Quentin Anaya 14th 6th(tied) 14th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Augusto Vargas 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays 16th 6th(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Brad Wright 1st Brad Wright 2nd(tied) 1st
Miami (GCL) Marlins Steve Bishop 2nd Steve Bishop 8th 6th
New York N (GCL) Mets Ed Wright 3rd Bobby Cox 5th 5th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Chris Jones 4th José Hernández 2nd(tied) 3rd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Jeff Young 5th Jeff Young 1st 2nd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Rob Fuller 6th Rob Fuller 9th 7th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Rod Davis 7th Chris Atkinson 2nd(tied) 4th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Charlie Harvey 8th 11th(tied) 11th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Jared Spencer 9th Bo Woods 10th 8th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Don Johnston 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Houston (GCL) Astros Jeff Scott 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Jesús Quintana 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Julián Anquilo 13th 11th(tied) 15th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Dave Rutledge 14th 11th(tied) 16th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Anastasio López 15th José Rivera 7th 9th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Walt Schultz 16th Walt Schultz 6th 10th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Marlon Bender 1st Tony White 1st(tied) 1st
New York N (GCL) Mets Joe Adams 2nd Kevin Burke 1st(tied) 2nd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Bob Gustafson 3rd Bob Gustafson 6th 4th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Rusty Henry 4th Rusty Henry 1st(tied) 3rd
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Ernie Holt 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Víctor Gavaldón 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Ron Morrow 7th Ron Morrow 5th 5th
Houston (GCL) Astros Mike Ethridge 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jake Jackson 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Jesús López 10th Jesús López 4th 6th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Ron Secor 11th 7th(tied) 11th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Ángelo Moratay 12th 7th(tied) 12th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Anbrosio Severo 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jody Watkins 1st Jody Watkins 2nd 2nd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Alex Barrett 2nd José Hernández 1st 1st
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Juan Domínguez 3rd 9th(tied) 7th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Valentin Belas 4th Valentin Belas 3rd 3rd
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Oscar Park 5th 9th(tied) 10th
New York N (GCL) Mets Tim Walwyn 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Jim Williams 7th Charlie Zimmerman 6th 6th
Houston (GCL) Astros Jeff Shelton 8th Jeff Shelton 5th 5th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Bob Williams 9th Bob Williams 7th 8th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Jerry Kaufman 10th 9th(tied) 12th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Orazio Catone 11th Gerrit Bischoffshausen 8th 9th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 José Delgado 12th 9th(tied) 13th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Jesús Rodríguez 13th José De Jesús 4th 4th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Steve MacFadden 14th 9th(tied) 14th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Billy Bridges 15th 9th(tied) 15th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Gurgen Astvatsaturian 16th 9th(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Orazio Catone 1st 5th(tied) 2nd
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Bill Sayers 2nd 5th(tied) 3rd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Derek Wade 3rd Derek Wade 1st 1st
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Kade Franklin 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers António Valenzuela 5th 5th(tied) 8th
New York N (GCL) Mets Steve Hodge 6th Steve Hodge 4th 6th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Chris Arnold 7th Sergio Puenta 3rd 4th(tied)
Miami (GCL) Marlins Curt Waters 8th Jody Watkins 2nd 4th(tied)
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Steve Doan 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Houston (GCL) Astros Gil Jones 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Edwin Hinkle 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Don Jones 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Kyoji Matsuura 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit (GCL) Tigers António Valenzuela 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jody Watkins 2nd Jody Watkins 2nd 1st
New York N (GCL) Mets Steve Hodge 3rd Steve Hodge 4th 3rd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Derek Wade 4th Derek Wade 1st 2nd
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Sergio Puenta 5th Sergio Puenta 3rd 4th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Chris Watson 6th 5th(tied) 6th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Kade Franklin 7th 5th(tied) 7th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Orazio Catone 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Bill Sayers 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Quincy Williams 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Houston (GCL) Astros Gil Jones 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Dan Hunter 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Jesús González 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 14th (tied) 5th(tied) 14th(tied)
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