APPALACHIAN LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/05/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Johnson City Cardinals César Vargas 1st Jung Choo 3rd 2nd
Kingsport Mets Juan Rodríguez 2nd Juan Rodríguez 2nd 1st
Bluefield Blue Jays Stan Pearson 3rd 4th(tied) 4th
Greeneville Astros Pat Maxwell 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Elizabethton Twins Juan Marín 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Pulaski Yankees Steve Hines 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Burlington Royals Daniel De Jesús 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Danville Firebirds Bernie Jarvis 8th Bernie Jarvis 1st 3rd
Bristol Pirates Ron Turner 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Princeton Rays A.R. Clark 10th 4th(tied) 10th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Greeneville Astros Pat Anderson 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Bluefield Blue Jays Jim Holder 2nd Loren Allen 1st 1st
Elizabethton Twins Joe Robinson 3rd Joe Robinson 2nd 2nd
Johnson City Cardinals Héctor Arrojo 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Kingsport Mets Nate Dougherty 5th Nate Dougherty 3rd 3rd
Bristol Pirates Bob Graham 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Pulaski Yankees Darío Rivera 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Burlington Royals Chris Paul 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Danville Firebirds Héctor Sousa 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Princeton Rays 10th 4th(tied) 10th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Firebirds Mike Wright 1st Greg Jones 1st 1st
Elizabethton Twins Manny Ramírez 2nd 3rd(tied) 3rd
Bluefield Blue Jays Jesús Valentín 3rd Jesús Valentín 2nd 2nd
Kingsport Mets Dan Martínez 4th 3rd(tied) 4th
Johnson City Cardinals Chris Billings 5th 3rd(tied) 5th
Greeneville Astros Robby Austin 6th 3rd(tied) 6th
Bristol Pirates Gus Austin 7th 3rd(tied) 7th
Burlington Royals Steve Teague 8th 3rd(tied) 8th
Princeton Rays 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
Pulaski Yankees 9th (tied) 3rd(tied) 9th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bluefield Blue Jays Luis Tovar 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Pulaski Yankees Jesús Rodríguez 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Johnson City Cardinals Bob Gilfillan 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Princeton Rays Greg Lewis 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Burlington Royals Curt Collins 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Bristol Pirates Mike Rhodes 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Elizabethton Twins José Chapa 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Danville Firebirds 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Greeneville Astros 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
Kingsport Mets 8th (tied) 1st(tied) 8th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Kingsport Mets Mitch McLaughlin 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Johnson City Cardinals Ron Campbell 2nd Chad Hughes 3rd 3rd
Elizabethton Twins Mickael Gentil 3rd Mickael Gentil 2nd 2nd
Burlington Royals Tim Barnett 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Bluefield Blue Jays Chris Black 5th Chris Black 1st 1st
Greeneville Astros Jeremy Marshall 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Pulaski Yankees Luis Ramos 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Princeton Rays Éric Lasserre 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Bristol Pirates Joe Adams 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Danville Firebirds 10th 4th(tied) 10th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Elizabethton Twins Orkut Erkan 1st Orkut Erkan 3rd 2nd
Kingsport Mets Don Spencer 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Johnson City Cardinals Sean Duncan 3rd Phil Bass 1st 1st
Greeneville Astros Joe Davis 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Princeton Rays Norm Daintrey 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Pulaski Yankees Christian Dubus 6th António Herrera 4th 4th
Bristol Pirates Robby Johnson 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Bluefield Blue Jays Dave Bennett 8th Dave Bennett 2nd 3rd
Burlington Royals 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
Danville Firebirds 9th (tied) 5th(tied) 9th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Firebirds Dave Steele 1st Dave Steele 2nd 1st
Princeton Rays Ben Young 2nd Ben Young 4th 3rd
Greeneville Astros Ernie Williams 3rd Chris Perry 5th 5th
Bristol Pirates Johnny Sampson 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Elizabethton Twins Kevin Smith 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Johnson City Cardinals Dominic Mason 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Burlington Royals Jeff Thomas 7th Juan Carlos Pérez 3rd 4th
Kingsport Mets Jeff Porter 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Bluefield Blue Jays Walt Paul 9th Walt Paul 1st 2nd
Pulaski Yankees Octávio Ledezma 10th 6th(tied) 10th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Princeton Rays Pete Williams 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Danville Firebirds Rubén Chávez 2nd Rubén Chávez 1st 1st
Burlington Royals Jon Bates 3rd Jon Bates 2nd 2nd
Pulaski Yankees Jordan Couturier 4th 4th(tied) 5th
Elizabethton Twins Eddie Woods 5th 4th(tied) 6th
Johnson City Cardinals Don Smith 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Greeneville Astros Jeremy Boucher 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Bluefield Blue Jays Philip Harrington 8th Philip Harrington 3rd 3rd
Bristol Pirates Aurelio Marroquín 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Kingsport Mets 10th 4th(tied) 10th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Burlington Royals Kevin Todd 1st Kevin Todd 1st 1st
Princeton Rays Dan Wallace 2nd Tomokatsu O'Brien 2nd(tied) 2nd
Kingsport Mets Steffen Williams 3rd Cisco Villarreal 2nd(tied) 3rd
Bluefield Blue Jays Chris Hughes 4th Ernesto González 8th 8th
Elizabethton Twins Jeremy Miller 5th Steve Carter 2nd(tied) 4th
Pulaski Yankees Stan Lester 6th Stan Lester 9th 9th
Danville Firebirds Shawn Moore 7th Theron Ryan 2nd(tied) 5th
Johnson City Cardinals Geoffrey Webber 8th Geoffrey Webber 2nd(tied) 6th
Greeneville Astros Gabe Cooper 9th 10th 10th
Bristol Pirates Darryl Jones 10th Mike McClure 2nd(tied) 7th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Elizabethton Twins Alvin Long 1st 2nd(tied) 1st
Princeton Rays Tommy Jackson 2nd 2nd(tied) 2nd
Danville Firebirds Shawn Moore 3rd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Pulaski Yankees Bob Wolfe 4th 2nd(tied) 4th
Greeneville Astros Gabe Cooper 5th 2nd(tied) 5th
Bluefield Blue Jays Jake Cook 6th 2nd(tied) 6th
Kingsport Mets Steve Randolph 7th 2nd(tied) 7th
Burlington Royals Tony Burke 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
Bristol Pirates Jeff Johns 9th Rhett Fuller 1st 8th
Johnson City Cardinals Ben Lee 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Danville Firebirds Shawn Moore 1st 2nd(tied) 2nd
Elizabethton Twins Alvin Long 2nd 2nd(tied) 3rd
Kingsport Mets Steve Randolph 3rd 2nd(tied) 4th
Princeton Rays Tommy Jackson 4th 2nd(tied) 5th
Bluefield Blue Jays Jake Cook 5th 2nd(tied) 6th
Pulaski Yankees Bob Wolfe 6th 2nd(tied) 7th
Greeneville Astros Gabe Cooper 7th 2nd(tied) 8th
Johnson City Cardinals Mel Lane 8th 2nd(tied) 9th
Bristol Pirates Rhett Fuller 9th Rhett Fuller 1st 1st
Burlington Royals Tony Burke 10th 2nd(tied) 10th
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