GULF COAST ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/11/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Doug Thompson 1st Doug Thompson 3rd 3rd
Miami (GCL) Marlins Steve Blackburn 2nd Steve Blackburn 8th 4th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Jesús López 3rd Jesús López 10th 5th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Quincy Becker 4th Daniel Bermea 12th 7th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Curt Morales 5th Esteban Parra 5th 6th
Houston (GCL) Astros Doug Miller 6th Steve McLaughlin 11th 10th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Joey Byrd 7th Joey Byrd 1st(tied) 1st
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Pete Lger 8th José Rivera 1st(tied) 2nd
New York N (GCL) Mets Manny Hughes 9th Dave Bannatyne 7th 8th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins José Lerma 10th José Lerma 9th 11th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Iván Escobedo 11th Osvaldo Froes 6th 9th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Don Curry 12th 13th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Nesto Barrón 13th Nesto Barrón 4th 12th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles 14th (tied) 13th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 14th (tied) 13th(tied) 14th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 14th (tied) 13th(tied) 14th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Willie Owens 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Pete Brown 2nd Pete Brown 1st 1st
Houston (GCL) Astros Cori Curry 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Ron Reese 4th Ron Reese 2nd 2nd
Washington (GCL) Nationals Erik Williams 5th 6th(tied) 8th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Tomás Ramírez 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Ed Castle 7th Greg Good 5th 3rd
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Cam Perkins 8th Cam Perkins 4th 4th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Anastasio Echevarría 9th Anastasio Echevarría 3rd 5th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Don Sullivan 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Rodrigo Alba 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York N (GCL) Mets 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Dave MacCaw 1st 4th(tied) 4th
New York N (GCL) Mets Al Springer 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Dave Robinson 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Gil Peterson 4th Gil Peterson 2nd 2nd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Tim Burks 5th Tim Burks 3rd 3rd
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Héctor García 6th Héctor García 1st 1st
Miami (GCL) Marlins Ollie Young 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Houston (GCL) Astros Bob Weber 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Glen Gavaghan 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Norberto Canó 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Phil Camacho 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Jorge Flores 12th 4th(tied) 12th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Arnauld Candeloro 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Dave Matthews 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates 15th (tied) 4th(tied) 15th(tied)
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays 15th (tied) 4th(tied) 15th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston (GCL) Astros Pancho Mendoza 1st Pancho Mendoza 1st 1st
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Kevin Green 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Ken MacKinney 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Oscar Turpin 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Chris Wise 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Joe Wilson 6th 4th(tied) 8th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Pancho Medina 7th Pancho Medina 2nd 2nd
New York N (GCL) Mets Ron Lyons 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Tim Monroe 9th 4th(tied) 10th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Doug Williams 10th 4th(tied) 11th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Dan Berry 11th Chris Green 3rd 3rd
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Steve Lee 12th 4th(tied) 12th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 José Pérez 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 14th (tied) 4th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 14th (tied) 4th(tied) 14th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 14th (tied) 4th(tied) 14th(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 7th(tied) 8th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Bob Blair 6th Bob Blair 3rd 3rd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Jim Smith 7th Dan Kengor 1st 1st
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Kevin Duncan 8th Kevin Duncan 4th 6th
Washington (GCL) Nationals José Tapta 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Xavier Burke 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Tim Flowers 11th 7th(tied) 11th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Andy Buchanan 12th 7th(tied) 12th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 José Carlos Mendoza 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 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 7th(tied) 7th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Aurelio Molina 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Jeff Johnson 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Dani Chávez 5th Dani Chávez 1st 1st
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Mel Lester 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Brad Bowers 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Pat Hardin 8th Iorgu Grigorie 2nd 3rd
Houston (GCL) Astros Billy Ward 9th Jim Austin 6th 5th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Edwin Hall 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Tim West 11th Tim West 5th 4th
New York N (GCL) Mets Luis Rodríguez 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Quentin Anaya 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox José Romano 14th José Romano 4th 6th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Augusto Vargas 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays 16th 7th(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York N (GCL) Mets Bobby Cox 1st Bobby Cox 3rd 3rd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Jeff Young 2nd Jeff Young 1st 1st
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Jerry López 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Rob Fuller 4th Rob Fuller 6th 4th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Rod Davis 5th Chris Atkinson 2nd 2nd
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Charlie Harvey 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Jared Spencer 7th Bo Woods 7th 5th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Don Johnston 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Houston (GCL) Astros Jeff Scott 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Ken Dennis 10th José Hernández 8th 8th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Jesús Quintana 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Julián Anquilo 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Dave Rutledge 13th 9th(tied) 15th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Anastasio López 14th José Rivera 5th 6th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Walt Schultz 15th Walt Schultz 4th 7th
Miami (GCL) Marlins 16th 9th(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Bob Gustafson 1st Bob Gustafson 5th 2nd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Rusty Henry 2nd Rusty Henry 1st 1st
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Ernie Holt 3rd Ernie Holt 4th 3rd
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Tony White 4th Tony White 3rd 4th
Houston (GCL) Astros Mike Ethridge 5th 6th(tied) 6th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jake Jackson 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Jesús López 7th Jesús López 2nd 5th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Ron Secor 8th 6th(tied) 8th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Ángelo Moratay 9th 6th(tied) 9th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Anbrosio Severo 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Minnesota (GCL) Twins 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
New York N (GCL) Mets 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Alex Barrett 1st José Hernández 1st 1st
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jody Watkins 2nd Jody Watkins 2nd 2nd
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Juan Domínguez 3rd 8th(tied) 6th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Jim Williams 4th Charlie Zimmerman 5th 5th
Houston (GCL) Astros Jeff Shelton 5th Jeff Shelton 4th 4th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Jerry Kaufman 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Nelson Cruz 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Oscar Park 8th 8th(tied) 11th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Gerrit Bischoffshausen 9th Gerrit Bischoffshausen 7th 7th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Jesús Rodríguez 10th José De Jesús 6th 8th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Bengt Colding 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Joaquín Díaz 12th Joaquín Díaz 3rd 3rd
New York N (GCL) Mets Jorge Lara 13th 8th(tied) 13th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Ed MacQuartie 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Billy Bridges 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds Gurgen Astvatsaturian 16th 8th(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Chris Watson 1st 4th(tied) 1st
Houston (GCL) Astros Dan Ochieng 2nd 4th(tied) 2nd
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Jeremy Steward 3rd 4th(tied) 3rd
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Juan Oliveira 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Billy Bridges 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers António Valenzuela 6th 4th(tied) 9th
New York N (GCL) Mets Steve Hodge 7th Steve Hodge 3rd 8th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Chris Arnold 8th Sergio Puenta 2nd 7th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Curt Waters 9th Jody Watkins 1st 6th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Dan Hunter 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Edwin Hinkle 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit (GCL) Tigers António Valenzuela 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jody Watkins 2nd Jody Watkins 1st 1st
New York N (GCL) Mets Steve Hodge 3rd Steve Hodge 3rd 2nd
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Sergio Puenta 4th Sergio Puenta 2nd 3rd
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Chris Watson 5th 4th(tied) 5th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Quincy Williams 6th 4th(tied) 6th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Jeremy Steward 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Houston (GCL) Astros Gil Jones 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Juan Oliveira 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Dan Hunter 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Kyoji Matsuura 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Atlanta (GCL) Firebirds 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays 12th (tied) 4th(tied) 12th(tied)
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