GULF COAST ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Doug Thompson 1st Doug Thompson 2nd 2nd
Miami (GCL) Marlins Steve Blackburn 2nd Steve Blackburn 7th 3rd
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers Jesús López 3rd Jesús López 8th 4th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Quincy Becker 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Curt Morales 5th Esteban Parra 4th 5th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 José Rivera 6th José Rivera 1st 1st
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Stu Clark 7th Stu Clark 5th 7th
New York N (GCL) Mets Manny Hughes 8th Dave Bannatyne 6th 8th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Iván Escobedo 9th Osvaldo Froes 3rd 6th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Curt Zimmerman 10th 9th(tied) 10th
Houston (GCL) Astros Cal Benstead 11th 9th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Don Curry 12th 9th(tied) 12th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Mike Fletcher 13th 9th(tied) 13th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Willie Owens 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Pete Brown 2nd Pete Brown 2nd 1st
Houston (GCL) Astros Cori Curry 3rd Ron Hall 1st 2nd
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Ron Reese 4th Ron Reese 4th 3rd
Washington (GCL) Nationals Erik Williams 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Tim Britton 6th Pat O'Higgins 3rd 4th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers Tomás Ramírez 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Miami (GCL) Marlins Ed Castle 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Cam Perkins 9th Cam Perkins 5th(tied) 5th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Anastasio Echevarría 10th Anastasio Echevarría 5th(tied) 6th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Don Sullivan 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
New York N (GCL) Mets 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 12th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Houston (GCL) Astros Toby Johnson 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
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Randy Jones 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Glen Gavaghan 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers 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
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Kevin Green 1st 3rd(tied) 3rd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Ken MacKinney 2nd 3rd(tied) 4th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers Oscar Turpin 3rd 3rd(tied) 5th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Chris Wise 4th 3rd(tied) 6th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Joe Wilson 5th 3rd(tied) 7th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Pancho Medina 6th Pancho Medina 1st 1st
New York N (GCL) Mets Ron Lyons 7th 3rd(tied) 8th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Tim Monroe 8th 3rd(tied) 9th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Dan Berry 9th Chris Green 2nd 2nd
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Doug Williams 10th 3rd(tied) 10th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 José Pérez 11th 3rd(tied) 11th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Steve Lee 12th 3rd(tied) 12th
Houston (GCL) Astros Juan Carlos Soto 13th 3rd(tied) 13th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 14th (tied) 3rd(tied) 14th(tied)
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 14th (tied) 3rd(tied) 14th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals 14th (tied) 3rd(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
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Bob Blair 4th Bob Blair 3rd 3rd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Jim Smith 5th Dan Kengor 1st 1st
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Kevin Duncan 6th Kevin Duncan 4th 6th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Ben Lyons 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 7th(tied)
Washington (GCL) Nationals José Tapta 7th (tied) 7th(tied) 7th(tied)
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Xavier Burke 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Tim Flowers 10th 7th(tied) 10th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Andy Buchanan 11th 7th(tied) 11th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 José Carlos Mendoza 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Houston (GCL) Astros Jon Walker 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers 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 6th(tied) 6th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Aurelio Molina 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Jeff Johnson 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers Dani Chávez 5th Dani Chávez 1st 1st
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Mel Lester 6th 6th(tied) 9th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Dave MacCaw 7th 6th(tied) 10th
Houston (GCL) Astros Alex Jones 8th Alex Jones 4th 4th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Pat Hardin 9th Iorgu Grigorie 2nd 3rd
Miami (GCL) Marlins Edwin Hall 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Tim West 11th 6th(tied) 12th
New York N (GCL) Mets Luis Rodríguez 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Quentin Anaya 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox José Romano 14th José Romano 5th 5th
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
New York N (GCL) Mets Bobby Cox 1st Bobby Cox 4th 4th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Jeff Young 2nd Jeff Young 1st 1st
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers Jerry López 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Rod Davis 4th Chris Atkinson 2nd(tied) 2nd
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Rob Fuller 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Charlie Harvey 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Jared Spencer 7th Bo Woods 8th 6th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Don Johnston 8th 9th(tied) 12th
Houston (GCL) Astros Jeff Scott 9th (tied) Randy Alexander 7th 5th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Tony Robertson 9th (tied) 9th(tied) 13th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Jesús Quintana 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Don Casey 12th 9th(tied) 15th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Julián Anquilo 13th 9th(tied) 16th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Anastasio López 14th José Rivera 6th 7th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays David Garza 15th Jorge González 2nd(tied) 3rd
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Walt Schultz 16th Walt Schultz 5th 8th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Bob Gustafson 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Ernie Holt 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Brad Bowers 3rd José Lerma 3rd 1st
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers Tony White 4th Tony White 4th 3rd
Washington (GCL) Nationals Isaac Grimes 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jake Jackson 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Jesús López 7th Jesús López 2nd 4th
Houston (GCL) Astros Mike Orr 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Joe Jacobs 9th Joe Jacobs 1st 2nd
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Ron Secor 10th 5th(tied) 10th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Ángelo Moratay 11th 5th(tied) 11th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Anbrosio Severo 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
New York N (GCL) Mets 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Detroit (GCL) Tigers Alex Barrett 1st Tim Gamble 1st 1st
Miami (GCL) Marlins Jody Watkins 2nd Jody Watkins 2nd(tied) 2nd
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Darryl Lambert 3rd 7th(tied) 6th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Jim Williams 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Jerry Kaufman 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Boston (GCL) Red Sox Nelson Cruz 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Toronto (GCL) Blue Jays Oscar Park 7th 7th(tied) 11th
New York A2 (GCL) Yankees2 Jesús Rodríguez 8th José De Jesús 2nd(tied) 3rd
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Gerrit Bischoffshausen 9th Gerrit Bischoffshausen 6th 7th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Bengt Colding 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Houston (GCL) Astros Jeff Shelton 11th Jeff Shelton 5th 5th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Joaquín Díaz 12th Joaquín Díaz 2nd(tied) 4th
New York N (GCL) Mets Jorge Lara 13th 7th(tied) 13th
New York A1 (GCL) Yankees1 Ed MacQuartie 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Robbie Daniels 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers Gurgen Astvatsaturian 16th 7th(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baltimore (GCL) Orioles Chris Watson 1st 4th(tied) 1st
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Juan Oliveira 2nd 4th(tied) 2nd
Detroit (GCL) Tigers António Valenzuela 3rd 4th(tied) 3rd
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Israel Rodríguez 4th 4th(tied) 4th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Quincy Williams 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Robbie Daniels 6th 4th(tied) 9th
Minnesota (GCL) Twins Chris Arnold 7th Sergio Puenta 2nd 6th
Miami (GCL) Marlins Curt Waters 8th Jody Watkins 1st 5th
Houston (GCL) Astros Ben Campbell 9th 4th(tied) 10th
New York N (GCL) Mets Steve Hodge 10th Steve Hodge 3rd 8th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Dan Hunter 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers 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
Houston (GCL) Astros Ben Campbell 6th 4th(tied) 6th
Tampa Bay (GCL) Rays Quincy Williams 7th 4th(tied) 7th
Pittsburgh (GCL) Pirates Juan Oliveira 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Philadelphia (GCL) Phillies Dan Hunter 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Washington (GCL) Nationals Kyoji Matsuura 10th 4th(tied) 10th
St. Louis (GCL) Cardinals Wilson Cruz 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Atlanta (GCL) Hammers 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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