EVOLUTION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2049
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wichita State University Shockers Marvin Coffey 1st Tony Ortiz 5th 1st
University of Arizona Wildcats Ricardo Fernandez 2nd 18th 17th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Jeff Swanson 3rd Pete Fitchett 4th 2nd
University of Michigan Wolverines Mike Harden 4th Mike Harden 3rd 3rd
Fresno State University Bulldogs Ryan Roberts 5th Victor Rangel 17th 13th(tied)
Rice University Owls Bill Turcotte 6th Kunimitsu Araki 6th(tied) 5th
Clemson University Tigers George Jedinak 7th David Fiedler 2nd 4th
UCLA Bruins Sean Munns 8th Chris Pounders 14th 12th
Washington State University Cougars Joe Weber 9th Cruz Garcia 6th(tied) 7th
University of California Golden Bears Jason Béllanger 10th Jason Béllanger 6th(tied) 8th
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Steve Kimbler 11th Adam Stalder 15th 13th(tied)
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Zachary Roberts 12th Neal Fleury 6th(tied) 9th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Bobby Merritt 13th Bobby Merritt 6th(tied) 10th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Armando Pena 14th Steve Breshears 1st 6th
Stanford University Cardinal Gary Preston 15th Mike Gard 13th 15th
University of Toronto Marlies Conrade Gordon 16th Jake Seymour 6th(tied) 11th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Ben Callaway 17th Chris Perry 12th 16th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Pakiana Kileona 18th Ruben Reyna 16th 18th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Kyle David 1st Arabello Demesa 5th 4th
Fresno State University Bulldogs Carlton Stannard 2nd 8th(tied) 6th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Josh Ebeling 3rd 8th(tied) 7th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Keith Mihas 4th Jin-suk Kim 1st(tied) 1st
Stanford University Cardinal Donny Kleinjan 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Washington State University Cougars Israel Ariza 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Tristan Gimple 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Clemson University Tigers Santiago Carrillo 8th Santiago Carrillo 1st(tied) 2nd
UCLA Bruins Issac Konol 9th Ethan Krause 1st(tied) 3rd
Wichita State University Shockers Lucio Baratta 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Rice University Owls Wendel van Baal 11th Sergio Becerra 1st(tied) 5th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Paul Johnson 12th 8th(tied) 13th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Ryan Marsh 13th 8th(tied) 14th
University of California Golden Bears Nate Mahon 14th 8th(tied) 16th
University of Arizona Wildcats Eddy Amaya 15th Mark Walters 7th 11th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Tony Jennings 16th 8th(tied) 17th
University of Toronto Marlies Steve Campeau 17th Steve Campeau 6th 15th
University of Michigan Wolverines Murdock Cranton 18th 8th(tied) 18th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wichita State University Shockers Byron Whitehead 1st Fletcher Lawton 6th 4th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Joe Strachan 2nd 10th(tied) 8th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Matt Lapthorne 3rd (tied) Matt Lapthorne 2nd 1st
University of Toronto Marlies Ryan Martin 3rd (tied) Ryan Martin 3rd 3rd
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Bert Webster 5th 10th(tied) 10th
University of Arizona Wildcats Ron Dondale 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Fresno State University Bulldogs Danilo Baldia 7th Curtis Havard 8th 6th
Washington State University Cougars Ron Essink 8th Jose Aceves 7th 5th
Clemson University Tigers Josh LeSage 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Mike Tarantino 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Rice University Owls Alex Alvarez 11th 10th(tied) 15th
UCLA Bruins Michael Alvarado 12th 10th(tied) 16th
Stanford University Cardinal John Van der Linden 13th Erwin Young 5th 7th
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Frederik Koster 14th Mike Stiegler 9th 12th
Vanderbilt University Commodores En-lai Kong 15th En-lai Kong 4th 9th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Juan Alvarado 16th 10th(tied) 17th
University of California Golden Bears Mike Wilson 17th 10th(tied) 18th
University of Michigan Wolverines Mario Cruz 18th Cesar Rubio 1st 2nd
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Magnus Laursen 1st 9th(tied) 6th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Brian Passalacqua 2nd Josh Shirkey 3rd 2nd
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Victor Victorino 3rd Nick Kemmerling 5th 3rd
Wichita State University Shockers Troy Davies 4th 9th(tied) 8th
Fresno State University Bulldogs Brad Benanti 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Washington State University Cougars Ryan Toth 6th Bob Jeffreys 8th 4th
University of Arizona Wildcats Pascal Noël 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Rice University Owls Javier Quinones 8th Jim Grosso 6th 5th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Lance Borgen 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Anthony Ross 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Stanford University Cardinal Bobby Orantez 11th Bobby Orantez 2nd 7th
University of California Golden Bears Juan Debayle 12th 9th(tied) 15th
University of Michigan Wolverines Angus Shanahan 13th Angus Shanahan 4th 9th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Jim Saxon 14th 9th(tied) 16th
University of Toronto Marlies Charlie Townend 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Clemson University Tigers Marco Maggs 16th 9th(tied) 18th
UCLA Bruins Pete Devaux 17th Pete Devaux 1st 1st
Vanderbilt University Commodores Robbie Glover 18th Robbie Glover 7th 14th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington State University Cougars Mas Langat 1st 14th(tied) 7th
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Rory Cardosi 2nd Danny Ramirez 1st(tied) 1st
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions James Steinmetz 3rd Frank Holdener 10th 4th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Jacob Carrano 4th Alvaro Millan 12th 5th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Ben Turner 5th 14th(tied) 10th
Wichita State University Shockers Peter Faggard 6th 14th(tied) 12th
Rice University Owls Allen Jarvis 7th 14th(tied) 13th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Min Tann 8th Min Tann 6th 9th
Fresno State University Bulldogs Sinfronio Carreon 9th 14th(tied) 14th
University of Michigan Wolverines Remie Braakman 10th Remie Braakman 5th 8th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Mike Machalek 11th Mike Machalek 4th 6th
Stanford University Cardinal Philippe Huff 12th Philippe Huff 8th 11th
University of Toronto Marlies John Wilson 13th John Wilson 7th 15th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Joe Kirschner 14th Eddie Castro 1st(tied) 2nd
UCLA Bruins Melvin Yanes 15th Melvin Yanes 1st(tied) 3rd
Clemson University Tigers Danny Gutierrez 16th Danny Gutierrez 9th 16th
University of California Golden Bears Jake Ralston 17th Jake Ralston 11th 17th
University of Arizona Wildcats 18th Blake Grover 13th 18th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Rice University Owls Jose Soto 1st 11th(tied) 10th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Jose Ramos 2nd Edgar Fernandez 1st 1st
Fresno State University Bulldogs Sandy Munoz 3rd Justin Connor 10th 5th
Washington State University Cougars David Jackson 4th 11th(tied) 12th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Zach Brandt 5th 11th(tied) 13th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Pete Martin 6th Ricky Lanzo 9th 9th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Justin Kurutz 7th 11th(tied) 14th
UCLA Bruins Andy Knerr 8th Young-lau Seow 8th 8th
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Jon Guzman 9th 11th(tied) 15th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini D.J. Sheldon 10th D.J. Sheldon 3rd(tied) 2nd
University of Michigan Wolverines Walter Fisher 11th Walter Fisher 6th 6th
University of California Golden Bears Nick Jansen 12th Mario Molina 5th 7th
University of Arizona Wildcats Lihau Keawe 13th Rio Finnigan 3rd(tied) 3rd
Clemson University Tigers Jason Duncan 14th 11th(tied) 16th
University of Toronto Marlies Mitch Melton 15th Mitch Melton 7th 11th
Wichita State University Shockers Rick McGrath 16th 11th(tied) 17th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Michael Houseman 17th 11th(tied) 18th
Stanford University Cardinal Mike Keating 18th Eric McDonald 2nd 4th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Washington State University Cougars Juan Delanoval 1st 13th(tied) 6th
UCLA Bruins Mark Cummings 2nd 13th(tied) 7th
Rice University Owls Chris Gonzales 3rd Brock Ti 7th 3rd
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Simon Gravitt 4th Ted Currell 10th 5th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Phil Hanley 5th 13th(tied) 13th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Brian Pflughoeft 6th Brian Pflughoeft 5th 4th
Wichita State University Shockers Kyle Gill 7th Joe Succo 12th 9th
Fresno State University Bulldogs Moktar Ame 8th Wu-ti Hui 1st 1st
University of Michigan Wolverines Gerard Gordijn 9th Gerard Gordijn 8th(tied) 10th
University of California Golden Bears Luis Orellana 10th 13th(tied) 16th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini James Lewis 11th James Lewis 8th(tied) 11th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Perry Brantley 12th Antonio Moreno 11th 14th
Clemson University Tigers Jochen Salt 13th Jochen Salt 3rd 8th
Stanford University Cardinal Josh Benefield 14th 13th(tied) 17th
University of Arizona Wildcats Jere Paatelainen 15th 13th(tied) 18th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Chris Robertson 16th Chris Robertson 4th 12th
University of Toronto Marlies Todd Maybury 17th Todd Maybury 6th 15th
Ohio State University Buckeyes John King 18th Joe Costner 2nd 2nd
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wichita State University Shockers Carlos Flores 1st Chad Bosarge 5th 4th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Rob Hinojosa 2nd 13th(tied) 7th
Washington State University Cougars Scott Spillers 3rd Tony Brea 6th 6th
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Jeff Williams 4th 13th(tied) 9th
University of California Golden Bears Carlos Gaona 5th 13th(tied) 10th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Stuart Parker 6th Stuart Parker 3rd 3rd
Vanderbilt University Commodores Tokito Ishizaki 7th Tokito Ishizaki 4th 5th
Rice University Owls Ken Wilson 8th 13th(tied) 14th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Chris McNay 9th Abel Wensink 1st(tied) 1st
Ohio State University Buckeyes Tony Abascal 10th Dan Hummel 9th 8th
Fresno State University Bulldogs Tony Nowak 11th Denis van de Kolk 10th 11th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Jeremy Rollins 12th 13th(tied) 15th
UCLA Bruins Dave Spradley 13th Andy Pluskota 12th 13th
Clemson University Tigers Mario Nunez 14th Tony Rivera 8th 12th
University of Michigan Wolverines Wendell Sarkies 15th Wendell Sarkies 7th 16th
Stanford University Cardinal Dzevat Koljevic 16th 13th(tied) 18th
University of Arizona Wildcats Gerald Thornton 17th Gerald Thornton 1st(tied) 2nd
University of Toronto Marlies Kevin McGaughey 18th Kevin McGaughey 11th 17th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fresno State University Bulldogs David Grant 1st Jesus Perales 6th 1st
Wichita State University Shockers Joe Seaborn 2nd Tatsuaki Sugimoto 10th 3rd
Rice University Owls Cahya Sumual 3rd Kenny Kirk 4th 2nd
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Jabari Gatewood 4th Jabari Gatewood 12th 6th
Washington State University Cougars Steve Cooper 5th D.J. Sletten 5th 5th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions John Brown 6th Kyle McKinney 1st 4th
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Rich May 7th Ryan Bethune 3rd 7th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Adam Hoffman 8th Jayson Wright 11th 8th
University of Arizona Wildcats Grisha Bakhovtsev 9th Tristen Brown 14th 10th
UCLA Bruins Dave Hutchison 10th Ernesto Reynaga 15th 13th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Ryan Potter 11th Jason Trahan 2nd 9th
University of Toronto Marlies Sun-dong Su 12th Jerry Pozos 16th 15th
Stanford University Cardinal Brian Hoffman 13th Brian Hoffman 18th 17th
University of California Golden Bears Jackson Cote 14th Chris Skelly 9th 11th
Clemson University Tigers George Garrett 15th Kang-xi Loh 7th 12th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Francisco Guerra 16th Fernando Conzalez 17th 18th
University of Michigan Wolverines Danny Arroyo 17th Adam Timmons 13th 14th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Eric James 18th Brett Randall 8th 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Arturo Majana 1st Arturo Majana 4th 2nd
Rice University Owls Mitchell Carter 2nd Mitchell Carter 15th 11th
University of Michigan Wolverines Wendell Thomsen 3rd Wendell Thomsen 3rd 3rd
Wichita State University Shockers Blake Gans 4th Jose del Castillo 6th(tied) 5th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Danny Arnold 5th Duane Simmons 1st 1st
Fresno State University Bulldogs Oscar Zetino 6th Casey Welch 6th(tied) 6th
Washington State University Cougars Teddy Barber 7th Makoto Moriwaki 6th(tied) 7th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Trent Lipinski 8th Borisav Koljevic 18th 13th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Alex Aldaya 9th Brian Spedafino 6th(tied) 9th
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Mick Conner 10th Jamie Long 2nd 4th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions David Cantu 11th Alex Almonte 6th(tied) 10th
University of Arizona Wildcats Chris Obloy 12th Gordon Angwin 13th 14th
University of Toronto Marlies Luke Stannard 13th Mario Cumplido 12th 15th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Elijah Ogletree 14th Ethan Roberson 17th 16th
UCLA Bruins Kenny Coolbaugh 15th Carlos Rodriguez 16th 17th
University of California Golden Bears Howie Abrams 16th Jim Plessis 6th(tied) 12th
Clemson University Tigers Salvatore Vasquez 17th Trevor Doyle 5th 8th
Stanford University Cardinal Andy Swan 18th Noël Antuofermo 14th 18th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Wichita State University Shockers Kyle Gray 1st Jose del Castillo 11th(tied) 1st
University of Arizona Wildcats Chris Galloway 2nd Gordon Angwin 11th(tied) 4th
University of South Carolina Gamecocks Nelson Knopp 3rd Juichi Tanaka 5th 2nd
Oklahoma State University Cowboys Justin Reed 4th Jamie Long 2nd 3rd
UCLA Bruins Kyle Mann 5th Marcus Finch 9th 5th
University of Toronto Marlies Brad Cannell 6th Mario Cumplido 16th 16th
Ohio State University Buckeyes Dan Herwig 7th Duane Simmons 3rd 6th
University of Michigan Wolverines Lindsay Adams 8th Lindsay Adams 15th 15th
University of California Golden Bears Jackson Cote 9th Jim Plessis 11th(tied) 12th
Rice University Owls Manny Herrera 10th Kenny Kirk 7th 8th
Vanderbilt University Commodores Alex Guzman 11th Ethan Roberson 8th 10th
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions Preki Nedic 12th David Worthen 1st 7th
Fresno State University Bulldogs Milojica Mrdja 13th Craig Todd 6th 9th
Washington State University Cougars Arthur Scholten 14th Mike Ligon 4th 11th
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels Gabe Zarco 15th Brian Spedafino 11th(tied) 13th
Stanford University Cardinal Larry Steen 16th Noël Antuofermo 17th 17th
Clemson University Tigers Will West 17th Trevor Doyle 10th 14th
University of Illinois Fighting Illini Ben Robinson 18th Ben Robinson 18th 18th
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