WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/25/2085
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Italy Ippolito Mezzatesta 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cuba Reinier Reyes 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
China Tu-an Kong 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Venezuela Mario Santos 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Canada Ian Heupel 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Dominican Republic Sergio Samayoa 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Panama Hector Tavarez 7th 1st(tied) 7th
The United States Jason Harris 8th 1st(tied) 8th
England Freddie Bardrick 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Mexico Juan Solano 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Japan Kuniyuki Aoki 11th 1st(tied) 11th
The Netherlands Nelle Stam 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Spain Ignacio Mata 13th 1st(tied) 13th
South Korea Sang-keun Kym 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Puerto Rico Jorge Naranjo 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Germany Rheinhardt Hoppe 16th 1st(tied) 16th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
China Teh-huai Shu 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Dominican Republic Jorge Jaquias 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Canada Donovan Stamp 3rd (tied) 1st(tied) 3rd(tied)
Cuba Alay Sanchez 3rd (tied) 1st(tied) 3rd(tied)
England Lyndon Thomas 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Panama Mario Mata 6th 1st(tied) 6th
South Korea Chang-weon Hann 7th 1st(tied) 7th
The United States Eric Gideon 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Venezuela Carlos Galindo 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Germany Philip Roth 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Japan Morikazu Yamamoto 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Spain Mauricio Tirado 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Puerto Rico Tony Zuniga 13th 1st(tied) 13th
The Netherlands Gerald Daniëls 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Mexico Alex Davila 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Italy 16th 1st(tied) 16th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Germany Jacob Wiese 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Venezuela Frank Rivera 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Italy Gioacchino Damasso 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
China Bor-zeng Fung 4th 1st(tied) 4th
The United States Andy Clark 5th 1st(tied) 5th
England Dwaine Matthews 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Canada Doug Bian 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Panama Greg Bravo 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Mexico Mel Flores 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cuba Erleisi Miguel 10th 1st(tied) 10th
South Korea Dae-su Joh 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Japan Naoki Mukai 12th 1st(tied) 12th
The Netherlands Isaak de Leeuw 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Dominican Republic Mel de Dios 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Spain Enrique Najera 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Puerto Rico Marcos Arriola 16th 1st(tied) 16th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dominican Republic Armando Rodriguez 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Germany Pengel Metzger 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Canada Paul Dower 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Japan Shunzo Ishikawa 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Mexico Alberto Pagan 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Venezuela Cesar Vasquez 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Spain Elias Rivera 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Panama Sergio Sandoval 8th 1st(tied) 8th
South Korea Chae-seong Cheong 9th 1st(tied) 9th
England Cameron Donald 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Cuba Jesus Garza 11th 1st(tied) 11th
The United States Luke Engler 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Puerto Rico Justin Tucker 13th 1st(tied) 13th
China Wen Siu 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Italy Simeone Feroci 15th 1st(tied) 15th
The Netherlands Carl Bijker 16th 1st(tied) 16th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Venezuela Gerardo Zamarripa 1st 1st(tied) 1st
The Netherlands Marcello van Hoof 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Mexico Alex Guzman 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Spain Carlos Hernandez 4th 1st(tied) 4th
South Korea Tae-sang Kim 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Canada Roger Kelloway 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Germany Hanskarl Merz 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Dominican Republic Mel Duran 8th 1st(tied) 8th
China Zong-ming Xú 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Puerto Rico Andy Hernandez 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Cuba Luis Camacho 11th 1st(tied) 11th
England Kian Wells 12th 1st(tied) 12th
The United States Jeremy Beck 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Italy Giuseppe Andretta 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Panama Mike Garcia 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Japan Hiroiaki Fujinami 16th 1st(tied) 16th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
England Isaac Davidson 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Cuba Ernesto Rosario 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Puerto Rico Alex Alvarez 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Panama David Hernandez 4th 1st(tied) 4th
The Netherlands Lucas Rovers 5th 1st(tied) 5th
South Korea Hang-yu Choe 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Venezuela Antonio Grela 7th 1st(tied) 7th
The United States Josh Morris 8th 1st(tied) 8th
China Qian Bing 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Spain Mario Saldivar 9th (tied) 1st(tied) 9th(tied)
Japan Meiji Sakamoto 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Dominican Republic Danny Ayala 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Canada Nick Hayden 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Germany Wilfried Schelhorn 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Mexico Jesus JuAnez 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Italy Edouard Riina 16th 1st(tied) 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Italy Gerald Salieri 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Canada Ed Marlowe 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
The Netherlands Virgil Braad 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Dominican Republic Jose Araujo 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Germany Nisin Foss 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Cuba Hugo Llaguno 6th 1st(tied) 6th
The United States William Reilly 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Japan Takehiro Mizukami 8th 1st(tied) 8th
England Kieran Worrall 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Spain Victor Crespo 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Venezuela Jesus Moreno 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Mexico Willie Garza 12th 1st(tied) 12th
South Korea Hyo-kon Khong 13th 1st(tied) 13th
China An-yi Sheng 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Puerto Rico Rogelio Alfaro 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Panama Fernando Fernandez 16th 1st(tied) 16th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Panama Ricky Murguia 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Spain Rogelio Gonzalez 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
China Xiong Cai 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Japan Kiminobu Kawada 4th (tied) 1st(tied) 4th(tied)
Mexico Antonio Pabon 4th (tied) 1st(tied) 4th(tied)
Dominican Republic Nelson Orozco 6th 1st(tied) 6th
The Netherlands Greg van der Vliet 7th 1st(tied) 7th
England Kyle Stewart 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Puerto Rico William Chacon 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Cuba Franger Andrial 10th 1st(tied) 10th
South Korea Dong-joon Pyon 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Italy Clement Cugnoni 12th 1st(tied) 12th
The United States Joe Knill 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Germany Brandeis Gardner 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Canada Joe Watson 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Venezuela Billy Monteagudo 16th 1st(tied) 16th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
England Scott Bryant 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Spain Nelson Santana 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Italy Matthieu Violante 3rd (tied) 1st(tied) 3rd(tied)
The United States Joe Penton 3rd (tied) 1st(tied) 3rd(tied)
The Netherlands Drees Kennis 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Canada Nicholas Agnew 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Venezuela Jose Morales 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Germany Volkmar Beimler 8th 1st(tied) 8th
China Bang Ning 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Dominican Republic Mario Castellanos 10th 1st(tied) 10th
South Korea Keon-chae Oh 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Puerto Rico Tony Villarreal 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Mexico Bobby Camacho 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Cuba Vinny Rangel 14th 1st(tied) 14th
Japan Shoutarou Kurosu 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Panama Carlos Vasquez 16th 1st(tied) 16th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The Netherlands Edmond Vos 1st 1st(tied) 1st
Puerto Rico Greg Vazquez 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
Italy Flavio Dallavilla 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Mexico Johnny Calito 4th 1st(tied) 4th
Japan Heikichi Takenaka 5th 1st(tied) 5th
Germany Wilburt Bier 6th 1st(tied) 6th
Panama Jose Calderon 7th 1st(tied) 7th
Spain Alfredo Castro 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Dominican Republic Sergio Santiago 9th 1st(tied) 9th
England Albert Davis 10th 1st(tied) 10th
The United States Pat Dillard 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Canada Shan-tang Liao 12th 1st(tied) 12th
South Korea Jin-hoi Choe 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Venezuela Juan Sandoval 14th 1st(tied) 14th
China Ling-kung Zhu 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Cuba Bill Medrano 16th 1st(tied) 16th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
The Netherlands Edmond Vos 1st 1st(tied) 1st
England Albert Davis 2nd 1st(tied) 2nd
The United States Pat Dillard 3rd 1st(tied) 3rd
Italy Flavio Dallavilla 4th 1st(tied) 4th
China Ma-huan Ye 5th (tied) 1st(tied) 5th(tied)
Japan Heikichi Takenaka 5th (tied) 1st(tied) 5th(tied)
Venezuela Frank Quinones 5th (tied) 1st(tied) 5th(tied)
Puerto Rico Greg Vazquez 8th 1st(tied) 8th
Canada Brad Skiffington 9th 1st(tied) 9th
Germany Wilburt Bier 10th 1st(tied) 10th
Mexico Johnny Calito 11th 1st(tied) 11th
Spain Alfredo Castro 12th 1st(tied) 12th
Panama Jose Calderon 13th 1st(tied) 13th
Dominican Republic Sandy Perez 14th 1st(tied) 14th
South Korea Jin-hoi Choe 15th 1st(tied) 15th
Cuba Yosesney Antunez 16th 1st(tied) 16th
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