AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
08/28/2026
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Ben Everly 1st Mike Hankins 5th 1st
Boston Whistlers Paul Simister 2nd Bubba Austin 3rd 2nd
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 3rd Richard Enriquez 2nd 3rd
Mexico City Aztecs Mike Sligar 4th Alex Bonilla 16th 16th
Hollywood Stars Jamal Martin 5th Andre Jackson 18th 17th
Indianapolis Eagles Matt Lepa 6th Rob Carrigan 19th 18th
Maine Pines Bruce Richards 7th Wallace Oram 1st 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Josh Mahan 8th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Detroit Giants Alex Martinez 9th Jay Lewis 12th(tied) 5th
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 10th Jimmy Williams 12th(tied) 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Mike Pierskalla 11th Chris Tomlinson 17th 19th
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 12th David Montgomery 9th 8th
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 13th 22nd(tied) 23rd
Oakland Invaders Cesar Pereira 14th Joel O'Neill 4th 7th
Toronto Trash Pandas Cory Bloodsaw 15th Moon-soo Lee 10th 10th
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 16th Vin Rau 6th 9th
Dallas Dragons Dustin Downing 17th Octavio Roman 12th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 18th Jonathan Park 21st 21st
Austin Desperados Malachi Smith 19th Kevin Hurt 20th 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 20th Ryan Rosenson 7th 11th
Halifax Heathens Paul Gaither 21st Omar Castillo 8th 12th
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 22nd Frank Fisher 12th(tied) 14th
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 23rd Bob Parent 11th 15th
Tampa Bay Captains Tom Gammill 24th 22nd(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 1st Eddie Monaghan 9th 1st
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 2nd Adam Persons 10th 3rd
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 3rd Matt DeLaet 5th 2nd
Boston Whistlers Carlos Herrera 4th Rodolfo Vega 24th 22nd
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 5th Alejandro Pena 2nd 4th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 6th Ben Leonardi 18th(tied) 9th
San Diego Fleet Carlos Miranda 7th Jeff Ciervo 7th 5th
Carolina Reapers Mike Fearing 8th Chris Hernandez 14th 6th
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 9th Eric Breene 23rd 23rd
Detroit Giants Ruben Cabriales 10th Nate Sheridan 4th 8th
Maine Pines Pete Roan 11th George Theodore 3rd 7th
Philadelphia Marauders Carlos Barreto 12th Jamie Bender 8th 10th
Toronto Trash Pandas Sam Salas 13th Jorge Flores 13th 11th
Oakland Invaders Steve McKinstry 14th Aaron Nelson 21st 21st
New York Nightmare Jim Wilkes 15th Steve Kettle 17th 12th
San Francisco Fire Jeff Mullinax 16th Zach Weakley 18th(tied) 14th
Austin Desperados Drew Riggi 17th Aaron Sanders 18th(tied) 15th
Mexico City Aztecs Hunter Long 18th Steve Thomas 15th 13th
Dallas Dragons Austin Alpers 19th Adam Neubaum 12th 17th
Fountain Hills 23ers Brad Stein 20th Mike Fitzgerald 22nd 24th
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 21st Billy Warren 16th 19th
Tampa Bay Captains Alex Mendoza 22nd Jerry Tully 11th 18th
Chicago Gangsters Mike Gohlke 23rd Jason Allen 1st 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Payne 24th Jerry Perez 6th 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines David Duthie 1st Russ Philip 16th(tied) 2nd
Detroit Giants Fernando Espindola 2nd Jeff Newingham 2nd 1st
Syracuse Scorpions Alex Cruz 3rd Chris Alexander 11th(tied) 3rd
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 4th Justin Roeland 15th 4th
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 5th Daniel Friedrich 13th 5th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 6th David Anast 16th(tied) 9th
Hollywood Stars Paul Ainsworth 7th Nate Cobb 9th 8th
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 8th Alfredo Banuelos 6th 6th
Cincinnati Royals Jaden York 9th Oscar Castaneda 5th 7th
Tampa Bay Captains Danny Lebron 10th Matt Leith 23rd 21st
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 11th Mike Gelardi 4th 10th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 12th Jimmy Johnson 7th 12th
Mexico City Aztecs Tobias Rivera 13th Nelson Archuleta 3rd 11th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jim Gavilanes 14th Sean Welliver 24th 22nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Dusty Anderson 15th Jose Valdez 21st 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Eric Kraft 16th Rob Wunder 8th 13th
San Diego Fleet Mike MacPherson 17th Edwin Rodriguez 10th 14th
Oakland Invaders Jason Ramsey 18th Bryce Canady 16th(tied) 16th
Toronto Trash Pandas Keagan Deming 19th Devon Hudson 11th(tied) 15th
Austin Desperados Jared Priest 20th Jason Henson 16th(tied) 18th
Carolina Reapers Bill Havey 21st Jim Lane 14th 17th
Dallas Dragons Brent Hansen 22nd Ralph Beller 16th(tied) 19th
Chicago Gangsters Edwin Retana 23rd Edwin Retana 22nd 23rd
Philadelphia Marauders 24th Pablo Gonzalez 1st 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Dean Hostetler 1st 1st
Charleston Sea Dogs Jeff Yule 2nd Jason Lewis 2nd 2nd
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 3rd Sébastien Fleury 3rd 3rd
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariëns 4th Tim Rodda 13th 11th
Oakland Invaders John Hunt 5th 19th(tied) 18th
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 6th Trent Lovoi 17th 12th
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 7th 19th(tied) 19th
Philadelphia Marauders Austin Compton 8th 19th(tied) 20th
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 9th Scott Goldfein 14th(tied) 14th
Maine Pines Eric Hicks 10th Derrick Bulluck 6th(tied) 4th
Halifax Heathens Seth Hardwick 11th Jonathan Thompson 18th 16th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 12th 19th(tied) 21st
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 13th Jean-François Vivier 11th 13th
San Francisco Fire Kyle Nash 14th (tied) Kevin McCain 14th(tied) 17th
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 14th (tied) 19th(tied) 22nd
Toronto Trash Pandas Mike Townsend 16th John Troia 6th(tied) 6th
Detroit Giants Ramon Dozal 17th Leo Carballo 12th 15th
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 18th Aaron Williams 4th 5th
Dallas Dragons Rocky Hawke 19th Chris Gutierre 6th(tied) 8th
Austin Desperados Jesse Griffin 20th Ashton Baldwin 5th 7th
Mexico City Aztecs Mark Riley 21st Brett Meade 6th(tied) 9th
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 22nd Nehemiah Jackson 6th(tied) 10th
Chicago Gangsters Billy Manuele 23rd 19th(tied) 23rd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles 24th Jay Breece 16th 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st Jake Criscuolo 5th 2nd
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 2nd 16th(tied) 8th
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 3rd 16th(tied) 10th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Brian Bopp 4th Lucas Warren 15th 4th
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 5th 16th(tied) 15th
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 6th Albert Garcia 1st(tied) 1st
Oakland Invaders Jim Henkemeyer 7th 16th(tied) 17th
San Francisco Fire Justin Ottinger 8th 16th(tied) 19th
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 9th 16th(tied) 21st
Mexico City Aztecs Danny Velasquez 10th 16th(tied) 22nd
Toronto Trash Pandas Jon Kenyon 11th John Russell 10th 6th
Austin Desperados Giovanni Hearn 12th Julio Cortez 1st(tied) 3rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Charlie Paquin 13th 16th(tied) 23rd
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 14th Matthew Bridges 9th 9th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 15th Mario Gutierrez 14th 12th
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 16th Andrew Flynn 11th 11th
San Diego Fleet Alfonso Sanchez 17th Alex Melo 6th 7th
Hollywood Stars Roy Blaylock 18th Victor Cruz 7th 13th
Carolina Reapers Rich Simmer 19th Cesar Torres 12th 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Adam Bechdel 20th Chih Ren 8th 16th
Fountain Hills 23ers Dan Canady 21st Raul Rodriguez 13th 20th
Indianapolis Eagles Justin Shaffer 22nd Chad Tatum 4th 14th
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 23rd 16th(tied) 24th
New York Nightmare John Osterman 24th Chase Dunn 1st(tied) 5th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 1st Brian Phillips 17th(tied) 1st
Maine Pines Skyler Fundis 2nd Mark Crawford 3rd 2nd
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 3rd Andy Laws 5th 3rd
San Diego Fleet Dale Day 4th Armando Gomez 6th 4th
Oakland Invaders Mike Raia 5th Rich Miklavcic 7th 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs Corey Pope 6th Nick Cordova 22nd 6th
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 7th Jose Mora 23rd 7th
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 8th Lee Peck 24th 10th
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 9th Don Hutchison 16th 8th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Anderson 10th Arturo Castillo 9th 9th
Hollywood Stars John Beck 11th Ryan Richard 19th 11th
Boston Whistlers Derek Maher 12th Glenn Bonanni 13th 12th
Chicago Gangsters Paul Morgan 13th Tim Wolff 11th 13th
Mexico City Aztecs Chris Martinez 14th David Short 10th 14th
Phoenix Gladiators Ben Figueroa 15th Rick Gruber 20th 16th(tied)
New York Nightmare Rob Black 16th Joba Davin 15th 15th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Tibbs 17th Jeremy Goodpaster 21st 18th
Austin Desperados Tony Martinez 18th David Nunez 8th 16th(tied)
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Service 19th Craig Walton 12th 20th
Tampa Bay Captains Jonathan McCarthy 20th Daniel Mikel 2nd 19th
San Francisco Fire Jim Hofland 21st Danny Haessly 4th 21st
Carolina Reapers Todd Korn 22nd Prince Sunderland 14th 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles 23rd (tied) Phil Henderson 17th(tied) 24th
Halifax Heathens 23rd (tied) Avery Williams 1st 23rd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 1st Jesse Rupp 4th 1st
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 2nd Dan Navarro 5th 2nd
Austin Desperados John Austin 3rd Willie Zepeda 16th 14th
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 4th Juan Guerra 10th(tied) 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 5th Jay Kowalski 10th(tied) 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 6th 17th(tied) 16th
Boston Whistlers Brian Brockman 7th Oscar Juarez 9th 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs Jason Perrigin 8th (tied) Ryan Matthews 3rd 6th
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 8th (tied) Pedro Velez 10th(tied) 7th
Phoenix Gladiators Pat Bounds 10th 17th(tied) 18th
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 11th Mario Ibarra 8th 9th
Mexico City Aztecs Jim Dauphin 12th Francisco Chavez 6th 8th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 13th 17th(tied) 19th
Hollywood Stars Marco Madrigal 14th Kalle Hovinen 14th 15th
Dallas Dragons Caleb Langenwalter 15th 17th(tied) 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Root 16th Jimmy Bowen 7th 10th
Tampa Bay Captains Ron Eckhardt 17th 17th(tied) 21st
Cincinnati Royals Jonathan Amorin 18th 17th(tied) 22nd
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 19th Manuel Martinez 1st 11th
Oakland Invaders Roland Martin 20th Kyle Twigg 10th(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Eagles Adam McCumiskey 21st Matthew Brown 2nd 12th
San Francisco Fire Kevin Garber 22nd 17th(tied) 23rd
Chicago Gangsters Willie Bravo 23rd Oscar Ramirez 15th 17th
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 24th 17th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Shane Ramsey 2nd 1st
Halifax Heathens Ernesto Ramirez 2nd Marco Grijalva 15th 12th
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 3rd Carlos Sanchez 7th 2nd
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 4th Bill Cardiello 1st 3rd
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 5th Keith Sverdloff 3rd 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Tim Scott 6th Stephen West 8th(tied) 5th
New York Nightmare Jesus Cardona 7th 20th(tied) 19th
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 8th Ramon Paz 8th(tied) 7th
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 9th Peter Meech 5th 6th
Indianapolis Eagles Tony Bradshaw 10th 20th(tied) 20th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 11th Clark Dulaney 19th 17th
Cincinnati Royals Rick Brown 12th 20th(tied) 22nd
Austin Desperados Leo Serna 13th Doug Grimm 8th(tied) 8th
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 14th Eric Wilson 8th(tied) 9th
Mexico City Aztecs Dan Harmon 15th Ed McCarson 16th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Casey Kearney 16th 20th(tied) 23rd
Hollywood Stars Adam Cooper 17th 20th(tied) 24th
Phoenix Gladiators Willie Villegas 18th Matt Martin 6th 10th
Tampa Bay Captains Justin Grasso 19th Humphrey Gerber 17th 18th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Aaron Rakers 20th Manny Cordon 8th(tied) 13th
Dallas Dragons Carlos Rodriguez 21st Steve Nebeker 4th 11th
Oakland Invaders Matt Grissom 22nd Marc Alexander 8th(tied) 14th
San Francisco Fire Michael Nava 23rd Felix Mora 8th(tied) 15th
Chicago Gangsters Mark Bower 24th Bill Mihelcic 18th 21st
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Rodrigo Lemus 1st Tom Balletta 3rd 1st
Maine Pines Nick Slover 2nd Jeremy Reich 6th 3rd
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 3rd Chris Huyard 2nd 2nd
Austin Desperados Jon Cordova 4th Andy Merrick 19th 12th
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 5th Rodolfo Hernandez 16th 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs Omar Cons 6th Willie Escalera 5th 4th
Indianapolis Eagles Ray Dappen 7th Jon Clark 7th 7th
Oakland Invaders Dennis Allen 8th Luis Cortez 1st 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Rob Alvarez 9th Josh Williams 15th 8th
Boston Whistlers Ricky Garay 10th Mike Hernandez 12th 9th
Cincinnati Royals Dave Harvey 11th Baden Keevil 14th 11th
Carolina Reapers Steve Cates 12th Jamari Walker 8th 10th
Hollywood Stars Logan Mayhew 13th Brad Scioli 20th 18th
Toronto Trash Pandas Josh Monroe 14th Mark Stuart 21st 20th
Detroit Giants Nick Turpen 15th Rafael Cruz 9th 13th
New York Nightmare Dustin Lewis 16th Dave Gulbranson 4th 14th
Dallas Dragons Jonathan Allen 17th Matt Toren 22nd(tied) 22nd
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 18th 24th 24th
Mexico City Aztecs Jaden Mack 19th Eric Tate 18th 21st
Fountain Hills 23ers Albert Fabian 20th Javier Palos 11th 15th
Chicago Gangsters Sam Palacios 21st Jesus Garcia 22nd(tied) 23rd
Tampa Bay Captains Joe Bernard 22nd Cameron Williams 17th 17th
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 23rd Ferhat Chiwocha 10th 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Jon Haynes 24th Evan Edelstein 13th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 1st Alex Arredondo 12th 2nd
San Diego Fleet Lorenzo Landin 2nd J.J. Mendenhall 3rd 1st
Charleston Sea Dogs Mario Barillas 3rd Vince Isabella 1st 3rd
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 4th Dennis DeLong 23rd(tied) 14th
Oakland Invaders Josh Becker 5th Ryan McEntyre 19th 6th
Cincinnati Royals Josh Hunter 6th Brandon Smith 21st 12th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 7th Micah Weidner 15th 4th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 8th Stephen Keene 23rd(tied) 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Mike Kelley 9th Jim Boonen 2nd 5th
San Francisco Fire Gabe Sprung 10th Jeff Hughes 17th 11th
Mexico City Aztecs Sean Ryan 11th Armando Salas 22nd 16th
Hollywood Stars Steve Ray 12th Matthew Tapscott 5th 7th
Carolina Reapers Roy Walk 13th Josh Carlson 11th 9th
Boston Whistlers Dusty Thomas 14th Allen D'Amico 6th 8th
Fountain Hills 23ers Stuart Taylor 15th Jim Hart 4th 10th
Tampa Bay Captains Mike Grotjohn 16th Kevin Martinez 20th 17th
Halifax Heathens Jeff Buck 17th Chris McAuley 9th 13th
Maine Pines Chris Hames 18th Tim Suttle 10th 15th
Philadelphia Marauders Jeremy Ferraro 19th Joe Knoop 16th 18th
Detroit Giants Tony Wooten 20th Brian Pace 7th 20th
Austin Desperados Ethan Yarbrough 21st Shane Campbell 8th 21st
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 22nd Ryan Hadder 14th 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Steven Hyatt 23rd Kevin Miller 18th 23rd
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 24th Dae-jin Lee 13th 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 1st Marcos Guadarrama 22nd 19th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 2nd Robby Boock 9th 1st
San Francisco Fire Jesus Henriguez 3rd Jeff Hughes 6th 2nd
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 4th Carlos Flores 14th(tied) 3rd
Carolina Reapers Jake Schmitt 5th Ben Foster 12th 5th
Maine Pines Nick Slover 6th Ryan Blevins 14th(tied) 8th
Oakland Invaders Wade McGonigle 7th Bryan Williamson 5th 4th
Tampa Bay Captains Jason Washington 8th Brock Richardson 8th 6th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ken Allbaugh 9th Eddie O'Connor 14th(tied) 9th
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 10th Cesar Cisneros 24th 23rd
Fountain Hills 23ers Jaheim Johnson 11th Tom Haas 7th 10th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 12th J.J. Mendenhall 2nd 7th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 13th (tied) Bill Roderick 21st 22nd
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 13th (tied) Bert Juarez 23rd 24th
Austin Desperados Joe McLaughlin 15th Steve Cleary 14th(tied) 15th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 16th Ryan Hadder 4th 11th
Syracuse Scorpions Mike Kelley 17th Brian Joiner 11th 14th
Mexico City Aztecs Jeff Cox 18th Armando Salas 3rd 12th
Halifax Heathens Jonathan Bruckert 19th Colby Kelly 13th 16th
Boston Whistlers Blake Bryant 20th Allen D'Amico 1st 13th
Cincinnati Royals Wayne Harless 21st Carlos Calderon 14th(tied) 17th
Phoenix Gladiators Max Mascareno 22nd Hunter Fredericks 10th 18th
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 23rd Brian Hardy 14th(tied) 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 24th Joe Lilley 14th(tied) 21st
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