AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/23/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Ben Everly 1st Mike Hankins 3rd 1st
Oakland Invaders Mike Sligar 2nd Ricky Cortes 12th 2nd
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 3rd Richard Enriquez 2nd 3rd
Maine Pines Bruce Richards 4th Adrian Whalley 8th 4th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Van Donsel 5th Ryan Freeman 1st 5th
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 6th Jimmy Williams 9th 6th
Fountain Hills 23ers Josh Mahan 7th Pael Espanol 14th(tied) 8th
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 8th Vin Rau 7th 7th
Detroit Giants Alex Martinez 9th Jaime Johnson 19th 18th
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 10th Nick Watkins 10th 9th
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 11th 21st(tied) 21st
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 12th 21st(tied) 22nd
Phoenix Gladiators Mike Pierskalla 13th Chris Tomlinson 18th 17th
Hollywood Stars Jamal Martin 14th 21st(tied) 23rd
Boston Whistlers Mike Fowler 15th Bubba Austin 4th 10th
Dallas Dragons Dustin Downing 16th Brent Haynes 6th 11th
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 17th Neil Wetzel 14th(tied) 14th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 18th Ryan Rosenson 11th 13th
Austin Desperados Dave Jimenez 19th Kevin Hurt 14th(tied) 15th
Halifax Heathens Paul Gaither 20th Omar Castillo 5th 12th
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 21st Pete DiBiaso 20th 20th
Toronto Trash Pandas Eduardo Lopez 22nd Cory Bloodsaw 13th 16th
Mexico City Aztecs Frank Andreoni 23rd Alex Bonilla 17th 19th
Tampa Bay Captains Tom Gammill 24th 21st(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 1st Firmino Fischetti 3rd(tied) 1st
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 2nd Adam Persons 15th 4th
Boston Whistlers Carlos Herrera 3rd Jesse Lang 19th(tied) 6th
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 4th Nick Cordova 7th 2nd
Carolina Reapers Mike Fearing 5th Greg Mattox 6th 3rd
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 6th Curtis Wojtysiak 9th(tied) 5th
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 7th Eric Breene 19th(tied) 8th
San Diego Fleet Carlos Miranda 8th Jeff Ciervo 14th 9th
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 9th Jose Ramos 5th 7th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jason Perrigin 10th Mike Fitzgerald 24th 21st
Maine Pines Pete Roan 11th George Theodore 13th 11th
Philadelphia Marauders Gregg Carter 12th Jamie Bender 2nd 10th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 13th Ben Leonardi 23rd 22nd
Detroit Giants Ruben Cabriales 14th Nate Sheridan 3rd(tied) 12th
Oakland Invaders Steve McKinstry 15th Aaron Nelson 21st 20th
San Francisco Fire Noel Cusack 16th Zach Weakley 18th 13th
Austin Desperados Pat Martin 17th Pat Martin 22nd 23rd
New York Nightmare Juan Andrade 18th Steve Kettle 17th 17th
Mexico City Aztecs Hunter Long 19th Steve Thomas 16th 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 20th Peter Coufal 11th 15th
Tampa Bay Captains Nick Rucker 21st Jerry Tully 9th(tied) 16th
Chicago Gangsters Mike Gohlke 22nd Jason Allen 1st 14th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Payne 23rd Jerry Perez 8th 18th
Dallas Dragons 24th Luke Flynn 12th 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines David Duthie 1st Russ Philip 13th(tied) 1st
Syracuse Scorpions Alex Cruz 2nd Chris Alexander 11th 2nd
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 3rd Jonathan Hinkey 13th(tied) 7th
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 4th Alfredo Banuelos 3rd 3rd
Detroit Giants Fernando Espindola 5th Chris Huseman 4th 4th
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 6th Jonathan Raley 13th(tied) 9th
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 7th Daniel Friedrich 7th 6th
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 8th Mike Gelardi 2nd 5th
Hollywood Stars Paul Ainsworth 9th Greg Fleming 10th 10th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 10th Jimmy Johnson 1st 8th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 11th Justin Perez 13th(tied) 11th
Charleston Sea Dogs Dusty Anderson 12th Justin Teehan 23rd 21st
Austin Desperados Drew Riggi 13th Justin Morgan 13th(tied) 12th
Oakland Invaders Ruben Alamo 14th Charlie Zimmerman 21st 20th
Tampa Bay Captains Danny Lebron 15th 24th 24th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Zerger 16th (tied) Sean Welliver 22nd 22nd
Mexico City Aztecs Tobias Rivera 16th (tied) Nelson Archuleta 9th 14th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Marcos Santiago 18th Eric Kraft 8th 13th
San Diego Fleet Jason Cox 19th Alex Hernandez 13th(tied) 17th
Toronto Trash Pandas Keagan Deming 20th Jesse Stopper 6th 16th
Philadelphia Marauders Mark LeFevre 21st Pablo Gonzalez 5th 15th
Dallas Dragons Brent Hansen 22nd Adam Wright 20th 23rd
Carolina Reapers Bill Havey 23rd Joe Best 13th(tied) 19th
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 24th Edwin Retana 12th 18th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Edwin Rodriguez 1st 1st
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 2nd Sébastien Fleury 6th(tied) 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariëns 3rd 20th(tied) 20th
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 4th Trent Lovoi 2nd(tied) 3rd
Maine Pines Eric Hicks 5th Rob Lopez 2nd(tied) 4th
Mexico City Aztecs John Hunt 6th Jose Saenz 6th(tied) 5th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 7th 20th(tied) 21st
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 8th Scott Goldfein 6th(tied) 6th
Halifax Heathens Seth Hardwick 9th Lamar Bridges 18th 15th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 10th Jean-François Vivier 12th 12th
Philadelphia Marauders Austin Compton 11th Danny Martinez 6th(tied) 8th
San Francisco Fire Kyle Nash 12th Kyle Nash 14th 14th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ryan Forsythe 13th Jason Lewis 5th 7th
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 14th Aaron Williams 6th(tied) 9th
Oakland Invaders Jose Avelar 15th (tied) David Raney 17th 18th
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 15th (tied) 20th(tied) 22nd
Toronto Trash Pandas Ryan Compton 17th John Troia 16th 17th
Detroit Giants Ramon Dozal 18th (tied) Leo Carballo 13th 13th
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 18th (tied) Pat Bell 15th 16th
Cincinnati Royals Jay Bloms 20th 20th(tied) 23rd
Dallas Dragons Rocky Hawke 21st Chris Gutierre 6th(tied) 10th
Chicago Gangsters Eric Drake 22nd Jordan Rivas 19th 19th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Philip Couillard 23rd 20th(tied) 24th
Austin Desperados Jesse Griffin 24th Jesse Griffin 4th 11th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st Jake Criscuolo 10th 4th
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 2nd 20th(tied) 18th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jeff Yule 3rd Raul Rodriguez 19th 9th
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 4th Steve Bloomquist 14th 10th
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 5th Ronald Poole 2nd 1st
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 6th 20th(tied) 19th
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 7th Carlos Cordero 18th 11th
Charleston Sea Dogs Charlie Paquin 8th David Anast 3rd(tied) 2nd
Oakland Invaders Jim Henkemeyer 9th 20th(tied) 21st
Mexico City Aztecs Danny Velasquez 10th Danny Velasquez 3rd(tied) 3rd
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 11th Andrew Flynn 17th 14th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 12th Mario Gutierrez 15th 13th
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 13th Matthew Bridges 13th 12th
San Diego Fleet Alfonso Sanchez 14th Alex Melo 3rd(tied) 6th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jon Kenyon 15th John Russell 11th 15th
Austin Desperados Giovanni Hearn 16th Giovanni Hearn 1st 5th
Tampa Bay Captains Adam Bechdel 17th Chih Ren 12th 17th
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 18th 20th(tied) 23rd
Hollywood Stars Roy Blaylock 19th Victor Cruz 9th 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles George Hutchison 20th Brian Bopp 3rd(tied) 7th
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 21st 20th(tied) 24th
New York Nightmare John Osterman 22nd Lorenzo Garza 3rd(tied) 8th
Carolina Reapers Rich Simmer 23rd Cesar Torres 16th 20th
San Francisco Fire 24th Justin Ottinger 3rd(tied) 22nd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 1st David Torres 15th 1st
Maine Pines Skyler Fundis 2nd Mark Crawford 8th 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 3rd Brian Hendrix 2nd 2nd
Fountain Hills 23ers Corey Pope 4th 24th 24th
San Diego Fleet Dale Day 5th Mario Ibarra 4th 4th
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 6th Jose Mora 18th 5th(tied)
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 7th Eric Alvarado 19th 7th
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 8th Lee Peck 12th 5th(tied)
Mexico City Aztecs Chris Martinez 9th David Short 16th 8th
Boston Whistlers Taylor McLean 10th Malcolm McKechnie 20th(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Anderson 11th Ian Schelling 20th(tied) 13th
Hollywood Stars John Beck 12th John Breshears 10th 9th
New York Nightmare Rob Black 13th Chris Miller 13th 10th
Oakland Invaders Mike Raia 14th Rich Miklavcic 17th 15th
Chicago Gangsters Paul Morgan 15th Tim Wolff 1st 11th
Charleston Sea Dogs Tim Hutchison 16th Joe Bacon 9th 14th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Stanifer 17th Mike Grant 11th 17th
Austin Desperados Matt Blevins 18th Dustin Owens 14th 19th
Phoenix Gladiators Brian Shultz 19th Rick Gruber 6th 16th
Tampa Bay Captains Jonathan McCarthy 20th Daniel Mikel 3rd 18th
San Francisco Fire Jim Hofland 21st Steve Nalbach 7th 20th
Halifax Heathens Keith Tarrant 22nd Danny Walker 5th 21st
Carolina Reapers Ryan Burchett 23rd Prince Sunderland 20th(tied) 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Art MacDonald 24th Ryan May 20th(tied) 23rd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Jim Borich 1st Jesse Rupp 3rd 1st
Austin Desperados John Austin 2nd Willie Zepeda 9th(tied) 2nd
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 3rd Victor Ontiveros 18th 15th
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 4th Juan Guerra 5th 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 5th Jay Kowalski 7th(tied) 4th
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 6th Dan Navarro 6th 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs Nick Wisniewski 7th John Hall 4th 6th
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 8th Gene Flood 9th(tied) 8th
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 9th Oscar Juarez 2nd 7th
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 10th Cameron Kovatch 9th(tied) 9th
Phoenix Gladiators Pat Bounds 11th 19th(tied) 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 12th Ray Alleyne 17th 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Root 13th Jorge Gonzales 9th(tied) 11th
Mexico City Aztecs Jim Dauphin 14th Francisco Chavez 1st 10th
Hollywood Stars Marco Madrigal 15th Kalle Hovinen 15th 17th
Cincinnati Royals Jason Paulsen 16th 19th(tied) 20th
Dallas Dragons Caleb Langenwalter 17th 19th(tied) 21st
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 18th Manuel Martinez 9th(tied) 13th
Indianapolis Eagles Adam McCumiskey 19th Matthew Brown 7th(tied) 12th
Tampa Bay Captains Ron Eckhardt 20th 19th(tied) 22nd
Oakland Invaders Bill Kibler 21st Kyle Twigg 9th(tied) 14th
San Francisco Fire Rich Tangorra 22nd 19th(tied) 23rd
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 23rd 19th(tied) 24th
Chicago Gangsters Willie Bravo 24th Oscar Ramirez 16th 18th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Chris Benedict 4th 1st
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 2nd Carlos Sanchez 10th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Ernesto Ramirez 3rd Marco Grijalva 7th 3rd
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 4th Ivan Fuentes 11th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Royals Rick Brown 5th Don Hutchison 16th 14th
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 6th Armando Gomez 2nd 4th
New York Nightmare Jesus Cardona 7th 20th(tied) 18th
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 8th Damien Przybylski 3rd 6th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Russ Reinertsen 9th Manny Cordon 19th 15th
Mexico City Aztecs Dan Harmon 10th Dan Harmon 11th(tied) 7th
Fountain Hills 23ers Scott Zembower 11th Eli Martinez 18th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Casey Kearney 12th 20th(tied) 19th
San Francisco Fire Willie Villegas 13th Felix Mora 11th(tied) 10th
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 14th Eric Wilson 8th 8th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 15th Justin McCoy 17th 17th
Indianapolis Eagles Tony Bradshaw 16th 20th(tied) 21st
Hollywood Stars Adam Cooper 17th 20th(tied) 23rd
Dallas Dragons Glen Helms 18th Steve Nebeker 1st 9th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 19th 20th(tied) 24th
Austin Desperados Joe Chennault 20th Rich Maciejewski 11th(tied) 12th
Oakland Invaders Mike Bolden 21st Marc Alexander 5th 11th
Tampa Bay Captains Justin Grasso 22nd Justin Grasso 11th(tied) 13th
Chicago Gangsters 23rd (tied) Mark Bower 6th 20th
Toronto Trash Pandas 23rd (tied) Bill Cardiello 9th 22nd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Rodrigo Lemus 1st Tom Balletta 7th 1st
Maine Pines Nick Slover 2nd Dave Figley 6th 2nd
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 3rd Andy Merrick 16th 3rd
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 4th Chris Huyard 3rd 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs Andy Weatherholt 5th Gregg Daugherty 2nd 4th
Cincinnati Royals Dave Harvey 6th Mike Gentry 12th 7th
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 7th Rodolfo Hernandez 20th 17th
Phoenix Gladiators Rob Alvarez 8th Chris Gagarian 19th 18th
Oakland Invaders Dennis Allen 9th Omar Valentin 1st 6th
Hollywood Stars Logan Mayhew 10th Brad Scioli 13th 11th
Detroit Giants Nick Turpen 11th Rafael Cruz 8th 8th
Indianapolis Eagles John Hennig 12th Jon Clark 9th 10th
Boston Whistlers Kory Pullar 13th Kory Pullar 5th 9th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 14th 24th 24th
Dallas Dragons Brandon Jones 15th Bobby Henderson 21st 21st
Carolina Reapers Steve Cates 16th Danny Orfila 17th 14th
New York Nightmare Dustin Lewis 17th Chris Hall 4th 12th
Fountain Hills 23ers Taylor Motyl 18th Greg Brando 10th 13th
Chicago Gangsters Sam Palacios 19th Jesus Garcia 22nd(tied) 22nd
Toronto Trash Pandas Winston Caballero 20th Mark Stuart 15th 15th
Tampa Bay Captains Joe Bernard 21st Joe Bernard 22nd(tied) 23rd
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 22nd Ferhat Chiwocha 11th 16th
Mexico City Aztecs Jaden Mack 23rd R.J. Eisen 18th 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Dudley 24th Evan Edelstein 14th 19th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 1st Dave Coe 15th 2nd
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 2nd Dan Gragnani 2nd 1st
San Diego Fleet Lorenzo Landin 3rd Lorenzo Landin 3rd(tied) 3rd
Cincinnati Royals Jayson Wagner 4th Brandon Smith 18th 12th
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 5th Sotan Matsuoka 22nd 15th
Halifax Heathens Jose Ojeda 6th Jerardo Perez 8th 4th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 7th Ken Hicks 24th 17th
Hollywood Stars Steve Ray 8th Steve Ray 3rd(tied) 5th
Carolina Reapers Shane Edwards 9th Josh Carlson 13th 7th
Fountain Hills 23ers Stuart Taylor 10th (tied) Tim Peters 6th 6th
Mexico City Aztecs Sean Ryan 10th (tied) Paul Ganley 17th 16th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 12th Ryan Hadder 14th 9th
San Francisco Fire Keith Hawes 13th Chris Hinojosa 16th 14th
Maine Pines Chris Hames 14th Tim Suttle 10th 10th
Tampa Bay Captains Mike Grotjohn 15th Kevin Martinez 21st 21st
Charleston Sea Dogs Shane Kidd 16th Jaheim Johnson 1st 8th
Oakland Invaders Josh Becker 17th Ryan McEntyre 3rd(tied) 11th
Boston Whistlers Dusty Thomas 18th Ken Yates 7th 13th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 19th Micah Weidner 12th 18th
Detroit Giants Tony Wooten 20th Heath Johnston 9th 19th
Philadelphia Marauders Jeremy Ferraro 21st Jeremy Ferraro 11th 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles John Wicken 22nd Kevin Miller 20th 22nd
Austin Desperados Ethan Yarbrough 23rd Edgar Ramirez 23rd 23rd
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 24th Dae-jin Lee 19th 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 1st Marcos Guadarrama 18th 16th
Oakland Invaders Josh Becker 2nd Cory Crabtree 9th(tied) 2nd
Carolina Reapers Jake Schmitt 3rd Ben Foster 3rd 1st
Boston Whistlers D.J. Elliott 4th Allen D'Amico 15th 14th
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 5th Brian Joiner 9th(tied) 3rd
Maine Pines Chris Hames 6th Jonathan Kellerstrass 9th(tied) 5th
Indianapolis Eagles Greg Camarillo 7th Luke Walley 23rd 18th
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 8th Scott Chrysler 24th 19th
Fountain Hills 23ers Wade McGonigle 9th Jim Hart 4th 4th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 10th Scott Clary 9th(tied) 8th
Charleston Sea Dogs Shane Kidd 11th Eddie O'Connor 5th(tied) 6th
Tampa Bay Captains Jason Washington 12th Jason Eppert 9th(tied) 9th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 13th Bill Roderick 17th 17th
San Francisco Fire Jesus Henriguez 14th Gabe Sprung 1st 7th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 15th Randy Nitchals 22nd 21st
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 16th (tied) Jeff Reade 8th 10th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 16th (tied) Steve Albrecht 20th 20th
Austin Desperados Joe McLaughlin 18th Shane Campbell 5th(tied) 11th
Cincinnati Royals Wayne Harless 19th David Cooper 21st 22nd
Mexico City Aztecs Jeff Cox 20th R.J. Eisen 2nd 12th
Halifax Heathens Jonathan Bruckert 21st Colby Kelly 7th 13th
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 22nd Matt Johnson 16th 23rd
Phoenix Gladiators Max Mascareno 23rd Max Mascareno 9th(tied) 15th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 24th Joe Lilley 19th 24th
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