AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/24/2023
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 1st Xavier Brandon 8th 1st
Hollywood Stars Mike Pierskalla 2nd Clay Tucker 20th(tied) 2nd
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 3rd (tied) Matt Peters 19th 4th
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 3rd (tied) Jerry Milton 17th 3rd
Halifax Heathens Bruce Richards 5th Sam Neeley 15th 5th(tied)
Maine Pines Dustin Downing 6th Brent Brogdon 13th(tied) 5th(tied)
San Francisco Fire Franklin Reyes 7th Jonathan Kober 6th 7th
Charleston Shiners John Werlin 8th Mike Fogg 16th 9th
Oakland Invaders Gustavo Rawson 9th Mike Sligar 1st 8th
Vancouver Mounties Josh Elder 10th Ray Branson 18th 13th
Dallas Dragons Cameron Polen 11th Zach Troyer 20th(tied) 15th
Carolina Reapers Malachi Smith 12th Adam Pelfrey 4th(tied) 10th
Boston Whistlers Eric Clayton 13th (tied) Paul Simister 2nd 11th
Indianapolis Eagles Josh Betts 13th (tied) Matt Lepa 3rd 12th
Tampa Bay Captains Greg McManus 15th David Stallman 23rd 17th
Chicago Gangsters Josh Kuhn 16th Kevin Crouch 7th 14th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Carroll 17th Jim Kaufman 4th(tied) 16th
Austin Desperados Dave Jimenez 18th Thomas Hounshell 10th 18th
Detroit Giants Brandon Fry 19th Evan McCulley 11th 19th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 20th Ryan Rosenson 12th 20th
Phoenix Gladiators Dave Yeater 21st Nate Richardson 24th 22nd
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Gwinn 22nd Shane Evans 13th(tied) 21st
San Diego Fleet Jose Morales 23rd Ben Cassese 9th 23rd
New York Nightmare John Medina 24th Bobby Brenner 22nd 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 1st Corey Ramirez 9th 1st
Vancouver Mounties Brian Massey 2nd Brad Raska 20th 3rd
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 3rd Adam Persons 10th 2nd
Boston Whistlers Carlos Herrera 4th Tim Lotz 11th 4th(tied)
New York Nightmare Juan Andrade 5th Jim Wilkes 2nd 4th(tied)
Maine Pines Steve McKinstry 6th Pete Roan 23rd 13th
Austin Desperados Jim Sykora 7th Alex Hernandez 7th 7th
Detroit Giants Angelo Mejia 8th Ruben Cabriales 15th 9th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 9th Ben Leonardi 24th 17th
San Francisco Fire Eric Blanset 10th Malcolm Babcock 1st 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Gabriel Crear 11th Adam Barker 8th 8th
Fountain Hills 23ers Juan Ortega 12th Steve Howard 13th 10th
Toronto Trash Pandas Phil Tibbits 13th Nick Makar 18th 15th
Charleston Shiners Cole Calkins 14th Michel DeRise 22nd 19th
Indianapolis Eagles Mark Payne 15th Ricky Plascencia 12th 12th
San Diego Fleet Sergio Portillo 16th George Foote 3rd 11th
Chicago Gangsters Hector Alvarez 17th Keith Cole 4th 14th
Dallas Dragons Jose Casas 18th Aaron Foster 6th 16th
Tampa Bay Captains David Domina 19th Eric DuBois 14th 18th
Carolina Reapers Jeff Whitis 20th Bobby Phillips 21st 21st
Philadelphia Marauders Chris Goldsmith 21st Jim Brannon 5th 20th
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 22nd Javy Villapando 16th 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Ross Dorough 23rd Jake Baker 19th 23rd
Oakland Invaders Danny Espinoza 24th Cameron Williams 17th 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 1st Steve Doyle 11th 3rd
Charleston Shiners Charlie Paquin 2nd Dan Canady 15th(tied) 5th
Vancouver Mounties Brian Myers 3rd Darius Poole 6th 4th
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 4th Nate Dubiel 3rd 2nd
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 5th Mike Gelardi 2nd 1st
Austin Desperados Ruben Alamo 6th Danny Gates 7th 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 7th Jim Franz 5th 7th
San Diego Fleet Jason Cox 8th Matt Rock 14th 8th
Tampa Bay Captains Bill Larrain 9th Lee Goldade 19th 9th
Detroit Giants Ben Barbone 10th Fernando Espindola 15th(tied) 10th
Oakland Invaders David Duthie 11th Pete Horne 20th 12th
Cincinnati Royals Jay Bloms 12th Jaden York 21st 15th
Dallas Dragons Alec Pavelka 13th Josh Kreisle 22nd 18th
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 14th Kody Garcia 24th 20th
San Francisco Fire Mark LeFevre 15th Dusty Ward 12th 13th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 16th Bobby Butler 18th 17th
Hollywood Stars Alec Stanley 17th Paul Franceschini 4th 11th
Maine Pines Pat Grayson 18th Tobias Rivera 10th 16th
Philadelphia Marauders Rick Joyce 19th Marc Toney 23rd 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Jon Dearman 20th R.J. DeStefano 8th 19th
Toronto Trash Pandas Bob Cook 21st Justin Phelps 13th 21st
Carolina Reapers Bill Havey 22nd Bill Havey 9th 23rd
Syracuse Scorpions Nate Volk 23rd Alex Cruz 1st 14th
Fountain Hills 23ers 24th David McGowan 17th 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st John Whitney 9th 1st
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 2nd Dustin Roachell 3rd 2nd
Halifax Heathens Austin Compton 3rd Andres Vega 1st 3rd
Detroit Giants Ryan Forsythe 4th Chris Stivers 19th 4th
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 5th Josh Kelly 24th 9th
Oakland Invaders Jonathan Cunningham 6th Jared Smith 14th 5th
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariƫns 7th Devin Terry 17th 7th
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 8th Justin Scott 12th 6th
Maine Pines Eric Hicks 9th Josh Alcorn 8th 8th
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 10th Ronnie Marshall 10th 10th
Toronto Trash Pandas John Gadsden 11th Jon Kenyon 7th 11th
San Francisco Fire Matthew Little 12th Kyle Nash 22nd 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Mike Townsend 13th Jose Balli 16th 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 14th Pat Bell 18th 15th
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 15th Joe Lilley 20th 18th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Alex Natera 16th Kevin Davis 2nd 12th
Charleston Shiners Keagan Deming 17th Dusty Anderson 13th 16th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 18th Mike DeWitt 6th 17th
Chicago Gangsters Gary Draeger 19th Billy Manuele 11th 19th
Austin Desperados Ramon Dozal 20th Ben Kaatz 23rd 21st
Dallas Dragons Eric Brewer 21st Arturo Farias 4th 20th
Boston Whistlers Chris Davies 22nd Brian Roseman 21st 23rd
Vancouver Mounties Jason Saunders 23rd Kevin Schneider 15th 22nd
Philadelphia Marauders Aaron Davenport 24th Joel Thompson 5th 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st Julio Silva 17th 1st
Chicago Gangsters Clemente Julio 2nd Eduardo Acosta 20th(tied) 2nd
Oakland Invaders Scott King 3rd Matt Evert 10th 3rd
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 4th Hector Landa 8th 4th
Austin Desperados Paul Ainsworth 5th Steve Ross 14th 5th
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 6th (tied) Dylan Waters 13th 6th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 6th (tied) Fabian Hartnett 16th 8th
Phoenix Gladiators Paul McCarthy 8th John Platzer 5th 10th
Boston Whistlers Roy Blaylock 9th Evan Stowe 2nd 7th
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 10th Curtis Rittenberry 3rd 9th
Dallas Dragons Bobby Castilla 11th Jay Pearson 19th 13th
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 12th Brian Hendrix 20th(tied) 15th
Charleston Shiners Chris Franklin 13th Bill Chavarria 6th 12th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Matt Schmid 14th George Hutchison 18th 17th
Toronto Trash Pandas Hector Uribe 15th 24th 24th
Fountain Hills 23ers Mario Aguiluz 16th Raul Rodriguez 1st 11th
Carolina Reapers Willie West 17th Oscar Garcia 4th 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Willie Alvarez 18th Max Benitez 15th 16th
San Francisco Fire Jared Priest 19th Jesus Arrellano 20th(tied) 19th
Vancouver Mounties Dave Agee 20th Miguel Martinez 23rd 22nd
Cincinnati Royals Jorge Guzman 21st Cherles Bezerra 9th 18th
New York Nightmare John Osterman 22nd Alex Infante 11th 20th
San Diego Fleet Matt Carpenter 23rd David Keith 7th 21st
Hollywood Stars 24th Fernando Paschini 12th 23rd
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 1st Hunter Long 11th 1st
Halifax Heathens Eric Kukowski 2nd Danny Walker 5th 2nd
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 3rd D'Andre Lyons 21st 4th
Oakland Invaders Juan Ortiz 4th Bill Bandy 17th 3rd
Vancouver Mounties Brian Shultz 5th Mark Riley 7th 5th
San Diego Fleet Jon Pitts 6th Dale Day 9th 6th
Tampa Bay Captains Clark Owens 7th Paul Watson 8th 7th
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 8th (tied) Rogelio Rodriguez 10th 8th(tied)
Indianapolis Eagles Marc McCain 8th (tied) Jerry Robinson 14th 10th
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 10th (tied) Justin Wish 15th 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Derek Maher 10th (tied) Chris Scoville 23rd 15th
Charleston Shiners Tim Hutchison 12th Jason Hasiak 13th 12th
Hollywood Stars Aharon Kroyan 13th Brian Roberts 4th 8th(tied)
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Quinton 14th Adam Lietz 22nd 20th
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 15th Brian Hendrix 12th 13th
Phoenix Gladiators Miguel Gutierrez 16th David Short 16th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Billy Totten 17th Gabe Garnica 18th(tied) 18th
Maine Pines Tony Ochoa 18th Skyler Fundis 24th 24th
Dallas Dragons Fred Hernandez 19th Danny Haessly 6th 17th
Boston Whistlers A.J. Cook 20th Willie Kirkham 18th(tied) 22nd
Chicago Gangsters Hiromichi Sato 21st Ken Castro 20th 23rd
New York Nightmare Ben Callahan 22nd Jesus Cardona 1st 14th
Austin Desperados Jake Way 23rd Tony Martinez 2nd 19th
San Francisco Fire Dan Brewer 24th Manny Gonzalez 3rd 21st
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 1st Justin McCoy 7th 1st
Austin Desperados John Austin 2nd Marco Madrigal 5th 2nd
Oakland Invaders Pat Marchitto 3rd Gary Nahum 4th 3rd
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 4th Jose Martinez 18th 5th
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 5th Nick Schultz 15th(tied) 7th
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 6th Jose Argueta 17th 8th
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 7th Caleb Langenwalter 2nd 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 8th Alfonso Estrada 6th 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Jon Wagner 9th Ernesto Olvera 11th(tied) 9th
San Francisco Fire Raul Arreola 10th Jeremy Hammond 24th 23rd
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 11th Armando Cuevas 20th 13th
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 12th Tim Michael 9th 10th
Cincinnati Royals Andrew Baltzley 13th Mike Bolden 13th 14th
New York Nightmare Maik Penn 14th Edwin Martinez 14th 15th
Dallas Dragons Jay Thibodeaux 15th Joe Robinson 22nd 17th
Charleston Shiners Marcos Villarreal 16th Jim Dauphin 3rd 12th
Indianapolis Eagles John Thaxton 17th Vinny Torres 1st 11th
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 18th Juan Guerra 8th 16th
Vancouver Mounties Tim Hummel 19th Francisco Flores 15th(tied) 18th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 20th Chris Guardiola 19th 19th
Hollywood Stars Mike Monia 21st Devin Perona 11th(tied) 20th
Chicago Gangsters Juan Ortega 22nd Luc Cohen 23rd 24th
Tampa Bay Captains Jeff Coleman 23rd Rocky Ruschak 10th 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Ryan Barker 24th Alberto Torres 21st 22nd
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 1st Sam Salas 11th 1st
Oakland Invaders Ernesto Ramirez 2nd Jason Finch 20th 2nd
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 3rd Damien Przybylski 19th 4th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Russ Reinertsen 4th Aaron Rakers 16th 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 5th William King 17th 7th
Maine Pines Julio Negron 6th Tyler Tolbert 24th 11th
Austin Desperados Leo Serna 7th Brian Hull 2nd 3rd
Cincinnati Royals Jason Paulsen 8th Edgar Ramos 6th 5th
Halifax Heathens Mike Costello 9th (tied) Todd Stevens 15th 9th
San Diego Fleet Jacob Kennedy 9th (tied) Jonathan Lewis 22nd 12th
Syracuse Scorpions Juan Lira 11th Dan Richardson 18th 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Epstein 12th Collin Mays 21st 17th
Hollywood Stars Tom Klenke 13th Tom Klenke 1st 8th
Philadelphia Marauders Bobby Roe 14th Bobby Roe 3rd 10th
San Francisco Fire Skyler Swan 15th Willie Villegas 8th 14th
Tampa Bay Captains Vinny Medina 16th Travis Letner 14th 18th
Dallas Dragons Carlos Rodriguez 17th Michael Nava 7th 15th
Boston Whistlers Dillon Rodriquez 18th Gerardo Romero 13th 20th
Charleston Shiners Josh Botello 19th Oscar de Leon 9th 19th
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 20th Latrell Poff 4th 16th
Indianapolis Eagles Chris Boyd 21st Tony Bradshaw 23rd 22nd
Carolina Reapers Todd Korn 22nd David Moore 5th 21st
Chicago Gangsters Matt Budish 23rd David Lewis 10th 23rd
Vancouver Mounties Victor Lopez 24th Trey Maughan 12th 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines Justin Jemison 1st Ryan Henry 2nd 1st
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 2nd Branden Covington 4th 2nd
Charleston Shiners Andy Weatherholt 3rd Omar Cons 1st 3rd
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 4th Jon Cordova 14th 6th
Indianapolis Eagles Jerry Bowman 5th Tim Sindt 9th 5th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Dudley 6th David Rogers 3rd 4th
San Diego Fleet Rodrigo Lemus 7th Brian Underwood 12th 8th
Oakland Invaders Alfredo Tiscareno 8th Justin Hesley 7th 7th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 9th Chris Pokorski 21st(tied) 21st
Detroit Giants Danny Offen 10th Nate Ray 8th 9th
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 11th Juan Rosales 21st(tied) 22nd
Carolina Reapers Rob Griffin 12th Jake Triplett 15th 12th
Phoenix Gladiators Felipe Ayala 13th Rob Alvarez 13th 10th
New York Nightmare Joe Schroeder 14th Jeff Groves 6th 11th
Hollywood Stars Andy Waring 15th Victor Luna 20th 20th
Fountain Hills 23ers Juan Fernandez 16th Brian Gay 5th 13th
Cincinnati Royals Lee Morgan 17th Bobby Villasenor 10th 14th
Chicago Gangsters Nick Slover 18th 24th 24th
Philadelphia Marauders Carlos Mendez 19th Josh Canas 17th 16th
Boston Whistlers Jay Helm 20th Tony Morales 19th 19th
Vancouver Mounties Jaden Mack 21st Jesse Tuuri 16th 15th
Dallas Dragons Mike Bryan 22nd Brandon Jones 18th 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Albert Fabian 23rd Jeremy Schroeter 21st(tied) 23rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Winston Caballero 24th Jim Murphy 11th 17th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 1st Chris Zich 6th 1st
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 2nd Chris Hames 5th 2nd
Charleston Shiners Travis Erb 3rd Shane Kidd 16th 4th
Oakland Invaders David Holloman 4th John Salgado 8th 3rd
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 5th Jose Palacio 23rd 20th
Tampa Bay Captains Jayson Wagner 6th Alex Valdes 18th 14th
Phoenix Gladiators Hector Berrios 7th Keith Kramer 13th 6th
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 8th Mike Braasch 20th 15th
Halifax Heathens Jeff Buck 9th Steve McManus 2nd 5th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Josh Gatto 10th Mike Kendra 3rd 7th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 11th Tyler Doss 17th 10th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Woolverton 12th Jeremy Sufka 11th 8th
San Diego Fleet Brad Antol 13th Pedro Rodriguez 10th 9th
Cincinnati Royals Matt McCracken 14th Andy Bennett 7th 11th
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 15th Lee Maher 9th 12th
Toronto Trash Pandas Antonio Villareal 16th Jay Waltman 14th 13th
San Francisco Fire Vinny Narvaez 17th Scott Hargraves 15th 16th
Chicago Gangsters Mike Walter 18th Kyle O'Hare 24th 23rd
Philadelphia Marauders Malcolm Freeman 19th Vince Mellon 12th 18th
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 20th Dana Walker 4th 17th
Boston Whistlers Josh Becker 21st D.J. Elliott 1st 19th
Vancouver Mounties Chris Brown 22nd Humberto Lopez 19th 21st
Carolina Reapers Mike Fisher 23rd Pat Eisen 21st 22nd
Hollywood Stars Jordan Clayton 24th Jeremy Killian 22nd 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 1st Kevin McGaha 24th 21st
Chicago Gangsters Nick Slover 2nd Kyle O'Hare 21st 19th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 3rd Brandon Williams 20th 18th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Antonio Sanchez 4th Will Olejnik 14th(tied) 4th
Charleston Shiners Travis Erb 5th Steve Gryder 14th(tied) 6th
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 6th Matt Haselden 1st 1st
Phoenix Gladiators Hector Berrios 7th Zack Scott 12th 5th
Tampa Bay Captains Jayson Wagner 8th Jason Washington 14th(tied) 11th
Boston Whistlers Blake Bryant 9th Tony Morales 2nd 2nd
New York Nightmare Joe Schroeder 10th Vince Silcox 18th 20th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 11th John Bonnell 5th 3rd
Hollywood Stars Carlos Carachure 12th Jeremy Killian 9th 7th
Detroit Giants Devin Wickliffe 13th Sean Rosato 8th 9th
Vancouver Mounties Chris Brown 14th Jesse Tuuri 7th 10th
San Francisco Fire Adam Holland 15th Dave Flores 23rd 23rd
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Woolverton 16th Sean Ryan 10th(tied) 12th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 17th Jonathan Bruckert 10th(tied) 14th
Toronto Trash Pandas Antonio Villareal 18th Chase Harriger 19th 22nd
Cincinnati Royals Roberto Salazar 19th Kevin Kovach 4th 8th
Philadelphia Marauders Chris Jacoby 20th Oliver Murga 22nd 24th
Halifax Heathens Brian Kauppinen 21st Josh Harkey 6th 15th
Carolina Reapers Mike Fisher 22nd Steve Cates 3rd 13th
Oakland Invaders Brad Williamson 23rd Randy Wall 14th(tied) 16th
Syracuse Scorpions John Keefe 24th John Keefe 13th 17th
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