AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/31/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oakland Invaders Mike Sligar 1st Ricky Cortes 10th 1st
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 2nd Jim Voci 12th 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Ben Everly 3rd Mike Hankins 1st 3rd
Maine Pines Bruce Richards 4th Adrian Whalley 5th 5th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Van Donsel 5th Ryan Freeman 2nd 4th
Philadelphia Marauders John Werlin 6th Xavier Brandon 6th 6th
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 7th 20th(tied) 20th
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 8th Vin Rau 11th 7th
Vancouver Caribou Juan Conde 9th 20th(tied) 21st
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 10th 20th(tied) 22nd
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 11th Jimmy Williams 7th 8th
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 12th Pete DiBiaso 18th 17th
Boston Whistlers Paul Simister 13th Bubba Austin 4th 9th
Phoenix Gladiators Mike Pierskalla 14th Chris Tomlinson 16th 16th
Hollywood Stars Jamal Martin 15th 20th(tied) 23rd
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 16th Neil Wetzel 13th(tied) 11th
Fountain Hills 23ers Josh Mahan 17th Andrew Maness 19th 18th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 18th Ryan Rosenson 13th(tied) 12th
Halifax Heathens Paul Gaither 19th Omar Castillo 3rd 10th
Austin Desperados Malachi Smith 20th Kevin Hurt 13th(tied) 13th
Toronto Trash Pandas Eduardo Lopez 21st Cory Bloodsaw 9th 14th
Dallas Dragons Zach Troyer 22nd Mike Shabazian 8th 15th
Tampa Bay Captains Tom Gammill 23rd 20th(tied) 24th
Detroit Giants Jose Morales 24th Jaime Johnson 17th 19th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 1st Adam Persons 15th 1st
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 2nd Curtis Wojtysiak 17th(tied) 2nd
Carolina Reapers Mike Fearing 3rd Greg Mattox 7th 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 4th Jeremy Hurst 11th 4th
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 5th Eric Breene 17th(tied) 7th
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 6th George Kinder 4th 5th
San Diego Fleet Carlos Miranda 7th Edwin Rodriguez 5th 6th
Boston Whistlers Tim Lotz 8th Jesse Lang 17th(tied) 11th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 9th Ben Leonardi 23rd 23rd
Philadelphia Marauders Carlos Barreto 10th Jamie Bender 2nd 8th
Detroit Giants Angelo Mejia 11th Nate Sheridan 6th 9th
New York Nightmare Jim Wilkes 12th Steve Kettle 16th 12th
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 13th Jose Ramos 3rd 10th
Dallas Dragons Cole Calkins 14th Luke Flynn 17th(tied) 14th
San Francisco Fire Noel Cusack 15th Zach Weakley 13th 13th
Maine Pines Pete Roan 16th George Theodore 14th 15th
Oakland Invaders Steve McKinstry 17th Aaron Nelson 22nd 22nd
Fountain Hills 23ers Jason Perrigin 18th Mike Fitzgerald 24th 24th
Austin Desperados Jim Sykora 19th Pat Martin 17th(tied) 19th
Vancouver Caribou Chris Dellinger 20th Steve Thomas 12th 16th(tied)
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Payne 21st Jerry Perez 8th 16th(tied)
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 22nd Peter Coufal 9th 20th
Chicago Gangsters Mike Gohlke 23rd Marco Garcia 1st 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Alex Mendoza 24th Jerry Tully 10th 21st
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines David Duthie 1st Russ Philip 15th(tied) 2nd
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 2nd Alfredo Banuelos 7th 1st
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 3rd Jonathan Raley 20th 19th
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 4th Daniel Friedrich 9th 3rd
Hollywood Stars Paul Ainsworth 5th Greg Fleming 10th 4th
Syracuse Scorpions Alex Cruz 6th Chris Alexander 15th(tied) 6th(tied)
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 7th (tied) Jonathan Hinkey 12th 8th
Detroit Giants Fernando Espindola 7th (tied) Jose Jimenez 5th(tied) 6th(tied)
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 9th Mike Gelardi 2nd 5th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 10th Justin Perez 22nd 20th
Charleston Sea Dogs Dusty Anderson 11th Justin Teehan 23rd 21st
Austin Desperados Drew Riggi 12th Jesse Griffin 14th 10th
Oakland Invaders Ruben Alamo 13th (tied) Charlie Zimmerman 15th(tied) 12th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 13th (tied) Jimmy Johnson 1st 9th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Zerger 15th Sean Welliver 21st 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Marcos Santiago 16th Chris Broadley 3rd 11th
Vancouver Caribou Tobias Rivera 17th Nelson Archuleta 11th 13th
San Diego Fleet Jason Cox 18th Alex Melo 4th 14th
Philadelphia Marauders Mark LeFevre 19th Pablo Gonzalez 8th 15th
Dallas Dragons Brent Hansen 20th Adam Wright 19th 23rd
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 21st David Gil 13th 16th
Carolina Reapers Rich Simmer 22nd Joe Best 15th(tied) 18th
Toronto Trash Pandas Justin Phelps 23rd Eddie Duran 5th(tied) 17th
Tampa Bay Captains Ricky Martinez 24th 24th 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Dean Hostetler 15th 9th
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 2nd Sébastien Fleury 2nd(tied) 2nd
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 3rd Trent Lovoi 1st 1st
Maine Pines Eric Hicks 4th Rob Lopez 2nd(tied) 3rd
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariëns 5th Aaron Carr 12th 11th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 6th 21st(tied) 20th
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 7th Scott Goldfein 2nd(tied) 4th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 8th Eric Stogdill 18th 13th
Halifax Heathens Seth Hardwick 9th Lamar Bridges 20th 15th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ryan Forsythe 10th Jason Lewis 2nd(tied) 5th
Philadelphia Marauders Austin Compton 11th Danny Martinez 2nd(tied) 6th
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 12th Pat Bell 13th 16th
San Francisco Fire Kyle Nash 13th Kyle Nash 11th 14th
New York Nightmare Matt Davis 14th Aaron Williams 2nd(tied) 7th
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 15th 21st(tied) 21st
Toronto Trash Pandas Ryan Compton 16th John Troia 14th 17th
Cincinnati Royals Jay Bloms 17th 21st(tied) 22nd
Detroit Giants Ramon Dozal 18th Leo Carballo 10th 12th
Dallas Dragons Rocky Hawke 19th Chris Gutierre 2nd(tied) 8th
Oakland Invaders Jonathan Cunningham 20th David Raney 16th 18th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Philip Couillard 21st 21st(tied) 23rd
Chicago Gangsters Billy Manuele 22nd Jordan Rivas 19th 19th
Austin Desperados Jose Sanchez 23rd Ashton Baldwin 2nd(tied) 10th
Vancouver Caribou 24th Jose Saenz 17th 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st Jake Criscuolo 11th 3rd
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 2nd Ronald Poole 2nd 1st
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 3rd Carlos Crespo 13th 9th
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 4th Steve Bloomquist 16th 10th
Charleston Sea Dogs Charlie Paquin 5th David Anast 1st 2nd
Fountain Hills 23ers Jeff Yule 6th Raul Rodriguez 19th 11th
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 7th Carlos Cordero 18th 12th
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 8th 20th(tied) 17th
Oakland Invaders Jim Henkemeyer 9th 20th(tied) 18th
Vancouver Caribou John Hunt 10th Danny Velasquez 9th 7th
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 11th Dave Aschenbrener 4th(tied) 4th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 12th Mario Gutierrez 17th 14th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jon Kenyon 13th John Russell 12th 13th
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 14th Matthew Bridges 15th 16th
San Diego Fleet Alfonso Sanchez 15th Doug Wagner 4th(tied) 5th
Hollywood Stars Roy Blaylock 16th Victor Cruz 10th 15th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles George Hutchison 17th Brian Bopp 4th(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 18th 20th(tied) 22nd
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 19th 20th(tied) 23rd
Austin Desperados Jared Priest 20th Giovanni Hearn 3rd 8th
Carolina Reapers Tom Krueger 21st 20th(tied) 24th
Tampa Bay Captains Jim Spiegel 22nd Chih Ren 14th 19th
New York Nightmare 23rd (tied) Chase Dunn 4th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Francisco Fire 23rd (tied) Justin Ottinger 4th(tied) 20th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines Skyler Fundis 1st Mark Crawford 10th 1st
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 2nd David Torres 12th 2nd
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 3rd Brian Hendrix 3rd 3rd
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 4th Eric Alvarado 19th(tied) 5th
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 5th Mario Ibarra 17th 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Corey Pope 6th Joe Tibbs 23rd 23rd
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 7th Lee Peck 18th 7th
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 8th Prince Sunderland 19th(tied) 9th
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 9th Jose Mora 11th 6th
Indianapolis Eagles Jerry Robinson 10th Joe Bronson 19th(tied) 14th
Vancouver Caribou Chris Martinez 11th Dave McGee 13th 10th
Charleston Sea Dogs Tim Hutchison 12th Joe Bacon 5th 8th
Austin Desperados Matt Blevins 13th Dustin Owens 15th 12th
New York Nightmare Rob Black 14th (tied) Chris Miller 14th 13th
Oakland Invaders John Piscitelli 14th (tied) Justin Dawson 8th 11th
Boston Whistlers Taylor McLean 16th Jarred DeLozier 24th 24th
San Francisco Fire Willie Villegas 17th Steve Nalbach 16th 15th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Service 18th Mike Grant 7th 16th
Tampa Bay Captains Jonathan McCarthy 19th Daniel Mikel 4th 17th
Phoenix Gladiators Brian Shultz 20th Rick Gruber 6th 18th
Chicago Gangsters Paul Morgan 21st Tim Wolff 1st 19th
Halifax Heathens Keith Tarrant 22nd Danny Walker 9th 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Art MacDonald 23rd Ryan May 19th(tied) 21st
Hollywood Stars Eric Lilienthal 24th John Breshears 2nd 22nd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 1st Jesse Rupp 6th 1st
Austin Desperados John Austin 2nd Willie Zepeda 8th(tied) 2nd
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 3rd Kyle Resko 4th 3rd
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 4th Dan Navarro 5th 4th
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 5th Gene Flood 8th(tied) 8th
Charleston Sea Dogs Nick Wisniewski 6th John Hall 2nd 5th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 7th Victor Ontiveros 18th 14th
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 8th Cameron Kovatch 3rd 7th
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 9th Jay Kowalski 1st 6th
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 10th Brian Brockman 8th(tied) 9th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 11th Ray Alleyne 16th(tied) 15th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Root 12th Jorge Gonzales 8th(tied) 10th
Vancouver Caribou Cesar Ornelas 13th Francisco Chavez 7th 11th
Hollywood Stars Marco Madrigal 14th Kalle Hovinen 14th 16th
Cincinnati Royals Jason Paulsen 15th 20th(tied) 19th
Dallas Dragons Jon Wagner 16th 20th(tied) 20th
Phoenix Gladiators Pat Bounds 17th Mike Ayres 19th 17th
Indianapolis Eagles Adam McCumiskey 18th Matthew Brown 8th(tied) 12th
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 19th Matt Douglas 16th(tied) 18th
San Francisco Fire Rich Tangorra 20th 20th(tied) 21st
Oakland Invaders Mitch Jarka 21st Bill Kibler 8th(tied) 13th
Tampa Bay Captains Ron Eckhardt 22nd 20th(tied) 22nd
New York Nightmare Maik Penn 23rd 20th(tied) 23rd
Chicago Gangsters 24th Oscar Ramirez 15th 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Chris Benedict 9th 1st
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 2nd Ramon Paz 7th 3rd
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 3rd Steve Gottlieb 5th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Eric Kukowski 4th Marco Grijalva 8th 4th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Russ Reinertsen 5th Manny Cordon 19th 15th
San Diego Fleet Tim Gregg 6th Tim Gregg 1st 5th
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 7th Damien Przybylski 3rd 6th
Cincinnati Royals Jerry Blake 8th Don Hutchison 17th 14th
New York Nightmare Jesus Cardona 9th 20th(tied) 17th
Indianapolis Eagles Tony Bradshaw 10th 20th(tied) 18th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 11th Justin McCoy 18th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Casey Kearney 12th 20th(tied) 19th
Vancouver Caribou Mark Riley 13th Dan Harmon 13th(tied) 7th
Hollywood Stars Adam Cooper 14th 20th(tied) 21st
Carolina Reapers Todd Korn 15th Eric Wilson 11th 10th
Oakland Invaders Mike Bolden 16th Clark Ulery 4th 8th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 17th 20th(tied) 24th
Dallas Dragons Glen Helms 18th Steve Nebeker 2nd 9th
Fountain Hills 23ers Scott Zembower 19th Scott Zembower 13th(tied) 11th
Tampa Bay Captains Sam Bingle 20th Justin Grasso 13th(tied) 12th
San Francisco Fire Michael Nava 21st Michael Nava 12th 13th
Austin Desperados 22nd (tied) Doug Grimm 13th(tied) 23rd
Chicago Gangsters 22nd (tied) Mark Bower 6th 20th
Toronto Trash Pandas 22nd (tied) Bill Cardiello 10th 22nd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines Nick Slover 1st Chris Hawes 3rd 1st
San Diego Fleet Takeji Takano 2nd Tom Balletta 7th 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Andy Weatherholt 3rd Shalom Bruin 4th 3rd
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 4th Vic Lucero 14th 5th
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 5th Chris Huyard 5th 4th
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 6th Rodolfo Hernandez 21st 20th
Cincinnati Royals Dave Harvey 7th Mike Gentry 15th 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Rob Alvarez 8th Chris Gagarian 13th 8th
Indianapolis Eagles John Hennig 9th Jon Clark 8th 7th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 10th 24th 23rd
Hollywood Stars Logan Mayhew 11th Brad Scioli 18th 11th
Oakland Invaders Dennis Allen 12th (tied) Luis Cortez 1st 9th
Toronto Trash Pandas Winston Caballero 12th (tied) Mark Stuart 19th 17th
Boston Whistlers Joe Schroeder 14th Kory Pullar 2nd 10th
Dallas Dragons Jonathan Allen 15th Bobby Henderson 20th 21st
Detroit Giants Julian Bryant 16th Rafael Cruz 9th 12th
Carolina Reapers Steve Cates 17th Danny Orfila 16th 14th
New York Nightmare Dustin Lewis 18th Chris Hall 6th 13th
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 19th Ferhat Chiwocha 12th 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Dudley 20th Evan Edelstein 10th 15th
Fountain Hills 23ers Taylor Motyl 21st Mike Martinez 17th 19th
Vancouver Caribou Joe Brackett 22nd Jim Wallace 11th 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Edwin Montez 23rd Joe Bernard 22nd(tied) 22nd
Chicago Gangsters Sam Palacios 24th Jesus Garcia 22nd(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Shane Kidd 1st Chris Welch 1st 1st
Maine Pines Chris Hames 2nd Tim Suttle 10th 3rd
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 3rd Brian Joiner 2nd 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 4th Dave Coe 14th 5th
San Diego Fleet Travis Erb 5th Lorenzo Landin 4th 4th
Halifax Heathens Jeff Buck 6th Jerardo Perez 9th 6th
Cincinnati Royals Jayson Wagner 7th Brandon Smith 19th 14th
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 8th Stuart Hamlin 23rd(tied) 18th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 9th Carlos Flores 8th 7th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 10th Ken Hicks 22nd 16th
Boston Whistlers D.J. Elliott 11th Ken Yates 5th 8th
Detroit Giants Phil White 12th Brad Porretta 7th 9th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 13th Ryan Hadder 15th 11th
Oakland Invaders Tom Paolucci 14th Ryan McEntyre 3rd 10th
Philadelphia Marauders Chris Jacoby 15th Jeremy Ferraro 11th 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Stuart Taylor 16th Jim Hart 6th 12th
Tampa Bay Captains Greg Brittingham 17th Andrew Tanner 21st 19th
Carolina Reapers Roy Walk 18th Josh Carlson 18th 15th
Vancouver Caribou Sean Ryan 19th Bob Paterson 16th 17th
San Francisco Fire Jesus Henriguez 20th Jesus Henriguez 12th 20th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 21st Micah Weidner 13th 21st
Austin Desperados Ethan Yarbrough 22nd Robby Rush 20th 23rd
New York Nightmare Felix Marquez 23rd Dae-jin Lee 17th 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles John Wicken 24th Daniel Gilles 23rd(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 1st Marcos Guadarrama 22nd 14th
Maine Pines Nick Slover 2nd Jonathan Kellerstrass 9th(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 3rd Ricardo Chavarria 9th(tied) 5th
Carolina Reapers Jake Schmitt 4th Ben Foster 6th 3rd
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 5th Billy Cumberland 3rd 2nd
Fountain Hills 23ers Wade McGonigle 6th Jonathan Reeher 7th 6th
Charleston Sea Dogs Shane Kidd 7th Jeff Maxheimer 2nd 4th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 8th Bill Roderick 20th 18th
Oakland Invaders Tom Paolucci 9th Cory Crabtree 9th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Eagles Greg Camarillo 10th Luke Walley 4th 7th
Tampa Bay Captains Jason Washington 11th Kevin Martinez 9th(tied) 11th
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 12th Jeff Reade 5th 9th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 13th Ryan Hadder 1st 8th
Cincinnati Royals Wayne Harless 14th David Cooper 23rd 20th
Boston Whistlers Blake Bryant 15th Allen D'Amico 17th 19th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 16th Marvin Henderson 9th(tied) 12th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 17th Steve Albrecht 19th 21st
Austin Desperados Joe McLaughlin 18th Shane Campbell 9th(tied) 13th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 19th Joe Lilley 21st 22nd
Halifax Heathens Jonathan Bruckert 20th Colby Kelly 8th 15th
San Francisco Fire Scott Hargraves 21st Gabe Sprung 9th(tied) 16th
Phoenix Gladiators Max Mascareno 22nd Max Mascareno 9th(tied) 17th
Vancouver Caribou Paul Ganley 23rd Paul Ganley 24th 24th
New York Nightmare Felix Marquez 24th Matt Johnson 18th 23rd
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