AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/10/2024
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 1st 20th(tied) 20th
Oakland Invaders Mike Sligar 2nd Ricky Cortes 5th(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 3rd Xavier Brandon 9th 2nd
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 4th 20th(tied) 21st
Halifax Heathens Bruce Richards 5th Sean Custis 7th 4th
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 6th Chris Terry 5th(tied) 3rd
Hollywood Stars Mike Pierskalla 7th Jerry Milton 18th 17th
Vancouver Caribou Juan Conde 8th Juan Conde 12th(tied) 7th
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 9th Jonathan Kober 12th(tied) 8th
Maine Pines Dustin Downing 10th Mike Hydo 12th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Van Donsel 11th Matt Lepa 1st 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs John Werlin 12th Ben Everly 2nd 6th
Boston Whistlers Mike Fowler 13th Craig Dobbs 12th(tied) 11th
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 14th Kevin Crouch 10th 9th
Tampa Bay Captains Greg McManus 15th 20th(tied) 22nd
Austin Desperados Dave Jimenez 16th 20th(tied) 23rd
Dallas Dragons Gustavo Rawson 17th Zach Troyer 12th(tied) 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Carroll 18th Jim Kaufman 4th 12th
Detroit Giants Cameron Witt 19th Evan McCulley 19th 19th
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Gwinn 20th Cory Bloodsaw 11th 14th
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 21st Mike Shabazian 8th 15th
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 22nd Brent Mallinson 3rd 16th
Phoenix Gladiators Dave Yeater 23rd 20th(tied) 24th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 24th Ryan Rosenson 17th 18th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 1st Adam Persons 22nd 21st
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 2nd Lance Parrent 8th(tied) 1st
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 3rd Jim Green 18th 4th
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 4th Corey Ramirez 8th(tied) 2nd
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 5th Eddie Mongold 3rd 3rd
Oakland Invaders Jonathan Cunningham 6th Cameron Williams 8th(tied) 6th
San Diego Fleet Jon Pitts 7th Eddie Monaghan 7th 5th
Toronto Trash Pandas Phil Tibbits 8th Jim Naig 16th 8th
Boston Whistlers Tim Lotz 9th George Kinder 13th 11th
Detroit Giants Angelo Mejia 10th Leo Mendez 6th 9th
Dallas Dragons Cole Calkins 11th Firmino Fischetti 11th 12th
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Dietel 12th Mike Fitzgerald 19th(tied) 15th
Vancouver Caribou Brian Massey 13th Brad Raska 17th 14th
Philadelphia Marauders Carlos Barreto 14th Jim Brannon 2nd 10th
New York Nightmare Juan Andrade 15th Jim Wilkes 1st 7th
Austin Desperados Jim Sykora 16th Brad Largent 12th 13th
Maine Pines Steve McKinstry 17th Pete Roan 19th(tied) 16th
Carolina Reapers Bobby Phillips 18th (tied) Mike Chaloux 14th 18th
San Francisco Fire Noel Cusack 18th (tied) Zach Weakley 4th 17th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Ross Dorough 20th 23rd(tied) 22nd
Tampa Bay Captains David Domina 21st 23rd(tied) 23rd
Chicago Gangsters Hector Alvarez 22nd Matt Peterson 5th 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 23rd Justin Thurston 15th 20th
Halifax Heathens 24th Ben Leonardi 21st 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 1st Nate Dubiel 2nd 1st
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 2nd Jonathan Hinkey 12th(tied) 3rd
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 3rd Santiago Ytuarte 12th(tied) 4th
Oakland Invaders David Duthie 4th Pete Horne 4th 2nd
Vancouver Caribou Brian Myers 5th Constantin Lupu 10th 5th
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 6th Mike Gelardi 9th 6th
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 7th Jason Clare 12th(tied) 7th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 8th Mikkel Goldbaek 12th(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 9th Bobby Butler 7th 9th
Charleston Sea Dogs Danny Lebron 10th Justin Teehan 12th(tied) 10th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 11th Sean Welliver 12th(tied) 11th
San Diego Fleet Jason Cox 12th Aaron Cleaveland 19th 19th
Detroit Giants Ben Barbone 13th Chris Huseman 6th 12th
Maine Pines Andy Costner 14th Danny Solis 12th(tied) 14th
Philadelphia Marauders Mark LeFevre 15th Kikuji Tanaka 20th 20th
Austin Desperados Brent Hansen 16th Drew Riggi 8th 15th
Hollywood Stars Alec Stanley 17th 21st(tied) 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Jon Dearman 18th R.J. DeStefano 1st 13th
Tampa Bay Captains Nick Rucker 19th 21st(tied) 22nd
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 20th Edwin Retana 11th 18th
Toronto Trash Pandas Brian Marquez 21st Mitch Jensen 5th 17th
Syracuse Scorpions Javier Tarango 22nd Chris Alexander 3rd 16th
Carolina Reapers Jon Fritz 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Dallas Dragons 24th 21st(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Paul Tetzloff 10th(tied) 1st
Halifax Heathens Austin Compton 2nd Seth Hardwick 10th(tied) 4th
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 3rd Dustin Roachell 8th 2nd
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 4th Doug Joseph 9th 3rd
Detroit Giants Ryan Forsythe 5th Chris Stivers 10th(tied) 5th
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariƫns 6th 20th(tied) 20th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 7th Max Guerrero 3rd 6th
Cincinnati Royals Jay Bloms 8th (tied) 20th(tied) 21st
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 8th (tied) Justin Scott 16th 16th
Maine Pines Josh Alcorn 10th Josh Alcorn 2nd 7th
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 11th 20th(tied) 22nd
Fountain Hills 23ers Mike Townsend 12th 20th(tied) 23rd
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 13th Matt Davis 6th 9th
Tampa Bay Captains Rocky Hawke 14th Pat Bell 17th 17th
Toronto Trash Pandas John Gadsden 15th Ryan Compton 1st 8th
Austin Desperados Ramon Dozal 16th Ashton Baldwin 10th(tied) 10th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Alex Natera 17th Kevin Davis 10th(tied) 12th
Vancouver Caribou Kevin Schneider 18th 20th(tied) 24th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ty Beckford 19th Francisco Mendez 19th 19th
Dallas Dragons Josh Kelly 20th Josh Kelly 4th 11th
Oakland Invaders Jared Smith 21st Jose Avelar 18th 18th
San Francisco Fire Matthew Little 22nd Kyle Nash 10th(tied) 14th
Chicago Gangsters Gary Draeger 23rd Billy Manuele 5th 13th
Philadelphia Marauders Joe Cross 24th Gregg Carter 7th 15th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st 15th(tied) 10th
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 2nd John Anderson 12th 8th
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 3rd Hector Landa 1st 1st
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 4th 15th(tied) 16th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 5th Fabian Hartnett 3rd(tied) 2nd
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 6th 15th(tied) 17th
Charleston Sea Dogs Charlie Paquin 7th Dan Canady 9th 9th
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 8th Steve Bloomquist 3rd(tied) 3rd
Austin Desperados Ruben Alamo 9th 15th(tied) 18th
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 10th Dylan Waters 8th 11th
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 11th Curtis Rittenberry 10th 12th
Oakland Invaders Adam Bechdel 12th Mike Maynard 14th 14th
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 13th Andrew Flynn 11th 13th
San Diego Fleet Josh Law 14th Steve Ross 3rd(tied) 4th
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 15th 15th(tied) 19th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Matt Schmid 16th Alan McConnell 3rd(tied) 5th
San Francisco Fire Willie Alvarez 17th Bobby Uribe 13th 15th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jim Gavilanes 18th Raul Rodriguez 3rd(tied) 6th
New York Nightmare John Osterman 19th 15th(tied) 20th
Toronto Trash Pandas Mike Random 20th 15th(tied) 21st
Carolina Reapers Willie West 21st 15th(tied) 22nd
Vancouver Caribou Dave Agee 22nd 15th(tied) 23rd
Hollywood Stars Ricky Lopez 23rd Steve Anderson 2nd 7th
Tampa Bay Captains Brian LaFollett 24th 15th(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Oscar de Leon 1st 1st
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 2nd Ben Shafer 11th 2nd
New York Nightmare Rob Black 3rd Frank Hoffman 9th 4th
Phoenix Gladiators Brian Shultz 4th Ben Figueroa 7th 3rd
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 5th 23rd(tied) 21st
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 6th Jim Borich 2nd 5th
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 7th Javy Perez 14th(tied) 6th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Anderson 8th Tony Bradshaw 14th(tied) 7th
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 9th Brian Brockman 21st 18th
Fountain Hills 23ers Corey Pope 10th Rob Lindauer 20th 19th
Toronto Trash Pandas Sam Salas 11th Brian Hendrix 14th(tied) 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Derek Maher 12th 23rd(tied) 22nd
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Stanifer 13th Chris Stanifer 5th 8th
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 14th Brian Phillips 3rd 9th
Hollywood Stars Aharon Kroyan 15th Caleb Herendeen 4th 10th
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 16th Armando Gomez 22nd 20th
Oakland Invaders John Piscitelli 17th Mike Raia 14th(tied) 14th
San Francisco Fire Dan Brewer 18th (tied) Danny Haessly 14th(tied) 15th(tied)
Tampa Bay Captains Hunter Schalow 18th (tied) Paul Watson 14th(tied) 15th(tied)
Austin Desperados Matt Blevins 20th Jamie Perez 8th 13th
Chicago Gangsters Brandon Titus 21st Ken Castro 6th 12th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 22nd Skyler Fundis 13th 17th
Halifax Heathens 23rd (tied) Danny Walker 12th 24th
Vancouver Caribou 23rd (tied) David Short 10th 23rd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 1st Carlos Malabranca 7th(tied) 1st
Austin Desperados John Austin 2nd Chris Russell 15th 12th
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 3rd Paul Nicolopoulos 7th(tied) 2nd
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 4th Takenori Murayama 5th 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 5th Victor Ontiveros 3rd 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 6th Jose Argueta 13th 14th
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 7th Nick Schultz 12th 13th
Charleston Sea Dogs Nick Wisniewski 8th Isaiah Goulbourne 14th 15th
Phoenix Gladiators Jon Wagner 9th Mike Ayres 6th 5th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 10th Ray Alleyne 17th 16th
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 11th John Benson 7th(tied) 7th
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 12th 19th(tied) 19th
Cincinnati Royals Andrew Baltzley 13th Tommy King 16th 17th
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 14th Cameron Kovatch 1st 6th
San Francisco Fire Raul Arreola 15th 19th(tied) 20th
Oakland Invaders Jonathan Amorin 16th Mike Bolden 7th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Eagles Adam McCumiskey 17th Vinny Torres 2nd 8th
Hollywood Stars Marco Madrigal 18th Marco Madrigal 7th(tied) 11th
Dallas Dragons Jay Thibodeaux 19th 19th(tied) 21st
Vancouver Caribou Jim Dauphin 20th Francisco Flores 4th 10th
New York Nightmare Maik Penn 21st 19th(tied) 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Ryan Barker 22nd 19th(tied) 23rd
Tampa Bay Captains Jeff Coleman 23rd 19th(tied) 24th
Chicago Gangsters Juan Ortega 24th Willie Bravo 18th 18th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 1st Nate Fard 3rd 1st
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 2nd Ryan Waugh 8th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Eric Kukowski 3rd Todd Stevens 9th(tied) 3rd
Oakland Invaders Ernesto Ramirez 4th 22nd(tied) 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Russ Reinertsen 5th Aaron Rakers 19th 16th
San Diego Fleet Dale Day 6th Joel Patrick 9th(tied) 4th
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 7th Damien Przybylski 9th(tied) 6th
Austin Desperados Leo Serna 8th 22nd(tied) 21st
Cincinnati Royals Jerry Blake 9th (tied) Don Hutchison 7th 5th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 9th (tied) Chris Roberts 20th 17th
Maine Pines Julio Negron 11th 22nd(tied) 23rd
Boston Whistlers A.J. Cook 12th Taylor McLean 9th(tied) 9th
Syracuse Scorpions Billy Totten 13th Dan Richardson 18th 18th
Dallas Dragons Carlos Rodriguez 14th David Torres 9th(tied) 10th
San Francisco Fire Willie Villegas 15th Michael Nava 6th 8th
Charleston Sea Dogs Jason Hasiak 16th Jim Henkemeyer 2nd 7th
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Epstein 17th Luis Amador 9th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Eagles Chris Boyd 18th Jaden Lewis 17th 19th
Carolina Reapers Todd Korn 19th Eric Wilson 9th(tied) 14th
Hollywood Stars Francisco Fierro 20th Rich Maciejewski 5th 13th
Vancouver Caribou Mark Riley 21st William King 1st 12th
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 22nd Latrell Poff 9th(tied) 15th
Chicago Gangsters 23rd (tied) Dave Marcin 4th 22nd
Tampa Bay Captains 23rd (tied) Travis Letner 21st 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines Matt Graham 1st Chris Hawes 2nd 1st
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 2nd Vic Lucero 13th 5th
San Diego Fleet Rodrigo Lemus 3rd Tom Balletta 6th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 4th Branden Covington 4th 3rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Andy Weatherholt 5th Omar Cons 1st 4th
Phoenix Gladiators Felipe Ayala 6th Josh Foreman 17th 8th
Cincinnati Royals Dave Harvey 7th Bobby Villasenor 9th 7th
Dallas Dragons Jonathan Allen 8th Dave Combs 21st(tied) 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Antonio Sanchez 9th Mike Kendra 14th 10th
Oakland Invaders Alfredo Tiscareno 10th Randy Fischer 3rd 6th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 11th Kyle Griffin 21st(tied) 22nd
Detroit Giants Julian Bryant 12th Steve Dunn 5th 9th
New York Nightmare Jose Contreras 13th Allan Clemente 12th 12th
Carolina Reapers Rob Griffin 14th Steve Cates 16th 14th
Boston Whistlers Pat Wilber 15th Tony Morales 10th 13th
Tampa Bay Captains Ray Rorie 16th Jeremy Schroeter 20th 19th(tied)
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 17th Mike Hammond 21st(tied) 23rd
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 18th Chris Robles 15th 15th
Indianapolis Eagles Jerry Bowman 19th Danny Orfila 7th 11th
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Williams 20th Javier Alba 8th 16th
Hollywood Stars Andy Waring 21st Logan Mayhew 19th 17th
Chicago Gangsters Nick Slover 22nd Alex Guzman 24th 24th
Vancouver Caribou Nick Douglass 23rd Dylan Bibbs 18th 18th
Fountain Hills 23ers Curtis Gring 24th Brian Gay 11th 19th(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 1st Ferhat Chiwocha 10th 3rd
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 2nd Steve Ray 1st 1st
Charleston Sea Dogs Jon Reynolds 3rd Jeremy Ferraro 4th 2nd
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 4th Stuart Hamlin 19th(tied) 14th
Oakland Invaders Rich Hepler 5th Cory Crabtree 3rd 4th
Phoenix Gladiators Manny Brant 6th Ryan Robertson 16th 12th
Tampa Bay Captains Jayson Wagner 7th Jason Washington 19th(tied) 15th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 8th Micah Weidner 18th 13th
Chicago Gangsters Andy Bennett 9th Ken Hicks 15th 11th
Halifax Heathens Jose Ojeda 10th Ross Lefkowitz 12th 5th
Boston Whistlers D.J. Elliott 11th D.J. Elliott 6th 6th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 12th Edgar Ramirez 19th(tied) 19th
San Diego Fleet Rich Forbes 13th Adam Werth 11th 7th
San Francisco Fire Keith Hawes 14th Jon Messer 17th 18th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Woolverton 15th Tim Peters 7th 9th
Toronto Trash Pandas Tom Mott 16th Ryan Doran 5th 8th
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 17th Jaheim Sneed 9th 10th
Cincinnati Royals Gordie Clifford 18th Junior Millner 24th 22nd
Carolina Reapers Vinny Narvaez 19th Ben Foster 13th 16th
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 20th Oliver Murga 8th 17th
Hollywood Stars Nick Calvache 21st Kyle Thompson 2nd 20th
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 22nd Justin Andersen 14th 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Oliver Wilbanks 23rd Steven Hyatt 23rd 24th
Vancouver Caribou Mike Strasser 24th Armando Salas 22nd 23rd
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 1st Dave Combs 6th(tied) 1st
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 2nd Tony Hendrix 17th 15th
Charleston Sea Dogs Jon Reynolds 3rd Gregg Daugherty 8th 2nd
Tampa Bay Captains Jayson Wagner 4th Jason Washington 11th(tied) 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Wade McGonigle 5th Rich Wade 23rd 17th
Halifax Heathens Jose Ojeda 6th Jerardo Perez 9th 3rd
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 7th Bobby Simpson 15th 16th
Phoenix Gladiators Manny Brant 8th Jarred Gangi 6th(tied) 6th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 9th Steve Albrecht 11th(tied) 8th
Boston Whistlers Blake Bryant 10th Morgan Felty 21st 19th
Indianapolis Eagles Greg Camarillo 11th Mike Watts 3rd 7th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 12th Ethan Yarbrough 19th 18th
Philadelphia Marauders Chris Jacoby 13th Oliver Murga 2nd 5th
Toronto Trash Pandas Ryan Arntz 14th Chase Harriger 24th 20th
Detroit Giants Devin Wickliffe 15th Mike Driskell 4th 10th
San Francisco Fire Keith Hawes 16th Jon Messer 5th 11th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 17th Jon Ramirez 11th(tied) 12th
Cincinnati Royals Roberto Salazar 18th Junior Millner 11th(tied) 14th
Vancouver Caribou Adam Ryan 19th Armando Salas 10th 13th
Oakland Invaders John Salgado 20th Cory Crabtree 1st 9th
New York Nightmare John Dollar 21st Vince Silcox 20th 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 22nd Will Olejnik 18th 21st
Carolina Reapers Sean Rowe 23rd Jerrod Notaro 22nd 23rd
Chicago Gangsters C.J. Kiefer 24th Bill Roderick 16th 24th
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