AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/19/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Oakland Invaders Mike Sligar 1st Ricky Cortes 7th 1st
Charleston Sea Dogs Ben Everly 2nd Ben Everly 1st 2nd
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 3rd (tied) Jeff Riemer 3rd 3rd
Vancouver Caribou Juan Conde 3rd (tied) Pedro Morado 20th 17th
Maine Pines Bruce Richards 5th Mike Hydo 16th 15th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Van Donsel 6th Ammar bin Imran 5th 4th
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 7th Randy Clemons 6th 5th
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 8th 21st(tied) 21st
Boston Whistlers Mike Fowler 9th Paul Simister 4th 6th
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 10th Justin Harris 9th 7th
Hollywood Stars Alex Martinez 11th Jamal Martin 15th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 12th Paul Inman 17th 18th
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 13th Xavier Brandon 10th(tied) 8th
Phoenix Gladiators Mike Pierskalla 14th Oscar Naranjo 19th 19th
Austin Desperados Dave Jimenez 15th 21st(tied) 22nd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 16th Ryan Rosenson 10th(tied) 10th
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 17th (tied) Chris Anderson 18th 20th
Fountain Hills 23ers Joe Carroll 17th (tied) Josh Mahan 8th 9th
Dallas Dragons Gustavo Rawson 19th Zach Troyer 10th(tied) 12th
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 20th Richard Adelman 10th(tied) 13th
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Gwinn 21st Cory Bloodsaw 10th(tied) 14th
Halifax Heathens Greg McManus 22nd Omar Castillo 2nd 11th
Detroit Giants Evan McCulley 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Tampa Bay Captains Tom Gammill 24th 21st(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 1st Adam Persons 16th(tied) 1st
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 2nd George Kinder 4th 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 3rd Curtis Wojtysiak 14th 4th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 4th John Wallace 16th(tied) 5th
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 5th George Theodore 3rd 3rd
Carolina Reapers Bobby Phillips 6th Greg Mattox 10th 6th
Boston Whistlers Carlos Herrera 7th Jesse Lang 16th(tied) 10th
San Diego Fleet Carlos Miranda 8th Paul Tetzloff 7th(tied) 7th
New York Nightmare Jim Wilkes 9th Jim Wilkes 5th 8th
Dallas Dragons Cole Calkins 10th Luke Flynn 12th 12th
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 11th Jose Ramos 6th 9th
Detroit Giants Angelo Mejia 12th Nate Sheridan 7th(tied) 11th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 13th Ben Leonardi 22nd 22nd
Maine Pines Pete Roan 14th Pete Roan 16th(tied) 15th
Vancouver Caribou Jason Coppa 15th Steve Thomas 16th(tied) 16th
Oakland Invaders Steve McKinstry 16th Ryan Burchett 23rd 23rd
San Francisco Fire Noel Cusack 17th Zach Weakley 9th 14th
Philadelphia Marauders Carlos Barreto 18th Gregg Carter 2nd 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Brian Massey 19th Mike Fitzgerald 24th 24th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Ross Dorough 20th Aaron Went 15th 17th
Austin Desperados Jim Sykora 21st Pat Martin 16th(tied) 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 22nd Billy Warren 11th 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Alex Mendoza 23rd Jerry Tully 13th 21st
Chicago Gangsters Mike Gohlke 24th Matt Peterson 1st 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 1st Chris Flowers 2nd 1st
Maine Pines David Duthie 2nd Russ Philip 11th(tied) 3rd
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 3rd 22nd(tied) 21st
Oakland Invaders Jim Henkemeyer 4th Adam Mathis 11th(tied) 4th
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 5th Jaden York 4th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 6th Daniel Friedrich 11th(tied) 7th
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 7th Mike Gelardi 6th 5th
Charleston Sea Dogs Dusty Anderson 8th Eddie Duran 7th 6th
Hollywood Stars Paul Ainsworth 9th Nate Cobb 11th(tied) 8th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 10th Dan Skiba 11th(tied) 9th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 11th Justin Perez 21st 19th
San Diego Fleet Alfonso Sanchez 12th Alfonso Sanchez 10th 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Marcos Santiago 13th Chris Broadley 1st 10th
Vancouver Caribou Tobias Rivera 14th Constantin Lupu 8th 12th
Philadelphia Marauders Mark LeFevre 15th Ronald Poole 11th(tied) 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jason Perrigin 16th Jason Perrigin 11th(tied) 14th
Austin Desperados Tony Ivanez 17th Jesse Griffin 11th(tied) 15th
Carolina Reapers Rich Simmer 18th 22nd(tied) 23rd
Dallas Dragons Brent Hansen 19th Adam Wright 20th 20th
Syracuse Scorpions Nate Volk 20th Alex Cruz 9th 16th
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 21st David Gil 3rd 17th
Detroit Giants Ben Barbone 22nd Chris Huseman 11th(tied) 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Ricky Martinez 23rd 22nd(tied) 24th
Toronto Trash Pandas 24th Jesse Stopper 5th 22nd
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Alberto Rivas 19th 15th
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 2nd Trent Lovoi 7th(tied) 1st
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 3rd Sébastien Fleury 7th(tied) 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariëns 4th 21st(tied) 19th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 5th 21st(tied) 20th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 6th Eric Stogdill 7th(tied) 4th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ryan Forsythe 7th Jason Lewis 7th(tied) 5th
Maine Pines Eric Hicks 8th Rob Lopez 2nd 3rd
Halifax Heathens Seth Hardwick 9th Andres Vega 7th(tied) 6th
Detroit Giants Chris Stivers 10th Leo Carballo 7th(tied) 9th
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 11th Rene Aponte 20th 17th
Cincinnati Royals Jay Bloms 12th 21st(tied) 23rd
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 13th Matt Davis 6th 7th
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 14th (tied) 21st(tied) 24th
Vancouver Caribou Chris Dellinger 14th (tied) Kevin Cimini 18th 18th
Toronto Trash Pandas Keagan Deming 16th Ryan Compton 5th 8th
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 17th Pat Bell 16th 16th
Dallas Dragons Rocky Hawke 18th Chris Gutierre 4th 10th
Oakland Invaders Jose Avelar 19th Jose Avelar 7th(tied) 12th
Chicago Gangsters Eric Drake 20th Billy Manuele 3rd 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Philip Couillard 21st Kevin Davis 7th(tied) 13th
San Francisco Fire Jeff Mullinax 22nd Kyle Nash 7th(tied) 14th
Austin Desperados Dave Agee 23rd Ashton Baldwin 17th 21st
Philadelphia Marauders 24th Jamie Bender 1st 22nd
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st 21st(tied) 10th
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 2nd John Anderson 15th 5th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jeff Yule 3rd Raul Rodriguez 16th 6th
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 4th Albert Garcia 7th 4th
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 5th Steve Bloomquist 11th 7th
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 6th Carlos Crespo 12th 8th
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 7th Jesus Rodriquez 20th 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles George Hutchison 8th Alan McConnell 8th 9th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 9th Fabian Hartnett 1st 1st
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 10th Matthew Bridges 14th 12th
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 11th Dave Aschenbrener 3rd 2nd
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 12th Juan Galvan 19th 17th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jon Kenyon 13th John Russell 9th 13th
San Francisco Fire Adam Bechdel 14th Bobby Uribe 17th 16th
Oakland Invaders Ruben Alamo 15th 21st(tied) 22nd
San Diego Fleet Josh Law 16th Alex Melo 10th 14th
Austin Desperados Jared Priest 17th Julio Cortez 5th 15th
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 18th 21st(tied) 23rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Chris Franklin 19th Jose Valdez 2nd 3rd
Vancouver Caribou Mark Adams 20th John Hunt 6th 18th
New York Nightmare John Osterman 21st Lorenzo Garza 18th 21st
Hollywood Stars Alec Stanley 22nd Victor Cruz 4th 19th
Tampa Bay Captains Jim Spiegel 23rd Chih Ren 13th 20th
Carolina Reapers Bobby Tschida 24th 21st(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines Skyler Fundis 1st Carlos Martinez 15th 1st
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 2nd David Torres 18th 6th
Cincinnati Royals Eric Hayes 3rd Javy Perez 8th 2nd
New York Nightmare Jesus Cardona 4th Chris Miller 10th 5th
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 5th Jose Mora 9th 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Corey Pope 6th Rob Lindauer 23rd 21st
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 7th Brian Hendrix 6th 3rd
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 8th Bob Ontiveros 24th 22nd
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 9th Lee Peck 16th 8th
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 10th Luis Ortega 11th 7th
Indianapolis Eagles Jerry Robinson 11th Paul Dankenbring 20th(tied) 11th
Boston Whistlers Taylor McLean 12th Prince Sunderland 20th(tied) 13th
Oakland Invaders John Piscitelli 13th Mike Bolden 19th 12th
Phoenix Gladiators Brian Shultz 14th Ben Figueroa 7th 9th
Charleston Sea Dogs Tim Hutchison 15th Joe Bacon 1st 10th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Stanifer 16th Ryan Willin 13th(tied) 14th
Austin Desperados Matt Blevins 17th Dustin Owens 13th(tied) 15th
Hollywood Stars Tim Schellin 18th Andy Rael 5th 16th
Tampa Bay Captains Jonathan McCarthy 19th Travis Hammen 3rd(tied) 17th
Chicago Gangsters Brandon Titus 20th Tim Wolff 2nd 18th
Halifax Heathens Keith Tarrant 21st Danny Walker 3rd(tied) 19th
Vancouver Caribou Jason Leuci 22nd Chris Martinez 17th 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles 23rd (tied) Terry Chapin 22nd 24th
San Francisco Fire 23rd (tied) Steve Nalbach 12th 23rd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Austin Desperados John Austin 1st Jorge Rodriguez 7th(tied) 1st
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 2nd Jose Pineda 7th(tied) 2nd
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 3rd Ken Gavin 2nd 3rd
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 4th Juan Guerra 7th(tied) 4th
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 5th Nick Schultz 7th(tied) 5th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 6th Joe Tibbs 6th 8th
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 7th Joel Patrick 4th 7th
Charleston Sea Dogs Nick Wisniewski 8th John Hall 1st 6th
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 9th Brian Brockman 3rd 9th
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 10th Jose Argueta 16th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 11th Ray Alleyne 19th 17th
Vancouver Caribou Cesar Ornelas 12th Francisco Chavez 7th(tied) 10th
Indianapolis Eagles Takenori Murayama 13th Matthew Brown 7th(tied) 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Root 14th Ryan Ramirez 7th(tied) 12th
Phoenix Gladiators Pat Bounds 15th Pat Bounds 5th 13th
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 16th Caleb Langenwalter 7th(tied) 14th
Cincinnati Royals Pat Kirchner 17th Tommy King 21st 20th
San Francisco Fire Raul Arreola 18th Vinny Torres 18th 18th
Hollywood Stars Marco Madrigal 19th Eric Lilienthal 17th 19th
Oakland Invaders Mitch Jarka 20th Bill Kibler 7th(tied) 15th
New York Nightmare Maik Penn 21st 22nd(tied) 21st
Dallas Dragons Mike Monia 22nd 22nd(tied) 22nd
Tampa Bay Captains Manuel Campos 23rd 22nd(tied) 23rd
Chicago Gangsters 24th Robby Parra 20th 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Nick Cordova 3rd 1st
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 2nd Steve Gottlieb 6th(tied) 2nd
Halifax Heathens Eric Kukowski 3rd Marco Grijalva 11th 4th
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 4th Ramon Paz 6th(tied) 3rd
San Diego Fleet Dale Day 5th Ivan Hernandez 2nd 5th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Russ Reinertsen 6th 22nd(tied) 19th
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 7th Damien Przybylski 5th 6th
San Francisco Fire Willie Villegas 8th Michael Nava 1st 7th
Cincinnati Royals Jason Paulsen 9th Don Hutchison 13th(tied) 10th
Austin Desperados Leo Serna 10th (tied) Rich Maciejewski 10th 9th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 10th (tied) 22nd(tied) 20th
Fountain Hills 23ers Tim Scott 12th Luis Amador 18th 15th
Vancouver Caribou Mark Riley 13th Ed McCarson 4th 8th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 14th Gabe Ippolito 19th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Service 15th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Dallas Dragons Carlos Rodriguez 16th Steve Nebeker 12th 11th
Hollywood Stars Adam Cooper 17th Jesus Escobar 20th 17th
Indianapolis Eagles Chris Boyd 18th Jaden Lewis 13th(tied) 12th
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 19th Hisamichi Matsumoto 21st 18th
Tampa Bay Captains Sam Bingle 20th Justin Grasso 13th(tied) 13th
Carolina Reapers Kevin Spotts 21st Eric Wilson 9th 14th
Chicago Gangsters 22nd (tied) Mark Bower 8th 21st
Oakland Invaders 22nd (tied) Matt Grissom 17th 24th
Toronto Trash Pandas 22nd (tied) Ryan Waugh 13th(tied) 23rd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Maine Pines Nick Slover 1st Chris Hawes 2nd 1st
San Diego Fleet Takeji Takano 2nd Tom Balletta 5th 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Andy Weatherholt 3rd Jaheim Johnson 3rd 3rd
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 4th Vic Lucero 22nd 21st
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 5th Reynaldo Calle 11th 4th
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 6th Chris Huyard 12th 5th
Cincinnati Royals Dave Harvey 7th Stuart Maness 15th 7th
Phoenix Gladiators Bob Rehm 8th Chris Gagarian 18th 11th
Indianapolis Eagles John Hennig 9th Danny Orfila 4th 6th
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Williams 10th Mark Stuart 7th 8th
New York Nightmare Jose Contreras 11th Chris Hall 17th 13th
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 12th Mike Hammond 13th 10th
Dallas Dragons Pat DeChant 13th Scott Foote 21st 18th
Boston Whistlers Pat Wilber 14th (tied) Mike Hernandez 6th 12th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 14th (tied) 24th 23rd
Carolina Reapers Steve Cates 16th Jimmy DeMoss 20th 15th
Hollywood Stars Logan Mayhew 17th Scott Clary 16th 14th
Oakland Invaders Dennis Allen 18th Cody Fields 1st 9th
Detroit Giants Julian Bryant 19th Rafael Cruz 10th 16th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Dudley 20th Kevin Miller 8th(tied) 17th
Vancouver Caribou Nick Douglass 21st Alex Martinez 19th 20th
Chicago Gangsters Sam Palacios 22nd Alex Guzman 14th 19th
Tampa Bay Captains Edwin Montez 23rd Rich Pumphrey 23rd 24th
Fountain Hills 23ers Taylor Motyl 24th Tarjei Wiese 8th(tied) 22nd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 1st Micah Brown 5th 1st
Charleston Sea Dogs Jon Reynolds 2nd Jeremy Ferraro 6th 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 3rd Juan Santana 10th 3rd
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 4th Marc Manis 23rd(tied) 13th
Oakland Invaders Tom Paolucci 5th Cory Crabtree 4th 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Stuart Taylor 6th Tim Peters 9th 5th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 7th Ethan Yarbrough 16th 12th
Vancouver Caribou Sean Ryan 8th Jeff Cox 23rd(tied) 19th
San Francisco Fire Shane Edwards 9th Shane Edwards 20th 14th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 10th Ken Hicks 15th 9th
Carolina Reapers Vinny Narvaez 11th Ben Foster 14th 10th
Boston Whistlers D.J. Elliott 12th Ken Yates 7th 7th
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 13th Steve Ray 3rd 6th
Tampa Bay Captains Tony Gutierrez 14th Alex Holle 22nd 17th
Halifax Heathens Pat Nicholas 15th Jerardo Perez 8th 8th
San Diego Fleet Travis Erb 16th Ken Griffey 11th 11th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 17th Micah Weidner 18th 18th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 18th Ryan Fluker 17th 20th
Cincinnati Royals Jayson Wagner 19th Brandon Smith 21st 22nd
Philadelphia Marauders Malcolm Freeman 20th Joe Knoop 1st 15th
Detroit Giants Phil White 21st Phil White 2nd 16th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jesse Keim 22nd Joaquin Santiago 12th 21st
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles John Wicken 23rd Daniel Gilles 19th 23rd
New York Nightmare Tony Rosario 24th Justin Andersen 13th 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 1st Marc Manis 9th 1st
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 2nd Zack Scott 20th 16th
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 3rd Micah Brown 3rd 2nd
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 4th Ken Guzman 8th 4th
Fountain Hills 23ers Wade McGonigle 5th Jonathan Reeher 13th 7th
Cincinnati Royals Jayson Wagner 6th Stuart Maness 4th 3rd
Maine Pines Nick Slover 7th Bobby Simpson 21st 18th
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 8th Josh Adams 23rd 21st
Charleston Sea Dogs Jon Reynolds 9th Eddie O'Connor 7th 6th
Oakland Invaders Tom Paolucci 10th Pete Cook 1st 5th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 11th Bill Roderick 18th 20th
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 12th Mike Driskell 12th 8th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 13th (tied) Shane Campbell 17th 19th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 13th (tied) Jeremy Killian 22nd 23rd
Halifax Heathens Billy Shields 15th Matt Howe 14th(tied) 9th
Tampa Bay Captains Jason Washington 16th Kevin Martinez 16th 17th
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 17th Steve Albrecht 19th 22nd
Vancouver Caribou Sean Ryan 18th Alex Martinez 10th 10th
Boston Whistlers Blake Bryant 19th Jose Garcia 24th 24th
San Francisco Fire Shane Edwards 20th Shane Edwards 11th 11th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 21st Kevin Miller 5th 12th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jesse Keim 22nd Esteban Montoya 14th(tied) 14th
New York Nightmare Tony Rosario 23rd Justin Andersen 2nd 13th
Carolina Reapers Jerrod Notaro 24th Ben Foster 6th 15th
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