AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/21/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Ben Everly 1st Ben Everly 1st 1st
Oakland Invaders Mike Sligar 2nd Ricky Cortes 11th(tied) 2nd
Vancouver Caribou Juan Conde 3rd 19th(tied) 19th
Indianapolis Eagles Matt Lepa 4th Jonathan Jaramillo 9th 4th
Maine Pines Bruce Richards 5th Mike Hydo 17th 16th
San Francisco Fire Jonathan Kober 6th Eduardo Lopez 6th 3rd
Chicago Gangsters Kevin Crouch 7th Randy Clemons 8th 5th
Cincinnati Royals Mike Rankin 8th 19th(tied) 20th
Philadelphia Marauders Eric Langley 9th Xavier Brandon 7th 7th
Boston Whistlers Mike Fowler 10th Paul Simister 4th 6th
Phoenix Gladiators Mike Pierskalla 11th Oscar Naranjo 18th 18th
San Diego Fleet Brent Brogdon 12th Brian DeHaas 5th 9th
Fountain Hills 23ers J.R. Daniels 13th Josh Mahan 3rd 8th
Syracuse Scorpions Ryan Mallory 14th 19th(tied) 21st
Dallas Dragons Gustavo Rawson 15th Zach Troyer 11th(tied) 11th
Hollywood Stars Alex Martinez 16th Jamal Martin 16th 17th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Chris Wagner 17th Ryan Rosenson 10th 12th
Austin Desperados Dave Jimenez 18th 19th(tied) 22nd
Carolina Reapers Franklin Reyes 19th Chris Anderson 11th(tied) 13th
Halifax Heathens Greg McManus 20th Sean Custis 2nd 10th
Toronto Trash Pandas Cory Bloodsaw 21st Cory Bloodsaw 11th(tied) 14th
New York Nightmare Bobby Brenner 22nd Juan Lozada 11th(tied) 15th
Detroit Giants Brandon Fry 23rd 19th(tied) 23rd
Tampa Bay Captains Tom Gammill 24th 19th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Toronto Trash Pandas Jaylen Taylor 1st Jim Naig 11th 1st
Cincinnati Royals Aaron Jalbert 2nd Adam Persons 16th(tied) 3rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Juan Ortiz 3rd Billy Carroll 2nd 2nd
Phoenix Gladiators Clemente Julio 4th Matt DeLaet 16th(tied) 6th
Hollywood Stars Eric Daniel 5th George Theodore 5th 4th
Carolina Reapers Mike Fearing 6th Mike Chaloux 7th 5th
Boston Whistlers Carlos Herrera 7th Jesse Lang 16th(tied) 8th
Indianapolis Eagles T.J. Walker 8th Jose Ramos 6th 7th
Maine Pines Pete Roan 9th Pete Roan 16th(tied) 10th
New York Nightmare Jim Wilkes 10th Jim Wilkes 3rd 9th
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Dietel 11th Mike Fitzgerald 24th 23rd
Dallas Dragons Cole Calkins 12th (tied) Ethan Patton 15th 11th
San Diego Fleet Carlos Miranda 12th (tied) Jeff Ciervo 16th(tied) 14th
Halifax Heathens Josh Fitzgerald 14th Ben Leonardi 22nd 21st
Oakland Invaders Steve McKinstry 15th Ryan Burchett 23rd 22nd
Vancouver Caribou Jason Coppa 16th Brad Raska 13th 16th
San Francisco Fire Noel Cusack 17th Zach Weakley 10th 15th
Detroit Giants Angelo Mejia 18th Leo Mendez 8th 13th
Philadelphia Marauders Carlos Barreto 19th Gregg Carter 1st 12th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Ross Dorough 20th Aaron Went 14th 18th
Austin Desperados Jim Sykora 21st Pat Martin 21st 24th
Chicago Gangsters Mike Gohlke 22nd (tied) Matt Peterson 4th 17th
Tampa Bay Captains Nick Rucker 22nd (tied) Jerry Tully 9th 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Tom Lusardi 24th Billy Warren 12th 20th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cincinnati Royals Heath Sherlock 1st Jaden York 5th 1st
Maine Pines David Duthie 2nd Russ Philip 11th(tied) 3rd
Boston Whistlers Jeff Beeson 3rd Mike Middlebrooks 3rd 2nd
New York Nightmare Bill Geeslin 4th Mike Gelardi 9th 4th
Halifax Heathens Chance Smith 5th Daniel Friedrich 8th 5th
San Francisco Fire Dusty Ward 6th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Hollywood Stars Paul Ainsworth 7th Nate Cobb 11th(tied) 7th
Fountain Hills 23ers David McGowan 8th Sean Welliver 11th(tied) 8th
Charleston Sea Dogs Dusty Anderson 9th Jason Lewis 1st 6th
Oakland Invaders Jim Henkemeyer 10th Adam Mathis 11th(tied) 10th
Austin Desperados Drew Riggi 11th Jesse Griffin 11th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Eagles Henry Cortez 12th Justin Perez 21st 19th
Phoenix Gladiators Zack Husley 13th Dan Skiba 11th(tied) 12th
Syracuse Scorpions Alex Cruz 14th Alex Cruz 4th 9th
Detroit Giants Fernando Espindola 15th Chris Huseman 11th(tied) 13th
San Diego Fleet Jason Cox 16th Justin Sinclair 20th 20th
Philadelphia Marauders Mark LeFevre 17th Ronald Poole 18th 18th
Vancouver Caribou Tobias Rivera 18th Constantin Lupu 10th 15th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Marcos Santiago 19th Chris Broadley 2nd 14th
Dallas Dragons Brent Hansen 20th Adam Wright 19th 21st
Carolina Reapers Rich Simmer 21st 22nd(tied) 23rd
Chicago Gangsters Nick Pratt 22nd Edwin Retana 6th 16th
Toronto Trash Pandas Justin Phelps 23rd Jesse Stopper 7th 17th
Tampa Bay Captains Ricky Martinez 24th 22nd(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Paul Pittman 1st Paul Tetzloff 7th(tied) 1st
Hollywood Stars Elijah Moody 2nd Trent Lovoi 7th(tied) 2nd
Boston Whistlers Brian Roseman 3rd Sébastien Fleury 7th(tied) 3rd
Phoenix Gladiators Ton Ariëns 4th 21st(tied) 20th
Philadelphia Marauders Jamie Bender 5th Jamie Bender 2nd 4th
Charleston Sea Dogs Ryan Forsythe 6th Matt Dean 18th 15th
Carolina Reapers Jose Lazaro 7th Eric Stogdill 7th(tied) 6th
Halifax Heathens Austin Compton 8th Andres Vega 7th(tied) 7th
Maine Pines Josh Alcorn 9th Alex Melo 3rd 5th
Detroit Giants Chris Stivers 10th Leo Carballo 7th(tied) 8th
Dallas Dragons Rocky Hawke 11th Chris Gutierre 5th 9th
Indianapolis Eagles Victor Mendez 12th 21st(tied) 21st
Syracuse Scorpions Bobby Tapia 13th Rene Aponte 20th 18th
San Francisco Fire Kyle Nash 14th Kyle Nash 7th(tied) 12th
Tampa Bay Captains Steve Post 15th Pat Bell 15th 16th
New York Nightmare Nick Seago 16th Matt Davis 4th 10th
Cincinnati Royals Jay Bloms 17th 21st(tied) 22nd
Oakland Invaders Jose Avelar 18th Jose Avelar 16th 17th
Toronto Trash Pandas John Gadsden 19th Ryan Compton 1st 11th
Chicago Gangsters Eric Drake 20th Billy Manuele 6th 13th
Vancouver Caribou Chris Dellinger 21st Kevin Cimini 19th 19th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Philip Couillard 22nd Kevin Davis 7th(tied) 14th
Austin Desperados 23rd (tied) Ashton Baldwin 17th 23rd
Fountain Hills 23ers 23rd (tied) 21st(tied) 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Halifax Heathens Leo Orozco 1st 18th(tied) 11th
Philadelphia Marauders Johnny McCargar 2nd Albert Garcia 1st(tied) 1st
Phoenix Gladiators John Platzer 3rd John Anderson 15th 7th
Dallas Dragons Jay Pearson 4th Carlos Crespo 10th 6th
Chicago Gangsters Jason Bear 5th Steve Bloomquist 9th 5th
Cincinnati Royals Scott King 6th 18th(tied) 18th
Fountain Hills 23ers Jeff Yule 7th Raul Rodriguez 11th 8th
Charleston Sea Dogs Charlie Paquin 8th Dan Canady 13th 10th
Maine Pines Jose Valverde 9th Fabian Hartnett 1st(tied) 2nd
Detroit Giants Glenn Valentine 10th Matthew Bridges 14th 13th
Indianapolis Eagles Mike Dallis 11th Justin Shaffer 1st(tied) 3rd
Vancouver Caribou John Hunt 12th John Hunt 6th 9th
Boston Whistlers Evan Stowe 13th Dave Aschenbrener 1st(tied) 4th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles George Hutchison 14th Alan McConnell 8th 12th
Oakland Invaders Ruben Alamo 15th 18th(tied) 20th
San Diego Fleet Josh Law 16th Alfonso Sanchez 12th 15th
San Francisco Fire Adam Bechdel 17th Bobby Uribe 16th 17th
Toronto Trash Pandas Jon Kenyon 18th John Russell 7th 14th
Austin Desperados Jared Priest 19th 18th(tied) 21st
New York Nightmare John Osterman 20th Lorenzo Garza 17th 19th
Syracuse Scorpions Guillermo Ramos 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
Hollywood Stars Roy Blaylock 22nd Victor Cruz 5th 16th
Tampa Bay Captains Chih Ren 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Carolina Reapers Bobby Tschida 24th 18th(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Fountain Hills 23ers Corey Pope 1st Rob Lindauer 23rd 22nd
Detroit Giants Keith Brosch 2nd Jose Mora 10th 1st
Vancouver Caribou Chris Martinez 3rd Chris Martinez 17th 3rd
New York Nightmare Rob Black 4th Chris Miller 8th 2nd
Philadelphia Marauders Danny Pierce 5th Lee Peck 15th 7th
Maine Pines Skyler Fundis 6th John Billings 18th(tied) 12th
Toronto Trash Pandas D.J. Van Diest 7th Brian Hendrix 4th(tied) 4th
Dallas Dragons Joe Robinson 8th (tied) David Torres 11th(tied) 9th
Phoenix Gladiators Brian Shultz 8th (tied) Pat Bounds 4th(tied) 5th
Cincinnati Royals Rick Brown 10th Javy Perez 6th 6th
Indianapolis Eagles Jim Anderson 11th Paul Dankenbring 18th(tied) 13th
Carolina Reapers Mike Green 12th Bob Ontiveros 24th 23rd
Tampa Bay Captains Marcus Greene 13th Marcus Greene 2nd 8th
San Diego Fleet Mark Torres 14th Armando Gomez 3rd 10th
Oakland Invaders John Piscitelli 15th Danny Shafer 18th(tied) 17th
Boston Whistlers Preston Otte 16th Prince Sunderland 13th 14th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Stanifer 17th Ryan Willin 14th 15th
Charleston Sea Dogs Tim Hutchison 18th Eddie Monaghan 1st 11th
Hollywood Stars Tim Schellin 19th Andy Rael 9th 16th
Austin Desperados Matt Blevins 20th Dustin Owens 18th(tied) 19th
Halifax Heathens Dave Davidson 21st Danny Walker 11th(tied) 18th
Chicago Gangsters Brandon Titus 22nd Ken Castro 7th 20th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Art MacDonald 23rd Terry Chapin 22nd 24th
San Francisco Fire Ben Bohannon 24th Steve Nalbach 16th 21st
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Philadelphia Marauders Manuel Rosas 1st Jim Borich 5th(tied) 1st
Austin Desperados John Austin 2nd Jorge Rodriguez 5th(tied) 2nd
Detroit Giants Steve McLaughlin 3rd Juan Guerra 5th(tied) 5th
Fountain Hills 23ers Isaiah Mill 4th Jason Perrigin 1st 3rd
Toronto Trash Pandas Heath Graves 5th Jose Argueta 5th(tied) 6th
Maine Pines Jimmy Frew 6th Ken Gavin 2nd 4th
Halifax Heathens Nick Sumney 7th Nick Schultz 15th 15th
Charleston Sea Dogs Nick Wisniewski 8th John Hall 5th(tied) 7th
Vancouver Caribou Cesar Ornelas 9th Francisco Chavez 5th(tied) 8th
San Diego Fleet Ed Woodside 10th Jose Martinez 5th(tied) 9th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Root 11th Ryan Ramirez 5th(tied) 11th
Syracuse Scorpions Chris Guardiola 12th Ray Alleyne 20th 16th
Indianapolis Eagles Lee Muza 13th Matthew Brown 5th(tied) 12th
Boston Whistlers Oliver Damon 14th Brian Brockman 3rd 10th
Oakland Invaders Mike Bolden 15th Mike Bolden 5th(tied) 13th
Cincinnati Royals Pat Kirchner 16th Tommy King 19th 17th
Carolina Reapers Blake Benigno 17th Caleb Langenwalter 18th 18th
San Francisco Fire Raul Arreola 18th Vinny Torres 16th 19th
New York Nightmare Maik Penn 19th 22nd(tied) 21st
Dallas Dragons Mike Monia 20th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Tampa Bay Captains Manuel Campos 21st 22nd(tied) 23rd
Phoenix Gladiators Erik Hansen 22nd Mike Ayres 4th 14th
Hollywood Stars Eric Lilienthal 23rd Eric Lilienthal 17th 20th
Chicago Gangsters 24th Robby Parra 21st 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Charleston Sea Dogs Nelson Ziersch 1st Victor Cruz 3rd 1st
Philadelphia Marauders Art McDonald 2nd Steve Gottlieb 8th 2nd
Halifax Heathens Eric Kukowski 3rd Todd Stevens 11th 4th
Boston Whistlers Willie Kirkham 4th Taylor McLean 9th 3rd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Russ Reinertsen 5th Aaron Rakers 18th 16th
San Diego Fleet Dale Day 6th Danny Lucena 4th 5th
Austin Desperados Leo Serna 7th Rich Maciejewski 7th 6th
Maine Pines Tyler Tolbert 8th 23rd(tied) 21st
Detroit Giants Chris Lutz 9th (tied) Damien Przybylski 12th(tied) 8th
San Francisco Fire Willie Villegas 9th (tied) Michael Nava 2nd 7th
Cincinnati Royals Jerry Blake 11th Don Hutchison 12th(tied) 10th
Phoenix Gladiators Victor Gonzalez 12th Gabe Ippolito 12th(tied) 11th
Indianapolis Eagles Chris Boyd 13th Jaden Lewis 12th(tied) 12th
Vancouver Caribou Mark Riley 14th Ed McCarson 1st 9th
Hollywood Stars Tom Klenke 15th Jesus Escobar 21st 18th
Syracuse Scorpions Juan Lira 16th 23rd(tied) 24th
Fountain Hills 23ers Chris Epstein 17th Luis Amador 20th 17th
Dallas Dragons Carlos Rodriguez 18th Steve Nebeker 10th 13th
Tampa Bay Captains Paul Watson 19th Justin Grasso 12th(tied) 14th
Carolina Reapers Todd Korn 20th Eric Wilson 5th 15th
New York Nightmare Brady Louis 21st Hisamichi Matsumoto 22nd 20th
Oakland Invaders Aaron Kline 22nd Matt Grissom 19th 19th
Chicago Gangsters 23rd (tied) David Lewis 6th 22nd
Toronto Trash Pandas 23rd (tied) Ryan Waugh 12th(tied) 23rd
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Diego Fleet Rodrigo Lemus 1st B.J. Gonzalez 5th 1st
Maine Pines Matt Graham 2nd Jeremy Reich 1st 2nd
Austin Desperados Sam Campos 3rd Jon Cordova 17th 5th
Halifax Heathens Joe Hart 4th Chris Huyard 6th 3rd
Charleston Sea Dogs Andy Weatherholt 5th Jaheim Johnson 3rd 4th
Cincinnati Royals Dave Harvey 6th Bobby Villasenor 9th 7th
Philadelphia Marauders William Deel 7th Reynaldo Calle 13th 8th
San Francisco Fire James Dobyns 8th 24th 23rd
Detroit Giants Nick Turpen 9th Adam Noland 8th 10th
New York Nightmare Jose Contreras 10th Chris Hall 18th 12th
Oakland Invaders Dennis Allen 11th Cody Fields 2nd 6th
Boston Whistlers Pat Wilber 12th (tied) Mike Hernandez 7th 11th
Dallas Dragons Pat DeChant 12th (tied) Marc Manis 22nd 15th
Phoenix Gladiators Bob Rehm 14th Eric Alley 19th 14th
Indianapolis Eagles John Hennig 15th Danny Orfila 4th 9th
Hollywood Stars Logan Mayhew 16th Scott Clary 16th 13th
Toronto Trash Pandas Travis Williams 17th Mark Stuart 12th 16th
Chicago Gangsters Sam Palacios 18th Alex Guzman 14th 17th
Carolina Reapers Steve Cates 19th Jimmy DeMoss 21st 19th
Syracuse Scorpions John Froerer 20th Mike Hammond 15th 18th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Mark Dudley 21st Mike Kendra 11th 20th
Fountain Hills 23ers Taylor Motyl 22nd Tarjei Wiese 10th 21st
Vancouver Caribou Nick Douglass 23rd Alex Martinez 20th 22nd
Tampa Bay Captains Phil Gregoire 24th Brandon Feldman 23rd 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 1st Karl Bradberry 4th 1st
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 2nd Juan Santana 12th 6th
Boston Whistlers D.J. Elliott 3rd Ken Yates 5th 2nd
Charleston Sea Dogs Jon Reynolds 4th Jeremy Ferraro 6th 4th
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 5th Steve Ray 3rd 3rd
Halifax Heathens Jose Ojeda 6th Jerardo Perez 10th 10th
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 7th Stuart Hamlin 24th 22nd
San Diego Fleet Travis Erb 8th Jesus Ortiz 14th 12th
Oakland Invaders Tom Paolucci 9th Cory Crabtree 1st 5th
Cincinnati Royals Jayson Wagner 10th Brandon Smith 15th 13th
Fountain Hills 23ers Stuart Taylor 11th Tim Peters 7th 7th
San Francisco Fire Shane Edwards 12th Shane Edwards 22nd(tied) 20th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 13th Edgar Ramirez 17th 14th
Indianapolis Eagles James Gibson 14th Micah Weidner 21st 19th
Detroit Giants Phil White 15th Mike Garst 2nd 8th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 16th Ryan Fluker 8th 9th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 17th Ken Hicks 19th 15th
Philadelphia Marauders Malcolm Freeman 18th Oliver Murga 9th 11th
Carolina Reapers Vinny Narvaez 19th Ben Foster 18th 16th
Toronto Trash Pandas Evan Sippel 20th Josh Few 13th 17th
Tampa Bay Captains Tony Gutierrez 21st Alex Holle 16th 18th
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 22nd Dae-jin Lee 11th 21st
Vancouver Caribou Sean Ryan 23rd Jeff Cox 22nd(tied) 23rd
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles John Wicken 24th John Wicken 20th 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Phoenix Gladiators Ryan Robertson 1st Zack Scott 22nd 18th
Dallas Dragons Mike Braasch 2nd Marc Manis 11th 1st
Syracuse Scorpions Ken Allbaugh 3rd Dan Gragnani 17th 17th
Charleston Sea Dogs Jon Reynolds 4th Mike Collins 10th 2nd
Fountain Hills 23ers Wade McGonigle 5th Steve Shewmaker 9th 3rd
Philadelphia Marauders Vince Mellon 6th Steve Wright 24th 23rd
Maine Pines Stephen Boland 7th Bobby Simpson 21st 20th
Detroit Giants Lee Maher 8th Mike Driskell 13th(tied) 7th
Chicago Gangsters Keith Kramer 9th Bill Roderick 20th 21st
Indianapolis Eagles Greg Camarillo 10th Jonathan Bruckert 7th 5th
Tampa Bay Captains Jason Washington 11th Alex Holle 8th 6th
Austin Desperados Bob Baucke 12th Shane Campbell 18th 19th
Hollywood Stars Pat Eisen 13th Jeremy Killian 23rd 24th
Oakland Invaders Tom Paolucci 14th Pete Cook 1st 4th
Vancouver Caribou Sean Ryan 15th Armando Salas 19th 22nd
San Diego Fleet Justin Pierce 16th Steve Albrecht 13th(tied) 9th
San Francisco Fire Shane Edwards 17th Shane Edwards 13th(tied) 11th
Halifax Heathens Pat Nicholas 18th Pat Nicholas 12th 10th
Toronto Trash Pandas Ryan Arntz 19th Josh Few 4th 8th
Boston Whistlers Blake Bryant 20th Morgan Felty 13th(tied) 12th
Daytona Beach Sea Turtles Will Olejnik 21st Mike Kendra 5th 15th
Cincinnati Royals Roberto Salazar 22nd Brandon Smith 3rd 14th
New York Nightmare Dana Walker 23rd Dae-jin Lee 2nd 13th
Carolina Reapers Jerrod Notaro 24th Ben Foster 6th 16th
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