AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY TEAMS
08/17/2022
 
AUSTIN DESPERADOS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Dave Jimenez 22nd Thomas Hounshell 9th 21st
First Basemen Jim Sykora 9th Mario Tabarez 7th 8th
Second Basemen Ruben Alamo 5th Danny Gates 3rd 5th
Third Basemen 23rd Aaron Davenport 19th 24th
Shortstops Paul Ainsworth 6th Steve Ross 12th 7th
Left Fielders Eric Bradstreet 21st Tony Martinez 4th 20th
Center Fielders John Austin 2nd Marco Madrigal 4th 2nd
Right Fielders Leo Serna 4th Brian Hull 1st 3rd
Starting Pitchers Sam Campos 5th Jason Emary 17th 8th
Relievers Bob Baucke 5th Atro Isokoski 22nd 15th
Closers Bob Baucke 8th Adam Appelbaum 17th 17th
BOSTON WHISTLERS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Ryan Canton 14th Paul Simister 6th 16th
First Basemen Carlos Herrera 5th Tim Lotz 15th 5th
Second Basemen Jeff Beeson 2nd Steve Doyle 7th 3rd
Third Basemen Kevin Cremo 20th Brian Roseman 18th 19th
Shortstops Ricky Ordonez 10th Evan Stowe 1st 6th
Left Fielders A.J. Cook 20th Willie Kirkham 16th 21st
Center Fielders Oliver Damon 6th Jeremy Comey 18th 8th
Right Fielders Ben King 20th Gerardo Romero 5th 17th
Starting Pitchers Mark Dudley 9th John Bickel 19th 17th
Relievers Blake Bryant 14th Luke Getts 1st 12th
Closers Mark Dudley 6th Luke Getts 3rd 4th
CAROLINA CROWN 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Malachi Smith 11th Adam Pelfrey 4th 8th
First Basemen Jeff Whitis 23rd Bobby Phillips 21st 23rd
Second Basemen Justin Bauer 23rd Bill Havey 16th 24th
Third Basemen Jose Lazaro 16th Mike DeWitt 6th 16th
Shortstops Bill Geeslin 5th Oscar Garcia 16th 5th
Left Fielders Mike Green 10th Justin Wish 17th 11th
Center Fielders Blake Benigno 8th Tim Michael 6th 6th
Right Fielders Todd Korn 21st David Moore 3rd 20th
Starting Pitchers Rob Griffin 11th Jake Triplett 13th 9th
Relievers Mike Fisher 18th Pat Eisen 19th 17th
Closers Mike Fisher 22nd Chris Rumrill 4th 13th
CHARLESTON SHINERS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Alex Martinez 13th Mike Fogg 18th 15th
First Basemen Cole Calkins 13th Harry Williams 22nd 16th
Second Basemen Danny Lebron 1st Ryan Ward 18th 2nd
Third Basemen Ty Beckford 18th Dusty Anderson 16th 18th
Shortstops Chris Franklin 15th Bill Chavarria 8th 15th
Left Fielders Tim Hutchison 12th Ryan Burchett 18th 13th
Center Fielders Nick Wisniewski 18th Jim Dauphin 3rd 16th
Right Fielders Fred Hernandez 14th Oscar de Leon 12th 15th
Starting Pitchers Andy Weatherholt 6th Omar Cons 1st 4th
Relievers Todd Thompson 2nd Shane Kidd 16th 3rd
Closers Todd Thompson 11th Steve Gryder 11th 8th
CHICAGO GANGSTERS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Chris Caruso 23rd Kevin Crouch 12th 22nd
First Basemen Ryan Griffitt 18th Frank Willi 17th 17th
Second Basemen Nick Pratt 10th Sergio Soto 24th 22nd
Third Basemen Gary Draeger 19th Eric Drake 24th 19th (tied)
Shortstops Clemente Julio 4th Jason Bear 19th 4th
Left Fielders Brandon Titus 19th Ken Castro 10th 19th
Center Fielders Juan Ortega 20th Luc Cohen 21st 19th
Right Fielders 22nd David Lewis 10th 22nd
Starting Pitchers Nick Slover 23rd 24th 24th
Relievers Mike Walter 16th Boof Nguyen-Tan 23rd 23rd
Closers Nick Slover 7th Brett Johnson 20th 18th
CINCINNATI ROYALS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Mike Rankin 2nd Matt Peters 15th 2nd
First Basemen Aaron Jalbert 2nd Tyler Welsh 12th 3rd
Second Basemen Jay Bloms 18th Neil Zander 10th 16th
Third Basemen Heath Sherlock 11th Josh Kelly 14th 10th
Shortstops Jorge Guzman 20th Mike Henschel 9th 17th
Left Fielders Eric Hayes 15th Rogelio Rodriguez 11th 12th
Center Fielders Andrew Baltzley 12th Mike Bolden 15th 10th
Right Fielders Jerry Blake 8th Felipe Hinojos 6th 4th
Starting Pitchers Lee Morgan 16th Josh Huggins 8th 12th
Relievers Cameron Hutchinson 20th Andy Bennett 14th 18th
Closers Roberto Salazar 17th Mike Bink 24th 23rd
CLEVELAND BRAWLERS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Joe Carroll 15th Jim Kaufman 2nd 13th
First Basemen Juan Ortega 8th Steve Howard 13th 9th
Second Basemen Chris Bryan 17th Nate Springs 8th 12th
Third Basemen Mike Townsend 10th Jose Balli 23rd 12th
Shortstops 24th Raul Rodriguez 2nd 23rd
Left Fielders Chris Quinton 7th Cory Donaghy 20th 10th
Center Fielders Isaiah Mill 13th Rafael Farrand 12th 12th
Right Fielders Chris Epstein 17th Collin Mays 19th 18th
Starting Pitchers Juan Fernandez 21st Brian Gay 2nd 15th
Relievers Scott Lewis 12th Jeremy Sufka 6th 10th
Closers Ron Faulkner 24th Matt Schmidt 13th 16th
DALLAS DRAGONS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Cameron Polen 7th Zach Troyer 19th 10th
First Basemen Dustin Harter 24th Aaron Foster 6th 21st
Second Basemen Alec Pavelka 14th Josh Kreisle 22nd 18th
Third Basemen Dave Jones 21st Jay Pearson 9th 21st
Shortstops Jose Casas 8th Jose Espinoza 17th 11th
Left Fielders Justin Bellamy 22nd Danny Haessly 7th 23rd
Center Fielders Jay Thibodeaux 14th Joe Robinson 20th 14th
Right Fielders Ray Baker 15th Michael Nava 9th 14th
Starting Pitchers Steve McClung 24th Brandon Jones 18th 20th
Relievers Rick Ways 13th Gabe Calloway 15th 13th
Closers Paul Garcia 23rd Mike Braasch 14th 14th
DAYTONA BEACH SEA TURTLES 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Nick Rastall 19th Chris Wagner 19th (tied) 20th
First Basemen Ross Dorough 22nd Jake Baker 18th 22nd
Second Basemen Jon Dearman 16th Jon Olejniczak 12th 15th
Third Basemen Alex Natera 15th Danny Pinto 3rd 15th
Shortstops Matt Schmid 21st George Hutchison 12th (tied) 19th
Left Fielders Derek Maher 13th Chris Scoville 24th 16th
Center Fielders Ryan Barker 23rd Alfonso Estrada 11th 21st
Right Fielders Russ Reinertsen 6th Aaron Rakers 11th 5th
Starting Pitchers Antonio Sanchez 14th Alan Champagne 5th 11th
Relievers Josh Gatto 7th Egor Patyka 3rd 5th
Closers Antonio Sanchez 5th Will Olejnik 14th (tied) 5th
DETROIT GIANTS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Brandon Fry 18th Evan McCulley 12th (tied) 18th
First Basemen Angelo Mejia 11th Ruben Cabriales 16th 12th
Second Basemen Ben Barbone 11th Fernando Espindola 21st 17th
Third Basemen Ryan Forsythe 5th Chris Stivers 21st 6th
Shortstops Glenn Valentine 11th Dylan Waters 4th 8th
Left Fielders Keith Brosch 4th D'Andre Lyons 22nd 4th
Center Fielders Steve McLaughlin 21st Juan Guerra 9th 18th
Right Fielders Chris Lutz 2nd Damien Przybylski 15th 2nd
Starting Pitchers Danny Offen 10th Mike Wroten 3rd 6th
Relievers David Pruner 9th Jaheim Sneed 2nd 7th
Closers Devin Wickliffe 16th Lee Maher 12th 12th
HALIFAX HEATHENS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Bruce Richards 5th Sam Neeley 8th 6th
First Basemen Gene Wenzel 15th Ben Leonardi 23rd 19th
Second Basemen Chance Smith 3rd Nate Dubiel 2nd 1st
Third Basemen Austin Compton 2nd Andres Vega 4th 2nd
Shortstops Leo Orozco 1st Eduardo Acosta 10th 1st
Left Fielders Eric Kukowski 3rd Dave Davidson 8th 3rd
Center Fielders Nick Sumney 6th (tied) Nick Schultz 16th 7th
Right Fielders Gustavo Orozco 5th Mike Costello 18th 6th
Starting Pitchers Joe Hart 2nd Branden Covington 6th 2nd
Relievers Jeff Buck 21st Steve McManus 4th 16th
Closers Jeff Buck 4th Josh Harkey 8th 3rd
HOLLYWOOD STARS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Mike Pierskalla 1st Dan Wheeler 16th 1st
First Basemen Eric Daniel 2nd (tied) Corey Ramirez 8th 2nd
Second Basemen Alec Stanley 15th Paul Franceschini 11th 10th
Third Basemen Elijah Moody 4th Dustin Roachell 1st 3rd
Shortstops Steve Parson 18th Fernando Paschini 19th (tied) 21st
Left Fielders Aharon Kroyan 11th Brian Roberts 6th 8th
Center Fielders Mike Monia 16th Carlos Rodrigues 7th 15th
Right Fielders Israel Chavez 18th Tom Klenke 2nd 10th
Starting Pitchers Jason Hollenbeck 17th Victor Luna 21st 22nd
Relievers Tim Bolt 24th Brad Kitts 24th 24th
Closers Carlos Carachure 20th Brad Kitts 22nd 24th
INDIANAPOLIS EAGLES 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Josh Betts 17th Josh Betts 1st 14th
First Basemen Mark Payne 10th Ricky Plascencia 10th 10th
Second Basemen Henry Cortez 21st Bobby Butler 19th 19th
Third Basemen Victor Mendez 17th Troy Hermann 15th 17th
Shortstops Mike Dallis 14th Curtis Rittenberry 3rd 12th
Left Fielders Jim Anderson 8th Jerry Robinson 2nd 6th
Center Fielders John Thaxton 17th Vinny Torres 2nd 11th
Right Fielders Chris Boyd 19th Tony Bradshaw 22nd 19th
Starting Pitchers Jerry Bowman 8th John Hennig 7th 7th
Relievers Vince Rice 8th James Gibson 18th 8th
Closers Vince Rice 9th Jonathan Bruckert 6th 7th
MAINE PINES 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Dustin Downing 4th Brent Brogdon 11th 4th
First Basemen Billy Porter 20th Pete Roan 24th 24th
Second Basemen Pat Grayson 12th Cesar Mena 13th 11th
Third Basemen Eric Hicks 9th Josh Alcorn 10th 8th
Shortstops Jose Valverde 7th Fabian Hartnett 18th 10th
Left Fielders Tony Ochoa 8th (tied) Skyler Fundis 23rd 14th
Center Fielders Jimmy Frew 5th Jay McBurney 1st 4th
Right Fielders Julio Negron 3rd Antonio Encinas 24th 21st
Starting Pitchers Justin Jemison 1st Ryan Henry 4th 1st
Relievers Stephen Boland 3rd Chris Hames 7th 2nd
Closers Vinny Narvaez 21st Randy Wall 19th 20th
NEW YORK NIGHTMARE 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Josh Feezor 24th Bobby Brenner 23rd 24th
First Basemen Juan Andrade 7th Jim Wilkes 2nd 6th
Second Basemen Devin Calloway 19th Mario Alvarado 6th 14th
Third Basemen Nick Seago 14th Jayden Brown 8th 11th
Shortstops John Osterman 23rd Alex Infante 7th 20th
Left Fielders Ben Callahan 18th Jesus Cardona 1st 15th
Center Fielders Maik Penn 15th Edwin Martinez 14th 13th
Right Fielders Brady Louis 13th Ryan Stanczak 4th 11th
Starting Pitchers Joe Schroeder 18th Adam Coleman 14th 14th
Relievers Adam Holland 15th Dana Walker 4th (tied) 14th
Closers Adam Holland 10th Dana Walker 2nd 6th
OAKLAND INVADERS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Gustavo Rawson 10th Mike Sligar 5th 7th
First Basemen Steve McKinstry 6th Cameron Williams 19th 7th
Second Basemen David Duthie 20th Pete Horne 23rd 21st
Third Basemen Jonathan Cunningham 3rd Jared Smith 11th 4th
Shortstops Scott King 3rd Matt Evert 5th 3rd
Left Fielders Juan Ortiz 5th Kyle Stansberry 19th 5th
Center Fielders Pat Marchitto 3rd Carlos Malabranca 5th 3rd
Right Fielders Ernesto Ramirez 1st Tyler Reese 21st 1st
Starting Pitchers Alfredo Tiscareno 4th Justin Hesley 9th 5th
Relievers David Holloman 10th Rich Hepler 13th 9th
Closers David Holloman 1st Rich Hepler 1st 1st
PHILADELPHIA MARAUDERS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Eric Langley 8th Xavier Brandon 12th (tied) 9th
First Basemen Jim Brannon 21st Jim Brannon 4th 20th
Second Basemen Rick Joyce 13th Hector Landa 14th 13th
Third Basemen 23rd (tied) Albert Garcia 2nd 23rd
Shortstops Johnny McCargar 2nd Adam Tyndall 11th 2nd
Left Fielders Danny Pierce 1st Justin McCoy 12th 1st
Center Fielders Manuel Rosas 1st David Puente 8th 1st
Right Fielders Corey Cawley 16th Hunter Long 8th 16th
Starting Pitchers Juan Mendoza 19th John Jones 12th 16th
Relievers William Deel 22nd John Shannon 9th 20th
Closers Chris Jacoby 13th Malcolm Freeman 10th 10th
PHOENIX GLADIATORS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Dave Yeater 21st Nate Richardson 24th 23rd
First Basemen Gabriel Crear 16th Adam Barker 3rd 14th
Second Basemen Zack Husley 8th Jim Franz 4th 6th
Third Basemen Ton Ariƫns 6th Takenori Suyama 22nd 7th
Shortstops Paul McCarthy 9th John Platzer 14th 9th
Left Fielders Josh Terrien 23rd Pat Bounds 13th 24th
Center Fielders Jon Wagner 10th John Sadler 21st (tied) 9th
Right Fielders Victor Gonzalez 7th William King 16th 7th
Starting Pitchers Felipe Ayala 12th Rob Alvarez 11th 10th
Relievers Hector Berrios 11th Hector Berrios 17th 11th
Closers Oscar Malave 14th Manny Brant 9th 11th
SAN DIEGO FLEET 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Nolan Lazarus 20th Ben Cassese 7th 19th
First Basemen Jonathan Ellis 12th Matt Anderson 9th 13th
Second Basemen Jason Cox 6th Matt Rock 20th 9th
Third Basemen Paul Pittman 1st John Whitney 13th 1st
Shortstops Corey Young 16th David Keith 6th 16th
Left Fielders Jon Pitts 6th Dale Day 15th 7th
Center Fielders Ed Woodside 4th Nick Amore 19th 5th
Right Fielders Jacob Kennedy 10th Jonathan Lewis 23rd 13th
Starting Pitchers Rodrigo Lemus 3rd Tony Espinoza 10th 3rd
Relievers Brad Antol 6th Pedro Rodriguez 8th 6th
Closers Justin Pierce 3rd Brandon Williams 16th 15th
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Franklin Reyes 6th Jonathan Kober 2nd (tied) 5th
First Basemen Eric Blanset 14th Malcolm Babcock 1st 11th
Second Basemen Mark LeFevre 9th Dusty Ward 5th 7th
Third Basemen Matthew Little 8th Kyle Nash 20th 9th
Shortstops Jonathan Cabrera 13th Jesus Arrellano 19th (tied) 14th
Left Fielders Ben Bohannon 24th Brian Martin 3rd 22nd
Center Fielders Raul Arreola 9th Jeremy Hammond 23rd 23rd
Right Fielders Skyler Swan 9th Willie Villegas 13th 8th
Starting Pitchers James Dobyns 7th James Dobyns 20th 18th
Relievers Sam Crider 17th Manuel Angloma 21st 22nd
Closers Keith Hawes 19th Dave Flores 21st 22nd
SYRACUSE SCORPIONS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Ryan Mallory 3rd Jerry Milton 9th (tied) 3rd
First Basemen Tom Lusardi 17th Javy Villapando 11th 15th
Second Basemen Nate Volk 24th Alex Cruz 1st 20th
Third Basemen Bobby Tapia 7th Justin Scott 5th 5th
Shortstops Guillermo Ramos 12th Brian Hendrix 19th (tied) 13th
Left Fielders Billy Totten 17th Chris Guardiola 14th 17th
Center Fielders Jason Mata 24th Jordan Barrera 13th 22nd
Right Fielders Juan Lira 11th Juan Lira 7th 9th
Starting Pitchers John Froerer 13th Jason Cox 22nd 21st
Relievers John Landgren 1st Chris Zich 12th 1st
Closers John Landgren 2nd John Keefe 7th 2nd
TAMPA BAY CAPTAINS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Greg McManus 9th David Stallman 22nd 11th
First Basemen David Domina 19th Eric DuBois 14th 17th (tied)
Second Basemen Bill Larrain 7th Nick Rucker 15th 8th
Third Basemen Rocky Hawke 13th Ricky Martinez 17th 14th
Shortstops Willie Alvarez 19th Max Benitez 15th 18th
Left Fielders Clark Owens 14th Paul Watson 5th 9th
Center Fielders Jeff Coleman 22nd Jose Ruiz 10th 20th
Right Fielders Vinny Medina 12th Travis Letner 14th 12th
Starting Pitchers Albert Fabian 20th Carlos Mejia 23rd 23rd
Relievers Jesse Vecchio 4th Joe Woolverton 11th 4th
Closers Jesse Vecchio 11th (tied) Alex de Jesus 23rd 21st
TORONTO TRASH PANDAS 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Travis Gwinn 16th Shane Evans 21st 17th
First Basemen Jaylen Taylor 1st Phil Tibbits 5th 1st
Second Basemen Brian Marquez 22nd Justin Phelps 16th (tied) 23rd
Third Basemen John Gadsden 12th Jon Kenyon 12th 13th
Shortstops Hector Uribe 22nd 24th 24th
Left Fielders D.J. Van Diest 16th Mike Odendahl 21st 18th
Center Fielders Heath Graves 11th 24th 24th
Right Fielders 22nd (tied) Sam Salas 16th (tied) 23rd
Starting Pitchers Winston Caballero 22nd Jim Murphy 15th 19th
Relievers Antonio Villareal 19th Chase Harriger 20th 19th
Closers Antonio Villareal 18th Jay Waltman 18th 19th
VANCOUVER MOUNTIES 08/17/2022
Position Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Catchers Josh Elder 12th Ray Branson 17th 12th
First Basemen Brian Massey 4th Brad Raska 20th 4th
Second Basemen Brian Myers 4th Darius Poole 9th 4th
Third Basemen Jason Saunders 22nd Derrick Banford 7th 22nd
Shortstops Dave Agee 17th Miguel Martinez 23rd 22nd
Left Fielders Brian Shultz 2nd Mark Riley 8th (tied) 2nd
Center Fielders Javier Brito 19th Francisco Flores 17th 17th
Right Fielders 22nd (tied) Trey Maughan 20th 24th
Starting Pitchers Jaden Mack 15th Jesse Tuuri 16th 13th
Relievers Chris Brown 23rd Humberto Lopez 10th 21st
Closers Chris Brown 15th Jesse Tuuri 5th 9th
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