ABA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/12/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Lasers Chris Harmon 1st 9th(tied) 9th
El Paso Chupacabras Joe Carroll 2nd Mike Shabazian 6th 5th
Hickory Crawdads Jeff Greathouse 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Orono Oaks Mike Hydo 4th Mike Hydo 7th 6th
Spokane Selects Ammar bin Imran 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Fremont Marshalls J.R. Daniels 6th 9th(tied) 12th
Hartford Matadors Eric Clayton 7th Bubba Austin 4th 3rd
Montreal Royals Eduardo Lopez 8th Roger Gotsch 1st 1st
Montreal Canadiens Bob Parent 9th Bob Parent 2nd 2nd
Quebec Fighting Quakers Sam Neeley 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Joilet Jesters Alex Clinkenbeard 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Walnut Park Bobcats Evan McCulley 12th Jaime Johnson 8th 8th
Dillonvale Indians Vin Rau 13th Vin Rau 3rd 4th
Denver Pilots Dave Yeater 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Chesapeake Tailgators Ray Branson 15th 9th(tied) 16th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Jimmy Williams 16th Jimmy Williams 5th 7th
Ann Arbor Z's Frank Radtke 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Westwood Bruins Unto Peurajärvi 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Palm Springs Heat Clay Tucker 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Baxter Springs Marshals Chandler Preteroti 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Laredo Ghosts Fred Pachner 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Portland Mad Ants Tom Hirsch 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Quebec Aces Willie Bazaldua 23rd 9th(tied) 23rd
Glendale Muskies Mark Dailey 24th 9th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads George Kinder 1st 15th(tied) 15th
Nashville Lasers Jamie Bender 2nd Jamie Bender 2nd 1st
Westwood Bruins Chris Dietel 3rd Jeff Ciervo 4th(tied) 3rd
Montreal Canadiens Steve Kettle 4th Steve Kettle 3rd 2nd
Walnut Park Bobcats Chris Stivers 5th Nate Sheridan 4th(tied) 4th
Chesapeake Tailgators Brad Raska 6th 15th(tied) 16th
Denver Pilots Matt DeLaet 7th Matt DeLaet 4th(tied) 6th
Dillonvale Indians Matt Peterson 8th Keith Cole 1st 5th
Montreal Royals Firmino Fischetti 9th Firmino Fischetti 9th 8th
Laredo Ghosts Brad Largent 10th 15th(tied) 17th
Joilet Jesters Michael Soria 11th 15th(tied) 18th
Orono Oaks John Cotton 12th George Theodore 4th(tied) 7th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Malcolm Babcock 13th 15th(tied) 19th
Ann Arbor Z's Jerry Tully 14th Jerry Tully 8th 9th
Palm Springs Heat Dustin Roachell 15th 15th(tied) 20th
Spokane Selects Ricky Plascencia 16th 15th(tied) 21st
Glendale Muskies Javy Villapando 17th Javy Villapando 13th 11th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Ben Leonardi 18th Ben Leonardi 10th 10th
El Paso Chupacabras Ross Dorough 19th Dane Hove 14th 12th
Portland Mad Ants Kevin Rennie 20th Kevin Rennie 12th 13th
Hartford Matadors Jeff Duenas 21st 15th(tied) 22nd
Baxter Springs Marshals Talon Haskell 22nd Chris Malay 11th 14th
Quebec Aces Jonathan Vincent 23rd 15th(tied) 23rd
Fremont Marshalls 24th 15th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hartford Matadors Chris Flowers 1st Chris Flowers 5th 5th
Glendale Muskies Chris Alexander 2nd Chris Alexander 1st 1st
Quebec Fighting Quakers Nate Dubiel 3rd 14th(tied) 14th
Montreal Canadiens Mike Gelardi 4th Mike Gelardi 2nd(tied) 2nd
Denver Pilots Jim Franz 5th 14th(tied) 15th
Montreal Royals Justin Sinclair 6th 14th(tied) 16th
Quebec Aces Willie Alvarez 7th 14th(tied) 17th
Chesapeake Tailgators R.J. DeStefano 8th Chris Broadley 10th 9th
Nashville Lasers Mark LeFevre 9th Kyle Savas 11th 10th
Walnut Park Bobcats Jeff Newingham 10th Jeff Newingham 7th 7th
Laredo Ghosts Tony Ivanez 11th Justin Morgan 8th 8th
Baxter Springs Marshals Clark Lewis 12th 14th(tied) 18th
Hickory Crawdads Jose Valdez 13th Jose Valdez 6th 6th
El Paso Chupacabras Sean Dowling 14th 14th(tied) 19th
Orono Oaks Cesar Mena 15th 14th(tied) 20th
Dillonvale Indians Edwin Retana 16th Edwin Retana 9th 11th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Jonathan Raley 17th Jonathan Raley 2nd(tied) 3rd
Spokane Selects Glen Eastman 18th David Anast 2nd(tied) 4th
Portland Mad Ants Josh Kelly 19th 14th(tied) 21st
Fremont Marshalls Trevor Cunningham 20th 14th(tied) 22nd
Westwood Bruins Paul Tetzloff 21st Paul Tetzloff 12th 12th
Ann Arbor Z's Matt Leith 22nd Matt Leith 13th 13th
Joilet Jesters Aarto Turkula 23rd 14th(tied) 23rd
Palm Springs Heat Troy Hermann 24th 14th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Ryan Ward 1st Jason Lewis 2nd 2nd
Montreal Royals John Gadsden 2nd John Troia 6th 3rd
Orono Oaks Derrick Bulluck 3rd Derrick Bulluck 1st 1st
New Rochelle Purple Wave Dan Scott 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Ann Arbor Z's Pat Bell 5th Pat Bell 5th 4th
Laredo Ghosts Ashton Baldwin 6th Ashton Baldwin 4th 5th
Chesapeake Tailgators Kevin Cimini 7th Kevin Cimini 8th 7th
Westwood Bruins Brian Hendrix 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Spokane Selects Jonathan Cunningham 9th Scott Goldfein 3rd 6th
Quebec Aces Humberto Castano 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Hartford Matadors Joe Pettit 11th Joe Pettit 7th 8th
Baxter Springs Marshals Kevin Davis 12th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
Quebec Fighting Quakers Julio Herrera 12th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
Nashville Lasers Danny Martinez 14th 9th(tied) 14th
Palm Springs Heat Kevin Schneider 15th 9th(tied) 15th
Glendale Muskies Tim Kidd 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Joilet Jesters Bob de Leon 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Fremont Marshalls Chris Vandal 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Montreal Canadiens Ronnie Marshall 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Denver Pilots 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Dillonvale Indians 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
El Paso Chupacabras 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Portland Mad Ants 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Walnut Park Bobcats 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Lasers Hector Landa 1st Hector Landa 1st 1st
Montreal Canadiens Chase Dunn 2nd Chase Dunn 2nd 2nd
Walnut Park Bobcats Dylan Waters 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Hartford Matadors Andrew Flynn 4th Andrew Flynn 4th 3rd
Spokane Selects Alex Sanchez 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Ann Arbor Z's Chih Ren 6th Chih Ren 3rd 4th
Baxter Springs Marshals George Hutchison 7th 5th(tied) 7th
Denver Pilots Aaron Carr 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Montreal Royals Dwayne Cook 9th 5th(tied) 9th
El Paso Chupacabras Bobby Tschida 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Fremont Marshalls Charlie Harrison 10th (tied) 5th(tied) 10th(tied)
Palm Springs Heat Matt Evert 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Westwood Bruins Alec Pavelka 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Quebec Aces Andy Gatz 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Hickory Crawdads Mike Maynard 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Orono Oaks Chris Cooper 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Portland Mad Ants Mike Henschel 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Dane Foley 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Joilet Jesters Ken Fortin 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Laredo Ghosts Mike Nelson 20th 5th(tied) 20th
Glendale Muskies Dustin Helm 21st 5th(tied) 21st
New Rochelle Purple Wave Brandon Gibson 22nd 5th(tied) 22nd
Dillonvale Indians Eduardo Acosta 23rd 5th(tied) 23rd
Chesapeake Tailgators 24th 5th(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Joilet Jesters Prince Sunderland 1st Prince Sunderland 8th 8th
Chesapeake Tailgators Preston Otte 2nd Mike Johnson 11th 9th
Portland Mad Ants Don Hutchison 3rd Don Hutchison 2nd(tied) 1st
Ann Arbor Z's Tim Baggett 4th Tim Baggett 2nd(tied) 2nd
Nashville Lasers Lee Peck 5th Lee Peck 10th 11th
Montreal Canadiens Justin Kelley 6th Justin Kelley 2nd(tied) 3rd
Hartford Matadors Malcolm McKechnie 7th Malcolm McKechnie 9th 10th
Laredo Ghosts Matt Blevins 8th Juichi Okuyama 15th 12th
Glendale Muskies Chris Stanifer 9th Craig Walton 2nd(tied) 5th
Orono Oaks Mark Crawford 10th Mark Crawford 1st 4th
Palm Springs Heat Brian Roberts 11th 16th(tied) 16th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Tyler Lake 12th 16th(tied) 17th
El Paso Chupacabras Dan Brewer 13th 16th(tied) 18th
Fremont Marshalls Chris Quinton 14th 16th(tied) 19th
Westwood Bruins Joel Patrick 15th Joel Patrick 12th 13th
Spokane Selects Ian Schelling 16th Ian Schelling 13th 14th
Denver Pilots Austin Bonneau 17th 16th(tied) 20th
Quebec Aces Dave Poth 18th 16th(tied) 21st
Baxter Springs Marshals Chance Jones 19th Chance Jones 14th 15th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Steve Nalbach 20th Steve Nalbach 2nd(tied) 6th
Montreal Royals Mike Odendahl 21st 16th(tied) 22nd
Walnut Park Bobcats Justin Bobb 22nd 16th(tied) 23rd
Dillonvale Indians Tim Cook 23rd Tim Wolff 2nd(tied) 7th
Hickory Crawdads 24th 16th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Royals Takenori Murayama 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Chesapeake Tailgators Cesar Ornelas 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Orono Oaks Jay McBurney 3rd 5th(tied) 7th
Westwood Bruins Jon Wagner 4th 5th(tied) 8th
Spokane Selects Lee Muza 5th Jaden Lewis 4th 2nd
Quebec Fighting Quakers Nick Schultz 6th Nick Schultz 3rd 4th
Hartford Matadors John Benson 7th Oscar Juarez 2nd 3rd
Hickory Crawdads Andrew Baltzley 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Portland Mad Ants Pat Kirchner 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Joilet Jesters Kyle Bailey 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Fremont Marshalls Dave Reisinger 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Walnut Park Bobcats Juan Guerra 12th Juan Guerra 1st 1st
Denver Pilots Erik Hansen 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Palm Springs Heat Manuel Campos 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Laredo Ghosts Andy Pabon 15th 5th(tied) 15th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Rich Tangorra 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Glendale Muskies Ray Alleyne 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Nashville Lasers Josh Engelke 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Dillonvale Indians Matt Griffin 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Ann Arbor Z's 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Baxter Springs Marshals 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
El Paso Chupacabras 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Montreal Canadiens 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Quebec Aces 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Royals Brian Hendrix 1st Brian Hendrix 2nd 2nd
Westwood Bruins Armando Gomez 2nd Armando Gomez 3rd 3rd
Portland Mad Ants Jerry Blake 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Willie Villegas 4th Felix Mora 8th 7th
Glendale Muskies Casey Kearney 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Joilet Jesters Eric Wilson 6th Eric Wilson 4th 4th
Chesapeake Tailgators Ed McCarson 7th Ed McCarson 5th 5th
Quebec Aces Matt Grissom 8th Matt Grissom 6th 6th
Orono Oaks Julio Negron 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Laredo Ghosts Doug Grimm 10th Rich Maciejewski 1st 1st
El Paso Chupacabras Brandon Titus 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Hickory Crawdads Billy Totten 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Palm Springs Heat Tom Klenke 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Ann Arbor Z's Paul Watson 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Denver Pilots Gus Marquez 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Walnut Park Bobcats Damien Przybylski 16th Damien Przybylski 7th 8th
Nashville Lasers David Puente 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Montreal Canadiens T.J. Parker 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Hartford Matadors Tony Perez 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Fremont Marshalls Jerry Jones 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Baxter Springs Marshals 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Dillonvale Indians 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Quebec Fighting Quakers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Spokane Selects 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Walnut Park Bobcats Mike Garst 1st Brad Porretta 3rd 1st
Quebec Fighting Quakers Chris Stoddard 2nd Chris Huyard 11th(tied) 6th
Westwood Bruins Tom Balletta 3rd Tom Balletta 4th 2nd
Orono Oaks Jeff Weingart 4th Jeremy Reich 5th 5th
Chesapeake Tailgators Alex Martinez 5th Armando Salas 1st 3rd
El Paso Chupacabras Brandon Jones 6th 21st(tied) 21st
Montreal Royals Ryan Warren 7th Mark Stuart 19th(tied) 16th
Baxter Springs Marshals Evan Edelstein 8th Evan Edelstein 14th 9th
Hickory Crawdads Dustin Patton 9th Adam Hazen 16th 15th
Spokane Selects Jon Clark 10th Jon Clark 2nd 4th
Joilet Jesters Dan Woods 11th 21st(tied) 22nd
Hartford Matadors Fernando Garcia 12th Mike Hernandez 10th 10th
Portland Mad Ants John Wright 13th Jaheim Jennings 6th 7th
Nashville Lasers Reynaldo Calle 14th John Jones 8th 11th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Pat Daughtry 15th 21st(tied) 23rd
Palm Springs Heat Andy Waring 16th Mike Parker 17th 17th
Denver Pilots David Fry 17th Dan Bruce 19th(tied) 18th
Quebec Aces Marquise Robinson 18th Jim Wallace 18th 19th
Fremont Marshalls Mike Stack 19th Greg Brando 7th 8th
Ann Arbor Z's Scott White 20th 21st(tied) 24th
Glendale Muskies Terry Droubay 21st Ferhat Chiwocha 13th 12th
Laredo Ghosts Vic Lucero 22nd Vic Lucero 15th 14th
Montreal Canadiens Ethan Gallman 23rd Chris Hall 9th 13th
Dillonvale Indians Ronnie Miller 24th Jose Suazo 11th(tied) 20th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quebec Fighting Quakers Jose Ojeda 1st Jerardo Perez 6th 3rd
Westwood Bruins Justin Weil 2nd 24th 9th
Baxter Springs Marshals Kevin Miller 3rd Kevin Miller 4th 2nd
Hickory Crawdads Shane Kidd 4th Adam Hazen 16th 7th
Fremont Marshalls Tim Peters 5th Tim Peters 5th 5th
Montreal Royals Pedro Rodriguez 6th Eric Alley 3rd 4th
Glendale Muskies Karl Bradberry 7th Zack Cunningham 8th(tied) 6th
Orono Oaks Mike Poussard 8th Matt Drayton 2nd 1st
Palm Springs Heat Hunter Saakadze 9th Michael Hatten 20th 11th
El Paso Chupacabras David Holloman 10th Stuart Hamlin 23rd 13th
Quebec Aces Kyle Thompson 11th Jim Wallace 17th 12th
Hartford Matadors Everton Jackson 12th Morgan Felty 8th(tied) 8th
Portland Mad Ants Kevin Kovach 13th Brandon Smith 15th 14th
Joilet Jesters Howie Freel 14th Nick McKinney 19th 15th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Logan Penny 15th Logan Penny 8th(tied) 10th
Denver Pilots Juan Santana 16th Jarred Gangi 18th 19th
Laredo Ghosts Dylan Diggs 17th Frank Stroud 21st 20th
Spokane Selects Ken Guzman 18th Micah Weidner 7th 16th
Walnut Park Bobcats Tommy Swift 19th Mike Driskell 8th(tied) 17th
Montreal Canadiens Vince Silcox 20th Justin Andersen 8th(tied) 18th
Ann Arbor Z's Salvatore Barajas 21st Kevin Martinez 14th 23rd
Nashville Lasers Joel Racinowski 22nd Juan Rincon 22nd 24th
Dillonvale Indians Stephen Keene 23rd Stephen Keene 8th(tied) 22nd
Chesapeake Tailgators John Wright 24th Armando Salas 1st 21st
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Shane Kidd 1st Adam Hazen 15th 14th
Baxter Springs Marshals Kevin Miller 2nd Kevin Miller 7th 3rd
Orono Oaks Jeff Weingart 3rd Matt Drayton 3rd 1st
Walnut Park Bobcats Heath Johnston 4th Adam Noland 2nd 2nd
Quebec Fighting Quakers Jose Ojeda 5th Jerardo Perez 4th(tied) 4th
Westwood Bruins Justin Weil 6th 24th 24th
Fremont Marshalls Tom Haas 7th Tom Haas 13th 13th
Denver Pilots Juan Santana 8th Jarred Gangi 19th 15th
Hartford Matadors Everton Jackson 9th Mike Hernandez 8th 5th
Nashville Lasers Malcolm Freeman 10th Juan Rincon 23rd 18th
Spokane Selects Ken Guzman 11th Micah Weidner 6th 6th
Quebec Aces Kyle Thompson 12th Jim Wallace 18th 17th
Glendale Muskies Elijah Miller 13th Zack Cunningham 10th(tied) 7th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Ron Lombardi 14th Logan Penny 10th(tied) 8th
Portland Mad Ants John Wright 15th Brandon Smith 9th 9th
Palm Springs Heat Ross Lefkowitz 16th Michael Hatten 21st 19th
Montreal Royals Vince Rice 17th Eric Alley 4th(tied) 10th
Ann Arbor Z's Jesse Keim 18th Kevin Martinez 14th 16th
El Paso Chupacabras Marcos Guadarrama 19th Marcos Guadarrama 17th 20th
Joilet Jesters Nick McKinney 20th Nick McKinney 20th 21st
Laredo Ghosts Nick Thompson 21st Frank Stroud 22nd 23rd
Chesapeake Tailgators Josh Harris 22nd Armando Salas 1st 11th
Dillonvale Indians Bill Roderick 23rd Bill Roderick 16th 22nd
Montreal Canadiens Chris Wyzard 24th Justin Andersen 10th(tied) 12th
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