ABA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/13/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Lasers Chris Van Noort 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Fremont Marshalls J.R. Daniels 2nd 10th(tied) 11th
El Paso Chupacabras Joe Carroll 3rd Mike Shabazian 1st(tied) 1st
Spokane Selects Ammar bin Imran 4th Ryan Freeman 1st(tied) 2nd
Hickory Crawdads Jeff Greathouse 5th (tied) 10th(tied) 12th
Orono Oaks Mike Hydo 5th (tied) Mike Hydo 7th 6th
Montreal Royals Eduardo Lopez 7th Roger Gotsch 1st(tied) 3rd
New Rochelle Purple Wave Jeff Riemer 8th Jimmy Williams 1st(tied) 4th
Chesapeake Tailgators Jerry Milton 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Hartford Matadors Eric Clayton 10th Bubba Austin 6th 7th
Dillonvale Indians Vin Rau 11th Vin Rau 5th 5th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Sam Neeley 12th Sam Neeley 8th 8th
Ann Arbor Z's Frank Radtke 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Walnut Park Bobcats Evan McCulley 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Westwood Bruins Unto Peurajärvi 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Joilet Jesters Alex Clinkenbeard 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Denver Pilots Dave Yeater 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Montreal Canadiens Richard Adelman 18th Richard Adelman 9th 9th
Laredo Ghosts Fred Pachner 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Palm Springs Heat Clay Tucker 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Baxter Springs Marshals Chandler Preteroti 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Portland Mad Ants Tom Hirsch 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Quebec Aces Willie Bazaldua 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
Glendale Muskies Mark Dailey 24th 10th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Nashville Lasers Jamie Bender 1st Jamie Bender 1st 1st
Montreal Canadiens Jim Wilkes 2nd Alan Borrego 2nd(tied) 2nd
Walnut Park Bobcats Chris Stivers 3rd Nate Sheridan 7th 6th
Westwood Bruins Jeff Ciervo 4th Jeff Ciervo 6th 7th
Palm Springs Heat Dustin Roachell 5th 14th(tied) 14th
El Paso Chupacabras Ross Dorough 6th Dane Hove 13th 9th
Hickory Crawdads Fred Hernandez 7th 14th(tied) 15th
Chesapeake Tailgators Juan Conde 8th 14th(tied) 16th
Laredo Ghosts Brad Largent 9th 14th(tied) 17th
Joilet Jesters Michael Soria 10th 14th(tied) 18th
Dillonvale Indians Matt Peterson 11th Matt Peterson 2nd(tied) 3rd
Denver Pilots Jim Green 12th Matt DeLaet 2nd(tied) 4th
Spokane Selects Ricky Plascencia 13th 14th(tied) 19th
Ann Arbor Z's Jerry Tully 14th Jerry Tully 8th 8th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Ben Leonardi 15th Ben Leonardi 9th 10th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Aaron Coulson 16th Aaron Coulson 11th 12th
Montreal Royals Firmino Fischetti 17th Firmino Fischetti 10th 11th
Orono Oaks John Cotton 18th George Theodore 2nd(tied) 5th
Glendale Muskies Javy Villapando 19th Javy Villapando 12th 13th
Baxter Springs Marshals Talon Haskell 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Hartford Matadors Jeff Duenas 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Portland Mad Ants Alex Aime 22nd 14th(tied) 22nd
Fremont Marshalls 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Quebec Aces 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Glendale Muskies Alex Cruz 1st Chris Alexander 1st(tied) 1st
Montreal Canadiens Mike Gelardi 2nd Mike Gelardi 1st(tied) 2nd
Denver Pilots Jim Franz 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Nashville Lasers Mark LeFevre 4th Alex Marquez 9th(tied) 7th
Baxter Springs Marshals Justin Sinclair 5th Chris Broadley 7th 6th
Westwood Bruins Brian Hendrix 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Montreal Royals Keagan Deming 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Quebec Aces Willie Alvarez 8th 11th(tied) 14th
Walnut Park Bobcats Jeff Newingham 9th Jeff Newingham 5th 5th
Chesapeake Tailgators R.J. DeStefano 10th 11th(tied) 15th
Hartford Matadors Brad MacNeil 11th Dave Aschenbrener 8th 8th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Jonathan Raley 12th Jonathan Raley 1st(tied) 3rd
El Paso Chupacabras Sean Dowling 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Joilet Jesters Aarto Turkula 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Dillonvale Indians Jonathan Fields 15th Edwin Retana 1st(tied) 4th
Laredo Ghosts Justin Morgan 16th Justin Morgan 6th 9th
Portland Mad Ants Josh Kelly 17th 11th(tied) 18th
Orono Oaks Cesar Mena 18th 11th(tied) 19th
Fremont Marshalls Nate Springs 19th 11th(tied) 20th
Palm Springs Heat Lee Goldade 20th 11th(tied) 21st
Ann Arbor Z's Tom Steiner 21st 11th(tied) 22nd
Spokane Selects Glen Eastman 22nd Glen Eastman 9th(tied) 10th
Hickory Crawdads 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Quebec Fighting Quakers 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Ryan Ward 1st Jose Valdez 3rd 3rd
Montreal Royals Ryan Compton 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Chesapeake Tailgators John Whitney 3rd Kevin Cimini 8th 5th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Dan Scott 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Laredo Ghosts Ashton Baldwin 5th Ashton Baldwin 4th 4th
Orono Oaks Regis Roper 6th Derrick Bulluck 1st(tied) 1st
Joilet Jesters Tamiela Kalolo 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Ann Arbor Z's Pat Bell 8th Pat Bell 7th 6th
Quebec Aces Humberto Castano 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Josh Gillespie 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Westwood Bruins Paul Tetzloff 11th Paul Tetzloff 9th 7th
Denver Pilots Aaron Carr 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Hartford Matadors Joe Pettit 13th Joe Pettit 6th 8th
El Paso Chupacabras Mike DeWitt 14th 10th(tied) 16th
Dillonvale Indians Ryan Riggs 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Baxter Springs Marshals Kevin Davis 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Palm Springs Heat Kevin Schneider 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Nashville Lasers Danny Martinez 18th Tim Plowman 1st(tied) 2nd
Glendale Muskies Tim Kidd 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Fremont Marshalls Chris Vandal 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 21st
Spokane Selects Scott Goldfein 20th (tied) Scott Goldfein 5th 9th
Montreal Canadiens Ronnie Marshall 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Portland Mad Ants 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Walnut Park Bobcats 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Baxter Springs Marshals Brian Bopp 1st Brian Bopp 1st 1st
New Rochelle Purple Wave Justin Ottinger 2nd Justin Ottinger 2nd 2nd
Nashville Lasers Hector Landa 3rd Hector Landa 3rd 3rd
Walnut Park Bobcats Dylan Waters 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Spokane Selects Alex Sanchez 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Ann Arbor Z's Chih Ren 6th Chih Ren 4th 4th
Montreal Canadiens Chase Dunn 7th Chase Dunn 5th 5th
Hickory Crawdads Dan Canady 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Hartford Matadors Andrew Flynn 9th Andrew Flynn 6th 6th
Palm Springs Heat Matt Evert 10th 7th(tied) 10th
El Paso Chupacabras Bobby Tschida 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Orono Oaks Chris Cooper 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Quebec Aces Andy Gatz 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Fremont Marshalls Charlie Harrison 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Montreal Royals Dwayne Cook 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Westwood Bruins Alec Pavelka 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Portland Mad Ants Mike Henschel 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Nick Nunley 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Joilet Jesters Ken Fortin 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Laredo Ghosts Mike Nelson 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Dillonvale Indians Eduardo Acosta 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Chesapeake Tailgators 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Denver Pilots 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Glendale Muskies 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Joilet Jesters Prince Sunderland 1st Prince Sunderland 7th 7th
Ann Arbor Z's Tim Baggett 2nd Tim Baggett 8th 8th
El Paso Chupacabras Brian Phillips 3rd Brian Phillips 10th 9th
Glendale Muskies Chris Stanifer 4th Jesse Reimann 13th 10th
Montreal Canadiens Justin Kelley 5th Justin Kelley 1st(tied) 1st
Nashville Lasers Lee Peck 6th Lee Peck 1st(tied) 2nd
Chesapeake Tailgators Mike Johnson 7th Mike Johnson 12th 12th
Orono Oaks Mark Crawford 8th Mark Crawford 1st(tied) 3rd
Palm Springs Heat Brian Roberts 9th Jacob Tubman 15th 13th
Hartford Matadors Malcolm McKechnie 10th Malcolm McKechnie 11th 11th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Tyler Lake 11th 17th(tied) 17th
Westwood Bruins Brian Massey 12th 17th(tied) 18th
Fremont Marshalls Chris Quinton 13th 17th(tied) 19th
Spokane Selects Ian Schelling 14th Ian Schelling 14th 14th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Kevin Garber 15th Steve Nalbach 1st(tied) 4th
Montreal Royals Mike Odendahl 16th Jose Argueta 1st(tied) 5th
Denver Pilots Austin Bonneau 17th 17th(tied) 20th
Quebec Aces Dave Poth 18th 17th(tied) 21st
Laredo Ghosts Jesus Latorre 19th Juichi Okuyama 16th 16th
Walnut Park Bobcats Justin Bobb 20th 17th(tied) 22nd
Portland Mad Ants Eric Alvarado 21st Eric Alvarado 9th 15th
Hickory Crawdads Goh Ogata 22nd 17th(tied) 23rd
Dillonvale Indians Tim Cook 23rd Tim Wolff 1st(tied) 6th
Baxter Springs Marshals 24th 17th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Montreal Royals Takenori Murayama 1st 7th(tied) 6th
Westwood Bruins Jon Wagner 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Orono Oaks Jay McBurney 3rd 7th(tied) 9th
Spokane Selects Jaden Lewis 4th Jaden Lewis 3rd 1st
Portland Mad Ants Pat Kirchner 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Quebec Fighting Quakers Nick Schultz 6th Nick Schultz 2nd 2nd
Hickory Crawdads Andrew Baltzley 7th Paul Nicolopoulos 4th 4th
Chesapeake Tailgators Troy Appling 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Quebec Aces Roland Martin 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Hartford Matadors John Benson 10th Oscar Juarez 1st 3rd
Fremont Marshalls Dave Reisinger 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Palm Springs Heat Manuel Campos 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Denver Pilots Erik Hansen 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Joilet Jesters Kyle Bailey 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Laredo Ghosts Andy Pabon 15th 7th(tied) 17th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Jim Adams 16th 7th(tied) 18th
Glendale Muskies Ray Alleyne 17th Ray Alleyne 5th 5th
Nashville Lasers Josh Engelke 18th Josh Engelke 6th 7th
Ann Arbor Z's 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Baxter Springs Marshals 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Dillonvale Indians 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
El Paso Chupacabras 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Montreal Canadiens 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Walnut Park Bobcats 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Westwood Bruins Armando Gomez 1st Armando Gomez 1st(tied) 1st
Portland Mad Ants Jerry Blake 2nd 9th(tied) 7th
Glendale Muskies Casey Kearney 3rd 9th(tied) 8th
Chesapeake Tailgators Cesar Ornelas 4th Ed McCarson 5th 4th
Montreal Royals Brian Hendrix 5th Brian Hendrix 1st(tied) 2nd
Joilet Jesters Eric Wilson 6th Eric Wilson 4th 5th
Orono Oaks Julio Negron 7th 9th(tied) 10th
Walnut Park Bobcats Ron Cardwell 8th 9th(tied) 11th
El Paso Chupacabras Brandon Titus 9th Timmy Coenen 6th 6th
Palm Springs Heat Tom Klenke 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Laredo Ghosts Doug Grimm 11th Rich Maciejewski 1st(tied) 3rd
Hickory Crawdads Billy Totten 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Ann Arbor Z's Paul Watson 13th 9th(tied) 15th
Denver Pilots Gus Marquez 14th 9th(tied) 16th
Nashville Lasers David Puente 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Baxter Springs Marshals Bobby Mendoza 16th 9th(tied) 18th
Quebec Aces Eric Barrett 17th 9th(tied) 19th
Montreal Canadiens T.J. Parker 18th 9th(tied) 20th
Hartford Matadors Tony Perez 19th 9th(tied) 21st
Dillonvale Indians Dave Marcin 20th Dave Marcin 8th 9th
Fremont Marshalls Jerry Jones 21st 9th(tied) 22nd
New Rochelle Purple Wave Felix Mora 22nd Felix Mora 7th 12th
Quebec Fighting Quakers 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spokane Selects 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Quebec Fighting Quakers Chris Stoddard 1st Chris Huyard 3rd 2nd
Westwood Bruins Tom Balletta 2nd Tom Balletta 5th 3rd
Spokane Selects Jerry Bowman 3rd Jon Clark 1st 1st
Orono Oaks Jeff Weingart 4th Nolan Estes 10th 7th
Walnut Park Bobcats Mike Garst 5th Brad Porretta 4th 4th
Hickory Crawdads Dustin Patton 6th Adam Hazen 16th 15th
Chesapeake Tailgators Alex Martinez 7th Armando Salas 14th(tied) 11th
Baxter Springs Marshals Steve Dunham 8th Steve Dunham 12th(tied) 9th
Montreal Royals Ryan Warren 9th Mark Stuart 11th 10th
Portland Mad Ants John Wright 10th Jaheim Jennings 9th 8th
Palm Springs Heat Andy Waring 11th Mike Parker 18th(tied) 16th
Hartford Matadors Mike Hernandez 12th Mike Hernandez 2nd 5th
Nashville Lasers Reynaldo Calle 13th Rodolfo Hernandez 6th 6th
El Paso Chupacabras Victor Figueroa 14th Scott Foote 21st 20th
Joilet Jesters Matt Schmid 15th 22nd(tied) 21st
Quebec Aces Colin Lambert 16th Jim Wallace 17th 18th
Denver Pilots David Fry 17th Dan Bruce 18th(tied) 19th
Fremont Marshalls Mike Stack 18th Mike Stack 14th(tied) 14th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Pat Daughtry 19th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Montreal Canadiens Ethan Gallman 20th Chris Hall 7th 12th
Glendale Muskies Terry Droubay 21st Ferhat Chiwocha 12th(tied) 13th
Ann Arbor Z's Bobby Purdy 22nd 22nd(tied) 24th
Dillonvale Indians Pat Hiltner 23rd Jose Suazo 8th 17th
Laredo Ghosts Vic Lucero 24th Vic Lucero 20th 23rd
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Westwood Bruins Justin Weil 1st 22nd(tied) 10th
Hickory Crawdads Jon Reynolds 2nd Adam Hazen 15th 7th
Baxter Springs Marshals Kevin Miller 3rd Kevin Miller 6th(tied) 3rd
Quebec Fighting Quakers Jose Ojeda 4th Chris McAuley 3rd 2nd
Glendale Muskies Karl Bradberry 5th Bob Luse 6th(tied) 5th
Orono Oaks Tim Suttle 6th Tim Suttle 1st 1st
Palm Springs Heat Hunter Saakadze 7th Michael Hatten 19th 11th
Hartford Matadors Morgan Felty 8th Morgan Felty 6th(tied) 9th
Quebec Aces Kyle Thompson 9th 22nd(tied) 17th
Fremont Marshalls Tim Peters 10th Tim Peters 5th 4th
El Paso Chupacabras Ian Muenkel 11th Stuart Hamlin 21st 12th
Portland Mad Ants Kevin Kovach 12th Brandon Smith 14th 13th
New Rochelle Purple Wave Vince Zamora 13th Vince Zamora 4th 6th
Joilet Jesters Howie Freel 14th Nick McKinney 20th 16th
Walnut Park Bobcats Heath Johnston 15th Heath Johnston 6th(tied) 14th
Montreal Royals Eric Alley 16th Eric Alley 6th(tied) 15th
Spokane Selects Ken Guzman 17th Micah Weidner 2nd 8th
Ann Arbor Z's Kevin Martinez 18th Kevin Martinez 6th(tied) 18th
Nashville Lasers Joel Racinowski 19th Rodolfo Hernandez 6th(tied) 19th
Denver Pilots Juan Santana 20th Jarred Gangi 18th 20th
Chesapeake Tailgators Donovan Mott 21st Armando Salas 16th 22nd
Dillonvale Indians Stephen Keene 22nd Stephen Keene 6th(tied) 21st
Montreal Canadiens Justin Andersen 23rd Justin Andersen 17th 23rd
Laredo Ghosts John Bonnell 24th 22nd(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Hickory Crawdads Jon Reynolds 1st Adam Hazen 13th 11th
Orono Oaks Tim Suttle 2nd Tim Suttle 2nd(tied) 1st
New Rochelle Purple Wave Gabe Sprung 3rd Gabe Sprung 6th(tied) 3rd
Baxter Springs Marshals Kevin Miller 4th Kevin Miller 6th(tied) 5th
Walnut Park Bobcats Mike Garst 5th Mike Garst 1st 2nd
Quebec Fighting Quakers Andy Swift 6th Chris McAuley 4th 4th
Westwood Bruins Justin Weil 7th 22nd(tied) 21st
Denver Pilots Juan Santana 8th Jarred Gangi 18th 12th
Hartford Matadors Morgan Felty 9th Vinny Padilla 5th 6th
Spokane Selects Ken Guzman 10th Micah Weidner 2nd(tied) 7th
Quebec Aces Kyle Thompson 11th 22nd(tied) 23rd
Nashville Lasers Malcolm Freeman 12th Rodolfo Hernandez 6th(tied) 8th
Chesapeake Tailgators Nick Douglass 13th (tied) Armando Salas 15th 14th
Fremont Marshalls Jonathan Reeher 13th (tied) Jonathan Reeher 11th 13th
Portland Mad Ants John Wright 15th Brandon Smith 6th(tied) 9th
Palm Springs Heat Ross Lefkowitz 16th Michael Hatten 20th 16th
Ann Arbor Z's Jesse Keim 17th Kevin Martinez 6th(tied) 10th
El Paso Chupacabras Marcos Guadarrama 18th Marcos Guadarrama 14th 15th
Glendale Muskies Zack Cunningham 19th Zack Cunningham 19th 18th
Joilet Jesters Nick McKinney 20th Nick McKinney 21st 19th
Dillonvale Indians Bill Roderick 21st Bill Roderick 12th 17th
Montreal Royals Jay Waltman 22nd Jay Waltman 16th(tied) 20th
Montreal Canadiens Justin Andersen 23rd Justin Andersen 16th(tied) 22nd
Laredo Ghosts Joe Iverson 24th 22nd(tied) 24th
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