ABA CLASS-A LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/27/2019
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake Elsinore Storm Dave Dischler 1st Dave Dischler 1st 1st
Deltaville Deltas Victor Lopez 2nd Victor Lopez 15th(tied) 3rd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Jeff Jacob 3rd Jeff Jacob 7th 2nd
San Antonio Stallions Robby Anderson 4th Mike Fowler 15th(tied) 6th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Mike Davis 5th Mike Davis 10th 4th
Dollywood Partons Brandon Robinson 6th Brandon Robinson 4th 5th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Kevin Ratcliff 7th Danny Orozco 15th(tied) 8th
White Deer Tropics Mike Sardeson 8th Mike Sardeson 15th(tied) 12th
Louisville Sweepers Frank Radtke 9th Frank Radtke 2nd 7th
Newark Flyers Mark Monterosso 10th Mark Monterosso 15th(tied) 13th
Santa Rosa Desperados Todd Mota 11th Todd Mota 12th 10th
Cottage City Cannonballers Santos Guzman 12th Roger Hodge 6th 9th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Dave Sicard 13th Dave Sicard 11th 11th
Bangor Lumberjacks Brian Hubert 14th Brian Hubert 15th(tied) 15th
Barrie Admirals Josh Kuhn 15th Josh Kuhn 8th 14th
Atlanta Aggies Tim Marfisi 16th Dave Doyel 15th(tied) 18th
Kalamazoo Comets Marc Galicia 17th David Stallman 13th 16th
Kansas City Dust Devils Neil Bowman 18th Ray Branson 14th 19th
Huntsville Rockets Jim Van Donsel 19th Jim Van Donsel 9th 17th
Fremont Ambassadors Jordan Corral 20th Jordan Corral 5th 20th
Chillicothe Paints Tim Myers 21st Tim Myers 15th(tied) 22nd
Long Beach Keys Guillermo Urioste 22nd Landon Wiegand 3rd 21st
Tampa Capitals Ivan Valenzuela 23rd Ivan Valenzuela 15th(tied) 23rd
Columbus Bowsers Josh Hall 24th Josh Hall 15th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chillicothe Paints Guillermo Alcorta 1st Guillermo Alcorta 11th 1st
St. Catharines Blue Jays Jaylen Taylor 2nd Jaylen Taylor 15th 5th
Louisville Sweepers Greg Cavaness 3rd Matt Magnifico 7th 3rd
Dollywood Partons Tim Hutchison 4th Tim Hutchison 16th(tied) 9th(tied)
Long Beach Keys Mike Lyman 5th Neil Bowman 2nd 2nd
Atlanta Aggies Jake Weber 6th Carlos Miranda 3rd 4th
Kalamazoo Comets Chris St. Clair 7th Freddy Vasquez 16th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jason Coppa 8th Jason Coppa 5th 6th
Deltaville Deltas Shane Russell 9th Bryan Felkins 14th 11th
Santa Rosa Desperados Kyle Taylor 10th Chris Dietel 10th 8th
San Antonio Stallions Aaron Foster 11th Eric Fitzpatrick 9th 7th
Newark Flyers Angelo Mejia 12th Angelo Mejia 13th 12th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Cameron Thomas 13th Scott Childers 16th(tied) 14th
Lake Elsinore Storm Rob Edwards 14th Rob Edwards 4th 9th(tied)
White Deer Tropics Aaron Jalbert 15th Aaron Jalbert 21st 21st
Barrie Admirals J.J. Hassell 16th Josh Fitzgerald 12th 16th
Tampa Capitals Jake Baker 17th Jake Baker 16th(tied) 18th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Michael Price 18th Michael Price 6th 17th
Columbus Bowsers Brandon Harris 19th Wade Baker 1st 15th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Marcus Cartwright 20th Caleb Hughes 8th 19th
Fremont Ambassadors Greg Hadley 21st Greg Hadley 23rd 22nd
Huntsville Rockets Ricky Plascencia 22nd Ricky Plascencia 16th(tied) 20th
Bangor Lumberjacks Jeff Huggins 23rd Jeff Huggins 24th 23rd
Cottage City Cannonballers Jorge Trujillo 24th Jorge Trujillo 22nd 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Columbus Bowsers Brad Stein 1st Adam Tyndall 2nd 1st
Long Beach Keys Ruben Alamo 2nd Tony Ivanez 1st 2nd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Chris Swain 3rd Matt Lubinski 4th 3rd
Atlanta Aggies Hector Martinez 4th (tied) Chris Mounts 8th 4th
Cottage City Cannonballers Jeremy Coates 4th (tied) Dillon Reed 11th 5th
Bangor Lumberjacks Byron Jaeger 6th Kyle Parker 10th 6th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Jim Viglione 7th Adam Cayton 17th(tied) 9th
Dollywood Partons Jose Celis 8th Jose Celis 22nd 22nd
Huntsville Rockets Juan Rubio 9th Glenn Valentine 13th 8th
Louisville Sweepers Marcus Morse 10th Tristan Bossard 3rd 7th
Santa Rosa Desperados Jonah Norman 11th John Piscitelli 15th 12th
Tampa Capitals Mike Schrupp 12th Andy O'Brien 17th(tied) 15th
Kalamazoo Comets Nick Rucker 13th Nick Rucker 12th 10th
Deltaville Deltas Roberto Portillo 14th Roberto Portillo 24th 23rd
White Deer Tropics Carlos Lopez 15th Eric Hayes 16th 14th
Chillicothe Paints Ben Beard 16th Ben Beard 17th(tied) 17th
Newark Flyers Josh Allen 17th Josh Allen 17th(tied) 18th
Fremont Ambassadors Javier Tarango 18th Javier Tarango 6th 11th
Lake Elsinore Storm Ricky Hernandez 19th Ricky Hernandez 23rd 24th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Phil Whitaker 20th Bill Havey 5th 13th
Kansas City Dust Devils Travis Johnson 21st Travis Johnson 9th 16th
Barrie Admirals John Adams 22nd Adrian Fekety 14th 19th
San Antonio Stallions Roman Stephenson 23rd Josh Kreisle 17th(tied) 21st
Weedpatch Widowmakers Kirk Squier 24th Bill Lobsinger 7th 20th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Cottage City Cannonballers John Wilson 1st John Wilson 14th(tied) 3rd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Brett Tobey 2nd Devin Terry 5th 2nd
Dollywood Partons Jeremy Alfano 3rd Jeremy Alfano 23rd 23rd
Atlanta Aggies Bob Adkins 4th Bob Adkins 2nd 1st
White Deer Tropics Cory Jaeger 5th Cory Jaeger 4th 4th
Kalamazoo Comets Steve Post 6th Steve Post 13th 5th
Barrie Admirals Joe Tinson 7th Joe Tinson 14th(tied) 7th
Santa Rosa Desperados Scott Ashburn 8th Jared Smith 14th(tied) 9th
Deltaville Deltas Jonathan Cunningham 9th Jonathan Cunningham 12th 10th
Louisville Sweepers Brian Murrah 10th Kevin Cremo 10th 8th
San Antonio Stallions Tyler Philips 11th Jose Avelar 1st 6th
Huntsville Rockets Brian Bergfeld 12th Joe Lilley 14th(tied) 12th
Long Beach Keys Humberto Rojas 13th Humberto Rojas 14th(tied) 13th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Devin Hoehn 14th Devin Hoehn 24th 24th
Kansas City Dust Devils Moses Hackett 15th Kyle Montgomery 3rd 11th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Nate Martin 16th Nate Martin 14th(tied) 18th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Matt Flood 17th Matt Flood 9th 14th
Columbus Bowsers Charlie Blowers 18th Charlie Blowers 7th 15th
Chillicothe Paints Justin Steffensen 19th Mario Aguiluz 8th 17th
Fremont Ambassadors Justin Scott 20th Kyle McKinney 6th 16th
Tampa Capitals Tyler Reifsnyder 21st Ricardo Campa 14th(tied) 19th
Lake Elsinore Storm Victor Sanchez 22nd Victor Sanchez 14th(tied) 20th
Newark Flyers Pat Whiting 23rd John Mahoney 14th(tied) 21st
Bangor Lumberjacks Nate Roberts 24th Eric Hicks 11th 22nd
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
White Deer Tropics Nick Blackburn 1st Nick Blackburn 5th 1st
Deltaville Deltas Jesus Arrellano 2nd Alex Natera 7th(tied) 4th
Santa Rosa Desperados Paul Kuhns 3rd Henry Cortez 2nd 2nd
Atlanta Aggies Ronnie McManus 4th Ronnie McManus 7th(tied) 7th
Long Beach Keys Alex Sanchez 5th Alex Sanchez 7th(tied) 8th
Dollywood Partons Jimmy Esparza 6th Edward Salgado 1st 3rd
Huntsville Rockets Ricky Lopez 7th Mike Dallis 4th 5th
Barrie Admirals Brett Bradham 8th Yoshito Nakajima 3rd 6th
Kalamazoo Comets Malik Walker 9th Malik Walker 6th 9th
Louisville Sweepers Roy Blaylock 10th Roy Blaylock 11th 11th
Tampa Capitals Jim Bunk 11th Jim Bunk 12th 12th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Aaron Hargis 12th Aaron Hargis 14th 14th
Chillicothe Paints Nick Arnett 13th Nick Arnett 13th 13th
Cottage City Cannonballers Joseph Lee 14th Joseph Lee 15th 15th
Kansas City Dust Devils Antonio Fransico 15th Antonio Fransico 16th 16th
Newark Flyers John Holbert 16th John Holbert 17th 17th
Lake Elsinore Storm Clemente Julio 17th Clemente Julio 10th 10th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Kyle Alexander 18th Kyle Alexander 18th 18th
Bangor Lumberjacks 19th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
Columbus Bowsers 19th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
Fremont Ambassadors 19th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks 19th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 19th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
St. Catharines Blue Jays 19th (tied) 19th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Catharines Blue Jays Barrett Brill 1st D.J. Van Diest 1st 1st
Santa Rosa Desperados Bryan Sheary 2nd Juan Ortiz 14th 2nd
Chillicothe Paints Luis Navarez 3rd Cory Donaghy 10th 3rd
Huntsville Rockets Jake Kovalev 4th Jake Kovalev 15th(tied) 5th
Dollywood Partons John Hilliard 5th (tied) Branden Ryan 8th 4th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Steve Maltman 5th (tied) Sergio Portillo 15th(tied) 8th
Deltaville Deltas Steve Prior 7th Kyle Stansberry 11th 6th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Omar Castillo 8th Luke Doll 9th 9th
Kalamazoo Comets David Alvarez 9th Jonathan McCarthy 7th 11th
Atlanta Aggies Joe Havis 10th James Huenergardt 4th 10th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Josh Forbes 11th Zach Williard 5th 12th
Long Beach Keys Jake Way 12th Jake Way 2nd 7th
Bangor Lumberjacks Chris Mosley 13th Esteban Mercado 15th(tied) 15th
Louisville Sweepers Adrian Bennett 14th Jake Brosius 13th 13th
Cottage City Cannonballers Franklin Cortes 15th Franklin Cortes 15th(tied) 16th
Kansas City Dust Devils Tony Sylvester 16th Tony Sylvester 12th 14th
San Antonio Stallions Guy van Steenbergen 17th Justin Bellamy 6th 17th
Barrie Admirals Andre Gilbert 18th Jay Robinson 15th(tied) 19th
White Deer Tropics Devin Hall 19th Devin Hall 15th(tied) 20th
Columbus Bowsers Danny Pierce 20th Danny Pierce 3rd 18th
Newark Flyers Richard Childs 21st Richard Childs 15th(tied) 21st
Tampa Capitals Art MacDonald 22nd Art MacDonald 22nd 22nd
Fremont Ambassadors Tom Gessner 23rd Tom Gessner 23rd 23rd
Lake Elsinore Storm 24th 24th 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Catharines Blue Jays Ryan Swift 1st Ryan Swift 2nd 1st
Newark Flyers Steve McLaughlin 2nd Steve McLaughlin 12th(tied) 3rd
Dollywood Partons Mark Shmidt 3rd Mark Shmidt 8th 2nd
Bangor Lumberjacks Mike Chace 4th Jay McBurney 7th 4th
Atlanta Aggies Jim Anderson 5th Jim Anderson 9th 5th
Long Beach Keys Mike Reynolds 6th Ernesto Campos 12th(tied) 8th
White Deer Tropics Pat Kirchner 7th Pat Kirchner 3rd 6th
Kansas City Dust Devils Eric Adkin 8th Troy Appling 12th(tied) 12th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Alejandro Vela 9th Sean Fish 6th 7th
Tampa Capitals Ryan Boone 10th Alberto Torres 10th 13th
Huntsville Rockets Tom Tofel 11th Nate Grooms 5th 11th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Dave Hernandez 12th Jonathon Worland 4th 9th
Santa Rosa Desperados Rich Tangorra 13th Rich Tangorra 12th(tied) 15th
Fremont Ambassadors John Luedtke 14th Manny Martinez 11th 14th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Tony Ortiz 15th Tony Ortiz 12th(tied) 16th
Kalamazoo Comets Alex Moreno 16th Jose Ruiz 12th(tied) 17th
Columbus Bowsers Carlos Barreto 17th Manuel Rosas 1st 10th
Cottage City Cannonballers Elijah Lattimore 18th Ed Woodside 12th(tied) 18th
Chillicothe Paints Rafael Landim 19th Rafael Landim 12th(tied) 19th
Barrie Admirals Jake Baker 20th (tied) Jake Baker 22nd 22nd
Lake Elsinore Storm Carl Rae 20th (tied) Carl Rae 20th 20th
Louisville Sweepers Chris West 22nd Chris West 21st 21st
Deltaville Deltas 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Flyers Ron Cardwell 1st Ron Cardwell 19th 19th
Fremont Ambassadors Bobby Webb 2nd Juan Lira 3rd(tied) 1st
Atlanta Aggies Jonathan Hoppe 3rd Kyle Benson 2nd 2nd
San Antonio Stallions Eric Barrett 4th Pete Lemish 8th 3rd
Dollywood Partons Mark Root 5th Nick Wisniewski 10th(tied) 8th
White Deer Tropics Aaron Moore 6th Jason Paulsen 9th 5th
Deltaville Deltas Matt Gaylord 7th Matt Gaylord 6th 4th
St. Catharines Blue Jays J.P. Painter 8th J.P. Painter 10th(tied) 9th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Bobby Persons 9th Johnny Dantzler 10th(tied) 11th
Long Beach Keys Brian Hull 10th Brian Hull 5th 7th
Barrie Admirals Corey Zuzek 11th Salvador Jimenez 1st 6th
Chillicothe Paints Brian Williams 12th Brian Williams 10th(tied) 12th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jeff Poore 13th Jeff Poore 10th(tied) 13th
Cottage City Cannonballers Luis Vazquez 14th Tim Kilgore 7th 10th
Tampa Capitals Brian Hawkes 15th Ryan Hamm 10th(tied) 14th
Kalamazoo Comets Max Sinatra 16th Max Sinatra 20th 20th
Louisville Sweepers Joel Ervin 17th Joel Ervin 10th(tied) 15th
Santa Rosa Desperados Edwin Ochoa 18th Edwin Ochoa 10th(tied) 16th
Huntsville Rockets Brad Setzer 19th Nick Raiff 10th(tied) 17th
Columbus Bowsers David Canales 20th Matt Coombs 3rd(tied) 18th
Lake Elsinore Storm Victor Munoz 21st Victor Munoz 22nd 21st
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Scott Haff 22nd Scott Haff 21st 22nd
Bangor Lumberjacks 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
Weedpatch Widowmakers 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Mike Tilley 1st Matt Dickson 14th 2nd
Chillicothe Paints Josh McQuaid 2nd Kasey Acree 6th 1st
Newark Flyers Antonio Alvarez 3rd Justin Thompson 7th 3rd
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Justin Berry 4th Josh Monroe 16th 13th
White Deer Tropics Moises Gonzalez 5th John Wright 13th 6th
Dollywood Partons Mike Mayes 6th Dennis Allen 9th 7th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Trevor Moses 7th Josh McPherson 2nd 4th
Cottage City Cannonballers Nick Grzeskowiak 8th Lou Cremer 8th 8th
Bangor Lumberjacks Fred Taylor 9th Paul Williamson 1st 5th
Santa Rosa Desperados Ross Narvaez 10th Brian Hayden 11th 9th
San Antonio Stallions Jordan Briones 11th Willie Trevino 12th 11th
Barrie Admirals Andy Swift 12th Andy Swift 5th 10th
Louisville Sweepers Abel Viar 13th John Bickel 15th 12th
Lake Elsinore Storm Cesar Chairez 14th Cesar Chairez 21st 18th
Tampa Capitals Brian Hennick 15th Ricardo Quiroz 4th 14th
Kansas City Dust Devils Juan Millan 16th Manny Arias 3rd 15th
Huntsville Rockets Joe Brackett 17th Joe Brackett 17th 17th
Kalamazoo Comets Francisco Macias 18th Carlos Mejia 10th 16th
Deltaville Deltas Chris Bell 19th Edgar Quesada 19th 19th
Fremont Ambassadors Dave Vondrasek 20th Juan Rosales 20th 20th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Matt Cafiero 21st Eddie Remington 18th 21st
Atlanta Aggies 22nd (tied) 22nd(tied) 22nd(tied)
Columbus Bowsers 22nd (tied) 22nd(tied) 22nd(tied)
Long Beach Keys 22nd (tied) 22nd(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Rosa Desperados Brian Hayden 1st Brian Hayden 5th 1st
Dollywood Partons Sam Spivey 2nd Sam Spivey 3rd 2nd
Bangor Lumberjacks Stephen Boland 3rd Stephen Boland 4th 3rd
Barrie Admirals Justin Weil 4th Jose Ojeda 7th 5th
Fremont Ambassadors Ivan Medina 5th Xavier Tomlin 1st 4th
Louisville Sweepers Rick Patterson 6th Jeremy Carter 9th 7th
Newark Flyers Isiah Hamlin 7th Isiah Hamlin 10th 9th
Deltaville Deltas Chris Hoffman 8th Matt Lieberman 2nd 6th
Tampa Capitals Josh Gatto 9th Jeff Adams 8th 10th
Huntsville Rockets Kyle Schroeder 10th Joseph Scale 6th 8th
San Antonio Stallions Dan Kleinman 11th John Schwartz 15th(tied) 13th
Chillicothe Paints Scott Lewis 12th Scott Lewis 11th 11th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jonathan Estes 13th Jonathan Estes 14th 12th
Lake Elsinore Storm Brian Hammond 14th Brian Hammond 18th 18th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Garrett Nance 15th Garrett Nance 19th 19th
Cottage City Cannonballers Jack Woolsey 16th Jay Gerbitz 15th(tied) 16th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Axel DeMeo 17th 21st(tied) 20th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Vince Jewell 18th Vince Jewell 15th(tied) 17th
White Deer Tropics Manny Rivera 19th Ricardo Lopez 12th 14th
Kalamazoo Comets Mario Alvarez 20th Mario Alvarez 13th 15th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Aldo Cordeiro 21st Aldo Cordeiro 20th 21st
Atlanta Aggies 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
Columbus Bowsers 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
Long Beach Keys 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Louisville Sweepers Abel Viar 1st John Bickel 1st 1st
Cottage City Cannonballers Lou Cremer 2nd Lou Cremer 2nd 2nd
Weedpatch Widowmakers Trevor Moses 3rd Josh McPherson 4th 3rd
Dollywood Partons Steve Oswald 4th Steve Oswald 6th 4th
Barrie Admirals Brian Kauppinen 5th Brian Kauppinen 10th 9th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Garrett Nance 6th Garrett Nance 14th 10th
Chillicothe Paints Terence Rodda 7th Terence Rodda 3rd 5th
Tampa Capitals Egor Patyka 8th Egor Patyka 12th 11th
Bangor Lumberjacks Mike Poussard 9th Tim Kondas 7th(tied) 7th
Deltaville Deltas Sam Crider 10th Sam Crider 11th 12th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jonathan Estes 11th Manny Arias 5th 6th
Newark Flyers Bobby Fawbush 12th Bobby Fawbush 7th(tied) 8th
Santa Rosa Desperados Willie Valdivia 13th Willie Valdivia 16th 13th
San Antonio Stallions Mark Garrett 14th Mark Garrett 18th 15th
Lake Elsinore Storm Joe Reddick 15th Joe Reddick 17th 17th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Axel DeMeo 16th 21st(tied) 20th
Fremont Ambassadors Ken Allbaugh 17th Ken Allbaugh 13th 14th
Kalamazoo Comets Jayson Wagner 18th Jayson Wagner 15th 18th
Huntsville Rockets Tyler Doss 19th Tyler Doss 9th 16th
White Deer Tropics Mike Bink 20th Mike Bink 19th 19th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Manuel Catala 21st Manuel Catala 20th 21st
Atlanta Aggies 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
Columbus Bowsers 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
Long Beach Keys 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
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