ABA CLASS-A LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/03/2023
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake Elsinore Storm Trey Lacey 1st Trey Lacey 10th(tied) 3rd
Barrie Admirals Sam Neeley 2nd Sam Neeley 9th 2nd
Long Beach Keys Thomas Hounshell 3rd Thomas Hounshell 1st 1st
St. Catharines Blue Jays David Skillman 4th Mike Davis 21st 17th
Newark Flyers Jon Owens 5th Evan McCulley 10th(tied) 4th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Nate Richardson 6th Nate Richardson 10th(tied) 5th
Louisville Sweepers Taiju Kusanagi 7th Dave Wilson 3rd 6th
Santa Rosa Desperados Cesar Pereira 8th Cesar Pereira 6th 7th
Tampa Capitals Allen McColl 9th Ivan Valenzuela 10th(tied) 9th
Bangor Lumberjacks Jerry Lupton 10th Justin Wardlaw 10th(tied) 11th
Dollywood Partons Josh Jackson 11th Josh Jackson 20th 19th
White Deer Tropics Joel Vaughn 12th 22nd(tied) 22nd
Deltaville Deltas Ethan Morris 13th Cody Thomas 2nd 8th
Cottage City Cannonballers Roger Hodge 14th Roger Hodge 7th 12th
Kalamazoo Comets Mike Schantz 15th Angel Vargas 4th 10th
Fremont Ambassadors Paul Inman 16th Paul Inman 8th 13th
Glace Bay Miners Bobby Tungate 17th Josh Mahan 17th 18th
Columbus Bowsers Ryan Doyle 18th Dante Hernandez 18th 20th
London Werewolves Josh Elliott 19th Alvaro Rodriguez 5th 14th
Mexico City Aztecs Matt Unger 20th Matt Unger 19th 21st
Huntsville Rockets Ryan Kalthoff 21st Ryan Kalthoff 10th(tied) 15th
Kansas City Dust Devils Bobby Goldsmith 22nd Bobby Goldsmith 10th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Stallions Patrick Burt 23rd 22nd(tied) 23rd
Atlanta Aggies 24th 22nd(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Glace Bay Miners Tony Baker 1st Tony Baker 13th(tied) 6th
Mexico City Aztecs Larry McAtamney 2nd Dean Hostetler 7th 3rd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Ryan Murphree 3rd Ryan Murphree 4th 1st
Long Beach Keys Brad Largent 4th Brad Largent 9th 5th
Atlanta Aggies Damian Willingham 5th John Wallace 2nd 2nd
Cottage City Cannonballers Alan Borrego 6th Alan Borrego 3rd 4th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Ernesto Castillo 7th Ernesto Castillo 10th 9th
Columbus Bowsers Steve Woodings 8th Josh Schamerhorn 8th 7th
Newark Flyers Nate Sheridan 9th Nate Sheridan 16th 16th
Kalamazoo Comets Jesus Muniz 10th Jesus Muniz 13th(tied) 11th
Deltaville Deltas Bryan Felkins 11th David Pierce 1st 8th
Huntsville Rockets Eddie Mongold 12th Eddie Mongold 13th(tied) 13th
Dollywood Partons Chris Pierson 13th Chris Pierson 19th 17th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jim Milian 14th Jim Milian 5th 10th
Fremont Ambassadors Justin Thurston 15th Justin Thurston 12th 12th
Santa Rosa Desperados Bryan Erck 16th Bryan Erck 18th 19th
White Deer Tropics David Johnson 17th Mike Brown 11th 14th
Barrie Admirals Sam Green 18th Sam Green 21st 20th
San Antonio Stallions Kevin Wylie 19th Firmino Fischetti 6th 15th
Lake Elsinore Storm Jermaine Crawford 20th Keith Cole 17th 18th
Tampa Capitals Tyler Dickson 21st Carlos Roman 22nd 22nd
Louisville Sweepers Josh Carta 22nd Josh Carta 20th 21st
Bangor Lumberjacks 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
London Werewolves 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Barrie Admirals Nate Dubiel 1st Nate Dubiel 10th 2nd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Dale Coffey 2nd Dale Coffey 7th 1st
Newark Flyers Ken Kirkland 3rd Ken Kirkland 18th 17th
Deltaville Deltas Jason Clare 4th Jason Clare 9th 4th
Glace Bay Miners Justin Blaylock 5th Justin Blaylock 20th 18th
Mexico City Aztecs Arturo Guevara 6th (tied) Arturo Guevara 19th 19th
Tampa Capitals Clark Lewis 6th (tied) R.J. DeStefano 2nd 3rd
Kansas City Dust Devils Ryan Kreger 8th Ryan Kreger 4th 5th
London Werewolves Aarto Turkula 9th Josh Hahn 5th 6th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Kevin Dobson 10th Kevin Dobson 11th(tied) 9th
Bangor Lumberjacks Cesar Mena 11th Cesar Mena 11th(tied) 10th
Huntsville Rockets Tom Steiner 12th Tom Steiner 11th(tied) 11th
Cottage City Cannonballers Matt Levesque 13th (tied) Matt Levesque 3rd 7th
Dollywood Partons Tom Tofel 13th (tied) Tom Tofel 23rd 21st
Santa Rosa Desperados Willie Rodriguez 15th Willie Rodriguez 17th 20th
Long Beach Keys Bill Baracco 16th Danny Gates 11th(tied) 13th(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets Bruce Frett 17th Bruce Frett 6th 12th
White Deer Tropics John Richins 18th John Richins 22nd 22nd
Columbus Bowsers Dennis Brent 19th John Gentry 11th(tied) 15th
Atlanta Aggies Jeremy Hatton 20th Dave Semones 8th 13th(tied)
Fremont Ambassadors Chad Wright 21st Alex Cruz 1st 8th
San Antonio Stallions John Anderson 22nd John Anderson 11th(tied) 16th
Lake Elsinore Storm Alfredo Diaz 23rd Alfredo Diaz 21st 23rd
Louisville Sweepers Tony Swerdlove 24th Tony Swerdlove 24th 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Flyers Chris Stivers 1st Chris Stivers 10th(tied) 1st
Tampa Capitals Danny Pinto 2nd Danny Pinto 8th 2nd
Dollywood Partons Orlando de Jesus 3rd Jim Henkemeyer 9th 3rd
Glace Bay Miners Cory Jaeger 4th Cory Jaeger 5th 4th
Mexico City Aztecs Jason Blackmore 5th Jason Blackmore 10th(tied) 5th
White Deer Tropics Jim Mann 6th Jim Mann 20th 20th
Cottage City Cannonballers Fei-hsien Liu 7th (tied) Fei-hsien Liu 4th 6th
Deltaville Deltas Tony Gonzalez 7th (tied) Tony Gonzalez 10th(tied) 11th
London Werewolves Mike Jamin 9th Mike Jamin 2nd 7th
Atlanta Aggies Justin Jirkovsky 10th Justin Jirkovsky 6th 9th
Barrie Admirals Devon Bidwell 11th Devon Bidwell 10th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Stallions Colin Warren 12th Colin Warren 10th(tied) 13th
Kansas City Dust Devils Kevin Cimini 13th Kevin Cimini 1st 8th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Angel Lujan 14th Angel Lujan 10th(tied) 14th
Fremont Ambassadors Rene Aponte 15th Rene Aponte 3rd 10th
Long Beach Keys Ben Kaatz 16th Ben Kaatz 7th 15th
Santa Rosa Desperados Ross Myer 17th Ross Myer 21st 21st
Huntsville Rockets Josh James 18th Josh James 10th(tied) 16th
Louisville Sweepers Doug Joseph 19th Joe Pettit 10th(tied) 17th
Columbus Bowsers Greg Jones 20th 23rd(tied) 23rd
Bangor Lumberjacks Pablo Patlan 21st Pablo Patlan 10th(tied) 18th
Lake Elsinore Storm Bryan Palmer 22nd Ryan Clark 22nd 22nd
Kalamazoo Comets Cody Brown 23rd Cody Brown 10th(tied) 19th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks 24th 23rd(tied) 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Glace Bay Miners Jim Gavilanes 1st Jim Gavilanes 3rd 1st
Barrie Admirals Alfonso Sanchez 2nd (tied) Yoshito Nakajima 4th(tied) 2nd(tied)
San Antonio Stallions Frank Lewis 2nd (tied) Frank Lewis 4th(tied) 2nd(tied)
Columbus Bowsers Jeff Baker 4th 20th(tied) 17th
Kalamazoo Comets Max Benitez 5th Max Benitez 2nd 5th
Huntsville Rockets R.J. Cashman 6th Nick Taylor 1st 4th
Tampa Capitals George Hutchison 7th George Hutchison 4th(tied) 6th
White Deer Tropics Mike Henschel 8th Mike Henschel 4th(tied) 7th
London Werewolves Oscar Garcia 9th Oscar Garcia 4th(tied) 8th
Dollywood Partons Bobby Flores 10th Bobby Flores 14th 14th
Mexico City Aztecs David Keith 11th David Keith 13th 13th
Bangor Lumberjacks Fabian Hartnett 12th Fabian Hartnett 12th 12th
Atlanta Aggies Andy Driver 13th Andy Driver 16th 15th
Fremont Ambassadors Dustin Helm 14th Dustin Helm 17th 16th
Newark Flyers Jim Spiegel 15th Jim Spiegel 4th(tied) 9th
Lake Elsinore Storm Seth Lathrop 16th 20th(tied) 21st
Long Beach Keys Mike Nelson 17th Mike Nelson 4th(tied) 10th
Santa Rosa Desperados Eric Leinbach 18th Robby Westbrook 4th(tied) 11th
Louisville Sweepers Eddie Hull 19th Eddie Hull 18th 18th
Kansas City Dust Devils Miguel Martinez 20th Miguel Martinez 19th 20th
Cottage City Cannonballers Alfredo Urbina 21st Alfredo Urbina 15th 19th
Deltaville Deltas 22nd (tied) 20th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks 22nd (tied) 20th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Catharines Blue Jays 22nd (tied) 20th(tied) 22nd(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Flyers Ben Shafer 1st Ben Shafer 16th(tied) 2nd
Glace Bay Miners Joe Orr 2nd 24th 24th
Mexico City Aztecs Joel Patrick 3rd Joel Patrick 9th 3rd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Brian Hendrix 4th Brian Hendrix 2nd 1st
Lake Elsinore Storm Tim Cook 5th Philip Kerrigan 16th(tied) 9th
London Werewolves Mike Sargent 6th Justin Wish 7th(tied) 4th
Columbus Bowsers Bill Demers 7th Jake Willison 4th 5th
Barrie Admirals Jay Robinson 8th Brennan Conway 16th(tied) 15th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Isaiah Bunton 9th Isaiah Bunton 16th(tied) 16th
Cottage City Cannonballers Ben McCabe 10th Ben McCabe 11th 7th
Dollywood Partons Franklin Cortes 11th Colby Freese 10th 8th
Fremont Ambassadors Jesse Reimann 12th Gabe Garnica 3rd 6th
Louisville Sweepers Phil Bohler 13th Bob Docampo 12th 14th
White Deer Tropics Pete Beauford 14th Pete Beauford 16th(tied) 18th
Atlanta Aggies Jeff Valent 15th (tied) Jeff Valent 6th 10th(tied)
Kansas City Dust Devils Eric Hying 15th (tied) Eric Hying 14th 17th
San Antonio Stallions Preston Otte 15th (tied) Cody Yeager 7th(tied) 12th
Kalamazoo Comets Chad Nilsen 18th Mario Romero 5th 13th
Tampa Capitals Zach Amos 19th Everett Foley 15th 19th
Deltaville Deltas Bill Dent 20th Manny Gonzalez 1st 10th(tied)
Santa Rosa Desperados Kyle Braden 21st Kyle Braden 13th 20th
Long Beach Keys Dan Chambers 22nd Dan Chambers 16th(tied) 21st
Bangor Lumberjacks Gilberto Cruzgonzalez 23rd Gilberto Cruzgonzalez 23rd 23rd
Huntsville Rockets Jerry Guerrero 24th Jerry Guerrero 22nd 22nd
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dollywood Partons Jim Dauphin 1st Jim Dauphin 4th 1st
Bangor Lumberjacks Cesar Ornelas 2nd Ken Gavin 1st 2nd
London Werewolves Matt Batdorf 3rd Matt Batdorf 7th(tied) 4th
Glace Bay Miners Ryan Collins 4th Alfonso Estrada 5th 3rd
Santa Rosa Desperados Brian Gates 5th Brian Gates 6th 5th
White Deer Tropics Joe Tibbs 6th Joe Tibbs 16th 14th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks John Sadler 7th John Sadler 17th 17th
Barrie Admirals Brian Ericson 8th Brian Ericson 7th(tied) 7th
Columbus Bowsers Justin McCoy 9th Justin McCoy 14th 15th
Huntsville Rockets Dan Moody 10th Dan Moody 3rd 6th
Atlanta Aggies John Wiedower 11th Carlos Velasco 7th(tied) 8th
Lake Elsinore Storm Danny Thompson 12th 19th(tied) 19th
Cottage City Cannonballers Edwin Martinez 13th Edwin Martinez 15th 16th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jeremy Callis 14th Francisco Flores 7th(tied) 9th
Newark Flyers Aaron Jackson 15th Paul Nicolopoulos 7th(tied) 10th
Long Beach Keys Alex Rodriguez 16th Jon Aranda 7th(tied) 12th
Fremont Ambassadors Manny Martinez 17th Manny Martinez 7th(tied) 13th
Kalamazoo Comets Dan Vicars 18th Dan Vicars 2nd 11th
San Antonio Stallions Julio Pacheco 19th Julio Pacheco 18th 18th
Tampa Capitals Jose Escalante 20th 19th(tied) 20th
Deltaville Deltas 21st (tied) 19th(tied) 21st(tied)
Louisville Sweepers 21st (tied) 19th(tied) 21st(tied)
Mexico City Aztecs 21st (tied) 19th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Catharines Blue Jays 21st (tied) 19th(tied) 21st(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Ben Porter 1st Ben Porter 9th(tied) 1st
Dollywood Partons Isaiah Goulbourne 2nd Paul DeVaul 9th(tied) 2nd
Fremont Ambassadors Dan Richardson 3rd Dan Richardson 7th 4th
Mexico City Aztecs Tony Thomas 4th Tony Thomas 12th 12th
Barrie Admirals Keith Tarrant 5th (tied) Todd Stevens 9th(tied) 8th
Long Beach Keys Ferda Halici 5th (tied) Ferda Halici 1st 3rd
Atlanta Aggies Matt Grissom 7th Matt Grissom 2nd 5th
Louisville Sweepers Josh Taylor 8th Craig Kelley 4th 6th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Casey Henderson 9th Casey Henderson 14th 13th
Kalamazoo Comets David Shein 10th (tied) David Shein 3rd 7th
London Werewolves Joe Nolan 10th (tied) Kevin Spotts 6th 9th
Glace Bay Miners Collin Mays 12th Collin Mays 15th 14th
San Antonio Stallions Chad Hines 13th Carlos Aguirre 8th 10th
Lake Elsinore Storm Drake Main 14th 20th(tied) 20th
Deltaville Deltas Luis Casanova 15th Luis Casanova 5th 11th
Columbus Bowsers Ricky Colon 16th Ricky Colon 13th 15th
Kansas City Dust Devils Ryan Allen 17th Ryan Allen 18th 16th
Newark Flyers Fernando Angulo 18th Fernando Angulo 16th 17th
White Deer Tropics Roberto Luna 19th Roberto Luna 17th 18th
Cottage City Cannonballers Ramon Claassen 20th Ramon Claassen 19th 19th
Bangor Lumberjacks 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Huntsville Rockets 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Santa Rosa Desperados 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tampa Capitals 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dollywood Partons Kevin Menichini 1st Jim Savoie 9th 1st
Bangor Lumberjacks Ben Calder 2nd Ben Calder 7th 2nd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Alex Gomez 3rd Alex Gomez 5th 3rd
Barrie Admirals Branden Covington 4th Branden Covington 13th 4th
Santa Rosa Desperados Bubba Byrne 5th Bubba Byrne 6th 5th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Scott Barth 6th Freddy Arellanos 2nd 6th
Huntsville Rockets Joe Brackett 7th Aaron O'Brien 4th 7th
Mexico City Aztecs Jamie Green 8th Roy McLain 14th 11th
White Deer Tropics Jaheim Jennings 9th Antonino Sauli 10th 10th
Newark Flyers Brad Porretta 10th Brad Porretta 8th 9th
Glace Bay Miners Freddy Vazquez 11th Brent LaGesse 1st 8th
Tampa Capitals Andy Devane 12th Mike Kendra 11th(tied) 12th
Columbus Bowsers Rodolfo Hernandez 13th Pat Higginbotham 18th 18th
San Antonio Stallions Sean Gary 14th Arturo Feliciano 16th 15th
Louisville Sweepers Andrew Payne 15th Andrew Payne 3rd 13th
Cottage City Cannonballers Brian Miller 16th Masanori Kishimoto 17th 17th
Kansas City Dust Devils Armando Tamayo 17th Etienne Erbetto 11th(tied) 14th
London Werewolves Frank Rivera 18th Miguel Perez 15th 16th
Lake Elsinore Storm Jeff Moore 19th 19th(tied) 19th
Atlanta Aggies 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Fremont Ambassadors 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Beach Keys 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Bangor Lumberjacks Jose Cabral 1st Jeff Cox 2nd 1st
Mexico City Aztecs Pedro Rodriguez 2nd Pedro Rodriguez 3rd 2nd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Mike Dineen 3rd Ryan Doran 7th(tied) 4th
Glace Bay Miners Colin Andrus 4th Tony Longoria 1st 3rd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Keith Kramer 5th Keith Kramer 5th 5th
Barrie Admirals Chris McAuley 6th T.J. Huckaby 7th(tied) 8th
Santa Rosa Desperados Idhma Kodandarami 7th Idhma Kodandarami 13th 13th
London Werewolves Angel Garabito 8th Ben Foster 7th(tied) 9th
San Antonio Stallions Armando Rivera 9th Armando Rivera 4th 6th
Newark Flyers Jaheim Sneed 10th Jaheim Sneed 7th(tied) 10th
Fremont Ambassadors Karl Bradberry 11th Karl Bradberry 15th 14th
Columbus Bowsers Brian Ashley 12th Brian Ashley 18th 16th
Louisville Sweepers Glen Foster 13th Gary Lutz 6th 7th
White Deer Tropics Troy Zufelt 14th Seth Hason 7th(tied) 11th
Kansas City Dust Devils Frank Stroud 15th Frank Stroud 17th 17th
Dollywood Partons Tyler Wright 16th Tyler Wright 14th 15th
Lake Elsinore Storm Jeff Moore 17th 20th(tied) 19th
Tampa Capitals Dave Velez 18th Dave Velez 7th(tied) 12th
Huntsville Rockets Micah Weidner 19th Micah Weidner 16th 18th
Cottage City Cannonballers Gabe Mondragon 20th Gabe Mondragon 19th 20th
Atlanta Aggies 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Long Beach Keys 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Rosa Desperados Idhma Kodandarami 1st Idhma Kodandarami 10th 2nd
Bangor Lumberjacks Jose Cabral 2nd Jeff Cox 1st 1st
St. Catharines Blue Jays Chase Harriger 3rd Chase Harriger 14th 13th
Mexico City Aztecs Hunter Saakadze 4th Pedro Rodriguez 2nd 3rd
Dollywood Partons Jonathan Powell 5th Jonathan Powell 15th 15th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Keith Kramer 6th Keith Kramer 6th 4th
Barrie Admirals Jerardo Perez 7th Jerardo Perez 13th 14th
Newark Flyers Jaheim Sneed 8th Jaheim Sneed 5th 5th
Tampa Capitals Mike Kendra 9th Mike Kendra 8th 7th
Glace Bay Miners Colin Andrus 10th Tony Longoria 4th 6th
Fremont Ambassadors Jeff Lewis 11th Jeff Lewis 16th 16th
Huntsville Rockets Jonathan Bruckert 12th Mike Watts 11th(tied) 9th
Louisville Sweepers Danny Alvarez 13th Gary Lutz 3rd 8th
Cottage City Cannonballers Felix Marquez 14th Felix Marquez 7th 10th
White Deer Tropics Troy Zufelt 15th Seth Hason 11th(tied) 12th
London Werewolves Jim Miller 16th Ben Foster 9th 11th
San Antonio Stallions Kevin McGaha 17th Kevin McGaha 17th 17th
Kansas City Dust Devils Frank Stroud 18th (tied) Frank Stroud 18th 18th
Lake Elsinore Storm Jeff Moore 18th (tied) 20th(tied) 20th
Columbus Bowsers Joey Byler 20th Brian Ashley 19th 19th
Atlanta Aggies 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
Long Beach Keys 21st (tied) 20th(tied) 21st(tied)
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