ABA CLASS-A LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/24/2023
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lake Elsinore Storm Trey Lacey 1st Trey Lacey 6th(tied) 2nd
Barrie Admirals Daniel Beiler 2nd Sam Neeley 5th 1st
St. Catharines Blue Jays David Skillman 3rd Kenny Porterfield 6th(tied) 3rd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Nate Richardson 4th Nate Richardson 6th(tied) 4th
Newark Flyers Jon Owens 5th Evan McCulley 6th(tied) 5th
Dollywood Partons Gustavo Catalan 6th Gustavo Catalan 6th(tied) 6th
Tampa Capitals Ivan Valenzuela 7th Ivan Valenzuela 6th(tied) 7th
Glace Bay Miners Elijah Pleasant 8th Josh Mahan 6th(tied) 8th
Bangor Lumberjacks Jerry Lupton 9th Jerry Lupton 21st 19th
Louisville Sweepers Matt Danner 10th Matt Danner 19th 18th
Cottage City Cannonballers Roger Hodge 11th Roger Hodge 4th 10th
White Deer Tropics Joel Vaughn 12th 23rd(tied) 22nd
Deltaville Deltas Donald Molchan 13th Cody Thomas 1st 9th
Long Beach Keys Tony Mulderink 14th (tied) Tony Mulderink 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Santa Rosa Desperados Jim William 14th (tied) Cesar Pereira 6th(tied) 11th(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets Angel Vargas 16th Angel Vargas 6th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Stallions Pete Hurley 17th Chris Hensley 2nd 13th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Warren Sallee 18th Alvaro Rodriguez 3rd 14th
Kansas City Dust Devils Troy Arens 19th Bobby Goldsmith 20th 21st
Columbus Bowsers Matt Kuperberg 20th Matt Kuperberg 18th 20th
Fremont Ambassadors Justin Steltenpohl 21st Joel Wolk 22nd 23rd
Weedpatch Widowmakers Franklin Gonzalez 22nd Unto Peurajärvi 6th(tied) 16th
Huntsville Rockets Ryan Kalthoff 23rd Ryan Kalthoff 6th(tied) 17th
Atlanta Aggies 24th 23rd(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Rosa Desperados Jason Harrington 1st Jason Harrington 13th(tied) 2nd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Ernesto Castillo 2nd Ernesto Castillo 10th 1st
Newark Flyers Phil Williams 3rd Nate Sheridan 13th(tied) 5th
Deltaville Deltas Bryan Felkins 4th David Pierce 2nd 3rd
Long Beach Keys Mike Kopp 5th Brad Largent 3rd 4th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Greg Mattox 6th Mike Chaloux 13th(tied) 10th
Dollywood Partons Chris Pierson 7th Chris Pierson 20th 19th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jim Milian 8th Jim Milian 6th(tied) 8th
Cottage City Cannonballers Phil Artis 9th Alex Torres 4th 7th
Atlanta Aggies Damian Willingham 10th John Wallace 1st 6th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Corey David 11th Nate Wilson 5th 9th
San Antonio Stallions Kevin Wylie 12th Kevin Wylie 6th(tied) 11th
Fremont Ambassadors Justin Thurston 13th Justin Thurston 11th 12th
Barrie Admirals Sam Green 14th Sam Green 21st 21st
Huntsville Rockets Eddie Mongold 15th Eddie Mongold 8th 13th
Lake Elsinore Storm Jermaine Crawford 16th Keith Cole 19th 20th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Nick Makar 17th Nick Makar 13th(tied) 15th
Columbus Bowsers Edward Miller 18th Edward Miller 9th 14th
Kalamazoo Comets Freddy Vasquez 19th Luis Lozano 13th(tied) 16th
White Deer Tropics David Johnson 20th Mike Brown 12th 17th
Tampa Capitals Tyler Dickson 21st Carlos Roman 22nd 22nd
Louisville Sweepers Chris Scott 22nd Josh Carta 13th(tied) 18th
Bangor Lumberjacks 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
Glace Bay Miners 23rd (tied) 23rd(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Dale Coffey 1st Dale Coffey 7th 1st
Dollywood Partons Isaiah Goulbourne 2nd (tied) Isaiah Goulbourne 11th 3rd
Santa Rosa Desperados Ryan Caird 2nd (tied) Rich Brown 13th(tied) 4th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Wyatt Walker 4th Josh Hahn 4th 2nd
White Deer Tropics John Richins 5th John Richins 20th 18th
Barrie Admirals Nate Dubiel 6th Nate Dubiel 12th 9th
Newark Flyers Ken Kirkland 7th Ken Kirkland 13th(tied) 11th
Fremont Ambassadors Donovan Widmer 8th Donovan Widmer 2nd 5th
Atlanta Aggies Chris Goodwin 9th (tied) Dave Semones 6th 7th
Tampa Capitals Clark Lewis 9th (tied) R.J. DeStefano 1st 6th
Deltaville Deltas Jason Clare 11th Jason Clare 10th 12th
Cottage City Cannonballers Matt Levesque 12th Matt Levesque 3rd 8th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Arturo Guevara 13th Matt Graham 5th 10th
Kalamazoo Comets Sean Kuhns 14th Bruce Frett 13th(tied) 15th
Kansas City Dust Devils Ryan Kreger 15th Ryan Kreger 9th 13th
Huntsville Rockets Tom Steiner 16th John Lucia 8th 14th
Bangor Lumberjacks Cesar Mena 17th Cesar Mena 13th(tied) 16th
Louisville Sweepers Mike Campbell 18th Mike Campbell 19th 19th
Lake Elsinore Storm Steve White 19th Alfredo Diaz 21st 21st
Long Beach Keys Danny Gates 20th Danny Gates 13th(tied) 17th
Glace Bay Miners Corey Myers 21st Russell D'Alessandro 18th 20th
Columbus Bowsers 22nd (tied) 22nd(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 22nd (tied) 22nd(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Catharines Blue Jays 22nd (tied) 22nd(tied) 22nd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Catharines Blue Jays Ryan Compton 1st Ryan Compton 1st 1st
White Deer Tropics Josh Kelly 2nd Josh Kelly 8th(tied) 5th
Tampa Capitals Danny Pinto 3rd Danny Pinto 6th 2nd
Dollywood Partons Orlando de Jesus 4th (tied) Jim Henkemeyer 5th 4th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Jeff Mullinax 4th (tied) Jeff Mullinax 4th 3rd
Newark Flyers Alex Ochoa 6th Alex Ochoa 7th 6th
Atlanta Aggies Justin Jirkovsky 7th Justin Jirkovsky 8th(tied) 8th
Cottage City Cannonballers Fei-hsien Liu 8th Fei-hsien Liu 2nd 7th
Kansas City Dust Devils Andy Gatz 9th Andy Gatz 18th 17th
Santa Rosa Desperados Jaime Tate 10th Jaime Tate 19th 18th
Glace Bay Miners Keith DiPiazza 11th (tied) Billy Groesbeck 8th(tied) 9th(tied)
San Antonio Stallions Colin Warren 11th (tied) Colin Warren 8th(tied) 9th(tied)
Barrie Admirals Devon Bidwell 13th Zach Davidson 8th(tied) 12th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Rich Rodriguez 14th Rich Rodriguez 20th 19th
Deltaville Deltas Tony Gonzalez 15th Tony Gonzalez 8th(tied) 13th
Long Beach Keys Ben Kaatz 16th Ben Kaatz 3rd 11th
Fremont Ambassadors Francisco O'Brien 17th Francisco O'Brien 17th 20th
Huntsville Rockets Brian Bergfeld 18th Nick Keller 8th(tied) 14th
Columbus Bowsers Josh Higgs 19th Gregg Carter 8th(tied) 15th
Bangor Lumberjacks Dave Moe 20th Dave Moe 23rd 22nd
Lake Elsinore Storm Bryan Palmer 21st Ryan Clark 21st 21st
Kalamazoo Comets Cody Brown 22nd Cody Brown 22nd 23rd
Louisville Sweepers Doug Joseph 23rd Joe Pettit 8th(tied) 16th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks 24th 24th 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Rosa Desperados Mike Maynard 1st Mike Maynard 2nd 1st
Barrie Admirals Alfonso Sanchez 2nd Yoshito Nakajima 6th(tied) 2nd
Glace Bay Miners Charlie Harrison 3rd Charlie Harrison 6th(tied) 4th
Dollywood Partons Bobby Flores 4th Bobby Flores 11th 11th
White Deer Tropics Mike Henschel 5th Mike Henschel 12th 12th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Andy Curran 6th David Keith 3rd 3rd
Louisville Sweepers Eric Hunter 7th Eric Hunter 4th 5th
Newark Flyers Ashton McSparin 8th Ashton McSparin 14th 13th
Huntsville Rockets R.J. Cashman 9th Nick Taylor 5th 6th
Atlanta Aggies Andy Driver 10th Andy Driver 13th 14th
Fremont Ambassadors Dustin Helm 11th Dustin Helm 15th 15th
Lake Elsinore Storm Seth Lathrop 12th 17th(tied) 17th
Kalamazoo Comets Cameron Stubbs 13th Cameron Stubbs 6th(tied) 7th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Ken Fortin 14th Ken Fortin 6th(tied) 8th
Tampa Capitals George Hutchison 15th George Hutchison 6th(tied) 9th
Long Beach Keys Mike Nelson 16th Mike Nelson 1st 10th
Cottage City Cannonballers Alfredo Urbina 17th Alfredo Urbina 16th 16th
Columbus Bowsers Matt Mims 18th 17th(tied) 18th
Bangor Lumberjacks 19th (tied) 17th(tied) 19th(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 19th (tied) 17th(tied) 19th(tied)
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks 19th (tied) 17th(tied) 19th(tied)
Kansas City Dust Devils 19th (tied) 17th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 19th (tied) 17th(tied) 19th(tied)
St. Catharines Blue Jays 19th (tied) 17th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Jordan Torres 1st Justin Wish 5th 1st
St. Catharines Blue Jays Hugo Merino 2nd Brian Hendrix 4th 2nd
Dollywood Partons Franklin Cortes 3rd Franklin Cortes 10th 4th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Isaiah Bunton 4th Isaiah Bunton 19th 19th
Barrie Admirals Jay Robinson 5th Brennan Conway 15th(tied) 10th
Tampa Capitals Zach Amos 6th Everett Foley 9th 6th
Louisville Sweepers John Walker 7th Bob Docampo 11th 9th
Deltaville Deltas Bill Dent 8th (tied) Manny Gonzalez 1st 3rd
Lake Elsinore Storm Tim Cook 8th (tied) Tim Cook 15th(tied) 11th
Kalamazoo Comets Chad Nilsen 10th Mario Romero 6th 7th
Fremont Ambassadors Chris Stanifer 11th (tied) Gabe Garnica 3rd 8th
White Deer Tropics Pete Beauford 11th (tied) Pete Beauford 15th(tied) 13th
Atlanta Aggies Justin Coker 13th (tied) Andy Rael 2nd 5th
San Antonio Stallions Andy Goff 13th (tied) Andy Goff 15th(tied) 14th
Glace Bay Miners Nick Riddle 15th Craig Booker 22nd 20th
Cottage City Cannonballers Sam Kelly 16th Sam Kelly 12th 15th
Columbus Bowsers Jake Willison 17th Jake Willison 8th 12th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Chris Byrd 18th Armando Gomez 14th 16th
Kansas City Dust Devils Eric Hying 19th Eric Hying 13th 17th
Newark Flyers Ramon Perez 20th Ramon Perez 21st 21st
Santa Rosa Desperados Rob Sellman 21st Rob Sellman 23rd 22nd
Long Beach Keys Dan Chambers 22nd Dan Chambers 7th 18th
Huntsville Rockets Jerry Guerrero 23rd Jerry Guerrero 20th 23rd
Bangor Lumberjacks 24th 24th 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dollywood Partons Jim Dauphin 1st Jim Dauphin 3rd 1st
Bangor Lumberjacks Gene Flood 2nd Ken Gavin 1st 2nd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks John Sadler 3rd John Sadler 15th 15th
White Deer Tropics Joe Tibbs 4th Joe Tibbs 14th 14th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Ryan Swift 5th 18th(tied) 18th
Atlanta Aggies Carlos Velasco 6th Carlos Velasco 9th(tied) 4th
Newark Flyers Aaron Jackson 7th Aaron Jackson 17th 16th
Barrie Admirals Brian Ericson 8th Brian Ericson 9th(tied) 6th
Columbus Bowsers Justin McCoy 9th Justin McCoy 5th 5th
Santa Rosa Desperados Jimmy Scarberry 10th Jimmy Scarberry 16th 17th
Huntsville Rockets Ken Guzman 11th Jacob Jacob 2nd 3rd
Kalamazoo Comets Erik Kirkman 12th Mike Petty 9th(tied) 8th
Fremont Ambassadors Manny Martinez 13th Manny Martinez 6th 7th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jeremy Callis 14th Francisco Flores 8th 9th
Lake Elsinore Storm Danny Thompson 15th 18th(tied) 19th
Cottage City Cannonballers Edwin Martinez 16th Edwin Martinez 9th(tied) 10th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Eric Hoffman 17th Eric Hoffman 7th 11th
Long Beach Keys Alex Rodriguez 18th Willie Bravo 4th 12th
Glace Bay Miners Rafael Landim 19th Josh Napier 9th(tied) 13th
Tampa Capitals Jose Escalante 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Deltaville Deltas 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
Louisville Sweepers 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
Weedpatch Widowmakers 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies David Moore 1st David Moore 7th 1st(tied)
White Deer Tropics Mark Stella 2nd Mark Stella 5th 1st(tied)
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Ben Porter 3rd Ben Porter 9th(tied) 3rd
Santa Rosa Desperados Humberto Castano 4th Jason Finch 14th 13th
Fremont Ambassadors Dan Richardson 5th Dan Richardson 9th(tied) 6th
Long Beach Keys Ferda Halici 6th Ferda Halici 1st 4th
Barrie Admirals Keith Tarrant 7th Keith Tarrant 9th(tied) 7th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Casey Henderson 8th Casey Henderson 17th 15th
Atlanta Aggies Matt Grissom 9th Matt Grissom 2nd 5th
Louisville Sweepers Gerardo Romero 10th Gerardo Romero 8th 8th
Lake Elsinore Storm Drake Main 11th 21st(tied) 21st
Dollywood Partons Paul DeVaul 12th Paul DeVaul 13th 14th
Weedpatch Widowmakers Mike Winchel 13th Mike Winchel 18th 16th
Kansas City Dust Devils Steve Walton 14th Steve Walton 9th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Stallions Travis Renstrom 15th Travis Renstrom 19th 18th
Deltaville Deltas Luis Casanova 16th (tied) Luis Casanova 6th 11th
Kalamazoo Comets Dustin Linser 16th (tied) Billy Oliveros 4th 9th
Glace Bay Miners Collin Mays 18th Collin Mays 16th 17th
Columbus Bowsers Steve Gottlieb 19th Alex Mareno 3rd 12th
Newark Flyers Sam Berger 20th Sam Berger 15th 19th
Cottage City Cannonballers Ramon Claassen 21st Ramon Claassen 20th 20th
Bangor Lumberjacks 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
Huntsville Rockets 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tampa Capitals 22nd (tied) 21st(tied) 22nd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dollywood Partons Arnold Novak 1st Kevin Menichini 3rd 1st
Newark Flyers Jose Perez 2nd Nate Ray 10th 2nd
Bangor Lumberjacks Chris Hawes 3rd Chris Hawes 5th 3rd
Santa Rosa Desperados Justin Hesley 4th Justin Hesley 12th 5th
Barrie Admirals Nick Beck 5th Branden Covington 8th 4th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Kareem Craig 6th David Tirado 9th 6th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Scott Barth 7th Freddy Arellanos 1st 7th
White Deer Tropics Lou Cremer 8th Stuart Maness 4th 8th
Glace Bay Miners Colin Andrus 9th Tarjei Wiese 2nd 9th
Huntsville Rockets Joe Brackett 10th Aaron O'Brien 14th 12th
Cottage City Cannonballers Jeff Groves 11th Jeff Groves 13th 10th
Tampa Capitals Andy Devane 12th Mike Kendra 6th 11th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Micah Morgan 13th Juan Ramirez 16th 16th
Columbus Bowsers Hector Flores 14th Rodolfo Hernandez 15th 15th
Louisville Sweepers Andrew Payne 15th Lorenzo Martinez 7th 13th
Fremont Ambassadors Bob Garbee 16th 19th(tied) 18th
Kansas City Dust Devils Armando Tamayo 17th Eric Albright 11th 14th
San Antonio Stallions Charlie Hunter 18th Charlie Hunter 18th 19th
Weedpatch Widowmakers R.J. Eisen 19th R.J. Eisen 17th 17th
Atlanta Aggies 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Lake Elsinore Storm 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 1st 1st
White Deer Tropics Clark Estes 2nd Victor Benavidez 5th(tied) 3rd
Dollywood Partons Shane Kidd 3rd Shane Kidd 5th(tied) 6th
Newark Flyers Allan Kelley 4th Max Mascareno 3rd 2nd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Ryan Doran 5th Ryan Doran 5th(tied) 7th
Kansas City Dust Devils David McWilliams 6th Frank Stroud 18th 13th
Santa Rosa Desperados J.D. Pirillo 7th Randy Wall 4th 4th
Fremont Ambassadors Karl Bradberry 8th Tony Hendrix 5th(tied) 8th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Keith Kramer 9th Keith Kramer 5th(tied) 9th
Weedpatch Widowmakers John Sims 10th Josue Muro 14th 14th
Glace Bay Miners Matt Schmidt 11th Matt Mullins 5th(tied) 10th
Barrie Admirals Chris McAuley 12th Chris McAuley 15th 15th
Louisville Sweepers Ray Sauer 13th Gary Lutz 5th(tied) 11th
Cottage City Cannonballers Danny Williams 14th Justin Andersen 2nd 5th
Columbus Bowsers Cody Knipple 15th Aaron Lasco 16th 16th
Tampa Capitals Dave Velez 16th Dave Velez 5th(tied) 12th
Lake Elsinore Storm Evan Roberts 17th 19th(tied) 19th
Huntsville Rockets Micah Weidner 18th Mike Watts 13th 17th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies D.J. Nelson 19th Micah Morgan 17th 18th
Atlanta Aggies 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Beach Keys 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dollywood Partons Shane Kidd 1st Shane Kidd 3rd 1st
Bangor Lumberjacks Jose Cabral 2nd Jeff Cox 2nd 2nd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Chase Harriger 3rd Chase Harriger 11th 11th
Newark Flyers Nate Ray 4th Nate Ray 5th 3rd
White Deer Tropics Clark Estes 5th Victor Benavidez 4th 4th
Glace Bay Miners Cory Newton 6th Matt Mullins 1st 5th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Keith Kramer 7th Keith Kramer 9th 6th
Barrie Admirals Scott Harvey 8th Jerardo Perez 10th 7th
Santa Rosa Desperados Randy Wall 9th Randy Wall 12th 12th
Huntsville Rockets Jimmy Lyles 10th Mike Watts 13th 13th
Tampa Capitals Mike Kendra 11th Mike Kendra 7th 8th
Poplar Bluff Hillbillies Jim Miller 12th Micah Morgan 17th 15th
Cottage City Cannonballers Danny Williams 13th Justin Andersen 6th 9th
Kansas City Dust Devils David McWilliams 14th Frank Stroud 18th 18th
Louisville Sweepers Jason Wheeler 15th Gary Lutz 8th 10th
Lake Elsinore Storm Evan Roberts 16th 19th(tied) 19th
Columbus Bowsers Joey Byler 17th Aaron Lasco 16th 16th
Fremont Ambassadors Jeff Lewis 18th Jeff Lewis 14th 14th
Weedpatch Widowmakers David Shetler 19th Josue Muro 15th 17th
Atlanta Aggies 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Beach Keys 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 20th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th(tied)
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