ABA CLASS A
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/22/2023
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Rosa Desperados Juan Conde 1st Juan Conde 1st(tied) 1st
Glace Bay Miners Josh Mahan 2nd Josh Mahan 6th 6th
Lake Elsinore Storm Trey Lacey 3rd Trey Lacey 1st(tied) 2nd
Dollywood Partons Josh Jackson 4th Malcolm Garner 1st(tied) 3rd
Tampa Capitals Allen McColl 5th 13th(tied) 13th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Kenny Porterfield 6th Cory Bloodsaw 1st(tied) 4th
Nashua Sweepers Dave Wilson 7th Dave Wilson 10th 8th
Barrie Admirals Justin Cole 8th Paul Gaither 8th 7th
Mexico City Aztecs Brent Mallinson 9th Brent Mallinson 9th 9th
White Deer Tropics Joel Vaughn 10th 13th(tied) 14th
Long Beach Keys Sergio Yanez 11th 13th(tied) 15th
London Werewolves Chris Terry 12th Chris Terry 1st(tied) 5th
Cottage City Cannonballers Roger Hodge 13th Richard Adelman 11th 11th
Bangor Lumberjacks Justin Wardlaw 14th 13th(tied) 16th
Columbus Bowsers Ryan Doyle 15th Xavier Brandon 7th 10th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks John Bresette 16th 13th(tied) 17th
Kalamazoo Comets Angel Vargas 17th 13th(tied) 18th
Deltaville Deltas Jon Zappe 18th 13th(tied) 19th
Fremont Ambassadors Kevin Harris 19th 13th(tied) 20th
Newark Flyers Brad Folsy 20th 13th(tied) 21st
Kansas City Dust Devils Ian Parrott 21st 13th(tied) 22nd
San Antonio Stallions Darius Spry 22nd Brian Maughan 12th 12th
Atlanta Aggies 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Huntsville Rockets 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Rosa Desperados Ryan Burchett 1st Ryan Burchett 3rd(tied) 1st
San Antonio Stallions Mike Daniels 2nd Mike Daniels 3rd(tied) 2nd
Mexico City Aztecs Ethan Patton 3rd 12th(tied) 12th
Newark Flyers Nate Sheridan 4th Nate Sheridan 3rd(tied) 3rd
Glace Bay Miners Tony Baker 5th Tony Baker 9th(tied) 8th
Huntsville Rockets Eddie Mongold 6th Eddie Mongold 2nd 4th
Deltaville Deltas Bryan Felkins 7th Bryan Felkins 3rd(tied) 5th
Atlanta Aggies Damian Willingham 8th 12th(tied) 13th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Jim Marsh 9th 12th(tied) 14th
Columbus Bowsers Nick Creswell 10th Alex Mareno 3rd(tied) 7th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Matt DeLaet 11th Matt DeLaet 11th 10th
Cottage City Cannonballers Ryan Martin 12th 12th(tied) 15th
White Deer Tropics Mike Brown 13th Adam Persons 8th 9th
Lake Elsinore Storm Dan Black 14th Tim Wolff 1st 6th
Kansas City Dust Devils Brady Titone 15th 12th(tied) 16th
Nashua Sweepers Matt Magnifico 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Long Beach Keys Taylor Dannenfelser 17th 12th(tied) 18th
Barrie Admirals Sam Green 18th 12th(tied) 19th
Tampa Capitals Matt Gilmore 19th 12th(tied) 20th
Dollywood Partons Michel DeRise 20th Michel DeRise 9th(tied) 11th
Kalamazoo Comets Julio Rodriguez 21st 12th(tied) 21st
Fremont Ambassadors Joseph Hildreth 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Bangor Lumberjacks 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
London Werewolves 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Flyers Fernando Espindola 1st Fernando Espindola 4th 3rd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Dale Coffey 2nd Dale Coffey 6th 5th
Tampa Capitals Clark Lewis 3rd Clark Lewis 1st(tied) 1st
White Deer Tropics Jaden York 4th Jonathan Hinkey 1st(tied) 2nd
Cottage City Cannonballers Mike Gelardi 5th Mike Gelardi 3rd 4th
Dollywood Partons Tom Tofel 6th Justin Teehan 7th 6th
Mexico City Aztecs David Keith 7th 9th(tied) 9th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Kevin Dobson 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Bangor Lumberjacks Cesar Mena 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Atlanta Aggies Dave Semones 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
Kalamazoo Comets Bruce Frett 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
Fremont Ambassadors Kyle McKinney 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Santa Rosa Desperados Willie Rodriguez 13th Willie Rodriguez 8th 8th
Nashua Sweepers B.J. Stevens 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Columbus Bowsers Dennis Brent 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Deltaville Deltas Travis Stroupe 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Kansas City Dust Devils Ryan Kreger 17th Tim Lunsford 5th 7th
Long Beach Keys Nick Nettles 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Barrie Admirals Johnny Ginn 19th 9th(tied) 19th
London Werewolves David Cabrera 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Huntsville Rockets John Lucia 21st 9th(tied) 21st
San Antonio Stallions Michael Cruz 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Glace Bay Miners Corey Myers 23rd 9th(tied) 23rd
Lake Elsinore Storm Ryan Russ 24th 9th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Flyers Chris Stivers 1st Chris Stivers 2nd 2nd
Santa Rosa Desperados Jose Avelar 2nd Jose Avelar 6th 3rd
Dollywood Partons Lance Parrent 3rd Lance Parrent 3rd 4th
Atlanta Aggies Justin Jirkovsky 4th Justin Jirkovsky 8th 6th
Tampa Capitals Danny Pinto 5th Danny Pinto 7th 7th
Glace Bay Miners Keith DiPiazza 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Barrie Admirals Josh Gillespie 7th 13th(tied) 14th
Cottage City Cannonballers Fei-hsien Liu 8th Ronnie Marshall 10th 9th
Mexico City Aztecs Jeff Ciervo 9th Jeff Ciervo 1st 1st
Kansas City Dust Devils Chris Wassink 10th Kevin Cimini 11th 10th
Kalamazoo Comets Pat Bell 11th Pat Bell 5th 8th
Fremont Ambassadors Rene Aponte 12th 13th(tied) 15th
London Werewolves Mike Jamin 13th 13th(tied) 16th
Columbus Bowsers Gregg Carter 14th Gregg Carter 4th 5th
Huntsville Rockets Nick Keller 15th 13th(tied) 17th
White Deer Tropics Jim Mann 16th 13th(tied) 18th
Nashua Sweepers Freddie James 17th Joe Pettit 9th 11th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Ed Montes de Oca 18th Ed Montes de Oca 12th 12th
Long Beach Keys Jack Ficca 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Bangor Lumberjacks Dave Moe 20th 13th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Stallions Dane Roche 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Deltaville Deltas 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Lake Elsinore Storm 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Barrie Admirals Alfonso Sanchez 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Tampa Capitals Alan McConnell 2nd Alan McConnell 1st 1st
Columbus Bowsers Bill Highsmith 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Newark Flyers Jim Spiegel 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Lake Elsinore Storm Jamie Hickey 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Nashua Sweepers Eric Hunter 6th Andrew Flynn 3rd 3rd
Glace Bay Miners Charlie Harrison 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Kalamazoo Comets Cameron Stubbs 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Steve Bloomquist 9th Steve Bloomquist 2nd 2nd
Mexico City Aztecs Dean Hostetler 10th 4th(tied) 10th
White Deer Tropics Jimmy Olivares 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Huntsville Rockets R.J. Cashman 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Cottage City Cannonballers Chase Dunn 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Fremont Ambassadors Dustin Helm 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Santa Rosa Desperados Sean Trahan 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Dollywood Partons Bobby Flores 16th 4th(tied) 16th
Long Beach Keys Mike Nelson 17th 4th(tied) 17th
Kansas City Dust Devils Miguel Martinez 18th 4th(tied) 18th
London Werewolves Oren Banks 19th 4th(tied) 19th
Atlanta Aggies Hector Robledo 20th 4th(tied) 20th
Bangor Lumberjacks 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Stallions 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Catharines Blue Jays 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newark Flyers Ben Shafer 1st Ben Shafer 3rd(tied) 1st
Long Beach Keys Jamie Perez 2nd Jamie Perez 3rd(tied) 2nd
Dollywood Partons Colby Freese 3rd Jim Henkemeyer 2nd 3rd
Santa Rosa Desperados Mike Raia 4th Mike Raia 6th 5th
San Antonio Stallions Preston Otte 5th John Capen 8th 6th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Justin Romer 6th 10th(tied) 10th
White Deer Tropics Ryan Patterson 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Columbus Bowsers Bill Demers 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Isaiah Bunton 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Atlanta Aggies Jeff Valent 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Lake Elsinore Storm Ken Castro 11th Ken Castro 1st 4th
Fremont Ambassadors Tom Gessner 12th Gabe Garnica 9th 9th
Deltaville Deltas Manny Gonzalez 13th Manny Gonzalez 7th 8th
Kansas City Dust Devils Jorge Gonzales 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Tampa Capitals Terry Chapin 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Mexico City Aztecs Steve Farnsworth 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Cottage City Cannonballers Sam Kelly 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Barrie Admirals Danny Walker 18th Danny Walker 5th 7th
Huntsville Rockets Brad Bull 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Bangor Lumberjacks Gilberto Cruzgonzalez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
London Werewolves Collin Towle 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Kalamazoo Comets Chris Sutherland 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Glace Bay Miners 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Nashua Sweepers 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dollywood Partons Jim Dauphin 1st Jim Dauphin 2nd 1st
White Deer Tropics Joe Tibbs 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Newark Flyers Paul Nicolopoulos 3rd Paul Nicolopoulos 3rd 2nd
Kansas City Dust Devils Francisco Flores 4th Francisco Flores 1st 3rd
Glace Bay Miners Alfonso Estrada 5th Alfonso Estrada 6th 5th
Long Beach Keys Chris Russell 6th Chris Russell 4th 4th
Atlanta Aggies Devin Perona 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Santa Rosa Desperados Jimmy Scarberry 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Lake Elsinore Storm Danny Thompson 9th 7th(tied) 10th
London Werewolves Eric Hoffman 10th 7th(tied) 11th
San Antonio Stallions Julio Pacheco 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Mexico City Aztecs Angelo Diaz 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Huntsville Rockets Jason Bailey 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Kalamazoo Comets Dan Vicars 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Tampa Capitals David Robinson 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Barrie Admirals Bill Harrison 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Columbus Bowsers David Puente 17th (tied) David Puente 5th 6th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks John Sadler 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th
Fremont Ambassadors Paul Dennis 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Bangor Lumberjacks David Erb 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Cottage City Cannonballers Bobby Paz 21st 7th(tied) 21st
St. Catharines Blue Jays David Perez 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
Deltaville Deltas 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Nashua Sweepers 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Barrie Admirals Keith Tarrant 1st Todd Stevens 1st(tied) 1st
Dollywood Partons Paul DeVaul 2nd Paul DeVaul 5th 3rd
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Ben Porter 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
London Werewolves Kevin Spotts 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Atlanta Aggies Matt Grissom 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Fremont Ambassadors Greg Moreno 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Columbus Bowsers Ricky Colon 7th 7th(tied) 11th
San Antonio Stallions Chad Hines 8th Carlos Aguirre 6th 4th
White Deer Tropics Kyle Himes 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Glace Bay Miners Jerry Jones 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Nashua Sweepers Malcolm McKechnie 11th Malcolm McKechnie 4th 5th
Lake Elsinore Storm Dave Marcin 12th Dave Marcin 1st(tied) 2nd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Casey Henderson 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Newark Flyers Sam Berger 14th Randy Wheat 3rd 6th
Long Beach Keys Chris DiMarzo 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Kalamazoo Comets Billy Oliveros 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Cottage City Cannonballers Ramon Claassen 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Mexico City Aztecs Jonathan Lewis 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Bangor Lumberjacks 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Deltaville Deltas 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Huntsville Rockets 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Kansas City Dust Devils 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Santa Rosa Desperados 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tampa Capitals 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Rosa Desperados Randy Fischer 1st Randy Fischer 1st 1st
Bangor Lumberjacks Chris Hawes 2nd Chris Hawes 6th 2nd
Dollywood Partons Dustin Patton 3rd Dustin Patton 4th 3rd
Barrie Admirals Billy Shields 4th Chris Huyard 2nd 4th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Scott Barth 5th Scott Barth 5th 5th
St. Catharines Blue Jays David Tirado 6th David Tirado 11th 9th
White Deer Tropics Jaheim Jennings 7th Bobby Villasenor 7th 7th
Huntsville Rockets Joe Brackett 8th Danny Orfila 3rd 6th
Glace Bay Miners Greg Forness 9th Freddy Vazquez 10th 11th
Mexico City Aztecs Jesse Aggas 10th Miguel Rodriguez 9th 8th
Newark Flyers Kyle Sandor 11th Chris Schreurs 13th 12th
Columbus Bowsers Pat Higginbotham 12th Oliver Murga 8th 10th
Tampa Capitals Andy Devane 13th Andy Devane 14th(tied) 14th
Cottage City Cannonballers Sergio Vera 14th Masanori Kishimoto 12th 13th
London Werewolves Frank Rivera 15th Frank Rivera 19th 17th
Kansas City Dust Devils Armando Tamayo 16th John Pritt 14th(tied) 15th
Long Beach Keys Jon Cordova 17th Jon Cordova 14th(tied) 16th
Deltaville Deltas Chris Pokorski 18th Chris Pokorski 17th 18th
Nashua Sweepers Daniel Williams 19th 21st(tied) 20th
Atlanta Aggies Joe Turner 20th Tyler Murphy 18th 19th
San Antonio Stallions Roberto Pleitez 21st Carlos Zamora 20th 21st
Fremont Ambassadors Jose Ramirez 22nd 21st(tied) 22nd
Kalamazoo Comets Russ Campbell 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Lake Elsinore Storm 24th 21st(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Dollywood Partons John Wicken 1st John Wicken 3rd(tied) 1st
Mexico City Aztecs Chris Anderson 2nd Chris Anderson 3rd(tied) 2nd
Santa Rosa Desperados Chris Williams 3rd Cory Crabtree 2nd 3rd
Barrie Admirals Chris McAuley 4th Chris McAuley 3rd(tied) 5th
St. Catharines Blue Jays Ryan Doran 5th Ryan Doran 3rd(tied) 6th
Columbus Bowsers Joey Byler 6th Joey Byler 13th 8th
Bangor Lumberjacks Danny Barnett 7th John Mills 1st 4th
London Werewolves Angel Garabito 8th Ben Foster 3rd(tied) 7th
Cottage City Cannonballers Sergio Vera 9th Sergio Vera 15th 10th
Newark Flyers Jaheim Sneed 10th Jaheim Sneed 3rd(tied) 9th
Long Beach Keys Arhippa Hynninen 11th 18th(tied) 13th
White Deer Tropics Troy Zufelt 12th 18th(tied) 14th
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Keith Kramer 13th Keith Kramer 9th 11th
Nashua Sweepers Gary Lutz 14th Gary Lutz 12th 12th
Glace Bay Miners Cory Newton 15th Cory Newton 16th 16th
Huntsville Rockets Micah Weidner 16th Micah Weidner 10th 15th
San Antonio Stallions Quim Perestrelo 17th 18th(tied) 20th
Tampa Capitals Eric Volmar 18th 18th(tied) 21st
Fremont Ambassadors Steve Adams 19th Jeff Lewis 14th 18th
Kansas City Dust Devils Armando Salas 20th Armando Salas 11th 17th
Kalamazoo Comets Nathan Fitzkee 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
Atlanta Aggies Tyler Murphy 22nd Tyler Murphy 17th 19th
Deltaville Deltas Bobby Nicholson 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Lake Elsinore Storm 24th 18th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Grand Rapids Jet Hawks Keith Kramer 1st Keith Kramer 8th 7th
Glace Bay Miners Tim Peters 2nd Tim Peters 9th 8th
Dollywood Partons Gregg Daugherty 3rd Steve Gryder 3rd 2nd
Santa Rosa Desperados Isaiah White 4th Isaiah White 1st 1st
Barrie Admirals Jerardo Perez 5th Jerardo Perez 10th 10th
Mexico City Aztecs Ken Griffey 6th Ken Griffey 11th 11th
Bangor Lumberjacks John Mills 7th John Mills 2nd 3rd
St. Catharines Blue Jays Jay Yeiser 8th Jay Yeiser 16th 12th
Newark Flyers Jaheim Sneed 9th Jaheim Sneed 4th 4th
Cottage City Cannonballers Sergio Vera 10th Sergio Vera 15th 13th
Huntsville Rockets Mike Watts 11th Mike Watts 5th(tied) 5th
Fremont Ambassadors Jeff Lewis 12th Jeff Lewis 14th 14th
White Deer Tropics Troy Zufelt 13th 18th(tied) 18th
Columbus Bowsers Jordan Gaines 14th Joey Byler 13th 15th
Nashua Sweepers Steve Quintero 15th Gary Lutz 12th 16th
Kansas City Dust Devils Frank Stroud 16th Armando Salas 5th(tied) 6th
London Werewolves Jim Miller 17th Ben Foster 5th(tied) 9th
Tampa Capitals Manny Flores 18th 18th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Stallions Roberto Pleitez 19th 18th(tied) 20th
Kalamazoo Comets Nathan Fitzkee 20th 18th(tied) 21st
Long Beach Keys Arturo Martinez 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
Atlanta Aggies Tyler Murphy 22nd Tyler Murphy 17th 17th
Deltaville Deltas Timothy Lipinski 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Lake Elsinore Storm 24th 18th(tied) 24th
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