ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/18/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight David Montgomery 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 2nd Ricky Cortes 1st 1st
Plymouth Rockers Mike Ortiz 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 5th 9th(tied) 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Justin Bush 6th 9th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Alejandro Perez 7th Ricky Rodriguez 6th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 8th 9th(tied) 14th
Whitby Bats Omar Castillo 9th Omar Castillo 4th 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Frank Fisher 10th 9th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Coates 11th Oscar Hernanez 5th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Pael Espanol 12th Pael Espanol 7th(tied) 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Cesar Gomez 13th Richard Enriquez 2nd 2nd
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 14th 9th(tied) 16th
Tiverton Colonels Alberto Rodriguez 15th Chris Garza 7th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Paul Moberley 17th 9th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Johnny Nania 18th 9th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Alex Bonilla 19th Alex Bonilla 3rd 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Jacinto 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jerry Osnaya 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Adrian Moore 1st Adrian Moore 2nd 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 2nd Tyler Railey 7th 3rd
Franklin Cubs Jarrod Wahlert 3rd David Arriaga 1st 1st
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 4th Billy Irwin 6th 4th
San Bernardino Flight Joe Knight 5th Joe Knight 10th 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jaden Johnson 6th 11th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Kevin McDowell 7th Rodolfo Vega 5th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 8th 11th(tied) 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Ken Ault 9th Jorge Flores 3rd 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Kenneth Bates 10th Kenneth Bates 8th 9th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jim Cullison 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Aaron Groves 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 13th 11th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Carlos Crespo 14th Carlos Crespo 4th 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adam Blumberg 15th (tied) 11th(tied) 16th(tied)
Whitby Bats Edwin Carrillo 15th (tied) 11th(tied) 16th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams Alex Hernandez 17th Alex Hernandez 9th 10th
Moncton Mounties Andy Kilmer 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Juan Martinez 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Chuluota Imperials Guillaume Arnaud 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Carlos 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Tony Martinez 1st 13th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Dan Skiba 1st 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 3rd Greg Fleming 3rd(tied) 2nd
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 4th 13th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Rivas 5th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd(tied) 4th
Lincoln Princes Nelson Archuleta 6th Nelson Archuleta 8th 7th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 7th Charlie Zimmerman 9th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Carlos Pineda 8th Edwin Rodriguez 7th 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 9th Eddie Duran 2nd 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 10th Tony Cantu 11th 10th
San Antonio Griffins Ralph Beller 11th 13th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 12th Sam Conaway 3rd(tied) 5th
Plymouth Rockers Chris Travis 13th 13th(tied) 16th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 14th 13th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Doug Brooke 15th Alfredo Banuelos 6th 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 16th Aloísio Boissel 12th 11th
Abingdon Archers Matt Hopper 17th 13th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 18th 13th(tied) 19th
Haviland Thrashers Chad Ray 19th 13th(tied) 20th
Crystal Lake Killers Bobby Guardado 20th Bobby Guardado 10th 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Whitby Bats 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Nehemiah Jackson 1st 7th(tied) 4th
Tiverton Colonels Sean Strait 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Francisco Mendez 3rd Alex Hernandez 2nd 1st
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Jonathan Thompson 6th 7th(tied) 11th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Rivera 7th Jose Rivera 3rd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 8th Jean-François Vivier 1st 2nd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Justin Collins 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 10th Jose Saenz 5th 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Bob Alvarez 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 12th 7th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Bobby Hartman 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 15th Gilberto Noris 6th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Jorge Parra 16th Jorge Parra 4th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Higino Balsemao 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals Antonio Carrera 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials Jonathan Medrano 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Antonio Bonilla 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Moncton Mounties 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ben Brumbaugh 2nd (tied) Mario Gutierrez 5th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 2nd (tied) Carlos Cordero 6th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th (tied) Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Whitby Bats John Fanguy 4th (tied) 8th(tied) 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 6th Victor Cruz 3rd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 8th 8th(tied) 11th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 9th Ronald Poole 2nd 3rd
Franklin Cubs Fernando Zavala 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 13th Cesar Torres 4th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Elliot Atkins 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Manuel Cortez 14th (tied) Manuel Cortez 7th 7th
San Antonio Griffins Zach Canby 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Antonio Reyna 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Bobby Avila 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Randy Wallman 1st 12th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 2nd Luis Ortega 5th 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Daniel Mikel 3rd Daniel Mikel 1st 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 4th John Breshears 3rd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 5th Danny Shafer 10th 7th
Lincoln Princes Bryce Graham 6th 12th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 7th Jim Gonzalez 7th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 8th Seth Robinson 8th 8th
San Antonio Griffins David Torres 9th David Torres 4th 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Matt Andrews 10th 12th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Jake Armstrong 11th 12th(tied) 15th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 12th Nick Cordova 2nd 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Phil Henderson 13th Ryan May 9th 9th
Whitby Bats Mark Goetz 14th 12th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Luke Emme 15th 12th(tied) 17th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 16th 12th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Braden Johanson 17th 12th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Joey Novak 18th 12th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers Luis Olvera 19th Luis Olvera 11th 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Daniel Young 20th 12th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Josh Bacon 21st Arturo Castillo 6th 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Cesar Toledo 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 1st Kalle Hovinen 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 2nd Julio Morales 2nd(tied) 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Birchfield 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Dylan Holliday 4th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 4th (tied) Willie Zepeda 2nd(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Chandler Duell 7th Manuel Martinez 1st 3rd
Franklin Cubs Mike Alexander 8th Hector Ferman 8th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 11th Mario Ibarra 5th 5th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 12th 10th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 13th Jose Pineda 7th 8th
Whitby Bats Josh Garcia 14th Dan Navarro 4th 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Hector de Jesus 15th Hector de Jesus 9th 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Felix Garcia 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Wil Oceguera 17th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Chuluota Imperials Teok-kyu Hahn 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Willie Meza 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Zoubeir Ndale 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Haviland Thrashers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Eli Martinez 1st Eli Martinez 8th 5th
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 2nd Marc Alexander 4th 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 3rd Bill Cardiello 1st(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 4th Ivan Hernandez 1st(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Marc Brooks 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Gary Strunk 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 8th 11th(tied) 14th
Plymouth Rockers Eric Wood 9th 11th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mihelcic 10th 11th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 11th 11th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Ivan Fuentes 12th Ivan Fuentes 6th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jeremy Moroney 13th 11th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Eddie Keyser 14th Joel Moya 10th 9th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 15th 11th(tied) 19th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 16th Carlos Sanchez 3rd 4th
Whitby Bats Marco Grijalva 17th Marco Grijalva 5th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 18th Ruben Gutierrez 7th 8th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 19th 11th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers Sean Gorman 20th 11th(tied) 21st
Jacksonville Nationals Georgy Tutubalin 21st Georgy Tutubalin 9th 10th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Eddie Orta 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
Haviland Thrashers 24th 11th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eric Ellington 1st Willie Escalera 1st 1st
Whitby Bats Jim Carr 2nd Ismael Lopez 7th(tied) 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Chris Vasquez 3rd Danny Sedano 5th 3rd
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 4th Alex Hernandez 2nd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Corey Schrum 5th Shuzo Kimura 3rd 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Riddle 6th Dean dejong 16th 13th
Plymouth Rockers Chris Eklund 7th 18th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Junji Tokunaga 8th Juan Perez 7th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Baden Keevil 9th Baden Keevil 7th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 10th Kyle Young 14th 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Antonio Cruz 11th Antonio Cruz 7th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 12th Alfredo Rivero 4th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Jesus Banda 13th Miguel Flores 7th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Bill Reyes 14th Bill Reyes 6th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Masamichi Ono 15th (tied) Pablo Garcia 13th 15th
San Antonio Griffins Mario Acosta 15th (tied) 18th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Wilson Rodriguez 17th Miguel Gastelum 17th 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Alex Torres 18th Alex Torres 7th(tied) 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Roderick Cleaver 19th (tied) 18th(tied) 20th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Chris Skinner 19th (tied) 18th(tied) 20th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers Tony Magallon 21st Tony Magallon 15th 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erwijn Hekman 22nd 18th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers Seijii Arakaki 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Lincoln Princes 24th 18th(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Blaine Mackie 1st Blaine Mackie 8th 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs Steve Pyburn 2nd Lorenzo Guerrero 12th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 3rd Emmett Rogers 5th(tied) 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Steve Williams 4th 2nd
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 5th Mike Allen 5th(tied) 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chris Piscitelli 6th Andres Munoz 11th 7th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 7th Mike Hrdlicka 9th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Keith Herbaugh 8th Feliciano Maini 1st 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 9th Javy Montanez 3rd 9th
San Bernardino Flight Richie Nieboer 10th 13th(tied) 12th
Plymouth Rockers Mike Jackson 11th Matt Akins 10th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Mike Manning 12th Will Ziegler 2nd 10th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 13th 13th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Mike Boland 14th 13th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony Garcia 15th 13th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 16th 13th(tied) 17th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 17th Tabari Jamal al Din 7th 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Carlos Hernandez 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jake Falkenstein 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers Juan Chavez 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
San Antonio Griffins Jo Uehara 23rd 13th(tied) 23rd
Lincoln Princes 24th 13th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 1st Brian Kyzar 8th 3rd
Plymouth Rockers Craig Walker 2nd Matt Akins 9th 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 3rd Jaden Rodriguez 7th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Michael Pacheco 4th Andres Munoz 11th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Lorenzo Guerrero 5th Lorenzo Guerrero 12th 9th
Whitby Bats Marc Istre 6th Mike Allen 4th(tied) 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Cape 7th Emmett Rogers 4th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 8th Mario Ortiz 1st 1st
Tiverton Colonels Roberto Aguilar 9th Roberto Aguilar 10th 12th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 10th Tabari Jamal al Din 6th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Ortiz 11th Jesus Ortiz 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Danny Flores 12th 13th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Suk Moon 13th Steve Williams 3rd 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jake Falkenstein 14th 13th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Mike Boland 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mark Schoolfield 16th 13th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Richie Nieboer 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Roberto Guerra 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers Juan Chavez 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 23rd 13th(tied) 23rd
Lincoln Princes 24th 13th(tied) 24th
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