ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/28/2026
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Curt Koerner 1st Curt Koerner 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Adrian Whalley 2nd Adrian Whalley 1st(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 3rd Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 3rd
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 4th Omar Castillo 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 6th Kevin Hurt 1st(tied) 4th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Garner 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 11th 7th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Noah Valenti 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Manuel Quintanilla 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 15th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Rey Gonzalez 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Franklin Ledezma 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Plymouth Rockers Mike Marcus 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Andres Salazar 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bobby Arana 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Terra Linda Chargers Tony Miranda 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Aaron Nelson 1st Aaron Nelson 6th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 2nd Billy Warren 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 3rd Bryan Valenta 9th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 4th 13th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Jarrod Wahlert 5th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 6th Nick Cordova 4th(tied) 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 7th Tyler Railey 4th(tied) 5th
Abingdon Archers Zach Weakley 8th Zach Weakley 10th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 9th Billy Irwin 12th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 10th Edwin Rodriguez 3rd 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 11th Jeremy Matheson 7th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 12th 13th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 13th 13th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 14th Rodolfo Vega 11th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 15th 13th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Flores 16th Jorge Flores 8th 12th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 8th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Dan Skiba 2nd(tied) 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 3rd 12th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Vince Banger 4th Vince Banger 5th 5th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 7th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 2nd(tied) 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Juan Moya 7th 12th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 8th (tied) Tony Cantu 9th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 8th (tied) Eddie Duran 1st 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 10th Francisco Gonzalez 10th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 11th 12th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 12th Aloísio Boissel 11th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 13th Jose Jimenez 6th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 14th Alfredo Banuelos 4th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 15th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 3rd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 7th 7th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 8th Chris Gutierre 1st 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 9th Vincent Salinas 2nd 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 11th Jose Saenz 4th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Luis Sosa 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 15th 7th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 16th Jordan Rivas 5th 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Javier Antongiorgi 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes David Aguas 19th 7th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 20th Gilberto Noris 6th 6th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 2nd Carlos Cordero 5th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 3rd Julio Cortez 1st 1st
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 4th 6th(tied) 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Gabe Lewis 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 7th Alberto Rivas 4th 4th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Gutierrez 10th Mario Gutierrez 3rd 5th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 14th 6th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Whitby Bats Adam Chunn 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 1st Danny Shafer 6th 4th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 2nd Jeremy Martin 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 3rd Jim Gonzalez 1st 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 8th Mario Ibarra 2nd 2nd
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 9th Jonathan Swander 5th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 10th Ryan May 7th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 12th Carlos Martinez 4th 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shouji Watanabe 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 19th 8th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Nelson Lucero 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Brian Nuzum 1st Brian Nuzum 4th 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 2nd Jorge Gonzales 3rd 4th
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 3rd Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 4th Jose Yenores 8th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 5th Willie Zepeda 1st(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 12th Oscar Ramirez 9th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 15th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 17th 10th(tied) 19th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 18th Jose Pineda 7th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Juneau Sled Dogs Nobuyoshi Hirabayashi 20th Kalle Hovinen 5th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 1st Bill Cardiello 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 2nd Marc Alexander 3rd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 3rd Victor Cruz 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 4th Marco Grijalva 2nd 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Francisco Alderete 9th Francisco Alderete 4th 5th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jose Garcia 13th 7th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 14th Joel Moya 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eric Ellington 1st Javier Palos 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 2nd Byron Bruce 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 3rd Ismael Lopez 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 4th Andy Merrick 7th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 5th Eric Kretzer 10th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Antonio Corona 6th Jesus Beltre 6th 6th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 7th Rafael Cruz 4th 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 8th Jesus Ortiz 9th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 9th Steve Esquivel 14th 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Mark Steve 10th Juan Soto 11th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 11th 19th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 12th Cortez Alavez 13th 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Junji Tokunaga 13th Juan Perez 16th 15th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 14th Radoslaw Sokol 8th 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 15th Hector Mendoza 17th 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Craig Hoult 16th Craig Hoult 5th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 17th 19th(tied) 19th
San Bernardino Flight Luis Marquez 18th Luis Marquez 11th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 19th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th Alex Gonzales 18th 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 21st 19th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 22nd 19th(tied) 23rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Jim Boonen 23rd Jim Boonen 15th 22nd
Abingdon Archers 24th 19th(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 1st Emmett Rogers 1st 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 2nd Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 2nd
Terra Linda Chargers Jim Fredrickson 3rd Henry Ceballos 16th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Nabers 4th Will Ziegler 4th 4th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 5th Hidero Fujiyama 2nd(tied) 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 6th Steve Williams 6th 6th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 7th Edgar Ambrosio 14th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony de Leon 8th Tony de Leon 5th 7th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 9th Matt Akins 13th 9th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 10th Mike Allen 9th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 11th 17th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 12th 17th(tied) 17th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 13th Mike Hrdlicka 8th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 14th Mike Cousin 12th 13th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 15th Robby Rush 7th 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 16th Brian Kyzar 10th 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 17th Danny Tafolla 15th 15th
San Bernardino Flight Cesar Cisneros 18th Cesar Cisneros 11th 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 17th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Matt Johnson 7th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 8th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 11th 9th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Rich Zula 3rd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 10th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 6th Edgar Ambrosio 14th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Nabers 7th Will Ziegler 3rd(tied) 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 8th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 9th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 10th Danny Tafolla 15th 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Randy Smith 11th 17th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony de Leon 12th Tony de Leon 9th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Nathan Fitzkee 13th Matt Akins 13th 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 14th Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 5th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 15th Hidero Fujiyama 3rd(tied) 6th
San Bernardino Flight Cesar Cisneros 16th Cesar Cisneros 12th 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 17th 17th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 18th Henry Ceballos 16th 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 20th 17th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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