ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
12/11/2025
 
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
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 5th Chris Tomlinson 6th 6th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 6th Omar Castillo 7th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 8th Kevin Hurt 1st(tied) 4th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Jaramillo 9th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 5th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Garner 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 14th 8th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Noah Valenti 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 16th 8th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Felix Oliva 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Franklin Ledezma 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Plymouth Rockers Mike Marcus 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Tony Miranda 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(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 2nd 1st
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 3rd David Arriaga 1st 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 4th Bryan Valenta 8th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 5th 12th(tied) 12th
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 9th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 9th Billy Irwin 11th 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 12th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 13th 12th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 14th Rodolfo Vega 10th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 15th 12th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 16th 12th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 9th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Jimmy Johnson 1st 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 8th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 2nd(tied) 2nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Juan Moya 7th 12th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 8th Tony Cantu 7th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 9th Francisco Gonzalez 10th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 10th 12th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 11th Eddie Duran 2nd(tied) 3rd
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
San Bernardino Flight Masato Horita 15th 12th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 16th (tied) 12th(tied) 16th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 16th (tied) 12th(tied) 16th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 3rd 2nd
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
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 5th Gilberto Noris 6th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 8th 7th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 9th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 10th Vincent Salinas 2nd 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 12th Jose Saenz 4th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Luis Sosa 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 17th Jordan Rivas 5th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Javier Antongiorgi 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes David Aguas 20th 7th(tied) 20th
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 4th 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 5th 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 3rd
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 2nd Jeremy Martin 2nd 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 3rd Jim Gonzalez 1st 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 4th Eric Cannova 5th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 8th 8th(tied) 11th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 9th Jonathan Swander 4th 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 3rd 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Garza 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 15th 8th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shouji Watanabe 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(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
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 2nd Luis Ortega 6th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 3rd Jorge Gonzales 3rd 4th
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 4th Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 5th Jose Yenores 9th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 6th Willie Zepeda 1st(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 7th 11th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 8th 11th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 9th 11th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 10th 11th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 11th 11th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 12th 11th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 13th Oscar Ramirez 10th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 15th 11th(tied) 18th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 16th Ruben Gutierrez 7th 7th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 18th 11th(tied) 20th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 19th Jose Pineda 8th 10th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 20th 11th(tied) 21st
Juneau Sled Dogs Nobuyoshi Hirabayashi 21st Kalle Hovinen 5th 9th
Jacksonville Nationals 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Franklin Cubs Nate Jurgensen 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 2nd Bill Cardiello 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 3rd Marc Alexander 3rd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 4th Victor Cruz 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 5th Marco Grijalva 2nd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 6th Ivan Hernandez 4th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jose Garcia 14th 7th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 15th Joel Moya 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(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 4th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 4th Jesus Beltre 3rd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 5th Eric Kretzer 10th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 6th Andy Merrick 7th 6th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 7th Rafael Cruz 5th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 8th Jesus Ortiz 9th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 9th Steve Esquivel 14th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Mark Steve 10th Juan Soto 6th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Madrid 11th Juan Madrid 14th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 12th 19th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 13th Cortez Alavez 13th 10th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 14th Radoslaw Sokol 8th 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 15th Hector Mendoza 17th 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Craig Hoult 16th Craig Hoult 11th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 17th 19th(tied) 19th
San Bernardino Flight Luis Marquez 18th Luis Marquez 12th 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 Eduardo Lezcano 22nd 19th(tied) 23rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Jim Boonen 23rd Jim Boonen 16th 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
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 3rd Hidero Fujiyama 2nd(tied) 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Steve Williams 5th 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Jim Fredrickson 5th Henry Ceballos 16th 5th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 6th Edgar Ambrosio 14th 7th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 7th Matt Akins 13th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 8th Will Ziegler 4th 6th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 9th Mike Allen 8th 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 10th Juan Perez 10th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 11th 17th(tied) 16th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 12th Mike Hrdlicka 7th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 13th Mike Cousin 11th(tied) 13th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Marvin Figueroa 14th 17th(tied) 18th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 15th Robby Rush 6th 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Billy Kaufman 16th Brian Kyzar 9th 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 17th Danny Tafolla 15th 15th
San Bernardino Flight Cesar Cisneros 18th Cesar Cisneros 11th(tied) 17th
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 10th 10th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Rich Zula 3rd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 9th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 6th Edgar Ambrosio 14th 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 8th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 9th Danny Tafolla 15th 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 10th Juan Perez 11th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 11th Will Ziegler 3rd(tied) 4th
Plymouth Rockers Nathan Fitzkee 12th Matt Akins 13th 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 13th Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 5th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 14th Hidero Fujiyama 3rd(tied) 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Marvin Figueroa 15th 17th(tied) 17th
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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