ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/17/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight David Montgomery 1st David Montgomery 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 2nd Joel O'Neill 1st 1st
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Justin Bush 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Tiverton Colonels Alex Gonzales 6th 9th(tied) 12th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 7th 9th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Josh Hornsby 8th Josh Hornsby 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Larry Killian 9th 9th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Frank Fisher 10th Frank Fisher 6th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Cesar Gomez 11th Richard Enriquez 3rd 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Coates 12th Oscar Hernanez 8th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 13th 9th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Juan Tapia 14th 9th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 15th Corey McIntyre 7th 8th
Lincoln Princes Alex Bonilla 16th Alex Bonilla 4th 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Johnny Nania 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Jacinto 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Ortega 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Plymouth Rockers Cortez Diaz 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Andy Villarrel 1st Andy Villarrel 1st(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Jimenez 3rd Jesus Jimenez 1st(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Nick Hickson 4th (tied) Nick Hickson 9th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers John Kehlenbeck 4th (tied) John Kehlenbeck 6th 6th
Whitby Bats Mike Thorsen 6th Mike Thorsen 10th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Kevin McDowell 7th Rodolfo Vega 11th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jaden Johnson 8th Jaden Johnson 12th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Billy Irwin 9th Kevin Melko 1st(tied) 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Ken Ault 10th Jorge Flores 1st(tied) 4th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Vaughn 11th David Robinson 13th 12th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 12th 14th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 13th 14th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Jose Ramirez 14th Jose Ramirez 1st(tied) 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jim Cullison 15th Jim Cullison 7th 11th
Lincoln Princes Ray Bret 16th (tied) Ray Bret 8th 13th
San Bernardino Flight Hector Estevez 16th (tied) 14th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Waki Kotani 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 1st Yoshitimo Hirata 12th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 2nd Greg Fleming 2nd(tied) 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Oscar Castaneda 3rd Oscar Castaneda 8th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Rivas 4th Pablo Gonzalez 1st 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Carlos Pineda 5th Edwin Rodriguez 2nd(tied) 3rd
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 6th Bryce Canady 2nd(tied) 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Rob Wunder 7th Rob Wunder 10th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Jim Lane 8th Jim Lane 2nd(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jim Marsh 9th 15th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 10th Sam Conaway 13th 12th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 11th 15th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Ryan Davenport 12th Ryan Davenport 14th 13th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 13th Devon Hudson 2nd(tied) 6th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Garcia 14th Jose Garcia 2nd(tied) 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Doug Brooke 15th Alfredo Banuelos 9th 11th
Abingdon Archers Matt Hopper 16th 15th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 17th 15th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Miguel Viera 18th Bob Benitez 11th 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Enrique Pena 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Whitby Bats 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Princes Brett Meade 1st Brett Meade 1st 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Marc Brooks 2nd Alex Hernandez 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jay Breece 4th Jay Breece 5th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Tim Rodda 5th Tim Rodda 3rd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Max Crawford 7th Justin Collins 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 8th Jean-François Vivier 2nd 4th
Whitby Bats Nate LePage 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Bob Alvarez 10th 7th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Bobby Hartman 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Jorge Parra 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Abingdon Archers Jake Eaton 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Yuri Appels 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Chuluota Imperials Jonathan Medrano 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Higino Balsemao 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Juneau Sled Dogs Luis Cabrera 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Antonio Bonilla 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Moncton Mounties 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Franklin Cubs Danny Schaffer 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ben Brumbaugh 3rd Mario Gutierrez 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Whitby Bats John Fanguy 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 6th Victor Cruz 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Moncton Mounties Edwin Barrera 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 11th Cesar Torres 3rd 4th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Elliot Atkins 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Zach Canby 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers Bobby Avila 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Bartoli Carrillo 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Cleto Laurentino 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Chuluota Imperials Sal Godoy 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 1st Chris Clark 1st(tied) 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 2nd John Breshears 7th 5th
Whitby Bats Avery Williams 3rd Avery Williams 4th 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Josh Franklin 4th Josh Franklin 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Cannova 5th 13th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 6th Nick McCain 1st(tied) 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Matt Andrews 7th Ivan Fuentes 6th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 8th Nick Cordova 5th 7th
Plymouth Rockers Taylor Dickerson 9th Taylor Dickerson 9th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Luke Emme 10th 13th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 11th 13th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 12th Ryan May 11th 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Kyle Hargett 13th Kyle Hargett 10th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 14th 13th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 15th 13th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers Luis Olvera 16th 13th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 17th 13th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 18th 13th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Nick Robertson 19th 13th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Josh Bacon 20th Arturo Castillo 8th 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Isaiah Tolbert 21st 13th(tied) 22nd
Borrego Springs Rams Warren Canlas 22nd Warren Canlas 12th 12th
Riverside Wolverines 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jimmy Bowen 1st Jimmy Bowen 5th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 2nd Kalle Hovinen 7th 7th
Whitby Bats Adam Heidbreder 3rd Dan Navarro 2nd(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jeremy Jordan 4th Jeremy Jordan 8th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Pedro Velez 5th Pedro Velez 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 6th Julio Morales 2nd(tied) 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Dylan Holliday 7th 14th(tied) 14th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 8th Willie Zepeda 9th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Chandler Duell 9th Manuel Martinez 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Nick Hunt 10th Christian Evans 11th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 12th Mario Ibarra 4th 5th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 13th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 13th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes Hector de Jesus 15th Hector de Jesus 13th 12th
Franklin Cubs Hector Ferman 16th Hector Ferman 10th 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Felix Garcia 17th 14th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 18th 14th(tied) 19th
Chuluota Imperials Teok-kyu Hahn 19th 14th(tied) 20th
Jacksonville Nationals Willie Meza 20th 14th(tied) 21st
San Bernardino Flight Jose Pineda 21st Jose Pineda 12th 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Zoubeir Ndale 22nd 14th(tied) 22nd
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 1st Marc Alexander 1st(tied) 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Eli Martinez 2nd Eli Martinez 8th 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 3rd Ivan Hernandez 1st(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Guadalupe Uriostegui 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Clark Dulaney 7th Clark Dulaney 6th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Gary Strunk 9th 10th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mihelcic 10th Bill Mihelcic 5th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jeremy Moroney 11th 10th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 12th Carlos Sanchez 3rd 3rd
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 13th 10th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Eddie Keyser 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Marco Grijalva 15th Marco Grijalva 4th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 16th Ruben Gutierrez 7th 8th
Abingdon Archers Sean Gorman 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Jacksonville Nationals Georgy Tutubalin 18th Georgy Tutubalin 9th 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Cofino 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Long Island Torpedoes Jordan Samayoa 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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 Ramiro Solis 2nd Ismael Lopez 8th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Chris Vasquez 3rd Danny Sedano 3rd 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricky Thompson 4th Ricky Thompson 4th 4th
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 5th Alex Hernandez 2nd 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Aaron Trede 6th Aaron Trede 9th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Leo Garcia 7th Leo Garcia 7th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Engo Hirai 8th Mannus Witkamp 5th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Xiao-xuan Gong 9th Juan Madrid 9th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Riddle 10th Dean dejong 20th 15th
Riverside Wolverines Baden Keevil 11th Baden Keevil 9th(tied) 11th
Plymouth Rockers Cameron Williams 12th Cameron Williams 14th 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Ryan Ballard 13th Alex Torres 9th(tied) 12th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Perez 14th Juan Perez 17th 17th
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 15th Pablo Garcia 15th 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Justin Kuta 16th Justin Kuta 6th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Juan Martinez 17th Miguel Flores 19th 18th
San Bernardino Flight Luis Marquez 18th Luis Marquez 9th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Doug Watson 19th Doug Watson 18th 20th
Franklin Cubs Dave Hernandez 20th Dave Hernandez 16th 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erwijn Hekman 21st 21st(tied) 21st
San Antonio Griffins Miguel Lopez 22nd 21st(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers Henry Ventura 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Lincoln Princes 24th 21st(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Bryan Williamson 1st Bryan Williamson 1st 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Blaine Mackie 2nd Jim Williams 3rd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 3rd Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Zack Lanagan 3rd(tied) 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 5th Steve Delle Chiaie 3rd(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chris Piscitelli 6th Chris Piscitelli 3rd(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels Keith Herbaugh 7th Keith Herbaugh 13th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Mike Cornelius 8th Lupe Perez 16th 10th
Whitby Bats Tommy Bender 9th Tommy Bender 14th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 10th Tony Magallon 15th 12th
Plymouth Rockers Mike Jackson 11th Heath Hain 7th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Mike Manning 12th Will Ziegler 8th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 13th 17th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Alan Hanna 14th Alan Hanna 11th 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Javy Montanez 15th Javy Montanez 9th 14th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 16th 17th(tied) 18th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 17th Tabari Jamal al Din 12th 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 18th 17th(tied) 19th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mark Schoolfield 19th Jake Medlin 10th 17th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Loaiza 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 1st Zack Lanagan 2nd(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 2nd Brian Kyzar 12th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 3rd Jaden Rodriguez 10th 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Michael Pacheco 4th Michael Pacheco 13th 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jake Medlin 5th Jake Medlin 7th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Cape 6th Hunter Fredericks 2nd(tied) 3rd
Whitby Bats Marc Istre 7th Noel Churchill 2nd(tied) 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Alan Hanna 8th Alan Hanna 8th 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Steve Pyburn 9th (tied) Steve Pyburn 9th 10th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 9th (tied) Alex Hernandez 1st 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Heath Hain 11th Heath Hain 5th 5th
Haviland Thrashers Tony Magallon 12th Tony Magallon 15th 15th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 13th 17th(tied) 17th
Tiverton Colonels Roberto Aguilar 14th Roberto Aguilar 14th 14th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 15th Tabari Jamal al Din 11th 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 16th 17th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Mike Manning 17th Will Ziegler 6th 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Mike Cornelius 18th Lupe Perez 16th 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 20th 17th(tied) 20th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Loaiza 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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