ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/24/2025
 
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 7th(tied) 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Johnson 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 6th Chris Tomlinson 1st(tied) 3rd
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 7th Omar Castillo 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Jaramillo 11th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Pael Espanol 12th Pael Espanol 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 14th 7th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Mike Caudill 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Frank de Soto 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Franklin Ledezma 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Plymouth Rockers Mike Marcus 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 7th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 2nd Billy Warren 1st 1st
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 3rd Joe Knight 4th(tied) 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 4th Bryan Valenta 8th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 5th 12th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Jarrod Wahlert 6th David Arriaga 2nd 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 7th Nick Cordova 4th(tied) 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 8th Tyler Railey 4th(tied) 6th
Abingdon Archers Zach Weakley 9th Zach Weakley 9th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 10th Billy Irwin 10th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 11th Edwin Rodriguez 3rd 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 12th 12th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 13th 12th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 14th 12th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 15th Jeremy Hurst 11th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 16th 12th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 17th 12th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Guillermo Moreno 20th 12th(tied) 20th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 21st 12th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(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 Jimmy Johnson 1st 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Vince Banger 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 7th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Jose Gallardo 5th(tied) 6th
San Bernardino Flight Tommie Tepper 7th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd 2nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Juan Moya 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 9th (tied) Tony Cantu 5th(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 9th (tied) Eddie Duran 2nd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 13th Aloísio Boissel 9th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 14th Jose Jimenez 4th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Ieyoshi Shimizu 15th 10th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 10th(tied) 20th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 3rd 8th(tied) 10th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 4th 8th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 5th 8th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 6th Gilberto Noris 7th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 7th 8th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 8th 8th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 9th Rob Lopez 3rd 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Prakoso Ernalia 10th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 11th 8th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 12th Vincent Salinas 2nd 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 13th Josh Bayliss 6th 7th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 14th Jose Saenz 5th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 18th Jordan Rivas 4th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 4th 2nd
Whitby Bats Jake Criscuolo 2nd Jake Criscuolo 3rd 1st
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 3rd Carlos Cordero 5th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 2nd 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Benito Trevino 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 8th Alberto Rivas 6th 6th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 11th 7th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 12th Ronald Poole 1st 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 18th 7th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Navarette 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tim McHugh 1st Tim McHugh 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 2nd Danny Shafer 9th 3rd
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 3rd Jeremy Martin 2nd 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 4th Jim Gonzalez 4th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 5th Eric Cannova 7th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 6th Seth Robinson 6th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 7th Edgardo Perez 10th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 8th 11th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 9th 11th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 10th Jonathan Swander 5th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 13th Carlos Martinez 3rd 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 14th 11th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 15th Jarred DeLozier 8th 10th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 16th 11th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 11th(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 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 2nd Luis Ortega 5th 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 3rd Jorge Gonzales 1st(tied) 1st
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 4th Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 5th Jose Yenores 9th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 6th Jorge Rodriguez 10th 6th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 7th 12th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 8th 12th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 9th 12th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 10th 12th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 11th 12th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 12th 12th(tied) 17th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 13th 12th(tied) 18th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 14th 12th(tied) 19th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 15th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 16th 12th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 17th 12th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 18th Galtero Casale 11th 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 19th Kalle Hovinen 4th 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers Marcos Perez 20th Oscar Ramirez 8th 10th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 21st Jose Pineda 7th 9th
Jacksonville Nationals 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Eli Martinez 1st 8th(tied) 8th
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 6th 4th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 5th Marco Grijalva 2nd 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Mike Seals 6th Mike Seals 5th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 7th Ivan Hernandez 4th 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 8th 8th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jose Garcia 16th 8th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 17th Joel Moya 7th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eric Ellington 1st Javier Palos 2nd 1st
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 2nd Byron Bruce 1st 2nd
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 3rd Ismael Lopez 7th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 4th Eric Kretzer 6th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 5th Kyle Young 12th 12th
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 6th 16th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 7th Rafael Cruz 4th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 8th Jesus Ortiz 5th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Mark Steve 9th Juan Soto 9th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Flores 10th Carlos Flores 8th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 11th 16th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Eric Osborne 12th Miguel Gastelum 14th 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 13th Cortez Alavez 11th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Alexis Ruiz 14th 16th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Urs van der Werf 15th Craig Hoult 3rd 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 16th Hector Mendoza 13th 15th
San Bernardino Flight Luis Marquez 17th Zaijiro Watanabe 10th 10th
Lincoln Princes Sergio Espanol 18th Radoslaw Sokol 15th 16th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 16th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 22nd 16th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers Bobby Nicholson 23rd 16th(tied) 23rd
Picture Rocks Raptors 24th 16th(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 4th(tied) 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Jim Fredrickson 3rd Juan Soto 2nd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Steve Williams 8th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Zach Kyte 5th Zach Kyte 4th(tied) 4th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 6th Edgar Ambrosio 14th 9th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 7th Matt Akins 13th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 8th Will Ziegler 7th 7th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 9th Mike Allen 11th 11th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 10th 16th(tied) 16th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 11th Mike Hrdlicka 10th 12th
San Bernardino Flight Cesar Cisneros 12th Cesar Cisneros 12th 14th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 13th Robby Rush 9th 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 14th 16th(tied) 17th
Crystal Lake Killers Billy Kaufman 15th Davis Novoa 3rd 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 16th Danny Tafolla 15th 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 17th 16th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Garza 18th Craig Hoult 4th(tied) 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 16th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Steve Williams 8th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 7th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 11th 9th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Mike Allen 10th 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 9th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 6th Edgar Ambrosio 14th 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 2nd 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 8th Juan Soto 3rd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 9th Mario Ortiz 1st 2nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 10th Danny Tafolla 15th 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 11th Will Ziegler 4th 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 12th 16th(tied) 16th
Plymouth Rockers Nathan Fitzkee 13th Matt Akins 13th 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 14th Craig Hoult 5th(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 15th Ryan Vermillion 5th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 16th 16th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Cesar Cisneros 17th Cesar Cisneros 12th 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Dane Baker 18th 16th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 16th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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