ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/17/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 2nd Brandon Coleman 3rd 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Curt Koerner 3rd Curt Koerner 1st(tied) 1st
Long Island Torpedoes Colt Stovall 4th Colt Stovall 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 6th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Mike Ekstedt 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Aaron Wilson 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Mauricio Guerra 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Howie Hecht 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 14th Ricardo Garcia 5th 5th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers Gabriel Flores 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Nick Machuca 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 19th Oscar Naranjo 6th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Tony Miranda 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Chuluota Imperials 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Allen 1st Jason Allen 1st 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 2nd Aaron Went 3rd 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 3rd Billy Warren 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 5th 10th(tied) 11th
San Bernardino Flight Tony Cruz 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 7th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mario Garcia 9th Johnny Huerta 5th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Gwang-oo Shroyer 12th Gwang-oo Shroyer 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 13th (tied) Ross Howard 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 13th (tied) Korey Lopez 9th 9th
Abingdon Archers Man-u Jung 15th (tied) Man-u Jung 8th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 15th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Ed Yanez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Julio Lopez 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Moncton Mounties 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Matt Higgins 1st Dan Skiba 1st(tied) 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 2nd Aloísio Boissel 1st(tied) 2nd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Saenz 5th Eddie Duran 1st(tied) 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Outa Kagawa 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 9th 5th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 10th Ronald Poole 1st(tied) 4th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Allvaro Macoilos 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Abingdon Archers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 6th 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
San Antonio Griffins Prakoso Ernalia 4th Chris Gutierre 1st(tied) 1st
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 5th Vincent Salinas 4th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Francisco Mendez 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 8th Rob Lopez 1st(tied) 2nd
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Sébastien Fleury 10th Sébastien Fleury 3rd 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Clint Arnold 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Xavier Encarnao 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 13th Jordan Rivas 5th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 14th (tied) Alberto Rivas 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ebbe van Alem 14th (tied) 8th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Guillermo Bonilla 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Franklin Cubs Edgar Ortiz 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 2nd Jose Valdez 3rd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Takao Fujii 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 4th Carlos Crespo 2nd 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 5th Mario Gutierrez 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 7th Jesus Rodriquez 5th 4th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 8th 6th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Jeremias Vega 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 11th (tied) Juan Galvan 4th 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Danny Soto 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Oscar Velez 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Manny Rios 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Picture Rocks Raptors Teppo Öunap 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Whitby Bats Luis Gonzalez 21st 6th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Kyle Marin 1st Kyle Marin 6th 4th
Chuluota Imperials Chris Miller 2nd Chris Miller 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 3rd Mike Jackson 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 4th Luis Ortega 5th 5th
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 5th Danny Shafer 7th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Paul Ruby 6th Paul Ruby 1st 1st
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 7th Seth Robinson 8th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Jeff McDaniel 8th 10th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 9th Edgardo Perez 9th 8th
Picture Rocks Raptors Luke Emme 10th 10th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 11th 10th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 12th 10th(tied) 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Andy Barnes 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Campos 15th Carlos Martinez 4th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Hopkins 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mascarenas 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Whitby Bats 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Harris 1st Johnny Harris 4th 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 2nd Jose Yenores 3rd 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Hillis 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 5th Jorge Rodriguez 2nd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 11th 7th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 12th 7th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 13th (tied) Ivan Hernandez 1st 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 16th Chris Ortiz 5th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 19th 7th(tied) 20th
Whitby Bats Jose Fernandez 20th 7th(tied) 21st
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 21st 7th(tied) 22nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Miguel Gonzalez 22nd Miguel Gonzalez 6th 6th
Abingdon Archers Jeong Lee 23rd 7th(tied) 23rd
Plymouth Rockers 24th 7th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 1st Gabe Ippolito 6th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 2nd Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 4th Ramon Paz 1st(tied) 2nd
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 5th Marco Grijalva 3rd 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Haviland Thrashers Keith Sverdloff 9th Keith Sverdloff 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Sandy Cruz 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Lorenzo Moran 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 13th 8th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 14th Joel Moya 4th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Nick Luna 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Jamari Walker 1st Jamari Walker 5th(tied) 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Rick Hall 2nd Javier Palos 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 3rd Jesus Beltre 2nd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 4th Jesus Ortiz 9th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 5th Kyle Young 7th 5th
Whitby Bats Josh Poehlein 6th Jose Diaz 3rd 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 7th 18th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Gagarian 8th Chris Gagarian 12th(tied) 12th
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 9th Alex Hernandez 5th(tied) 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 10th Jose Baca 8th 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Junji Tokunaga 11th Victor Meza 4th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Luis Orosco 12th Cristofer Sanchez 11th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 13th Rafael Cruz 10th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 14th 18th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 15th Ricardo Chavarria 14th 14th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 16th Hector Vazquez 17th 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 17th Juan Soto 12th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 18th 18th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 19th Roberto Melendez 15th 18th
Franklin Cubs Jean Lebreton 20th 18th(tied) 21st
San Antonio Griffins Sal Aguilar 21st Sal Aguilar 16th 20th
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Arredondo 1st Alex Arredondo 2nd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 2nd Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 9th 4th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 4th Carlos Balderrama 1st 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 5th Mike Cousin 7th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 6th 12th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 7th Jesus Ortiz 3rd(tied) 5th
Whitby Bats Danny Garcia 8th Matt Howe 10th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Carl Klein 9th Danny Barrera 11th 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 10th 12th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 11th 12th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 12th 12th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 13th 12th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 14th Jonathan Aubry 8th 12th
Haviland Thrashers Richard Recchini 15th Edgar Ambrosio 3rd(tied) 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Fernando Koning 16th Victor Meza 3rd(tied) 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 17th 12th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 18th 12th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 1st Zack Scott 7th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 2nd Mike Cousin 6th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 3rd Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 4th Brian Kyzar 9th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 5th Jesus Ortiz 2nd(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 6th Carlos Balderrama 1st 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 7th 12th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 8th 12th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 9th Edgar Ambrosio 2nd(tied) 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 10th Victor Meza 2nd(tied) 5th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 11th Jonathan Aubry 8th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 12th 12th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 13th 12th(tied) 15th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 14th Matt Howe 10th 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Toru Nishimura 15th 12th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 16th Danny Barrera 11th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 12th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
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