ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/02/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Curt Koerner 1st Curt Koerner 1st(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers Masaaki Takata 3rd Masaaki Takata 6th 5th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Johnson 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Franklin Cubs Rob Carrigan 6th Rob Carrigan 1st(tied) 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Preston Leon 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 8th Chris Tomlinson 1st(tied) 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Angel de la Cruz 9th (tied) 8th(tied) 11th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 9th (tied) Omar Castillo 5th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Howie Hecht 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 14th 8th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Mike Caudill 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 16th Josh Livesay 7th 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Paul Moberley 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers Gabriel Flores 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Chuluota Imperials 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Princes Tim Massey 1st Tim Massey 10th 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Allen 2nd Marco Garcia 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Aaron Nelson 3rd Aaron Nelson 7th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin MacKoul 4th 13th(tied) 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 5th Billy Warren 3rd(tied) 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 6th Joe Knight 3rd(tied) 4th
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 7th Bryan Valenta 8th 9th
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 8th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 9th 13th(tied) 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 10th Nick Cordova 3rd(tied) 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 11th Tyler Railey 3rd(tied) 6th
Abingdon Archers Zach Weakley 12th Zach Weakley 9th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 13th Billy Irwin 12th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 14th Steve Bartlett 11th 12th
Whitby Bats Chris Morales 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 16th 13th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 20th 13th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adam Blumberg 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Jeremy Smith 1st Jose Gallardo 3rd(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 2nd Joe Best 3rd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 3rd Jimmy Johnson 1st 2nd
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Greg Fleming 5th Greg Fleming 6th 6th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 6th Charlie Zimmerman 8th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Tommie Tepper 7th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd(tied) 4th
Picture Rocks Raptors Alex Hall 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ruben Vences 9th 10th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Evan Felts 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 11th Eddie Duran 2nd 5th
Lincoln Princes Adonis Parson 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 13th Tony Cantu 7th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 14th (tied) 10th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 14th (tied) Aloísio Boissel 9th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 17th 10th(tied) 17th
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
Franklin Cubs Scott Goldfein 1st Scott Goldfein 3rd 2nd
Moncton Mounties David Raney 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Nate Ladnier 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 5th 9th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 6th 9th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 7th 9th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 8th 9th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 9th 9th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Prakoso Ernalia 10th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 11th Alberto Rivas 7th 4th
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 12th Vincent Salinas 2nd 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 13th Rob Lopez 6th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 14th 9th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 15th Josh Bayliss 8th 8th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 16th Jose Saenz 5th 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Gonsalez 17th Jordan Rivas 4th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ebbe van Alem 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Princes Bryan Farhi 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Jake Criscuolo 2nd Jake Criscuolo 2nd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 3rd Jose Valdez 6th 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Chris Cantu 4th Chris Cantu 3rd 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 5th Mario Gutierrez 5th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 6th Carlos Cordero 7th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Takao Fujii 7th (tied) 8th(tied) 9th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 7th (tied) Carlos Crespo 4th 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Gabe Lewis 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Jeff Matchette 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 16th 8th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 17th Ronald Poole 1st 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Manny Rios 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Tommy Johnson 1st Eric Cannova 11th 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Grant 2nd Mike Grant 6th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 3rd John Breshears 2nd 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Steve Kravit 4th 14th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 5th Luis Ortega 4th 5th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 6th Jeremy Martin 1st 2nd
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 7th Danny Shafer 8th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Gonzalez 8th Jim Gonzalez 5th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 9th Seth Robinson 7th 8th
Plymouth Rockers Dave Maser 10th 14th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Carlos Castro 11th Carlos Castro 13th 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 12th Edgardo Perez 12th 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 13th 14th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 14th Jonathan Swander 9th 12th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 15th 14th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Alexander 16th 14th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 17th Carlos Martinez 3rd 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 18th (tied) Jarred DeLozier 10th 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Josh Bacon 22nd 14th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Brian Nuzum 1st Brian Nuzum 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 2nd Dan Navarro 1st 1st
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 4th Jose Pineda 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 5th Jorge Rodriguez 6th 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Birchfield 6th Christopher Campbell 7th 5th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 7th 9th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Griffins Randy Reneau 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 12th 9th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 13th 9th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 14th 9th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 15th 9th(tied) 18th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 16th 9th(tied) 19th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 17th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 18th Galtero Casale 8th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 19th Kalle Hovinen 3rd 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 20th Ruben Gutierrez 5th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Alejandro Gomez 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Buffalo Bellflowers Victor Jara 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Jacksonville Nationals 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Franklin Cubs Nate Jurgensen 1st Nate Jurgensen 9th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 2nd Bill Cardiello 3rd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Rich Miklavcic 3rd Marc Alexander 1st(tied) 1st
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 4th Marco Grijalva 4th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 5th Victor Cruz 7th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 8th Ivan Hernandez 5th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Joe Wakefield 9th 10th(tied) 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Elijah Callender 11th Keith Sverdloff 1st(tied) 2nd
Long Island Torpedoes Ramon Paz 12th Ramon Paz 6th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Kyle Chiasson 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 16th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 17th Joel Moya 8th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 10th(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
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 2nd Eric Kretzer 9th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Juan Martinez 3rd Juan Soto 7th 6th
Whitby Bats Darryl Snipes 4th Ismael Lopez 8th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Flores 5th Carlos Flores 4th 3rd
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 6th Alex Hernandez 1st 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 7th Kyle Young 11th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 8th Jesus Ortiz 10th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 9th Rafael Cruz 5th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 10th 18th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight David Procaccini 11th Alfredo Rivero 3rd 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Noah Damm 12th Noah Damm 11th(tied) 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 13th Craig Hoult 6th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jesus Beltre 14th Jesus Beltre 11th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 15th Cortez Alavez 11th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Jonathan Weaver 16th Jonathan Weaver 16th 16th
San Antonio Griffins Adam Johnson 17th Adam Johnson 11th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 18th Radoslaw Sokol 17th 18th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 18th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 18th(tied) 21st(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Nate Worley 1st Shu-de Khu 3rd(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Mike Williams 2nd Will Ziegler 3rd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Kelley 3rd Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 4th Brian Kyzar 11th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 5th Zach Kyte 3rd(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 6th Ryan Vermillion 8th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 7th 14th(tied) 12th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 8th Mike Allen 10th 10th
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 9th Josh Kneeland 7th 9th
San Antonio Griffins Brian Rosen 10th 14th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 11th Juan Perez 12th 11th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 12th 14th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 13th 14th(tied) 17th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 14th Matt Akins 13th 13th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 15th 14th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Doug DeBauche 16th Cesar Cisneros 3rd(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 17th Alex Hernandez 1st 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Garza 18th Craig Hoult 9th 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 1st Josh Kneeland 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 2nd Brian Kyzar 11th 7th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 3rd Mike Allen 10th 8th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 4th Jeff Eddins 4th(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 8th 8th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Allen Ellingson 6th Cesar Cisneros 4th(tied) 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Nabers 7th Will Ziegler 3rd 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 8th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 9th Alex Hernandez 1st 4th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 10th 14th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 11th Juan Perez 12th 11th
San Antonio Griffins Brian Rosen 12th 14th(tied) 15th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 13th Matt Akins 13th 12th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 14th 14th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Danny Flores 15th 14th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 16th Craig Hoult 9th 10th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 17th 14th(tied) 18th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 18th Ryan Vermillion 7th 12th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
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