ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
08/20/2025
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Curt Koerner 1st Curt Koerner 2nd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Adrian Whalley 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 2nd(tied) 3rd
Franklin Cubs Rob Carrigan 5th Rob Carrigan 1st 2nd
Buckeye Local Panthers Masaaki Takata 6th Masaaki Takata 6th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Preston Leon 7th Pael Espanol 8th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Angel de la Cruz 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 9th Chris Tomlinson 2nd(tied) 4th
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 11th Omar Castillo 5th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 16th Josh Livesay 7th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 17th 9th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Noah Valenti 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers Gabriel Flores 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Allen 1st Marco Garcia 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Aaron Nelson 2nd Aaron Nelson 6th 6th
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 3rd Joe Knight 3rd(tied) 3rd
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 4th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 5th Bryan Valenta 7th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 7th Nick Cordova 3rd(tied) 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 8th Tyler Railey 3rd(tied) 5th
Abingdon Archers Zach Weakley 9th Zach Weakley 8th 8th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 10th Billy Irwin 10th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 11th Steve Bartlett 11th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 12th 13th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 13th 13th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 14th 13th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 15th Jeremy Hurst 9th 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Clay Tosh 16th Clay Tosh 12th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 18th 13th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Terra Linda Chargers Guillermo Moreno 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 23rd 13th(tied) 23rd
Plymouth Rockers 24th 13th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 9th 4th
Franklin Cubs Justin Perez 2nd Justin Perez 11th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 3rd Jimmy Johnson 1st 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs Greg Fleming 4th Greg Fleming 4th 6th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 8th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Tommie Tepper 6th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 7th Jose Gallardo 6th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 8th Eddie Duran 2nd 2nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Juan Moya 9th 12th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Ruben Vences 10th 12th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 11th (tied) Tony Cantu 7th 9th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 11th (tied) 12th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 13th Aloísio Boissel 10th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 14th 12th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 15th (tied) Jose Jimenez 5th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 15th (tied) 12th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 17th 12th(tied) 17th
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
Franklin Cubs Scott Goldfein 1st Scott Goldfein 1st(tied) 1st
Moncton Mounties David Raney 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Chris Cantu 5th (tied) Chris Cantu 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 5th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 7th 9th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 8th 9th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 9th 9th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 10th 9th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 11th Rob Lopez 5th 4th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 12th Chris Gutierre 1st(tied) 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 13th Vincent Salinas 4th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 14th Josh Bayliss 8th 8th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 15th Jose Saenz 7th 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Gonsalez 16th Jordan Rivas 6th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 5th 2nd
Whitby Bats Jake Criscuolo 2nd Jake Criscuolo 4th 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 3rd Mario Gutierrez 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 4th Carlos Cordero 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 5th Victor Cruz 2nd 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Jeremias Vega 6th Ronald Poole 1st 4th
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 7th Julio Cortez 3rd 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 8th 9th(tied) 9th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 9th 9th(tied) 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Gabe Lewis 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 12th (tied) Alberto Rivas 8th 8th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 12th (tied) 9th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 14th 9th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 15th 9th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 16th (tied) 9th(tied) 16th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 16th (tied) 9th(tied) 16th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Manny Rios 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Rob Lindauer 1st 11th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Tommy Johnson 2nd Eric Cannova 9th 4th
Moncton Mounties Rich Miklavcic 3rd Rich Miklavcic 1st 1st
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tim McHugh 4th Tim McHugh 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 5th Jeremy Martin 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 6th Jim Gonzalez 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 7th Seth Robinson 7th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Dave Maser 8th 11th(tied) 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 9th Edgardo Perez 10th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 10th 11th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 11th 11th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ryan Hardeman 12th 11th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 13th Jonathan Swander 6th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 14th 11th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Alexander 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 17th Carlos Martinez 4th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 18th 11th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 19th Jarred DeLozier 8th 10th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Haviland Thrashers Willis Rodriguez 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
Abingdon Archers 24th 11th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Rafael Farrand 1st 11th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Brian Nuzum 2nd Brian Nuzum 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 3rd Luis Ortega 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 4th Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 5th Jorge Gonzales 1st(tied) 2nd
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 7th Jose Yenores 8th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 8th Jorge Rodriguez 9th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 9th Jose Pineda 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 10th Kalle Hovinen 4th 5th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 13th 11th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 14th 11th(tied) 16th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 19th 11th(tied) 21st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 20th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 9th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 21st Galtero Casale 10th 10th
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 Nate Jurgensen 8th 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 2nd Bill Cardiello 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 3rd Marc Alexander 3rd 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 4th Victor Cruz 5th 5th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 5th Marco Grijalva 2nd 2nd
San Bernardino Flight Mike Seals 6th Mike Seals 6th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 7th 10th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 8th Ivan Hernandez 4th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 9th 10th(tied) 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Amador 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 14th 10th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Keith Sverdloff 15th Keith Sverdloff 7th 8th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 17th 10th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 18th Joel Moya 9th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 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
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 2nd Ismael Lopez 7th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 3rd Kyle Young 10th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Rene Sanchez 4th Alfredo Rivero 3rd 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 5th Eric Kretzer 8th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 6th 18th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Flores 7th Carlos Flores 4th 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Juan Martinez 8th Juan Martinez 10th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Noah Damm 9th Noah Damm 10th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 10th Rafael Cruz 5th 5th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 11th Alex Hernandez 1st 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 12th Jesus Ortiz 6th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 13th 18th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Eric Osborne 14th Miguel Gastelum 14th 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 15th Cortez Alavez 10th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Alexis Ruiz 16th 18th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 17th Radoslaw Sokol 16th 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Craig Hoult 18th Craig Hoult 9th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 18th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th Alex Gonzales 17th 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Hiroshi Matsui 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Joe Underwood 22nd Joe Underwood 15th 21st
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Abingdon Archers 24th 18th(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 1st Emmett Rogers 2nd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 2nd Ryan Vermillion 4th(tied) 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Zaijiro Watanabe 3rd Zaijiro Watanabe 3rd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 4th Edgar Ambrosio 13th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 5th Brian Kyzar 10th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 6th Zach Kyte 4th(tied) 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Jim Fredrickson 7th Henry Ceballos 14th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 8th Will Ziegler 6th 9th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 9th Mike Allen 9th 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 10th Josh Kneeland 7th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 11th Juan Perez 11th 12th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 12th 15th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 13th 15th(tied) 16th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 14th Robby Rush 8th 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 15th 15th(tied) 17th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 16th Matt Akins 12th 14th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 17th Alex Hernandez 1st 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Kakuya Wakabayashi 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 15th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Jo Uehara 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st 15th(tied) 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 2nd (tied) Josh Kneeland 7th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd (tied) Shane Campbell 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 4th Brian Kyzar 10th 8th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 5th Mike Allen 9th 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 6th Jonathan Kellerstrass 8th 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 2nd 1st
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 8th Alex Hernandez 1st 2nd
Juneau Sled Dogs Randy Smith 9th Juan Perez 11th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Ortiz 10th Will Ziegler 3rd 3rd
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 11th Matt Akins 12th 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 12th 15th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Danny Flores 13th Edgar Ambrosio 13th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Zaijiro Watanabe 14th Zaijiro Watanabe 4th 4th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 15th 15th(tied) 17th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 16th Ryan Vermillion 5th 5th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 17th 15th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 18th Henry Ceballos 14th 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Kakuya Wakabayashi 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 15th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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