ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/09/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight Nick Watkins 1st Nick Watkins 7th 4th
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 2nd Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 1st
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Todd Gordon 5th Omar Castillo 5th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes John Aiello 7th 9th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Cesar Gomez 8th Richard Enriquez 3rd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Dane East 9th 9th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Haruyuki Sato 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels Alberto Rodriguez 10th (tied) Chris Garza 6th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Jose Reyes 13th 9th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Seung-kab Bark 14th Alex Bonilla 4th 6th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 15th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Pablo Santana 16th Oscar Hernanez 8th 8th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Nick Machuca 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Tony Miranda 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Vinny Torres 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 1st Joe Knight 1st(tied) 1st
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 2nd Mike Walker 7th 5th
Plymouth Rockers Adrian Moore 3rd Adrian Moore 4th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 4th Bryan Valenta 8th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 5th Tyler Railey 11th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 6th Billy Irwin 10th 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 7th Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 8th Jeremy Matheson 5th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Kenneth Bates 9th Kenneth Bates 12th 11th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 10th 14th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 12th David Arriaga 1st(tied) 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Flores 13th Jorge Flores 6th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Bob Parrott 14th Rodolfo Vega 9th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Alex Hernandez 15th Alex Hernandez 13th 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Carlos 16th 14th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Guillaume Arnaud 17th 14th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Whitby Bats 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 1st Dan Skiba 2nd 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 3rd Greg Fleming 3rd(tied) 2nd
Lincoln Princes Nelson Archuleta 4th Nelson Archuleta 7th 5th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 9th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 6th 14th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 7th Sam Conaway 3rd(tied) 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 8th Francisco Gonzalez 13th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 9th Tony Cantu 10th 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 10th Eddie Duran 1st 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 11th Aloísio Boissel 11th 11th
Whitby Bats Adonis Parson 12th 14th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 13th Edwin Rodriguez 6th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 14th 14th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 15th Alfredo Banuelos 5th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 16th Jose Jimenez 12th 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Bobby Guardado 17th Bobby Guardado 8th 12th
San Antonio Griffins Carlos Macedo 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 1st Alex Hernandez 2nd 1st
Plymouth Rockers Manny Donato 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 5th 6th(tied) 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Billy Milligan 6th 6th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 7th Jean-François Vivier 1st 2nd
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 8th Jose Saenz 3rd 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 10th 6th(tied) 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 11th Jordan Rivas 4th 4th
Whitby Bats Javier Antongiorgi 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Jonathan Medrano 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 15th Gilberto Noris 5th 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 16th 6th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Matsusuke Maeda 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chad Rodriguez 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 2nd Carlos Cordero 5th 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 3rd Victor Cruz 2nd 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Ryan Workman 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Fernando Zavala 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Gutierrez 10th Mario Gutierrez 4th 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 12th Cesar Torres 3rd 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 13th 7th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Jorge Parra 15th Jorge Parra 6th 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Danny Romero 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Cleto Laurentino 17th 7th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Navarette 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Daniel Mikel 1st Daniel Mikel 2nd 1st
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 2nd Jeremy Martin 3rd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 3rd Danny Shafer 8th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 4th John Breshears 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 5th Jim Gonzalez 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 6th Seth Robinson 6th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 7th 9th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Bill Hudson 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 10th Ryan May 7th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jon Garza 11th 9th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 16th Mario Ibarra 1st 4th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shouji Watanabe 18th 9th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Arturo Pena 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Cesar Toledo 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Long Island Torpedoes Tony Robles 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 1st Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 2nd Julio Morales 1st(tied) 2nd
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 3rd Kalle Hovinen 5th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Birchfield 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 5th Willie Zepeda 1st(tied) 3rd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 9th 10th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Manuel Martinez 10th Manuel Martinez 1st(tied) 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Mike Alexander 12th Hector Ferman 8th 6th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 13th 10th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 14th Jose Pineda 7th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Hector de Jesus 15th Hector de Jesus 9th 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Oscar Ramirez 16th Oscar Ramirez 6th 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Victor Jara 17th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Salvador Garcia 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Billy Perez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jesus Robledo 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Jacksonville Nationals 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 1st Marc Alexander 2nd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Marc Brooks 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 5th 9th(tied) 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Ivan Fuentes 6th Ivan Fuentes 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Francisco Alderete 7th Francisco Alderete 5th 5th
Whitby Bats Marco Grijalva 8th Marco Grijalva 4th 4th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 9th Carlos Sanchez 1st 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jayden Taylor 11th Alex Cofino 7th 7th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 12th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 12th (tied) Ruben Gutierrez 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 15th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 15th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 16th Joel Moya 8th 8th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 9th(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 9th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Byron Bruce 3rd Alex Hernandez 1st 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Steve Williams 9th(tied) 10th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 5th Rafael Cruz 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Andy Merrick 6th Andy Merrick 6th 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Willie Granados 7th Willie Granados 15th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams John Wesson 8th Shuzo Kimura 5th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Byrd 9th Juan Perez 7th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 10th Alfredo Rivero 3rd 4th
Riverside Wolverines Baden Keevil 11th Odilon Tamen 8th 9th
San Antonio Griffins Christiano Gaona 12th Christiano Gaona 13th 13th
Jacksonville Nationals Alexis Mendez 13th 17th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Marco Hernandez 14th Marco Macedo 16th 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Masamichi Ono 15th Pablo Garcia 14th 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Humberto Nevarez 16th 17th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Santiago 17th Miguel Gastelum 9th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Roderick Cleaver 18th 17th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 17th(tied) 20th
Plymouth Rockers Chang-hyun Soung 20th 17th(tied) 21st
Picture Rocks Raptors Alex Torres 21st Alex Torres 12th 18th
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Blaine Mackie 1st Blaine Mackie 7th 2nd
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 2nd Mike Allen 9th 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 3rd Emmett Rogers 6th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 4th Edgar Ambrosio 15th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 5th Juan Perez 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 6th Brian Kyzar 11th 7th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 7th Mike Hrdlicka 10th 9th
Tiverton Colonels Roberto Aguilar 8th Roberto Aguilar 14th 11th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 9th Steve Williams 5th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Will Ziegler 10th Will Ziegler 4th 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Andres Munoz 11th Andres Munoz 12th 14th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 12th Tabari Jamal al Din 8th 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Carlos Hernandez 13th Billy Cumberland 3rd 12th
Plymouth Rockers Orlando Osorio 14th Matt Akins 13th 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 15th 16th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Jon Lopez 16th 16th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Andy Gardea 17th Zaijiro Watanabe 2nd 6th
San Antonio Griffins Jo Uehara 18th 16th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shan Ci 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 1st Brian Kyzar 9th 5th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 2nd Mike Allen 8th 6th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 3rd Edgar Ambrosio 14th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 4th Jaden Rodriguez 10th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Cumberland 5th Billy Cumberland 4th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Lorenzo Guerrero 6th Lorenzo Guerrero 15th 11th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 7th Robby Rush 11th 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 8th Emmett Rogers 6th 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 9th Andres Munoz 12th 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 10th Tabari Jamal al Din 7th 12th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 11th Mario Ortiz 1st 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Roberto Cavazos 12th Jesus Ortiz 2nd(tied) 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 13th Matt Akins 13th 15th
San Bernardino Flight Zaijiro Watanabe 14th Zaijiro Watanabe 2nd(tied) 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Suk Moon 15th Steve Williams 5th 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 16th 16th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 17th 16th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 18th 16th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shan Ci 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 20th (tied) 16th(tied) 20th(tied)
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