ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
11/17/2025
 
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 Adrian Whalley 1st(tied) 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 5th Chris Tomlinson 5th 5th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 6th Omar Castillo 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 8th Kevin Hurt 7th 7th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Jaramillo 9th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Pael Espanol 10th 8th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 11th 8th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Garner 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 13th 8th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Mike Caudill 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 17th 8th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Felix Oliva 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Frank de Soto 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Franklin Ledezma 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Plymouth Rockers Mike Marcus 22nd 8th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 8th(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 2nd 1st
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 3rd Joe Knight 4th(tied) 3rd
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 4th David Arriaga 1st 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 5th Bryan Valenta 9th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 6th 14th(tied) 14th
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 10th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 10th Billy Irwin 12th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 11th Edwin Rodriguez 3rd 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 12th Jeremy Matheson 8th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 13th 14th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 14th 14th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 15th Jeremy Hurst 13th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 16th Rodolfo Vega 11th 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 17th 14th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Korey Lopez 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Carlos 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 10th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Jimmy Johnson 1st 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 3rd 12th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Vince Banger 4th Vince Banger 6th 6th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 9th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 3rd(tied) 2nd
San Bernardino Flight Tommie Tepper 7th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd(tied) 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Juan Moya 8th 12th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 9th (tied) Tony Cantu 8th 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 9th (tied) Eddie Duran 2nd 4th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 11th 12th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 12th 12th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 13th Aloísio Boissel 11th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 14th Jose Jimenez 7th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 15th Alfredo Banuelos 5th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 16th (tied) 12th(tied) 16th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 16th (tied) 12th(tied) 16th(tied)
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
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 4th 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 6th Gilberto Noris 6th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 8th 7th(tied) 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 9th 7th(tied) 13th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 10th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 11th Vincent Salinas 2nd 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 13th Jose Saenz 5th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Luis Sosa 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 18th Jordan Rivas 3rd 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes David Aguas 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 4th 3rd
Whitby Bats Jake Criscuolo 2nd Jake Criscuolo 3rd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 3rd Carlos Cordero 6th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Gabe Lewis 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 7th Alberto Rivas 7th 6th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Gutierrez 10th Mario Gutierrez 5th 7th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 11th 8th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 12th Ronald Poole 2nd 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 18th 8th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Navarette 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 8th(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(tied) 1st
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 2nd Danny Shafer 7th 4th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 3rd Jeremy Martin 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 4th Jim Gonzalez 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 5th Eric Cannova 5th(tied) 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 6th 9th(tied) 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 7th 9th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 9th 9th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 10th Jonathan Swander 5th(tied) 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 11th Ryan May 8th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 13th Carlos Martinez 4th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 14th 9th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Garza 15th 9th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 16th 9th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 9th(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 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 2nd Luis Ortega 5th 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 3rd Jorge Gonzales 2nd 3rd
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 4th Dan Navarro 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 5th Jose Yenores 9th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 6th Jorge Rodriguez 10th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 7th Jose Pineda 7th 6th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 8th 11th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 9th 11th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 10th 11th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 11th 11th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 12th 11th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 15th 11th(tied) 18th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 16th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 8th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 19th 11th(tied) 21st
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 20th Kalle Hovinen 4th 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Marcos Perez 21st Oscar Ramirez 8th 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 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 5th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 5th Marco Grijalva 2nd 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Mike Seals 6th Mike Seals 5th 4th
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
Terra Linda Chargers Jon Trujillo 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 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 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 2nd Byron Bruce 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 3rd Ismael Lopez 5th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 4th Jesus Beltre 3rd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 5th Eric Kretzer 11th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 6th Andy Merrick 13th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 7th Rafael Cruz 6th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 8th Jesus Ortiz 10th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 9th Steve Esquivel 13th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Flores 10th Carlos Flores 8th 10th
Terra Linda Chargers Mark Steve 11th Juan Soto 7th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 12th Alfredo Rivero 4th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 13th 17th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 14th Cortez Alavez 12th 11th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 15th Radoslaw Sokol 13th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Urs van der Werf 16th Craig Hoult 9th 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 17th Hector Mendoza 16th 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 18th 17th(tied) 18th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 17th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Eduardo Lezcano 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers Juan Chavez 23rd 17th(tied) 23rd
Picture Rocks Raptors 24th 17th(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 2nd(tied) 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 3rd Steve Williams 5th 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Jim Fredrickson 4th Henry Ceballos 17th 5th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Chavarria 5th Ricardo Chavarria 2nd(tied) 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 6th Edgar Ambrosio 15th 7th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 7th Hidero Fujiyama 13th 8th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 8th Matt Akins 14th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 9th Will Ziegler 4th 6th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 10th Mike Allen 9th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 11th Juan Perez 11th 11th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 12th Mike Hrdlicka 8th 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 13th Mike Cousin 12th 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 14th 18th(tied) 18th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 15th Robby Rush 6th 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Billy Kaufman 16th Brian Kyzar 10th 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 17th Danny Tafolla 16th 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Garza 18th Craig Hoult 7th 16th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 19th 18th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Matt Johnson 7th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 8th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 11th 9th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Rich Zula 3rd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 9th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 6th Edgar Ambrosio 15th 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 8th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 9th Danny Tafolla 16th 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 10th Juan Perez 12th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 11th Will Ziegler 3rd(tied) 4th
Plymouth Rockers Nathan Fitzkee 12th Matt Akins 14th 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 13th Craig Hoult 10th 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 14th Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 5th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 15th Hidero Fujiyama 13th 16th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Chavarria 16th Ricardo Chavarria 3rd(tied) 7th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 17th 18th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 18th Henry Ceballos 17th 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 19th 18th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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