ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/13/2024
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Rich Callanan 1st Haruyuki Sato 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Pete DiBiaso 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Kevin Pizzuti 4th Ricky Cortes 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 5th Brandon Coleman 4th 3rd
Riverside Wolverines David Henning 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erik Murphy 7th Erik Murphy 6th 4th
Corpus Christi Texans Mike Ekstedt 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Juan Lozada 9th Juan Lozada 3rd 5th
Lincoln Princes Dave Rotolo 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Tulsa Captains Ben Towne 11th Ben Towne 9th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Bill Athan 13th Colt Stovall 5th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 14th Ricardo Garcia 8th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Raul Tavarez 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers William Hernandez 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 17th 10th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 19th Oscar Naranjo 7th 9th
Tiverton Colonels Vinny Tijerina 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Brian Evans 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Tim Wetmore 2nd Nick Gratta 1st 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Mike Fitzgerald 3rd Mike Fitzgerald 9th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Bobby Barnes 4th Bobby Barnes 3rd 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 5th Aaron Went 4th 4th
Abingdon Archers Austin Bertsche 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 7th (tied) Billy Warren 5th 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Roger Ball 7th (tied) 10th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Reed Gomez 9th Reed Gomez 6th 7th
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 10th David Arriaga 2nd 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Jim Hamilton 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Corpus Christi Texans Evan Harper 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 14th 10th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Gwang-oo Shroyer 16th Gwang-oo Shroyer 7th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Plymouth Rockers Robby Hoffman 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Tulsa Captains Justin Bogden 20th 10th(tied) 21st
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 21st Ross Howard 8th 9th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
San Bernardino Flight 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Whitby Bats 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Beau Richardson 1st Jose Saenz 3rd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Joe Corcoran 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Josh Howard 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Mark Mauro 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Terra Linda Chargers Keith Connelly 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Matt Higgins 6th Mikkel Goldbaek 6th 4th
Abingdon Archers Kyle Scherbel 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Travis Shaw 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Justin Perez 9th Justin Perez 7th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Josh Flowers 10th Danny Solis 2nd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Justin Richardson 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Tulsa Captains Matt Peterson 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Tiverton Colonels Hunter McConnon 13th 8th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 14th 8th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 15th AloĆ­sio Boissel 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Jason King 16th Jason King 4th 6th
Plymouth Rockers David Herman 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 18th 8th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Mario Chavez 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Corpus Christi Texans Hector Yanez 20th 8th(tied) 21st
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 21st 8th(tied) 22nd
Long Island Torpedoes Santiago Ytuarte 22nd Santiago Ytuarte 5th 7th
Buckeye Local Panthers 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Lamar Bridges 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Alex Melo 2nd Alex Melo 1st 1st
Tiverton Colonels David Cheesman 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties David Raney 4th David Raney 4th 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Hak-su Chung 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Erik Bailey 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Dave Orosco 7th Vincent Salinas 3rd 4th
Riverside Wolverines Chris Hipkins 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Kevin Lightfoot 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Corpus Christi Texans Prakoso Ernalia 11th 7th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Max Guerrero 12th Max Guerrero 5th 5th
Haviland Thrashers Li-ren Ning 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jose Fraire 15th Jose Fraire 6th 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 18th Jordan Rivas 2nd 2nd
Tulsa Captains Ebbe van Alem 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 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
Franklin Cubs Brian Beason 1st Juan Galvan 4th 2nd
Whitby Bats Chris Malone 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates John Russell 3rd John Russell 1st 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Moncton Mounties David Williams 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Abingdon Archers Bobby Uribe 7th Bobby Uribe 3rd 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Eric Nance 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Corpus Christi Texans Jeff Williamson 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 10th Mario Gutierrez 2nd 4th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Chris Martinez 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Brock McLean 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Manny Rios 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tulsa Captains 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Franklin Cubs Paul Dankenbring 1st Paul Dankenbring 5th 3rd
Abingdon Archers Ron Salcido 2nd Danny Haessly 1st(tied) 1st
Whitby Bats Jarrod LaCasse 3rd John Austin 1st(tied) 2nd
Corpus Christi Texans David Torres 4th 12th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Chris Miller 5th Chris Miller 3rd 4th
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 6th Mike Jackson 4th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Bill Amparan 7th Kyle Marin 11th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 8th Jeremy Vetsch 6th 6th
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 9th Danny Shafer 8th 7th
Plymouth Rockers Travis Hammen 10th 12th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Jeff McDaniel 11th 12th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Bobby Carroll 12th Ivan Hernandez 7th 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Dave Savage 13th 12th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 14th 12th(tied) 16th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 15th Seth Robinson 10th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Jeff May 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Luke Emme 17th 12th(tied) 18th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 18th Edgardo Perez 9th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Tom Lambert 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Tulsa Captains Andy Barnes 20th 12th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 21st 12th(tied) 21st
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Buffalo Bellflowers 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 23rd (tied) 12th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Ayres 1st Mike Ayres 2nd 1st
Haviland Thrashers Jon Wysocki 2nd Johnny Harris 6th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sitko 3rd Jorge Rodriguez 1st 2nd
Terra Linda Chargers Jody Clark 4th Jody Clark 5th 4th
Franklin Cubs Eric Diehl 5th 8th(tied) 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Micah Squires 6th Miguel Gonzalez 4th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Matt Shea 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Moncton Mounties Kyle Twigg 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Dorflinger 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 10th Jose Yenores 3rd 6th
Corpus Christi Texans Randy Reneau 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 13th 8th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 18th Chris Ortiz 7th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Tulsa Captains Juan Mundo 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Crystal Lake Killers Pie-qi Ts'ong 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Whitby Bats 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chris Benedict 1st Victor Cruz 1st 1st
Tiverton Colonels Danny Lopez 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Michael Segar 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Terra Linda Chargers Zack Neal 4th Luis Amador 4th 2nd
Tulsa Captains John Sasser 5th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Whitby Bats Scott Skidmore 5th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Federico Rosales 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bruce Ogie 8th 7th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 9th (tied) Luis Ortega 2nd 3rd
Plymouth Rockers Humphrey Gerber 9th (tied) Humphrey Gerber 3rd 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Nate Jurgensen 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 14th Juan Trujillo 5th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 15th Hisamichi Matsumoto 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Guntur Djajadiningrat 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihide Hasebe 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Corpus Christi Texans 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Bill Thompson 1st Shalom Bruin 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Jamari Walker 2nd Jamari Walker 10th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 3rd Omar Sotelo 4th 2nd
Chuluota Imperials David Sanko 4th David Sanko 3rd 3rd
Whitby Bats Antonio Rodriguez 5th Jose Diaz 6th 4th
Moncton Mounties Byron Bruce 6th Byron Bruce 5th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 7th Roy Garcia 8th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Vance Lancaster 8th Rogelio Camarillo 10th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Brian Millet 9th Brian Millet 14th 12th
Haviland Thrashers Jeremy Stewart 10th Lorenzo Guerra 2nd 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates David Wood 11th Jose Baca 7th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Gagarian 12th Hector Mendoza 12th 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jonathan Gutierrez 13th Cristofer Sanchez 9th 9th
Tulsa Captains Jose Munoz 14th Jose Munoz 15th 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Daniel Diaz 15th Moises Rodriguez 17th 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 16th Roberto Melendez 13th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Tillmam Couarde 17th 18th(tied) 17th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 18th 18th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 19th 18th(tied) 19th
Corpus Christi Texans Sal Aguilar 20th Sal Aguilar 16th 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
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Marcos Patino 1st Ryan Vermillion 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Wimberley 2nd Chris Wimberley 2nd(tied) 2nd
Whitby Bats Jesus Ochoa 3rd Matt Howe 9th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Arredondo 4th Alex Arredondo 2nd(tied) 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 5th Isaiah Timmons 8th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 6th Dae-jin Lee 2nd(tied) 5th
San Bernardino Flight Esteban Ramos 7th 12th(tied) 11th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 8th 12th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers D.J. Nelson 9th D.J. Nelson 7th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 10th Danny Barrera 11th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 11th 12th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Bill Lopez 12th Dara Qutaiba 2nd(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jose Garcia 13th Jose Garcia 10th 13th
Tulsa Captains Edgardo Saenz 14th 12th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Seiichi Yamaguchi 15th 12th(tied) 16th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 17th Carlos Balderrama 2nd(tied) 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Corpus Christi Texans Jo Uehara 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 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
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 1st 12th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eddie O'Connor 2nd Eddie O'Connor 9th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 3rd Zack Scott 7th 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Simpson 4th Bobby Simpson 6th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 5th Dae-jin Lee 1st(tied) 1st
Tulsa Captains Angelo Luque 6th 12th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 7th D.J. Nelson 1st(tied) 2nd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jose Garcia 8th Jose Garcia 11th 9th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 9th Carlos Balderrama 1st(tied) 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Kareem Jackson 10th Moises Rodriguez 1st(tied) 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 11th Jesus Ortiz 1st(tied) 5th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 12th Edgar Ambrosio 8th 11th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 13th Matt Howe 10th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Rodriguez 14th 12th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 15th 12th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 16th 12th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Corpus Christi Texans Cesar Ramirez 18th 12th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
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