ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/28/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Rich Callanan 1st Curt Koerner 1st 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Loyd 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 4th Brandon Coleman 4th 3rd
Moncton Mounties Kevin Pizzuti 5th Ricky Cortes 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 6th 8th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Griffins Mike Ekstedt 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Juan Lozada 8th Juan Lozada 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Escobar 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 11th Ricardo Garcia 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Howie Hecht 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Colt Stovall 14th Colt Stovall 5th 5th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 17th Oscar Naranjo 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Man-u Kym 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Tiverton Colonels Vinny Tijerina 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buckeye Local Panthers Tim Wetmore 1st Nick Gratta 1st 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 2nd Aaron Went 3rd 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 3rd Billy Warren 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Jim Hamilton 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 5th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mario Garcia 8th Johnny Huerta 5th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Gwang-oo Shroyer 10th Gwang-oo Shroyer 7th 6th
Abingdon Archers Man-u Jung 11th (tied) Man-u Jung 8th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Rob Campbell 11th (tied) Rob Campbell 9th 9th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 14th (tied) 10th(tied) 15th(tied)
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 14th (tied) 10th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Ed Yanez 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 18th Ross Howard 6th 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Julio Lopez 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Borrego Springs Rams Ryan Bishop 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Moncton Mounties 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Beau Richardson 1st Jose Saenz 4th 3rd
Whitby Bats Matt Sikes 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Matt Higgins 3rd Dan Skiba 1st(tied) 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Perez 4th Justin Perez 6th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Hunter McConnon 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 6th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 6th (tied) Aloísio Boissel 1st(tied) 2nd
Plymouth Rockers David Herman 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Outa Kagawa 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Danny Solis 13th Danny Solis 5th 6th
San Bernardino Flight Masato Horita 14th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd 5th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Lamar Bridges 1st 7th(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels David Cheesman 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties David Raney 3rd David Raney 5th 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Erik Bailey 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Dave Orosco 5th Vincent Salinas 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Mike Unruh 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 8th 7th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 9th 7th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 10th 7th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines Xavier Encarnao 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes Sébastien Fleury 13th Sébastien Fleury 2nd 4th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 14th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 15th Jordan Rivas 4th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Segura 16th Carlos Segura 6th 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Guillermo Bonilla 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Chris Malone 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 3rd Jose Valdez 3rd 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 4th Carlos Crespo 2nd 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 5th Mario Gutierrez 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Guerra 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 10th Jesus Rodriquez 5th 5th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 11th Juan Galvan 4th 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 16th 6th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Angel Cruz 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Teppo Öunap 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Bartoli Carrillo 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Lincoln Princes 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Jarrod LaCasse 1st John Austin 2nd 1st
Chuluota Imperials Chris Miller 2nd Chris Miller 3rd 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 3rd Mike Jackson 4th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Bill Amparan 4th Kyle Marin 10th 5th
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 5th Danny Shafer 7th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Travis Hammen 6th Travis Hammen 1st 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 7th Luis Ortega 6th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Jeff McDaniel 8th Dustin Owens 5th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 9th 11th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 10th Seth Robinson 9th 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 11th Edgardo Perez 8th 9th
Picture Rocks Raptors Luke Emme 12th 11th(tied) 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 13th 11th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Hopkins 14th 11th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Andrews 15th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 15th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mascarenas 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sitko 1st Jorge Rodriguez 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Harris 2nd Johnny Harris 3rd 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Hillis 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Kagera Fakhri 4th Jose Yenores 2nd 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Micah Squires 5th Miguel Gonzalez 5th 4th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 14th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 14th (tied) Chris Ortiz 4th 5th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Mundo 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Whitby Bats 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chris Benedict 1st Victor Cruz 1st(tied) 1st
Tiverton Colonels Danny Lopez 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Plymouth Rockers Humphrey Gerber 3rd Humphrey Gerber 4th 3rd
Whitby Bats Scott Skidmore 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 5th Gabe Ippolito 6th 4th
Franklin Cubs Nate Jurgensen 6th Nate Jurgensen 5th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 8th Ramon Paz 1st(tied) 2nd
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 10th Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 11th Ivan Hernandez 3rd 6th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Lorenzo Moran 14th 8th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Nick Luna 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Michael Baker 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Bill Thompson 1st Hugo Reyes 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Jamari Walker 2nd Jamari Walker 9th 7th
Chuluota Imperials David Sanko 3rd David Sanko 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Antonio Rodriguez 4th Jose Diaz 4th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 5th Roy Garcia 10th 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 6th Joaquin Santiago 3rd 4th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 7th 17th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jesus Beltre 8th Jesus Beltre 11th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Gagarian 9th Chris Gagarian 11th(tied) 12th
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 10th Alex Hernandez 7th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jonathan Gutierrez 11th Cristofer Sanchez 8th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 12th Rafael Cruz 6th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Jose Munoz 13th Victor Meza 5th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 14th Zaijiro Watanabe 13th 13th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 15th 17th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 16th Johnny Owen 16th 15th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 17th Hector Vazquez 15th 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Jose Herrera 18th 17th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 19th Roberto Melendez 14th 17th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 17th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 17th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 17th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 17th(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
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Arredondo 2nd Alex Arredondo 4th(tied) 2nd
Whitby Bats Jesus Ochoa 3rd Matt Howe 9th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 4th Bill Guerrero 12th 8th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 5th Carlos Balderrama 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 6th Isaiah Timmons 11th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 7th Dan Gray 4th(tied) 5th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 8th Dae-jin Lee 4th(tied) 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Toru Nishimura 9th Jose Baca 2nd 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 10th 14th(tied) 12th
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 11th Kevin Martinez 7th 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 12th Brian Kyzar 8th 11th
Terra Linda Chargers Carl Klein 13th Danny Barrera 13th 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 14th 14th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 15th 14th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 16th 14th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Richard Recchini 17th Edgar Ambrosio 10th 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 14th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 1st Kevin Martinez 6th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eddie O'Connor 2nd Eddie O'Connor 11th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 3rd Zack Scott 7th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Dae-jin Lee 3rd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 5th Dan Gray 3rd(tied) 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 6th Brian Kyzar 8th 9th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 7th Carlos Balderrama 2nd 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 8th 14th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Ortiz 9th Jesus Ortiz 3rd(tied) 4th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 10th 14th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 11th Bill Guerrero 12th 10th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 12th 14th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 13th Edgar Ambrosio 10th 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jose Baca 14th Jose Baca 1st 5th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 15th Matt Howe 9th 10th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 16th 14th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 17th 14th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 14th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Barrera 19th Danny Barrera 13th 13th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
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