ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/13/2025
 
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 8th(tied) 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 2nd
Buckeye Local Panthers Masaaki Takata 5th Masaaki Takata 6th 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 6th (tied) Chris Tomlinson 1st(tied) 3rd
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 6th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 8th Omar Castillo 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Terra Linda Chargers Pael Espanol 11th Pael Espanol 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Garner 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Mauricio Guerra 14th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 17th 8th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Noah Valenti 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Plymouth Rockers Juan Gonzalez 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bobby Arana 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
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jim Naig 1st Jim Naig 11th 7th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Allen 2nd Marco Garcia 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Aaron Nelson 3rd Aaron Nelson 6th 6th
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 4th Jake Futrell 10th 9th
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 5th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 6th Bryan Valenta 7th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 7th 13th(tied) 13th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 8th Nick Cordova 4th(tied) 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 9th Tyler Railey 4th(tied) 5th
Abingdon Archers Zach Weakley 10th Zach Weakley 8th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 11th Billy Irwin 9th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 12th Edwin Rodriguez 3rd 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 13th 13th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 14th 13th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 15th 13th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 16th 13th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Clay Tosh 17th Clay Tosh 12th 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 8th 3rd
Franklin Cubs Justin Perez 2nd Justin Perez 10th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 3rd Jimmy Johnson 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Vince Banger 4th 11th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 7th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Jose Gallardo 6th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 7th 11th(tied) 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 8th Eddie Duran 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 9th Tony Cantu 5th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 10th 11th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 11th 11th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 12th Aloísio Boissel 9th 10th
San Bernardino Flight Pablo Gonzalez 13th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd 7th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 14th Jose Jimenez 4th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Ieyoshi Shimizu 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 16th 11th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 3rd 8th(tied) 10th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 4th 8th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 5th Gilberto Noris 7th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 6th 8th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 7th 8th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 8th 8th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 9th 8th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 10th Rob Lopez 3rd 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 11th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 12th Vincent Salinas 2nd 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 13th Josh Bayliss 6th 7th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 14th Jose Saenz 5th 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Gonsalez 15th Jordan Rivas 4th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 3rd 2nd
Whitby Bats Jake Criscuolo 2nd Jake Criscuolo 2nd 1st
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 3rd Carlos Cordero 4th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 1st 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 5th 6th(tied) 6th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 6th 6th(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Gabe Lewis 7th 6th(tied) 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 9th Alberto Rivas 5th 5th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 10th 6th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 14th 6th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Bartoli Carrillo 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Tommy Johnson 1st Eric Cannova 9th 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Colby Barrineau 2nd 11th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Rich Miklavcic 3rd Rich Miklavcic 1st(tied) 1st
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tim McHugh 4th Tim McHugh 1st(tied) 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
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 11th Jonathan Swander 8th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 13th 11th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Alexander 14th 11th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 15th Carlos Martinez 4th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 16th 11th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 17th Jarred DeLozier 6th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams David Johnson 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Willis Rodriguez 19th 11th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(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 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 2nd Luis Ortega 5th 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 3rd Jorge Gonzales 1st(tied) 1st
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 4th Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 2nd
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 6th Jose Yenores 8th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 7th Jorge Rodriguez 9th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 8th Jose Pineda 7th 5th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 9th 11th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 10th 11th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 11th 11th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 12th 11th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 15th 11th(tied) 18th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 16th 11th(tied) 19th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 17th 11th(tied) 20th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 18th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 8th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 19th 11th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 20th Galtero Casale 10th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 21st Kalle Hovinen 4th 9th
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
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 1st Bill Cardiello 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 2nd Marc Alexander 3rd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 3rd Victor Cruz 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 4th Marco Grijalva 2nd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 5th (tied) Ivan Hernandez 4th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 5th (tied) 8th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 7th 8th(tied) 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Amador 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Keith Sverdloff 13th Keith Sverdloff 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 16th 8th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 17th Joel Moya 7th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eric Ellington 1st Javier Palos 1st 1st
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 2nd Ismael Lopez 7th 4th
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 3rd Byron Bruce 2nd 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 4th Eric Kretzer 5th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 5th Kyle Young 12th 12th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 6th (tied) Rafael Cruz 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 6th (tied) 16th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Noah Damm 8th Noah Damm 10th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 9th Jesus Ortiz 4th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Mark Steve 10th Henry Ceballos 15th 13th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 11th 16th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Flores 12th Carlos Flores 8th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Eric Osborne 13th Miguel Gastelum 13th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 14th Alfredo Rivero 6th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 15th Cortez Alavez 10th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Alexis Ruiz 16th 16th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Sergio Espanol 17th Radoslaw Sokol 14th 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Craig Hoult 18th Craig Hoult 9th 9th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 16th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 22nd 16th(tied) 22nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Seisaburo Hayashi 23rd 16th(tied) 23rd
Abingdon Archers 24th 16th(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 3rd(tied) 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 3rd Edgar Ambrosio 13th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 4th Brian Kyzar 11th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 5th Steve Williams 8th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Zach Kyte 6th Zach Kyte 3rd(tied) 4th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Cumberland 7th Billy Cumberland 3rd(tied) 5th
San Bernardino Flight Zaijiro Watanabe 8th Zaijiro Watanabe 3rd(tied) 6th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 9th Mike Allen 10th 10th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 10th 15th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Seth Flaming 11th Henry Ceballos 14th 13th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 12th Robby Rush 9th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 13th 15th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Will Ziegler 14th Will Ziegler 7th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 15th Matt Akins 12th 14th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 16th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 17th 15th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Richard Faber 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)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Steve Williams 9th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 7th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jeff Maggard 3rd Jeff Maggard 8th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 4th Brian Kyzar 11th 10th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 5th Darryl Snipes 4th(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 6th Jonathan Kellerstrass 10th 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 1st 2nd
Terra Linda Chargers Kareem Jackson 8th Henry Ceballos 14th 12th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 9th Mario Ortiz 2nd 3rd
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 10th Matt Akins 12th 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Ortiz 11th Will Ziegler 3rd 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 12th 15th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Danny Flores 13th Edgar Ambrosio 13th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Zaijiro Watanabe 14th Zaijiro Watanabe 4th(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 15th Ryan Vermillion 4th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 16th 15th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Dane Baker 17th 15th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Richard Faber 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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