ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
08/24/2024
 
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 13th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 13th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Preston Leon 4th (tied) Preston Leon 6th 4th
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 4th (tied) Brandon Coleman 4th 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Erik Murphy 6th Erik Murphy 8th 5th
Moncton Mounties Kevin Pizzuti 7th Ricky Cortes 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines David Henning 8th 13th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Nick Watkins 9th Nick Watkins 7th 6th
Corpus Christi Texans Mike Ekstedt 10th 13th(tied) 16th
Tulsa Captains Jeremy Basil 11th Ben Towne 12th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Juan Lozada 12th Juan Lozada 3rd 7th
Franklin Cubs Chris Larsen 13th 13th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Dave Rotolo 14th 13th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 15th 13th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Bill Athan 16th Colt Stovall 5th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Roger Gotsch 17th Roger Gotsch 9th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 18th Ricardo Garcia 11th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Raul Tavarez 19th 13th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers William Hernandez 20th 13th(tied) 21st
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 21st Oscar Naranjo 10th 12th
Tiverton Colonels Vinny Tijerina 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Brian Evans 1st 8th(tied) 8th
Franklin Cubs Jose Ramos 2nd Jose Ramos 1st 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Bobby Barnes 3rd Bobby Barnes 3rd 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Tim Wetmore 4th Nick Gratta 2nd 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 5th Aaron Went 4th 4th
Abingdon Archers Austin Bertsche 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Corpus Christi Texans Luke Flynn 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Roger Ball 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Reed Gomez 9th Reed Gomez 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Jim Hamilton 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 11th 8th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Tony Cruz 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jon Johnson 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 14th 8th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 15th 8th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Gordie Stotler 16th Gwang-oo Shroyer 7th 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers Robby Hoffman 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Guillermo Moreno 20th 8th(tied) 21st
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 21st Ross Howard 6th 7th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 22nd 8th(tied) 22nd
Tulsa Captains 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Whitby Bats 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Beau Richardson 1st Jose Saenz 4th 2nd
Moncton Mounties Joe Corcoran 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Josh Howard 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Mark Mauro 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Matt Higgins 5th Mikkel Goldbaek 7th 4th
Abingdon Archers Kyle Scherbel 6th 9th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Travis Shaw 7th 9th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Justin Perez 8th Justin Perez 8th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Josh Flowers 9th Danny Solis 3rd 3rd
Corpus Christi Texans Bryan Ryan 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers Justin Richardson 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels Hunter McConnon 12th 9th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 13th AloĆ­sio Boissel 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Jason King 14th Jason King 5th 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Plymouth Rockers David Herman 16th 9th(tied) 18th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 17th 9th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Mario Chavez 18th 9th(tied) 20th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 19th Ronald Poole 2nd 6th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 20th 9th(tied) 21st
Long Island Torpedoes Santiago Ytuarte 21st Santiago Ytuarte 6th 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tulsa Captains 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(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
Franklin Cubs Curt Lirette 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Moncton Mounties David Raney 5th David Raney 4th 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Hak-su Chung 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Erik Bailey 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Andy Hansen 8th Jose Fraire 6th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Dave Orosco 9th Vincent Salinas 3rd 4th
Riverside Wolverines Chris Hipkins 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Corpus Christi Texans Prakoso Ernalia 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Kevin Lightfoot 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Max Guerrero 13th Max Guerrero 5th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers Li-ren Ning 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 15th(tied)
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
San Bernardino Flight Antonio Rodriguez 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)
Tulsa Captains 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
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates John Russell 4th John Russell 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties David Williams 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Eric Nance 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Raul Rodriguez 8th Raul Rodriguez 3rd 3rd
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
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Brock McLean 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers Chris Martinez 13th (tied) 5th(tied) 13th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 17th 5th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Pedro Rodriguez 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
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)
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 6th 4th
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 4th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Bill Amparan 6th Kyle Marin 11th 8th
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 7th Mike Jackson 5th 6th
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 8th Danny Shafer 8th 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 9th Mark Thompson 1st(tied) 3rd
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 10th
Picture Rocks Raptors Luke Emme 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Jeff May 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 17th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 19th Edgardo Perez 9th 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Tom Lambert 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)
Tulsa Captains 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 3rd 2nd
Franklin Cubs Pete Shelton 2nd Matthew Brown 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Jon Wysocki 3rd Johnny Harris 7th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sitko 4th Jorge Rodriguez 2nd 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Jody Clark 5th Jody Clark 6th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Micah Squires 6th Miguel Gonzalez 5th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Matt Shea 7th 9th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Moncton Mounties Kyle Twigg 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Dorflinger 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Marcos Cortez 11th Jose Yenores 4th 7th
Corpus Christi Texans Randy Reneau 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 17th Chris Ortiz 8th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Crystal Lake Killers Pie-qi Ts'ong 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tulsa Captains 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Whitby Bats 21st (tied) 9th(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 1st
Moncton Mounties Michael Segar 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Lopez 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Scott Skidmore 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bruce Ogie 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Princes Federico Rosales 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Plymouth Rockers Humphrey Gerber 7th Humphrey Gerber 2nd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 8th Luis Ortega 3rd 3rd
Franklin Cubs Nate Jurgensen 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Tulsa Captains Jesus Escobar 11th Jesus Escobar 5th 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 13th Juan Trujillo 4th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 14th Hisamichi Matsumoto 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Guntur Djajadiningrat 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihide Hasebe 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Jon Trujillo 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 11th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Ryan Hadder 3rd Ryan Hadder 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 4th Omar Sotelo 5th 3rd
Chuluota Imperials David Sanko 5th David Sanko 4th 4th
Whitby Bats Antonio Rodriguez 6th Jose Diaz 7th 5th
Moncton Mounties Byron Bruce 7th Byron Bruce 6th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 8th Roy Garcia 10th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Vance Lancaster 9th Rogelio Camarillo 11th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Brian Millet 10th Brian Millet 14th 13th
Haviland Thrashers Jeremy Stewart 11th Alexis Garcia 3rd 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Gagarian 12th 17th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Daniel Diaz 13th Moises Rodriguez 8th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jonathan Gutierrez 14th Cristofer Sanchez 9th 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 15th Roberto Melendez 13th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Tillmam Couarde 16th Alfredo Sanchez 16th 16th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 17th 17th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Jon Sullivan 18th Jon Sullivan 15th 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Angel Sanchez 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 17th(tied) 20th(tied)
Corpus Christi Texans 20th (tied) 17th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 17th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 17th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tulsa Captains 20th (tied) 17th(tied) 20th(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
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Arredondo 3rd Alex Arredondo 2nd(tied) 3rd
Whitby Bats Jesus Ochoa 4th Matt Howe 9th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 5th Isaiah Timmons 8th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 6th Dae-jin Lee 2nd(tied) 4th
San Bernardino Flight Esteban Ramos 7th 12th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers D.J. Nelson 8th D.J. Nelson 7th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 9th Danny Barrera 11th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 10th 12th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Bill Lopez 11th Dara Qutaiba 2nd(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jose Garcia 12th Jose Garcia 10th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Chad Elder 13th 12th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Toru Nishimura 14th 12th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 15th 12th(tied) 16th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 16th Victor Mendoza 2nd(tied) 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Corpus Christi Texans 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tulsa Captains 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(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 2nd(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Jim Miller 6th D.J. Nelson 2nd(tied) 2nd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jose Garcia 7th Joaquin Santiago 1st 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ernesto Morales 8th Isaiah Timmons 10th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Kareem Jackson 9th Moises Rodriguez 2nd(tied) 4th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 10th Victor Mendoza 2nd(tied) 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Chad Elder 11th 12th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 12th Edgar Ambrosio 8th 11th
Lincoln Princes Toru Nishimura 13th 12th(tied) 14th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 14th Matt Howe 11th 12th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 15th 12th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 16th 12th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Corpus Christi Texans 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tulsa Captains 18th (tied) 12th(tied) 18th(tied)
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