ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/21/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight Nick Watkins 1st Nick Watkins 7th 4th
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 2nd Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 1st
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 4th 10th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 5th 10th(tied) 12th
Whitby Bats Omar Castillo 6th Omar Castillo 5th 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Pael Espanol 7th Pael Espanol 9th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Cesar Gomez 8th Richard Enriquez 3rd 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Alberto Rodriguez 10th Chris Garza 6th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Dane East 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Haruyuki Sato 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Jose Reyes 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Alex Bonilla 15th Alex Bonilla 4th 6th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 16th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Pablo Santana 17th Oscar Hernanez 8th 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Mario Fernandez 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Vinny Torres 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 1st Jake Futrell 1st(tied) 1st
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 2nd Mike Walker 7th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 3rd Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Adrian Moore 4th Adrian Moore 4th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 5th Bryan Valenta 8th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 6th Tyler Railey 11th 8th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 7th Billy Irwin 10th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 8th Jeremy Matheson 5th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Kenneth Bates 9th Kenneth Bates 12th 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 10th Jorge Flores 6th 10th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 11th 14th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 12th 14th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 13th David Arriaga 1st(tied) 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Bob Parrott 14th Rodolfo Vega 9th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Alex Hernandez 15th Alex Hernandez 13th 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Carlos 16th 14th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Guillaume Arnaud 17th 14th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
Whitby Bats 18th (tied) 14th(tied) 18th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 1st Greg Fleming 3rd(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Dan Skiba 2nd 1st
Lincoln Princes Nelson Archuleta 3rd Nelson Archuleta 7th 5th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 4th Charlie Zimmerman 9th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 5th 13th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 3rd(tied) 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 7th Tony Cantu 10th 9th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 8th 13th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 9th Eddie Duran 1st 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 10th Aloísio Boissel 11th 10th
Whitby Bats Adonis Parson 11th 13th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 12th Edwin Rodriguez 6th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 13th Alfredo Banuelos 5th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 14th Jose Jimenez 12th 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Bobby Guardado 15th Bobby Guardado 8th 11th
San Bernardino Flight Masato Horita 16th 13th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Carlos Macedo 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Feliciano 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 1st Alex Hernandez 2nd 1st
Plymouth Rockers Manny Donato 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 6th Jean-François Vivier 1st 2nd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Chris Lester 7th 5th(tied) 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 8th 5th(tied) 10th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 9th 5th(tied) 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 10th Jordan Rivas 3rd 3rd
Whitby Bats Javier Antongiorgi 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Jose Figueroa 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Higino Balsemao 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 15th Gilberto Noris 4th 4th
Chuluota Imperials Jonathan Medrano 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Antonio Carrera 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 18th 5th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Matsusuke Maeda 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chad Rodriguez 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 2nd Carlos Cordero 4th 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 3rd Victor Cruz 2nd 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Ryan Workman 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Franklin Cubs Fernando Zavala 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Jorge Parra 10th Jorge Parra 5th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 12th (tied) Cesar Torres 3rd 4th
Picture Rocks Raptors Raul Nuniz 12th (tied) 6th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 14th 6th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Antonio Reyna 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Cleto Laurentino 17th 6th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Navarette 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 6th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 1st Jeremy Martin 3rd 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Daniel Mikel 2nd Daniel Mikel 2nd 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 3rd John Breshears 4th 3rd
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 4th Danny Shafer 8th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 5th Jim Gonzalez 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 6th Seth Robinson 6th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 7th 9th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Bill Hudson 8th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Luke Emme 8th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 11th Ryan May 7th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 12th Mario Ibarra 1st 4th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 13th 9th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Josh Bacon 14th 9th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Arturo Pena 15th 9th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Cesar Toledo 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Manny Pineda 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Tony Robles 18th 9th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Nelson Lucero 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Brian Nuzum 1st Brian Nuzum 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 2nd Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 3rd Kalle Hovinen 4th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Birchfield 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 5th Willie Zepeda 1st(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 9th 10th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Manuel Martinez 10th Manuel Martinez 1st(tied) 3rd
Franklin Cubs Mike Alexander 11th Hector Ferman 8th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 13th 10th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 14th Jose Pineda 7th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Hector de Jesus 15th Hector de Jesus 9th 9th
Lincoln Princes Julio Morales 16th Julio Morales 6th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Wil Oceguera 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Borrego Springs Rams Salvador Garcia 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Billy Perez 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Willie Meza 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jesus Robledo 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 1st Marc Alexander 2nd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Marc Brooks 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 4th 10th(tied) 12th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 5th 10th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Ivan Fuentes 6th Ivan Fuentes 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Francisco Alderete 7th Francisco Alderete 5th 5th
Whitby Bats Marco Grijalva 8th Marco Grijalva 4th 4th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 9th Carlos Sanchez 1st 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jayden Taylor 11th Alex Cofino 8th 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 12th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 6th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Georgy Tutubalin 14th Georgy Tutubalin 7th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 16th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 17th Joel Moya 9th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Eddie Orta 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Lincoln Princes 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 10th(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
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 2nd Ismael Lopez 9th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 3rd Steve Williams 9th(tied) 10th
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 4th Alex Hernandez 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 5th Rafael Cruz 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Andy Merrick 6th Andy Merrick 6th 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Willie Granados 7th Willie Granados 13th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Fernando Casiano 8th Shuzo Kimura 4th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Byrd 9th Juan Perez 7th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Baden Keevil 10th Odilon Tamen 8th 9th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 11th Alfredo Rivero 5th 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Neil Hassett 12th Dean dejong 14th 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Marco Hernandez 13th Marco Macedo 15th 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Wilson Rodriguez 14th Jorge Rojas 9th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 15th 16th(tied) 16th
Crystal Lake Killers Masamichi Ono 16th Pablo Garcia 12th 14th
San Antonio Griffins Sal Aguilar 17th 16th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Humberto Nevarez 18th 16th(tied) 18th
Plymouth Rockers Chang-hyun Soung 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erwijn Hekman 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Villalpando 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 1st Mike Allen 7th 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 2nd Emmett Rogers 4th 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Blaine Mackie 3rd Blaine Mackie 5th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 4th Edgar Ambrosio 13th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 5th Craig Hoult 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 6th Brian Kyzar 9th 6th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 7th Mike Hrdlicka 8th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Roberto Aguilar 8th Roberto Aguilar 10th 10th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 9th Steve Williams 3rd 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Andres Munoz 10th Andres Munoz 12th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Will Ziegler 11th Will Ziegler 2nd 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 12th 14th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 13th Tabari Jamal al Din 6th 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Carlos Hernandez 14th 14th(tied) 15th
Plymouth Rockers Orlando Osorio 15th Matt Akins 11th 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 16th 14th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Andy Gardea 17th 14th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shan Ci 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 1st Brian Kyzar 7th 3rd
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 2nd Mike Allen 6th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 3rd Edgar Ambrosio 12th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 4th Jaden Rodriguez 8th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Lorenzo Guerrero 5th Lorenzo Guerrero 13th 9th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 6th Robby Rush 9th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 4th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 8th Andres Munoz 11th 12th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 9th Tabari Jamal al Din 5th 10th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 10th Mario Ortiz 1st 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Roberto Cavazos 11th Jesus Ortiz 2nd 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 12th Matt Akins 10th 13th
Chuluota Imperials Suk Moon 13th Steve Williams 3rd 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 14th 14th(tied) 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Carlos Hernandez 15th 14th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Alex Vazquez 16th 14th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 17th 14th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shan Ci 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
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