ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/11/2026
 
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 Adrian Whalley 1st(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 3rd Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 5th Omar Castillo 6th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 6th Kevin Hurt 1st(tied) 4th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Garner 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 9th 7th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Mike Caudill 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Manuel Quintanilla 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 15th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rikard Munk 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Rey Gonzalez 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Franklin Ledezma 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Plymouth Rockers Mike Marcus 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Andres Salazar 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Tony Miranda 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jim Naig 1st Jeremy Hurst 3rd 1st
Moncton Mounties Aaron Nelson 2nd Aaron Nelson 6th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 3rd Billy Warren 1st 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 4th Bryan Valenta 8th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 5th 12th(tied) 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 6th Nick Cordova 4th(tied) 4th
Franklin Cubs Jarrod Wahlert 7th David Arriaga 2nd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 8th Tyler Railey 4th(tied) 5th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 9th Billy Irwin 11th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 10th Steve Bartlett 10th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 11th Jeremy Matheson 7th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 12th 12th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 13th 12th(tied) 14th
Abingdon Archers Man-u Jung 14th 12th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 15th Rodolfo Vega 9th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 16th 12th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 12th(tied) 19th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 8th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Dan Skiba 2nd(tied) 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 3rd 13th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Vince Banger 4th Vince Banger 5th 5th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 7th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 2nd(tied) 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Juan Moya 7th 13th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 8th Eddie Duran 1st 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 9th Tony Cantu 10th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 10th Francisco Gonzalez 12th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 11th Alex Hernandez 9th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 12th Aloísio Boissel 11th 12th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 13th Jose Jimenez 6th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 14th Alfredo Banuelos 4th 7th
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 16th 13th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Juan Rivas 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 4th 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 6th 8th(tied) 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 7th 8th(tied) 13th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 8th Chris Gutierre 2nd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 9th Vincent Salinas 3rd 4th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 10th Jose Saenz 5th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Luis Sosa 12th 8th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Edwin Rodriguez 13th (tied) Edwin Rodriguez 1st 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Chris Lester 13th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 15th 8th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 16th Jordan Rivas 6th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 17th 8th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Mel Rivera 18th 8th(tied) 19th
Whitby Bats Javier Antongiorgi 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Long Island Torpedoes David Aguas 20th 8th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 21st Gilberto Noris 7th 7th
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 2nd Carlos Cordero 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 3rd Julio Cortez 1st 1st
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 4th 5th(tied) 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Benito Trevino 5th 5th(tied) 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Gutierrez 11th Mario Gutierrez 3rd 4th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Whitby Bats Adam Chunn 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 17th 5th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Kelvin Sanchez 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tim McHugh 1st Tim McHugh 1st(tied) 1st
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 2nd Danny Shafer 7th 5th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 3rd Jeremy Martin 4th 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 5th Jim Gonzalez 1st(tied) 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 8th 9th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 9th Jonathan Swander 6th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 10th (tied) Ryan May 8th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 12th Carlos Martinez 5th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 15th Mario Ibarra 3rd 4th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 16th (tied) 9th(tied) 16th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 16th (tied) 9th(tied) 16th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 19th 9th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Nelson Lucero 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Brian Nuzum 1st Brian Nuzum 4th 3rd
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 2nd Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 3rd Jorge Gonzales 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 4th Jose Yenores 8th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 5th Willie Zepeda 1st(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 12th Oscar Ramirez 9th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 16th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 18th 10th(tied) 20th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 19th Jose Pineda 7th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 20th 10th(tied) 21st
Juneau Sled Dogs Nobuyoshi Hirabayashi 21st Kalle Hovinen 5th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals 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
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
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 7th 7th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Francisco Alderete 10th Francisco Alderete 4th 5th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jose Garcia 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 15th Joel Moya 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 7th(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
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 2nd Byron Bruce 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 3rd Ismael Lopez 4th 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Carlos Balderrama 4th Carlos Balderrama 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 5th Andy Merrick 7th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 6th Eric Kretzer 10th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Antonio Corona 7th Jesus Beltre 6th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 8th Rafael Cruz 5th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 9th Steve Esquivel 13th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Fernando Casiano 10th Shuzo Kimura 13th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 11th Juan Soto 11th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 12th 18th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 13th Cortez Alavez 12th 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Junji Tokunaga 14th Juan Perez 16th 15th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 15th Hidero Fujiyama 9th 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 16th Hector Mendoza 17th 16th
San Bernardino Flight Luis Marquez 17th Zaijiro Watanabe 8th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 18th 18th(tied) 18th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 18th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 22nd 18th(tied) 23rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Jim Boonen 23rd Jim Boonen 15th 22nd
Abingdon Archers 24th 18th(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 1st Emmett Rogers 1st 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 2nd Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 2nd
Terra Linda Chargers Jim Fredrickson 3rd Henry Ceballos 15th 4th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 4th Hidero Fujiyama 2nd(tied) 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 5th Steve Williams 6th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony de Leon 6th Tony de Leon 5th 6th
San Bernardino Flight Takashi Endo 7th 16th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 8th Edgar Ambrosio 13th 8th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 9th Matt Akins 12th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 10th Will Ziegler 4th 7th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 11th Mike Allen 9th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 12th 16th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 13th 16th(tied) 18th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 14th Mike Hrdlicka 8th 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 15th Mike Cousin 11th 14th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 16th Robby Rush 7th 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 17th Brian Kyzar 10th 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 18th Danny Tafolla 14th 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 16th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Matt Johnson 8th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 9th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 11th 10th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Rich Zula 4th(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 10th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 6th Edgar Ambrosio 13th 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 8th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 9th Danny Tafolla 14th 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Randy Smith 10th 16th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony de Leon 11th Tony de Leon 3rd 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 12th Will Ziegler 4th(tied) 5th
Plymouth Rockers Nathan Fitzkee 13th Matt Akins 12th 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 14th Ryan Vermillion 4th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 15th Hidero Fujiyama 4th(tied) 7th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 16th (tied) 16th(tied) 17th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Takashi Endo 16th (tied) 16th(tied) 17th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 18th Henry Ceballos 15th 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 20th 16th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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