ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/07/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight Nick Watkins 1st Nick Watkins 7th 5th
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 3rd Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 1st
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 5th Omar Castillo 6th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 6th Kevin Hurt 1st(tied) 2nd
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Mauricio Guerra 9th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Haruyuki Sato 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 11th 8th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Manuel Quintanilla 12th Richard Enriquez 4th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Jose Reyes 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Dane East 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Sun Youk 15th Alex Bonilla 5th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Pablo Santana 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Nick Machuca 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Ernesto Sencion 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 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
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 1st Mike Walker 5th 4th
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 2nd Jake Futrell 10th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Adrian Moore 3rd Adrian Moore 3rd 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 4th Bryan Valenta 6th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 5th Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 6th Tyler Railey 11th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 7th Billy Irwin 9th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 8th Steve Bartlett 8th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 9th Jeremy Matheson 4th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 10th 13th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 11th Kenneth Bates 12th 12th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 12th 13th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 13th Rodolfo Vega 7th 11th
Franklin Cubs Tyler Orr 14th David Arriaga 1st(tied) 2nd
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Carlos 16th 13th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Panameno 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
Whitby Bats 18th (tied) 13th(tied) 18th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 1st Dan Skiba 1st 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 3rd Greg Fleming 3rd(tied) 2nd
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 4th Charlie Zimmerman 7th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 5th Sam Conaway 3rd(tied) 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Evan Felts 6th Francisco Gonzalez 13th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Ruben Vences 7th Alex Hernandez 8th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 8th 14th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 9th Tony Cantu 11th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 10th Eddie Duran 2nd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 11th 14th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 12th Aloísio Boissel 12th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 13th Jose Jimenez 9th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 14th Alfredo Banuelos 5th 6th
San Bernardino Flight Masato Horita 15th 14th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Miguel Viera 16th Bob Benitez 6th 12th
San Antonio Griffins Carlos Macedo 17th 14th(tied) 18th
Crystal Lake Killers Bobby Guardado 18th Bobby Guardado 10th 13th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Whitby Bats 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 5th 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd Alex Hernandez 3rd 1st
Plymouth Rockers Manny Donato 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 8th Vincent Salinas 4th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 9th (tied) Jean-François Vivier 1st 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 9th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Edwin Rodriguez 11th Edwin Rodriguez 2nd 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Chris Lester 12th 8th(tied) 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 14th Jordan Rivas 6th 6th
Lincoln Princes Jose Figueroa 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Whitby Bats Javier Antongiorgi 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes David Aguas 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 18th Gilberto Noris 7th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Antonio Bonilla 19th 8th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Matsusuke Maeda 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 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 Chad Rodriguez 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 2nd Carlos Cordero 5th 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 3rd Victor Cruz 2nd 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 1st 1st
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 5th 6th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Adam Chunn 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Gutierrez 10th Mario Gutierrez 3rd 4th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 12th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 13th Cesar Torres 4th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Danny Romero 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Elliot Atkins 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Antonio Rodriquez 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Daniel Mikel 1st Daniel Mikel 2nd 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 2nd John Breshears 4th 2nd
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 3rd Danny Shafer 9th 5th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 4th Jeremy Martin 3rd 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 5th 10th(tied) 10th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 6th Jim Gonzalez 5th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 7th Seth Robinson 7th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Bill Hudson 9th 10th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jon Garza 10th 10th(tied) 13th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 11th 10th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 12th Jonathan Swander 6th 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 13th Ryan May 8th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 18th Mario Ibarra 1st 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shouji Watanabe 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Lincoln Princes Manny Pineda 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Long Island Torpedoes Tony Robles 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
Abingdon Archers 24th 10th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 1st Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 2nd Jorge Gonzales 4th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 3rd Kalle Hovinen 5th 5th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 4th Jose Pineda 8th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 7th Willie Zepeda 1st(tied) 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 8th 11th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 9th 11th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Mike Alexander 10th Hector Ferman 10th 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 11th Ruben Gutierrez 9th 7th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 12th 11th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Manuel Martinez 13th Manuel Martinez 1st(tied) 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Oscar Ramirez 14th Oscar Ramirez 7th 10th
Lincoln Princes Julio Morales 15th Julio Morales 6th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Victor Jara 16th 11th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Salvador Garcia 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Carlos Reyes 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Manuel Manzo 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Picture Rocks Raptors Zoubeir Ndale 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Jacksonville Nationals 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 21st (tied) 11th(tied) 21st(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 1st Marc Alexander 4th 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Ivan Fuentes 5th Ivan Fuentes 1st 1st
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 6th Carlos Sanchez 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Marco Grijalva 7th Marco Grijalva 3rd 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jayden Taylor 9th Alex Cofino 6th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Francisco Alderete 11th Francisco Alderete 5th 5th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 14th 8th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 15th Joel Moya 7th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Dave Vasquez 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Lincoln Princes 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 8th(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
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 2nd Steve Esquivel 7th 7th
Moncton Mounties Byron Bruce 3rd Byron Bruce 2nd 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 4th Andy Merrick 5th 5th
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 5th Ismael Lopez 8th(tied) 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Byrd 6th Carlos Flores 6th 6th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 7th Rafael Cruz 4th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Fernando Casiano 8th Shuzo Kimura 8th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 9th Alfredo Rivero 3rd 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 10th Hector Mendoza 13th 12th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 11th 15th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 12th Gil Gonzalez 14th 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 13th Cortez Alavez 8th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Griffins Christiano Gaona 14th Christiano Gaona 12th 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Lupe Correa 15th 15th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Roderick Cleaver 16th 15th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Santiago 17th Miguel Gastelum 8th(tied) 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Plymouth Rockers Chang-hyun Soung 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Picture Rocks Raptors Shunso Tabata 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Fabien Pastorelli 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 22nd (tied) 15th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 1st Emmett Rogers 2nd 1st
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 2nd Robby Rush 3rd(tied) 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 3rd Edgar Ambrosio 12th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Cedric McGuigan 4th 13th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 5th Mike Allen 8th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 6th Will Ziegler 5th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony de Leon 7th Tony de Leon 6th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 8th Juan Perez 1st 2nd
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 9th 13th(tied) 14th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 10th Mike Hrdlicka 7th 9th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 11th Matt Akins 10th 11th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 12th Matt Johnson 3rd(tied) 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 13th Brian Kyzar 9th 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Andres Munoz 14th Andres Munoz 11th 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Carlos Hernandez 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 16th 13th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Andy Gardea 17th 13th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jo Uehara 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Matt Johnson 5th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 8th 7th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Rich Zula 3rd(tied) 1st
Picture Rocks Raptors Matthew Walrod 5th 13th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 6th Edgar Ambrosio 11th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Lorenzo Guerrero 7th Lorenzo Guerrero 12th 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 8th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 9th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 10th Matt Akins 9th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 11th Will Ziegler 3rd(tied) 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Marcos Vasquez 12th Tony de Leon 7th 10th
Terra Linda Chargers Seth Flaming 13th 13th(tied) 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 14th Andres Munoz 10th 12th
San Bernardino Flight Takashi Endo 15th 13th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 16th 13th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 17th 13th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 19th (tied) 13th(tied) 19th(tied)
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