ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/05/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight David Montgomery 1st David Montgomery 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 2nd Joel O'Neill 1st 1st
San Antonio Griffins Alfredo Sanchez 3rd 9th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Justin Bush 5th 9th(tied) 11th
Tiverton Colonels Alex Gonzales 6th 9th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Alejandro Perez 7th 9th(tied) 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 8th 9th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Josh Hornsby 9th Josh Hornsby 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Larry Killian 10th 9th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Frank Fisher 11th Frank Fisher 6th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Cesar Gomez 12th Richard Enriquez 3rd 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Coates 13th Oscar Hernanez 8th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 14th 9th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 15th Corey McIntyre 7th 8th
Lincoln Princes Alex Bonilla 16th Alex Bonilla 4th 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Johnny Nania 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jose Reyes 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Jacinto 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Ortega 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Andy Villarrel 1st Andy Villarrel 1st(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Jimenez 3rd Jesus Jimenez 1st(tied) 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers John Kehlenbeck 4th John Kehlenbeck 5th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Nick Hickson 5th Nick Hickson 8th 6th
Whitby Bats Mike Thorsen 6th Mike Thorsen 9th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Kevin McDowell 7th Rodolfo Vega 10th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jaden Johnson 8th Jaden Johnson 12th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Billy Irwin 9th Kevin Melko 1st(tied) 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 10th 14th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Ken Ault 11th Jorge Flores 1st(tied) 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 12th 14th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 13th Jose Ramirez 11th 12th
Haviland Thrashers Aaron Groves 14th David Robinson 13th 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jim Cullison 15th Jim Cullison 6th 10th
Lincoln Princes Ray Bret 16th Ray Bret 7th 11th
San Bernardino Flight Hector Estevez 17th 14th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Dorek Pajak 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Waki Kotani 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 1st Yoshitimo Hirata 12th 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 2nd Greg Fleming 2nd(tied) 1st
Riverside Wolverines Oscar Castaneda 3rd Oscar Castaneda 7th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Rivas 4th Pablo Gonzalez 1st 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Carlos Pineda 5th Edwin Rodriguez 2nd(tied) 3rd
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 6th Bryce Canady 2nd(tied) 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Rob Wunder 7th Rob Wunder 9th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Jim Lane 8th Jim Lane 2nd(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jim Marsh 9th 14th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 10th Sam Conaway 13th 11th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 12th Devon Hudson 2nd(tied) 6th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Garcia 13th Jose Garcia 10th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Doug Brooke 14th Alfredo Banuelos 8th 10th
Abingdon Archers Matt Hopper 15th 14th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 16th 14th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Miguel Viera 17th Bob Benitez 11th 13th
San Antonio Griffins David Gil 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Enrique Pena 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
Whitby Bats 21st (tied) 14th(tied) 21st(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Princes Brett Meade 1st Brett Meade 1st 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Marc Brooks 2nd Alex Hernandez 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jay Breece 4th Jay Breece 5th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Tim Rodda 5th Tim Rodda 3rd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Max Crawford 7th Justin Collins 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 8th Jean-François Vivier 2nd 4th
Whitby Bats Nate LePage 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Bob Alvarez 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Jorge Parra 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Abingdon Archers Jake Eaton 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Eduardo Almanza 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Jonathan Medrano 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Higino Balsemao 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Luis Cabrera 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Antonio Bonilla 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Moncton Mounties 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Franklin Cubs Danny Schaffer 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ben Brumbaugh 3rd Mario Gutierrez 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th (tied) Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Whitby Bats John Fanguy 4th (tied) 5th(tied) 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 6th Victor Cruz 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Moncton Mounties Edwin Barrera 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 11th Cesar Torres 3rd 4th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 12th 5th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Griffins Zach Canby 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Elliot Atkins 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Bobby Avila 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Bartoli Carrillo 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Cleto Laurentino 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Chuluota Imperials Sal Godoy 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 1st Chris Clark 1st(tied) 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 2nd John Breshears 7th 5th
Whitby Bats Avery Williams 3rd Avery Williams 4th 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 4th Jeremy Vetsch 10th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Josh Franklin 5th Josh Franklin 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Cannova 6th 14th(tied) 14th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 7th Nick McCain 1st(tied) 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Matt Andrews 8th Ivan Fuentes 6th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 9th Nick Cordova 5th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Taylor Dickerson 10th Taylor Dickerson 9th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Kyle Hargett 12th Kyle Hargett 11th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 13th Ryan May 12th 11th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 14th 14th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers David Newlands 15th 14th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers Luis Olvera 16th 14th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 17th 14th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 18th 14th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Nick Robertson 19th 14th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Josh Bacon 20th Arturo Castillo 8th 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Isaiah Tolbert 21st 14th(tied) 22nd
Borrego Springs Rams Warren Canlas 22nd Warren Canlas 13th 13th
Riverside Wolverines 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jimmy Bowen 1st Jimmy Bowen 5th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 2nd Kalle Hovinen 7th 6th
Whitby Bats Adam Heidbreder 3rd Dan Navarro 2nd(tied) 1st(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jeremy Jordan 4th Jeremy Jordan 8th 8th
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 5th Julio Morales 2nd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Pedro Velez 6th Pedro Velez 6th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Dylan Holliday 7th 14th(tied) 14th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 8th Willie Zepeda 9th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Chandler Duell 9th Manuel Martinez 1st 1st(tied)
Moncton Mounties Nick Hunt 10th Christian Evans 11th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 11th Mario Ibarra 4th 5th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 12th (tied) 14th(tied) 15th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 12th (tied) 14th(tied) 15th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes Hector de Jesus 14th Hector de Jesus 13th 12th
Franklin Cubs Hector Ferman 15th Hector Ferman 10th 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Felix Garcia 16th 14th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 17th 14th(tied) 18th
Chuluota Imperials Teok-kyu Hahn 18th 14th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Willie Meza 19th 14th(tied) 20th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Pineda 20th Jose Pineda 12th 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Zoubeir Ndale 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Haviland Thrashers 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 1st Marc Alexander 1st(tied) 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Eli Martinez 2nd Eli Martinez 8th 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 3rd Ivan Hernandez 1st(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Guadalupe Uriostegui 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Clark Dulaney 6th Clark Dulaney 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Gary Strunk 9th 10th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mihelcic 10th Bill Mihelcic 5th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jeremy Moroney 11th 10th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 12th Carlos Sanchez 3rd 3rd
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 13th 10th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Eddie Keyser 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Marco Grijalva 15th Marco Grijalva 4th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 16th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Georgy Tutubalin 17th Georgy Tutubalin 9th 9th
Abingdon Archers Sean Gorman 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Cofino 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Long Island Torpedoes Jordan Samayoa 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eric Ellington 1st Willie Escalera 1st 1st
Whitby Bats Ramiro Solis 2nd Ismael Lopez 7th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Chris Vasquez 3rd Danny Sedano 3rd 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricky Thompson 4th Ricky Thompson 4th 4th
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 5th Alex Hernandez 2nd 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 6th Leo Garcia 6th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Xiao-xuan Gong 7th Juan Madrid 8th(tied) 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Riddle 8th Dean dejong 19th 14th
Riverside Wolverines Baden Keevil 9th Baden Keevil 8th(tied) 9th
Plymouth Rockers Cameron Williams 10th Cameron Williams 13th 12th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Perez 11th Juan Perez 16th 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Pitti 12th Mannus Witkamp 15th 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Justin Kuta 13th Justin Kuta 5th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Juan Martinez 14th Miguel Flores 18th 18th
San Bernardino Flight Luis Marquez 15th Luis Marquez 8th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Masamichi Ono 16th Pablo Garcia 14th 17th
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 17th Dave Hernandez 8th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Doug Watson 18th Doug Watson 17th 19th
Picture Rocks Raptors Alex Torres 19th Alex Torres 8th(tied) 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erwijn Hekman 20th 20th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Chavez 21st 20th(tied) 21st
Haviland Thrashers Andy Kemmis 22nd 20th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers Henry Ventura 23rd 20th(tied) 23rd
Lincoln Princes 24th 20th(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 1st Emmett Rogers 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 2nd Zack Lanagan 2nd(tied) 2nd
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 3rd Steve Delle Chiaie 2nd(tied) 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Blaine Mackie 4th Blaine Mackie 12th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chris Piscitelli 5th Chris Piscitelli 2nd(tied) 4th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jake Medlin 6th Jake Medlin 8th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Keith Herbaugh 7th Keith Herbaugh 13th 7th
Whitby Bats Tommy Bender 8th Tommy Bender 14th 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 9th Javy Montanez 7th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Mike Manning 10th Will Ziegler 6th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Mike Jackson 11th Heath Hain 5th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 12th 16th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 13th 16th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Alan Hanna 14th Alan Hanna 9th 12th
Moncton Mounties Ilusuarte Gaio 15th Ilusuarte Gaio 15th 16th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 16th 16th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony de Leon 17th Tony de Leon 10th 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 18th Tabari Jamal al Din 11th 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Alvaro Amaya 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 21st 16th(tied) 21st
San Bernardino Flight Jose Loaiza 22nd 16th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 16th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 23rd (tied) 16th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 1st Brian Kyzar 13th 7th
Moncton Mounties Bryan Williamson 2nd Bryan Williamson 1st 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 3rd Jim Williams 2nd(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Michael Pacheco 4th Michael Pacheco 14th 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Frank Cabrera 5th Frank Cabrera 10th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Cape 6th Hunter Fredericks 2nd(tied) 3rd
Whitby Bats Marc Istre 7th Noel Churchill 2nd(tied) 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Alan Hanna 8th Alan Hanna 8th 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Steve Pyburn 9th Steve Pyburn 9th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Heath Hain 10th Heath Hain 6th 6th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 11th 16th(tied) 16th
Tiverton Colonels Roberto Aguilar 12th Roberto Aguilar 15th 14th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 13th Tabari Jamal al Din 12th 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 14th 16th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Danny Flores 15th 16th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Mike Manning 16th Will Ziegler 7th 12th
Chuluota Imperials Suk Moon 17th Zack Lanagan 2nd(tied) 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Mike Cornelius 18th Tony de Leon 11th 15th
Franklin Cubs Alvaro Amaya 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 21st 16th(tied) 21st
San Bernardino Flight Jose Loaiza 22nd 16th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 16th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 23rd (tied) 16th(tied) 23rd(tied)
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