ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/13/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 1st Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 1st
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Todd Gordon 4th Omar Castillo 5th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 5th 8th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes John Aiello 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Cesar Gomez 8th Richard Enriquez 3rd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Dane East 9th 8th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Haruyuki Sato 10th (tied) 8th(tied) 14th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels Alberto Rodriguez 10th (tied) Chris Garza 6th 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Jose Reyes 13th 8th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Seung-kab Bark 14th Alex Bonilla 4th 5th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 15th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Pablo Santana 16th Oscar Hernanez 7th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Tony Miranda 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Mario Fernandez 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Nick Machuca 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Vinny Torres 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(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 6th 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 7th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 6th Tyler Railey 11th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 7th Billy Irwin 10th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 8th Jeremy Matheson 5th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Kenneth Bates 9th Kenneth Bates 12th 11th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 10th 14th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Hurst 12th Jeremy Hurst 8th 10th
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
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 1st Dan Skiba 2nd 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 2nd Greg Fleming 3rd(tied) 2nd
Lincoln Princes Nelson Archuleta 3rd Nelson Archuleta 7th 5th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 4th Charlie Zimmerman 9th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 5th 14th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 3rd(tied) 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 7th Francisco Gonzalez 13th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 8th Tony Cantu 10th 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 9th Eddie Duran 1st 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 10th Aloísio Boissel 11th 11th
Whitby Bats Adonis Parson 11th 14th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 12th Edwin Rodriguez 6th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 13th 14th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 14th Alfredo Banuelos 5th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 15th Jose Jimenez 12th 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Bobby Guardado 16th Bobby Guardado 8th 12th
San Bernardino Flight Masato Horita 17th 14th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Carlos Macedo 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 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)
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
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Billy Milligan 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 7th Jean-François Vivier 1st 2nd
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
Lincoln Princes Jose Figueroa 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Jonathan Medrano 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 14th Gilberto Noris 4th 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 15th 5th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Matsusuke Maeda 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chad Rodriguez 1st 7th(tied) 7th
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
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Ryan Workman 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Fernando Zavala 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Gutierrez 10th Mario Gutierrez 4th 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 12th Cesar Torres 3rd 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 13th 7th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Jorge Parra 15th Jorge Parra 6th 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Antonio Reyna 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Cleto Laurentino 17th 7th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Navarette 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 7th(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
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 3rd Danny Shafer 9th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 4th John Breshears 4th 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 5th Jeremy Vetsch 5th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 6th Jim Gonzalez 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 7th Seth Robinson 7th 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 8th 10th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Bill Hudson 9th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jon Garza 11th 10th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 12th Ryan May 8th 9th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 14th Mario Ibarra 1st 4th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 15th 10th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 17th 10th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Arturo Pena 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Jacksonville Nationals Cesar Toledo 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Manny Pineda 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Long Island Torpedoes Tony Robles 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(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 Victor Jara 17th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Salvador Garcia 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Billy Perez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jesus Robledo 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 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 8th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 5th 8th(tied) 11th
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 8th(tied) 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jayden Taylor 11th Alex Cofino 7th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 12th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 6th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(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 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Andy Merrick 6th Andy Merrick 6th 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Willie Granados 7th Willie Granados 14th 12th
Borrego Springs Rams John Wesson 8th Shuzo Kimura 5th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Byrd 9th Juan Perez 7th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 10th Alfredo Rivero 3rd 4th
Riverside Wolverines Baden Keevil 11th Odilon Tamen 8th 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Alexis Mendez 12th 16th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Marco Hernandez 13th Marco Macedo 15th 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 14th 16th(tied) 16th
Crystal Lake Killers Masamichi Ono 15th Pablo Garcia 13th 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Santiago 16th Miguel Gastelum 9th(tied) 11th
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) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erwijn Hekman 20th 16th(tied) 21st
Picture Rocks Raptors Alex Torres 21st Alex Torres 12th 19th
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
Terra Linda Chargers Blaine Mackie 1st Blaine Mackie 5th 2nd
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 2nd Mike Allen 7th 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 3rd Emmett Rogers 4th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 4th Edgar Ambrosio 13th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 5th Juan Perez 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 12th 10th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 9th Steve Williams 3rd 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Will Ziegler 10th Will Ziegler 2nd 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Andres Munoz 11th Andres Munoz 11th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 12th 14th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 13th Tabari Jamal al Din 6th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Orlando Osorio 14th Matt Akins 10th 13th
San Bernardino Flight Andy Gardea 15th 14th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Jo Uehara 16th 14th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shan Ci 17th 14th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Lujan 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(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 11th
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
Long Island Torpedoes Jose Herrera 13th 14th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Suk Moon 14th Steve Williams 3rd 12th
San Bernardino Flight Takashi Endo 15th 14th(tied) 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Carlos Hernandez 16th 14th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 17th 14th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Shan Ci 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
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