ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/29/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
San Bernardino Flight David Montgomery 1st David Montgomery 2nd 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Justin Bush 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Tiverton Colonels Alex Gonzales 5th 9th(tied) 12th
Moncton Mounties Joel O'Neill 6th Joel O'Neill 5th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 7th 9th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Josh Hornsby 8th Josh Hornsby 4th 4th
Whitby Bats Larry Killian 9th 9th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Frank Fisher 10th Frank Fisher 6th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Cesar Gomez 11th Richard Enriquez 3rd 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Coates 12th Oscar Hernanez 8th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 13th 9th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 14th Corey McIntyre 7th 8th
Lincoln Princes Alex Bonilla 15th Alex Bonilla 1st 1st
Buckeye Local Panthers Johnny Nania 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Jacinto 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Takahisa Murakami 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
Plymouth Rockers Miguel Garcia 1st Adrian Moore 1st 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Andy Villarrel 2nd Andy Villarrel 2nd(tied) 2nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 3rd Mike Walker 2nd(tied) 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 4th 15th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Jimenez 5th Jesus Jimenez 2nd(tied) 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Nick Hickson 6th Nick Hickson 9th 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers John Kehlenbeck 7th John Kehlenbeck 7th 7th
Whitby Bats Mike Thorsen 8th Mike Thorsen 10th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Kevin McDowell 9th Rodolfo Vega 11th 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jaden Johnson 10th Jaden Johnson 12th 11th
Riverside Wolverines Billy Irwin 11th Kevin Melko 2nd(tied) 5th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Vaughn 12th (tied) David Robinson 13th 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Ken Ault 12th (tied) Jorge Flores 2nd(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 14th 15th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 15th 15th(tied) 17th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 16th David Arriaga 14th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Hector Estevez 17th 15th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Ray Bret 18th Ray Bret 8th 13th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Waki Kotani 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Moncton Mounties 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 1st Yoshitimo Hirata 13th 9th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs John Marr 2nd Greg Fleming 2nd(tied) 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Oscar Castaneda 3rd Oscar Castaneda 8th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Rivas 4th Pablo Gonzalez 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Bryce Canady 2nd(tied) 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Carlos Pineda 6th Edwin Rodriguez 2nd(tied) 4th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 7th Barrett Brown 11th 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Rob Wunder 8th Rob Wunder 10th 9th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers Jim Lane 9th Jim Lane 2nd(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jim Marsh 10th 16th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 11th Sam Conaway 14th 13th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 12th 16th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Devon Hudson 13th Devon Hudson 2nd(tied) 6th
San Antonio Griffins Ryan Davenport 14th Ryan Davenport 15th 14th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Garcia 15th Jose Garcia 2nd(tied) 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Doug Brooke 16th Alfredo Banuelos 9th 12th
Abingdon Archers Matt Hopper 17th 16th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 18th 16th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 19th Bob Benitez 12th 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Enrique Pena 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Whitby Bats 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Princes Brett Meade 1st Brett Meade 2nd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Tony Martinez 2nd Tony Martinez 1st 1st
Plymouth Rockers Manny Donato 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Tim Rodda 5th Tim Rodda 4th 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Max Crawford 7th Justin Collins 5th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Jean-François Vivier 8th Jean-François Vivier 3rd 4th
Whitby Bats Nate LePage 9th 6th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Bob Alvarez 10th 6th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Bobby Hartman 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Jorge Parra 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Yuri Appels 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Higino Balsemao 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials Jonathan Medrano 17th (tied) 6th(tied) 17th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs Luis Cabrera 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Antonio Bonilla 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Moncton Mounties 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ben Brumbaugh 2nd Mario Gutierrez 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 3rd Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Whitby Bats John Fanguy 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Cruz 5th Victor Cruz 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Cesar Torres 10th Cesar Torres 3rd 4th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Elliot Atkins 12th 5th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Griffins Zach Canby 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Bobby Avila 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Bartoli Carrillo 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Chuluota Imperials Sal Godoy 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Plymouth Rockers Victor Brito 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 18th (tied) 5th(tied) 18th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Daniel Mikel 1st Daniel Mikel 1st(tied) 1st
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 2nd John Breshears 8th 6th
Whitby Bats Avery Williams 3rd Avery Williams 5th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Josh Franklin 4th Josh Franklin 1st(tied) 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 5th Nick McCain 1st(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Cannova 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Matt Andrews 7th Ivan Fuentes 7th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 8th Nick Cordova 6th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Luke Emme 9th 13th(tied) 14th
Moncton Mounties Chris Clark 10th Chris Clark 1st(tied) 4th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 11th 13th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 12th Ryan May 11th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Kyle Hargett 13th Kyle Hargett 10th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 14th 13th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 15th 13th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers Luis Olvera 16th 13th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 17th 13th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 18th 13th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Nick Robertson 19th 13th(tied) 21st
Picture Rocks Raptors Isaiah Tolbert 20th 13th(tied) 22nd
Borrego Springs Rams Warren Canlas 21st Warren Canlas 12th 12th
Franklin Cubs Arturo Castillo 22nd Arturo Castillo 9th 11th
Riverside Wolverines 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 1st Kalle Hovinen 6th 6th
Whitby Bats Adam Heidbreder 2nd Dan Navarro 2nd(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jeremy Jordan 3rd Jeremy Jordan 7th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 4th Willie Zepeda 8th 8th
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 5th Julio Morales 2nd(tied) 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Pedro Velez 6th Pedro Velez 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Dylan Holliday 7th 14th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers Chandler Duell 8th Manuel Martinez 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Nick Hunt 9th Christian Evans 11th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 10th 14th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 11th Mario Ibarra 4th 4th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 12th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 12th (tied) 14th(tied) 16th(tied)
Franklin Cubs Hector Ferman 14th Hector Ferman 10th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Hector de Jesus 15th Hector de Jesus 13th 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Oscar Ramirez 16th Oscar Ramirez 9th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Paul Letendre 17th 14th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 18th 14th(tied) 19th
Chuluota Imperials Teok-kyu Hahn 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals Willie Meza 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Jose Pineda 21st Jose Pineda 12th 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jesus Robledo 22nd 14th(tied) 22nd
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 23rd (tied) 14th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 1st (tied) Marc Alexander 1st(tied) 1st
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 1st (tied) Bill Cardiello 4th 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Eli Martinez 3rd Eli Martinez 9th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 4th Ivan Hernandez 1st(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Guadalupe Uriostegui 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 8th 11th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Clark Dulaney 9th Clark Dulaney 7th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Gary Strunk 10th 11th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mihelcic 11th Bill Mihelcic 6th 7th
Plymouth Rockers Eric Wood 12th 11th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jeremy Moroney 13th 11th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 14th Carlos Sanchez 3rd 4th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 15th 11th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Eddie Keyser 16th 11th(tied) 19th
Whitby Bats Marco Grijalva 17th Marco Grijalva 5th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 18th Ruben Gutierrez 8th 9th
Abingdon Archers Sean Gorman 19th 11th(tied) 20th
Jacksonville Nationals Georgy Tutubalin 20th Georgy Tutubalin 10th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Long Island Torpedoes Jordan Samayoa 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Franklin Cubs 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(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 10th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Chris Vasquez 3rd Danny Sedano 2nd 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricky Thompson 4th Ricky Thompson 3rd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 5th Alex Hernandez 5th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Aaron Trede 6th Aaron Trede 11th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 7th Leo Garcia 7th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Zach Heller 8th Mannus Witkamp 8th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Xiao-xuan Gong 9th Juan Madrid 11th(tied) 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Riddle 10th Dean dejong 20th 15th
Riverside Wolverines Baden Keevil 11th Baden Keevil 11th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Cameron Williams 12th Cameron Williams 14th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 13th Alfredo Rivero 6th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Perez 14th Juan Perez 17th 17th
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 15th Pablo Garcia 15th 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Justin Kuta 16th Justin Kuta 4th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Juan Martinez 17th Miguel Flores 19th 18th
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 18th Andres Madera 9th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Doug Watson 19th Doug Watson 18th 19th
Lincoln Princes David Mejias 20th Manny Romero 16th 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erwijn Hekman 21st 21st(tied) 21st
San Antonio Griffins Miguel Lopez 22nd 21st(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers Henry Ventura 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Shigeru Nakamura 24th 21st(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Bryan Williamson 1st Bryan Williamson 1st 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Blaine Mackie 2nd Jim Williams 3rd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 3rd Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Zack Lanagan 3rd(tied) 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 5th Steve Delle Chiaie 3rd(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chris Piscitelli 6th Chris Piscitelli 3rd(tied) 6th
San Bernardino Flight Zaijiro Watanabe 7th Zaijiro Watanabe 11th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Keith Herbaugh 8th Keith Herbaugh 12th 8th
Whitby Bats Tommy Bender 9th Tommy Bender 13th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 10th Tony Magallon 14th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 11th 15th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Alan Hanna 12th Alan Hanna 8th 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Javy Montanez 13th Javy Montanez 7th 12th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 14th 15th(tied) 16th
Plymouth Rockers Orlando Osorio 15th 15th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tony de Leon 16th Tony de Leon 9th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 17th Tabari Jamal al Din 9th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Franklin Cubs Alvaro Amaya 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Leo Mendoza 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Torres 22nd 15th(tied) 22nd
Borrego Springs Rams Robby Vargas 23rd 15th(tied) 23rd
Abingdon Archers 24th 15th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 1st Zack Lanagan 2nd(tied) 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 2nd Brian Kyzar 11th 6th
Moncton Mounties Bryan Williamson 3rd Bryan Williamson 1st 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 4th Jaden Rodriguez 9th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Michael Pacheco 5th Michael Pacheco 13th 10th
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 6th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Steve Pyburn 9th Steve Pyburn 7th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Tony Magallon 10th Tony Magallon 14th 13th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 11th 15th(tied) 15th
Tiverton Colonels Roberto Aguilar 12th Roberto Aguilar 12th 12th
Riverside Wolverines Tabari Jamal al Din 13th Tabari Jamal al Din 8th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 14th 15th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Zaijiro Watanabe 15th Zaijiro Watanabe 10th 14th
Plymouth Rockers Chang-hyun Soung 16th 15th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Mike Cornelius 17th Tony de Leon 2nd(tied) 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Perez 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Franklin Cubs Alvaro Amaya 19th 15th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Edwin Marquez 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Leo Mendoza 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers Chris Rotman 22nd 15th(tied) 22nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Torres 23rd 15th(tied) 23rd
Abingdon Archers 24th 15th(tied) 24th
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