ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
06/16/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Curt Koerner 1st Curt Koerner 1st(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 3rd Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 2nd
Franklin Cubs Rob Carrigan 4th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Preston Leon 5th Preston Leon 5th 4th
San Antonio Griffins Jonathan Deist 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Aaron Wilson 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Whitby Bats Larry Killian 10th Omar Castillo 4th 5th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Howie Hecht 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Rafael Rosas 14th Oscar Naranjo 6th 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 15th 7th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Noah Valenti 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Paul Moberley 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers Gabriel Flores 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Chuluota Imperials 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bellflowers John Cotton 1st 8th(tied) 5th
Lincoln Princes Brendan Marcus 2nd 8th(tied) 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Allen 3rd Jason Allen 1st 1st
Long Island Torpedoes Justin MacKoul 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 5th Billy Warren 3rd 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 9th Johnny Huerta 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 10th 8th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 11th 8th(tied) 15th
Whitby Bats Chris Morales 12th 8th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 13th 8th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 14th 8th(tied) 18th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 15th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Abingdon Archers Man-u Jung 16th Man-u Jung 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 17th Korey Lopez 6th 8th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 18th 8th(tied) 19th
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 19th Ross Howard 5th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adam Blumberg 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Julio Lopez 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Moncton Mounties 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 22nd (tied) 8th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Jeremy Smith 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 3rd Dan Skiba 2nd 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 4th 5th(tied) 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Greg Fleming 5th 5th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 6th 5th(tied) 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 7th 5th(tied) 10th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 8th 5th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ruben Vences 9th 5th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Evan Felts 10th 5th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 11th Tony Cantu 3rd 3rd
Lincoln Princes Adonis Parson 12th 5th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 13th 5th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 14th 5th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Pablo Gonzalez 15th Pablo Gonzalez 1st 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 16th Aloísio Boissel 4th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 5th 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 7th 7th(tied) 12th
San Antonio Griffins Prakoso Ernalia 8th Chris Gutierre 1st(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 9th Alberto Rivas 6th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 10th Vincent Salinas 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 11th Rob Lopez 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Gonsalez 14th Jordan Rivas 4th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ebbe van Alem 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Edgar Ortiz 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Princes Bryan Farhi 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 2nd Jose Valdez 5th 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 3rd Mario Gutierrez 1st(tied) 1st
Whitby Bats Tony Sanchez 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Takao Fujii 5th 7th(tied) 9th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 6th Carlos Crespo 4th 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Gabe Lewis 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Jeff Matchette 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 12th Carlos Cordero 1st(tied) 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 15th Juan Galvan 6th 6th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 16th (tied) Ronald Poole 3rd 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Bartoli Carrillo 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Tommy Johnson 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Colby Barrineau 2nd 6th(tied) 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Grant 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Steve Kravit 4th 6th(tied) 9th
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 5th Danny Shafer 4th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 6th Luis Ortega 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Pat Cureton 7th Carlos Martinez 1st 1st
Tiverton Colonels Danny Gonzalez 8th 6th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 9th 6th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 10th Seth Robinson 3rd 4th
Haviland Thrashers Carlos Castro 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 12th Edgardo Perez 5th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Terry Stump 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Alexander 16th 6th(tied) 16th
Whitby Bats Justin Cottingham 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Victor Garza 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 19th 6th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 21st 6th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Josh Bacon 22nd 6th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 6th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 23rd (tied) 6th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 1st 9th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 2nd Jose Pineda 4th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 3rd Jose Yenores 6th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Chris Norwood 4th (tied) Kalle Hovinen 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 4th (tied) Jorge Rodriguez 5th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Chris Birchfield 6th Christopher Campbell 7th 7th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 7th 9th(tied) 10th
San Antonio Griffins Randy Reneau 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Mike Alexander 12th 9th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 13th 9th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 14th 9th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 15th 9th(tied) 18th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 16th 9th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 17th Galtero Casale 8th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 18th 9th(tied) 20th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 19th Ruben Gutierrez 1st 1st
Long Island Torpedoes Vinny Munoz 20th 9th(tied) 21st
Whitby Bats Dan Navarro 21st Dan Navarro 2nd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Alejandro Gomez 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Jacksonville Nationals 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bellflowers Steve Amparan 1st 9th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 2nd Marco Grijalva 3rd 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 3rd Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 4th Gabe Ippolito 7th 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 5th Ramon Paz 1st(tied) 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 6th (tied) Ivan Hernandez 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 6th (tied) 9th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 8th Hisamichi Matsumoto 8th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Elijah Callender 9th Keith Sverdloff 5th 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 11th (tied) 9th(tied) 12th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jayden Taylor 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Moncton Mounties Justin Cole 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Kyle Chiasson 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 16th 9th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 17th Joel Moya 6th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 18th 9th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Nick Luna 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 1st Davis Novoa 9th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hugo Reyes 2nd Javier Palos 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 3rd Jesus Beltre 3rd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 4th Kyle Young 5th 4th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 5th Alex Hernandez 2nd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 6th Jesus Ortiz 10th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 7th 17th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Noah Damm 8th Hector Mendoza 14th 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Juan Martinez 9th Danny Sedano 11th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 10th Rafael Cruz 7th 5th
Lincoln Princes Josh Pitts 11th Hector Vazquez 16th 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 12th Cortez Alavez 8th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Madrid 13th Juan Madrid 6th 8th
San Bernardino Flight David Procaccini 14th Zaijiro Watanabe 13th 13th
Whitby Bats Keith Price 15th Jose Diaz 12th 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Chris Byrd 16th Jose Polanco 4th 9th
San Antonio Griffins Adam Johnson 17th Sal Aguilar 15th 17th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 18th 17th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Sergio Romero 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers Bobby Nicholson 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Hall 1st Mike Cousin 7th 2nd
Terra Linda Chargers Nate Worley 2nd Henry Ceballos 9th 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Mike Williams 3rd Jesus Ortiz 2nd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Kelley 4th Danny Espinoza 2nd(tied) 5th
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 5th Alex Hernandez 1st 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 6th Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Randy Nitchals 7th 11th(tied) 8th
San Antonio Griffins Dennis DeLong 8th 11th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 9th Brian Kyzar 6th 7th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Danny Flores 11th Jose Murillo 10th 11th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 12th Matt Howe 8th 10th
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 13th 11th(tied) 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 14th 11th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 15th 11th(tied) 16th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 16th 11th(tied) 17th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 17th 11th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Doug DeBauche 18th Ricardo Chavarria 5th 14th
Abingdon Archers Hedde Castillo 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 1st 11th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 2nd Brian Kyzar 6th 5th
San Antonio Griffins Dennis DeLong 3rd 11th(tied) 12th
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 4th Henry Ceballos 9th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Mike Cousin 7th 6th
San Bernardino Flight Allen Ellingson 6th Ricardo Chavarria 5th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Nabers 7th Jesus Ortiz 2nd(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 8th Danny Espinoza 2nd(tied) 3rd
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 9th Matt Howe 8th 10th
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 10th Alex Hernandez 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 13th 11th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 14th Jose Murillo 10th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 15th 11th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 16th 11th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers Hedde Castillo 17th 11th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 18th 11th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 19th (tied) Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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