ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
04/05/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Loyd 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 3rd Brandon Coleman 3rd 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Curt Koerner 4th Curt Koerner 1st(tied) 1st
Long Island Torpedoes Colt Stovall 5th (tied) Colt Stovall 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 5th (tied) 7th(tied) 9th
San Antonio Griffins Mike Ekstedt 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 8th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 2nd
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Mauricio Guerra 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 12th Ricardo Garcia 5th 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Howie Hecht 14th 7th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers Gabriel Flores 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Nick Machuca 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 19th Oscar Naranjo 6th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Tony Miranda 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
Buckeye Local Panthers Tim Wetmore 1st Nick Gratta 1st 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 2nd Aaron Went 3rd 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 3rd Billy Warren 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Jim Hamilton 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 5th 10th(tied) 11th
San Bernardino Flight Tony Cruz 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 7th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mario Garcia 9th Johnny Huerta 5th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 12th (tied) Ross Howard 7th 7th
Haviland Thrashers Gwang-oo Shroyer 12th (tied) Gwang-oo Shroyer 6th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 14th Korey Lopez 9th 9th
Abingdon Archers Man-u Jung 15th (tied) Man-u Jung 8th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 15th (tied) 10th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th(tied)
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Ed Yanez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Julio Lopez 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Moncton Mounties 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Matt Higgins 1st Dan Skiba 1st(tied) 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 2nd Aloísio Boissel 1st(tied) 2nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Franklin Cubs Ricardo Moreno 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Saenz 6th Eddie Duran 1st(tied) 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Outa Kagawa 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 10th 5th(tied) 11th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 11th Ronald Poole 1st(tied) 4th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Allvaro Macoilos 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 17th (tied) 5th(tied) 17th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 6th 3rd
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 4th Vincent Salinas 4th 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Mike Unruh 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Francisco Mendez 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 8th Rob Lopez 1st(tied) 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 9th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 9th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines Xavier Encarnao 11th 8th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Sébastien Fleury 12th Sébastien Fleury 3rd 5th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 13th Chris Gutierre 1st(tied) 2nd
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 14th Jordan Rivas 5th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ebbe van Alem 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Guillermo Bonilla 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 17th Alberto Rivas 7th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 1st 6th(tied) 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 2nd Jose Valdez 3rd 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 3rd Carlos Crespo 2nd 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Takao Fujii 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 5th Mario Gutierrez 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 8th 6th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 9th Jesus Rodriquez 5th 5th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 10th Juan Galvan 4th 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 11th 6th(tied) 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 12th 6th(tied) 12th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 13th 6th(tied) 13th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Danny Soto 14th 6th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 15th 6th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Manny Rios 16th 6th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Angel Cruz 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Teppo Öunap 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Juneau Sled Dogs Oscar Velez 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Whitby Bats Luis Gonzalez 21st 6th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Lincoln Princes 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Kyle Marin 1st Kyle Marin 7th 4th
Chuluota Imperials Chris Miller 2nd Chris Miller 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 3rd Mike Jackson 3rd 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 4th Jeremy Vetsch 5th 5th
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 5th Danny Shafer 8th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Paul Ruby 6th Paul Ruby 1st 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 7th Luis Ortega 6th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Jeff McDaniel 8th 11th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 9th 11th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 10th Seth Robinson 10th 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 11th Edgardo Perez 9th 9th
Picture Rocks Raptors Luke Emme 12th (tied) 11th(tied) 13th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 12th (tied) 11th(tied) 13th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs Andy Barnes 14th 11th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 15th 11th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Hopkins 16th 11th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Campos 17th Carlos Martinez 4th 8th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mascarenas 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Whitby Bats 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Harris 1st Johnny Harris 4th 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 2nd Jose Yenores 3rd 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Hillis 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 5th Jorge Rodriguez 2nd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 11th (tied) Ivan Hernandez 1st 4th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 11th (tied) 7th(tied) 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 14th (tied) Chris Ortiz 5th 5th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Whitby Bats Jose Fernandez 19th 7th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 20th 7th(tied) 21st
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 21st 7th(tied) 22nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Miguel Gonzalez 22nd Miguel Gonzalez 6th 6th
Abingdon Archers Jeong Lee 23rd 7th(tied) 23rd
Plymouth Rockers 24th 7th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 1st Gabe Ippolito 5th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 2nd Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 4th Ramon Paz 1st(tied) 2nd
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 5th Marco Grijalva 3rd 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th Hisamichi Matsumoto 6th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Haviland Thrashers Keith Sverdloff 10th Keith Sverdloff 4th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams David Johnson 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Lorenzo Moran 13th 7th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Nick Luna 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 17th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Jamari Walker 1st Davis Novoa 6th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Rick Hall 2nd Javier Palos 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 3rd Jesus Beltre 2nd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 4th Jesus Ortiz 9th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 5th Kyle Young 8th 6th
Whitby Bats Josh Poehlein 6th Jose Diaz 4th 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 7th 18th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Zach Heller 8th Joaquin Santiago 3rd 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Gagarian 9th Chris Gagarian 12th(tied) 12th
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 10th Alex Hernandez 7th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jonathan Gutierrez 11th Cristofer Sanchez 11th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Jose Munoz 12th Victor Meza 5th 8th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 13th Rafael Cruz 10th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 14th 18th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 15th Zaijiro Watanabe 12th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 16th Juan Soto 12th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 17th 18th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 18th Hector Vazquez 17th 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 19th Roberto Melendez 15th 18th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th Sal Aguilar 16th 20th
Franklin Cubs Ivan Gonzalez 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Arredondo 1st Alex Arredondo 2nd(tied) 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 2nd Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 7th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 4th Bill Guerrero 11th 5th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 5th Carlos Balderrama 1st 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 6th Mike Cousin 5th 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 7th 13th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Danny Garcia 8th Matt Howe 8th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 9th Jose Polanco 10th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 10th Jesus Ortiz 9th 11th
Terra Linda Chargers Carl Klein 11th Danny Barrera 12th 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 12th 13th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 13th 13th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 14th Jonathan Aubry 6th 13th
Haviland Thrashers Richard Recchini 15th Edgar Ambrosio 2nd(tied) 7th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 16th 13th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 13th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 1st Zack Scott 5th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 2nd Mike Cousin 4th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 3rd Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 4th Brian Kyzar 7th 6th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 5th Carlos Balderrama 1st 2nd
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Ortiz 7th Jesus Ortiz 9th 7th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 8th 13th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 9th Edgar Ambrosio 2nd(tied) 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 10th Bill Guerrero 11th 10th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 11th Jonathan Aubry 6th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 12th 13th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 13th 13th(tied) 16th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 14th Matt Howe 8th 9th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Toru Nishimura 15th Jose Polanco 10th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 16th 13th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 17th 13th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 13th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Barrera 19th Danny Barrera 12th 12th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 13th(tied) 20th(tied)
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