ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/03/2025
 
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
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 4th Omar Castillo 1st(tied) 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Colt Stovall 7th Colt Stovall 4th 4th
San Antonio Griffins Mike Ekstedt 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Aaron Wilson 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 10th 7th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 11th Ricardo Garcia 5th 5th
Franklin Cubs Mauricio Guerra 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Howie Hecht 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Abingdon Archers Gabriel Flores 15th 7th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 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 Jason Allen 1st Jason Allen 1st 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 2nd Aaron Went 3rd 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 3rd Billy Warren 4th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 7th 10th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Gordie Stotler 8th Gwang-oo Shroyer 6th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 9th 10th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Tony Cruz 10th 10th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 11th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Abingdon Archers Man-u Jung 12th Man-u Jung 9th 8th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mario Garcia 13th Johnny Huerta 5th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 14th 10th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 15th Korey Lopez 8th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 16th Ross Howard 7th 7th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Guillermo Moreno 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Long Island Torpedoes Ed Yanez 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Julio Lopez 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Moncton Mounties 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(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
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 3rd 5th(tied) 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 4th 5th(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 6th 5th(tied) 8th
Franklin Cubs Ricardo Moreno 7th 5th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 8th Ronald Poole 1st(tied) 3rd
Moncton Mounties Outa Kagawa 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Saenz 11th Eddie Duran 1st(tied) 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Allvaro Macoilos 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Abingdon Archers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 16th (tied) 5th(tied) 16th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 6th 3rd
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 4th Rob Lopez 1st(tied) 1st
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 5th (tied) Vincent Salinas 4th 5th
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 5th (tied) Chris Gutierre 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Francisco Mendez 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 9th Alberto Rivas 7th 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Sébastien Fleury 10th Sébastien Fleury 3rd 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Clint Arnold 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines Xavier Encarnao 12th (tied) 8th(tied) 13th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 14th Jordan Rivas 5th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ebbe van Alem 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Guillermo Bonilla 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Franklin Cubs Edgar Ortiz 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
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 4th 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 3rd Mario Gutierrez 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Takao Fujii 4th 7th(tied) 8th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 5th Carlos Crespo 3rd 3rd
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 7th 7th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Jeremias Vega 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Jesus Rodriquez 10th Jesus Rodriquez 6th 5th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Benito Trevino 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 15th 7th(tied) 17th
Franklin Cubs Juan Galvan 16th Juan Galvan 5th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Julio Cortez 17th Julio Cortez 2nd 4th
Lincoln Princes Cleto Laurentino 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Oscar Velez 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Teppo Öunap 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Whitby Bats Luis Gonzalez 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Kyle Marin 1st Kyle Marin 6th 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 2nd Mike Jackson 3rd 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Paul Ruby 3rd Paul Ruby 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 4th Danny Shafer 7th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 5th Luis Ortega 5th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Jeff McDaniel 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 7th Jeremy Vetsch 4th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 8th Seth Robinson 8th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 9th 10th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 10th 10th(tied) 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 11th Edgardo Perez 9th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Andy Barnes 12th 10th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Hopkins 13th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Campos 15th Carlos Martinez 2nd 9th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mascarenas 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Whitby Bats 18th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Harris 1st Johnny Harris 5th 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Hillis 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 3rd Jose Yenores 4th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 4th Jorge Rodriguez 3rd 4th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 5th 7th(tied) 8th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 8th 7th(tied) 11th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 9th 7th(tied) 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 11th 7th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 12th 7th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 13th 7th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 14th 7th(tied) 17th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 15th 7th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 16th (tied) Ivan Hernandez 2nd 5th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 16th (tied) Chris Ortiz 6th 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 19th 7th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 20th 7th(tied) 21st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 21st Ruben Gutierrez 1st 1st
Whitby Bats Jose Fernandez 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
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
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 1st Marco Grijalva 3rd 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 2nd Gabe Ippolito 5th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 3rd Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 5th Ramon Paz 1st(tied) 2nd
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th Hisamichi Matsumoto 6th 6th
Haviland Thrashers Keith Sverdloff 8th Keith Sverdloff 4th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams David Johnson 9th 7th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 10th 7th(tied) 10th
Terra Linda Chargers Jon Trujillo 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Lincoln Princes Lorenzo Moran 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 13th 7th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Nick Luna 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Michael Baker 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 Jamari Walker 5th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rich Bryan 2nd Jesus Beltre 3rd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Rick Hall 3rd Javier Palos 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 4th Kyle Young 6th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 5th Jesus Ortiz 10th 8th
Whitby Bats Josh Poehlein 6th Jose Diaz 4th 4th
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 7th Alex Hernandez 2nd 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 8th 18th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Gagarian 9th Chris Gagarian 12th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 10th Rafael Cruz 7th 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 11th Jose Polanco 9th 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Junji Tokunaga 12th Adrian Leal 8th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Luis Orosco 13th Cristofer Sanchez 11th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 14th 18th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 15th 18th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 16th Ricardo Chavarria 14th 15th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 17th Hector Vazquez 17th 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 18th Juan Soto 12th(tied) 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Dave Prado 19th Dave Prado 15th 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th Sal Aguilar 16th 20th
Franklin Cubs Sergio Romero 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 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mike Vandenberg 2nd Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 9th 4th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 4th Carlos Balderrama 1st 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 5th Mike Cousin 8th 7th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 6th Matt Howe 6th 8th
Haviland Thrashers Bill Lopez 7th Edgar Ambrosio 3rd(tied) 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 8th Jesus Ortiz 3rd(tied) 6th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 9th 11th(tied) 10th
Terra Linda Chargers Carl Klein 10th 11th(tied) 11th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 12th Jonathan Aubry 7th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 13th 11th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Garza 14th 11th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Carlos Esquivel 15th 11th(tied) 16th
Plymouth Rockers Orlando Osorio 16th 11th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Fernando Koning 17th Bill Guerrero 10th 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 11th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 1st Zack Scott 5th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 2nd Mike Cousin 8th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mike Vandenberg 3rd Ryan Vermillion 2nd(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 4th Jesus Ortiz 2nd(tied) 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 5th Brian Kyzar 9th 7th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 6th Matt Howe 6th 8th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 7th 11th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 8th Carlos Balderrama 1st 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 9th Bill Guerrero 10th 10th
San Antonio Griffins Edwin Torres 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 11th Edgar Ambrosio 2nd(tied) 4th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 12th Jonathan Aubry 7th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 13th 11th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 14th 11th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 16th 11th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Carlos Esquivel 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Kelsey van Geest 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Chuluota Imperials 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
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