ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
10/29/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Curt Koerner 1st Curt Koerner 1st(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Adrian Whalley 2nd Adrian Whalley 1st(tied) 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 3rd
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Johnson 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 6th Chris Tomlinson 5th 5th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 7th Omar Castillo 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 8th 8th(tied) 10th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 9th Kevin Hurt 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Jaramillo 11th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 4th
Terra Linda Chargers Pael Espanol 12th 8th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 14th 8th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Mike Caudill 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Frank de Soto 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Franklin Ledezma 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 21st 8th(tied) 21st
Plymouth Rockers Mike Marcus 22nd 8th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 23rd (tied) 8th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Aaron Nelson 1st Aaron Nelson 7th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 2nd Billy Warren 1st 1st
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 3rd Joe Knight 4th(tied) 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 4th Bryan Valenta 9th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 5th 13th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Jarrod Wahlert 6th David Arriaga 2nd 3rd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 7th Nick Cordova 4th(tied) 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 8th Tyler Railey 4th(tied) 6th
Abingdon Archers Zach Weakley 9th Zach Weakley 10th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Ernie Humphrey 10th Billy Irwin 11th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 11th Edwin Rodriguez 3rd 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 12th Jeremy Matheson 8th 9th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 13th 13th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 14th 13th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 15th Jeremy Hurst 12th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 16th 13th(tied) 16th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 17th 13th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Guillermo Moreno 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Buckeye Local Panthers 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 13th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 9th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Jimmy Johnson 1st 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 3rd 11th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Vince Banger 4th Vince Banger 5th 6th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 8th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 3rd(tied) 2nd
San Bernardino Flight Tommie Tepper 7th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd(tied) 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Juan Moya 8th 11th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 9th (tied) Tony Cantu 7th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 9th (tied) Eddie Duran 2nd 4th
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 12th 11th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 13th Aloísio Boissel 10th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 14th Jose Jimenez 6th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Ieyoshi Shimizu 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 16th (tied) 11th(tied) 16th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 16th (tied) 11th(tied) 16th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 4th(tied) 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 5th 8th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 6th Gilberto Noris 7th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 9th Rob Lopez 3rd 3rd
San Antonio Griffins Prakoso Ernalia 10th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 12th Vincent Salinas 2nd 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 13th 8th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 14th Jose Saenz 6th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 18th Jordan Rivas 4th(tied) 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Felipe Lopez 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 4th 3rd
Whitby Bats Jake Criscuolo 2nd Jake Criscuolo 3rd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 3rd Carlos Cordero 5th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 4th Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 5th 7th(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Benito Trevino 6th 7th(tied) 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 7th 7th(tied) 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 8th Alberto Rivas 6th 6th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 11th 7th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 12th Ronald Poole 2nd 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Jose Gutierrez 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 18th 7th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Jose Navarette 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Tim McHugh 1st Tim McHugh 1st(tied) 1st
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 2nd Danny Shafer 8th 4th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 3rd Jeremy Martin 3rd 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 4th Jim Gonzalez 1st(tied) 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 5th Eric Cannova 6th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 9th 10th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 10th Jonathan Swander 5th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 11th Ryan May 9th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 12th 10th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 13th Carlos Martinez 4th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 15th Jarred DeLozier 7th 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 16th 10th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Brian Nuzum 1st Brian Nuzum 3rd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 2nd Luis Ortega 5th 4th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 3rd Jorge Gonzales 2nd 3rd
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 4th Dan Navarro 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 5th Jose Yenores 9th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 6th Jorge Rodriguez 10th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 7th Jose Pineda 7th 6th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 8th 11th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 9th 11th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 10th 11th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 11th 11th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 12th 11th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 14th 11th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 15th 11th(tied) 18th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 16th Ruben Gutierrez 6th 8th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Hernandez 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 18th 11th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 19th 11th(tied) 21st
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 20th Kalle Hovinen 4th 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Marcos Perez 21st Oscar Ramirez 8th 10th
Jacksonville Nationals 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 22nd (tied) 11th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Terra Linda Chargers Eli Martinez 1st Eli Martinez 6th 4th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 2nd Bill Cardiello 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 3rd Marc Alexander 3rd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 4th Victor Cruz 7th 5th
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 5th Marco Grijalva 2nd 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Mike Seals 6th Mike Seals 5th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 7th Ivan Hernandez 4th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 8th 9th(tied) 9th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 9th 9th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 10th 9th(tied) 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Travis Eubanks 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Juan Martinez 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jose Garcia 16th 9th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 17th Joel Moya 8th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eric Ellington 1st Javier Palos 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Scott Lewandowski 2nd Byron Bruce 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 3rd Ismael Lopez 4th 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 4th Eric Kretzer 10th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Esquivel 5th Steve Esquivel 12th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 6th Andy Merrick 12th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 7th Rafael Cruz 5th 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 8th Jesus Ortiz 8th 8th
Terra Linda Chargers Mark Steve 9th Juan Soto 6th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Flores 10th (tied) Carlos Flores 7th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 10th (tied) 17th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Eric Osborne 12th Miguel Gastelum 12th(tied) 14th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 13th Alfredo Rivero 3rd 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 14th Cortez Alavez 11th 10th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 15th Radoslaw Sokol 12th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Alexis Ruiz 16th 17th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Urs van der Werf 17th Craig Hoult 9th 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 18th Hector Mendoza 16th 16th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 17th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cody Ahern 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers Juan Chavez 23rd 17th(tied) 23rd
Picture Rocks Raptors 24th 17th(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 1st Emmett Rogers 1st 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 2nd Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 3rd
Terra Linda Chargers Jim Fredrickson 3rd Juan Soto 2nd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Steve Williams 8th 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Zach Kyte 5th Zach Kyte 3rd(tied) 4th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Chavarria 6th Ricardo Chavarria 3rd(tied) 5th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 7th Edgar Ambrosio 15th 9th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 8th Hidero Fujiyama 13th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 9th Matt Akins 14th 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 10th Will Ziegler 7th 8th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 11th Mike Allen 12th 12th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 12th Mike Hrdlicka 11th 13th
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 13th Robby Rush 9th 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 14th 17th(tied) 17th
Crystal Lake Killers Billy Kaufman 15th Davis Novoa 3rd(tied) 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 16th Danny Tafolla 16th 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 17th 17th(tied) 18th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Garza 18th Craig Hoult 10th 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 17th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Matt Johnson 8th 7th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 9th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 12th 10th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Rich Zula 4th(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 10th 11th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 6th Edgar Ambrosio 15th 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 8th Juan Soto 3rd 4th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 9th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Tafolla 10th Danny Tafolla 16th 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 11th Will Ziegler 4th(tied) 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 12th 17th(tied) 17th
Plymouth Rockers Nathan Fitzkee 13th Matt Akins 14th 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 14th Craig Hoult 11th 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 15th Ryan Vermillion 4th(tied) 6th
Lincoln Princes Hidero Fujiyama 16th Hidero Fujiyama 13th 16th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Chavarria 17th Ricardo Chavarria 4th(tied) 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Dane Baker 18th 17th(tied) 18th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 17th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 17th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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