ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/21/2025
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CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Rich Callanan 1st Haruyuki Sato 1st 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Loyd 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 4th Brandon Coleman 4th 3rd
Moncton Mounties Kevin Pizzuti 5th Ricky Cortes 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 6th 9th(tied) 11th
San Antonio Griffins Mike Ekstedt 7th 9th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Juan Lozada 8th Juan Lozada 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Escobar 9th 9th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Dave Rotolo 10th 9th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 11th 9th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 12th Ricardo Garcia 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 13th Benedito Potier 8th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Colt Stovall 14th Colt Stovall 5th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 15th 9th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Nathan Cameron 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 17th Oscar Naranjo 7th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Man-u Kym 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Tiverton Colonels Vinny Tijerina 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(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
Abingdon Archers Austin Bertsche 3rd Man-u Jung 8th 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 4th Billy Warren 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Jim Hamilton 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 6th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 7th 9th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mario Garcia 9th Johnny Huerta 5th 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Gwang-oo Shroyer 11th Gwang-oo Shroyer 7th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 13th 9th(tied) 14th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 15th(tied)
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 15th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 16th Ross Howard 6th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Julio Lopez 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Borrego Springs Rams Ryan Bishop 19th 9th(tied) 19th
San Bernardino Flight Ricky Vazquez 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Moncton Mounties 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Beau Richardson 1st Jose Saenz 4th 3rd
Whitby Bats Matt Sikes 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Matt Higgins 3rd Dan Skiba 1st(tied) 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Perez 4th Justin Perez 7th 4th
Tiverton Colonels Hunter McConnon 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 6th (tied) 8th(tied) 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 6th (tied) Aloísio Boissel 1st(tied) 2nd
Plymouth Rockers David Herman 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Mario Chavez 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Moncton Mounties Outa Kagawa 11th 8th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Alejandro Marinez 12th 8th(tied) 15th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 13th Ronald Poole 3rd 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Danny Solis 14th Danny Solis 5th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Santiago Ytuarte 16th Santiago Ytuarte 6th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Lamar Bridges 1st 6th(tied) 5th
Tiverton Colonels David Cheesman 2nd 6th(tied) 6th(tied)
Moncton Mounties David Raney 3rd 6th(tied) 8th
Picture Rocks Raptors Hak-su Chung 4th 6th(tied) 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Erik Bailey 5th 6th(tied) 10th
Chuluota Imperials Dave Orosco 6th Vincent Salinas 3rd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 7th 6th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers Mike Unruh 8th 6th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 9th 6th(tied) 13th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 10th 6th(tied) 14th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 11th (tied) Sébastien Fleury 2nd 3rd
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 16th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines Xavier Encarnao 13th (tied) 6th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 15th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 16th Jordan Rivas 4th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Segura 17th Carlos Segura 5th 6th(tied)
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Guillermo Bonilla 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 20th (tied) 6th(tied) 20th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Chris Malone 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 4th Carlos Crespo 1st 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 5th Mario Gutierrez 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 6th 4th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 7th 4th(tied) 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 8th 4th(tied) 9th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 9th Juan Galvan 3rd 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Danny Soto 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Picture Rocks Raptors Teppo Öunap 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Go Hasebe 16th 4th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Pedro Rodriguez 17th 4th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Bartoli Carrillo 18th 4th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 19th (tied) 4th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Jarrod LaCasse 1st John Austin 2nd 1st
Chuluota Imperials Chris Miller 2nd Chris Miller 3rd 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 3rd Mike Jackson 4th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Bill Amparan 4th Kyle Marin 10th 5th
Picture Rocks Raptors Tyler Bell 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 6th Danny Shafer 7th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Travis Hammen 7th Travis Hammen 1st 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 8th Luis Ortega 6th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Jeff McDaniel 9th Dustin Owens 5th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 11th Seth Robinson 9th 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 12th Edgardo Perez 8th 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 13th 11th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Hopkins 14th 11th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Andrews 15th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 15th (tied) 11th(tied) 15th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers Bill Mascarenas 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 18th (tied) 11th(tied) 18th(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sitko 1st Jorge Rodriguez 1st 1st
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Harris 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Hillis 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Kagera Fakhri 4th Jose Yenores 2nd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Micah Squires 5th Miguel Gonzalez 3rd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 6th 5th(tied) 7th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 9th 5th(tied) 10th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 14th Chris Ortiz 4th 4th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Mundo 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Crystal Lake Killers Danny Ochoa 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Borrego Springs Rams 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
Whitby Bats 20th (tied) 5th(tied) 20th(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Chris Benedict 1st Victor Cruz 1st 1st
Tiverton Colonels Danny Lopez 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Whitby Bats Scott Skidmore 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Princes Federico Rosales 4th 8th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 5th Gabe Ippolito 6th 3rd
Plymouth Rockers Humphrey Gerber 6th Humphrey Gerber 4th 2nd
Franklin Cubs Nate Jurgensen 7th Nate Jurgensen 5th 4th
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 9th Ramon Paz 3rd 5th
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 10th 8th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 11th Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th 7th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 12th Ivan Hernandez 2nd 6th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 13th 8th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 14th 8th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Michael Baker 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 17th (tied) 8th(tied) 17th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Bill Thompson 1st Hugo Reyes 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Jamari Walker 2nd Jamari Walker 8th 7th
Chuluota Imperials David Sanko 3rd David Sanko 2nd 2nd
Whitby Bats Antonio Rodriguez 4th Jose Diaz 4th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 5th Roy Garcia 9th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Brian Millet 6th Brian Millet 16th 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 7th Joaquin Santiago 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jesus Beltre 8th Jesus Beltre 10th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Gagarian 9th Chris Gagarian 10th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 10th Alex Hernandez 7th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jonathan Gutierrez 11th Cristofer Sanchez 10th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 12th Rafael Cruz 6th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Jose Munoz 13th Victor Meza 5th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 14th Ricardo Chavarria 10th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 15th 18th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 16th 18th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 17th Juan Soto 14th 15th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 18th Hector Vazquez 17th 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 19th Roberto Melendez 15th 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Didier Noël 20th 18th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Franklin Cubs 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
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Marcos Patino 1st Ryan Vermillion 1st 1st
Jacksonville Nationals Alex Arredondo 2nd Alex Arredondo 3rd(tied) 2nd
Whitby Bats Jesus Ochoa 3rd Matt Howe 8th(tied) 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 4th Bill Guerrero 12th 6th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 5th Carlos Balderrama 2nd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 6th Isaiah Timmons 11th 8th
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 7th Mike Cousin 6th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 8th Dae-jin Lee 3rd(tied) 4th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 9th Jose Moreira 13th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 10th Kevin Martinez 5th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 11th Brian Kyzar 7th 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 12th Ben Epps 10th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Rodriguez 13th Jose Garcia 14th 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Carl Klein 14th Danny Barrera 15th 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 15th 16th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 16th 16th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 17th 16th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Richard Recchini 18th Edgar Ambrosio 8th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 1st Kevin Martinez 4th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eddie O'Connor 2nd Eddie O'Connor 10th 6th
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 3rd Zack Scott 6th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Dae-jin Lee 2nd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 5th Mike Cousin 5th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 6th Brian Kyzar 7th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Jose Garcia 7th Jose Garcia 14th 9th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 8th Carlos Balderrama 1st 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Ortiz 9th Jesus Ortiz 2nd(tied) 3rd
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 10th 16th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 11th 16th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 12th Bill Guerrero 12th 10th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 13th Edgar Ambrosio 8th(tied) 11th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 14th Matt Howe 8th(tied) 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Toru Nishimura 15th Ben Epps 11th 13th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 16th 16th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 17th 16th(tied) 19th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 16th(tied) 20th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Barrera 19th Danny Barrera 15th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 20th Jose Moreira 13th 15th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 16th(tied) 21st(tied)
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