ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/14/2025
 
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 8th(tied) 8th
Buckeye Local Panthers Masaaki Takata 3rd Masaaki Takata 6th 5th
Moncton Mounties Ivan Camarillo 4th Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 2nd
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Johnson 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Terra Linda Chargers Andrew Maness 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Franklin Cubs Rob Carrigan 7th Rob Carrigan 1st(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Tomlinson 8th Chris Tomlinson 1st(tied) 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Angel de la Cruz 9th 8th(tied) 11th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 10th Omar Castillo 5th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 12th 8th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Mike Caudill 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 14th Josh Livesay 7th 7th
Lincoln Princes Omar Ybarra 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers Paul Moberley 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Abingdon Archers Gabriel Flores 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Oliver Dawson 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 20th 8th(tied) 20th
Chuluota Imperials 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Buckeye Local Panthers Jason Allen 1st Marco Garcia 1st 1st
Moncton Mounties Aaron Nelson 2nd Aaron Nelson 7th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin MacKoul 3rd 12th(tied) 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 4th Billy Warren 3rd(tied) 3rd
San Bernardino Flight Jake Futrell 5th Joe Knight 3rd(tied) 4th
Franklin Cubs Chris Fenton 6th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 7th Bryan Valenta 8th 8th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 8th 12th(tied) 13th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 9th Nick Cordova 3rd(tied) 5th
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 10th Tyler Railey 3rd(tied) 6th
Abingdon Archers Zach Weakley 11th Zach Weakley 9th 9th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 12th Billy Irwin 11th 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 13th 12th(tied) 14th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 14th Steve Bartlett 10th 11th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 15th 12th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 16th 12th(tied) 16th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 17th 12th(tied) 17th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 19th 12th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 20th 12th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 21st 12th(tied) 21st
Terra Linda Chargers Guillermo Moreno 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 23rd 12th(tied) 23rd
Plymouth Rockers 24th 12th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Jeremy Smith 1st Jose Gallardo 3rd(tied) 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 2nd Joe Best 3rd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 3rd Jimmy Johnson 1st 2nd
Franklin Cubs Justin Perez 4th Justin Perez 10th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Greg Fleming 5th Greg Fleming 6th 6th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 6th Charlie Zimmerman 8th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Tommie Tepper 7th Pablo Gonzalez 3rd(tied) 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 8th Eddie Duran 2nd 4th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 9th 11th(tied) 11th
Borrego Springs Rams Ruben Vences 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Evan Felts 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 12th Tony Cantu 7th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 13th Aloísio Boissel 9th 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 14th 11th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Buffalo Bellflowers John Dowd 16th 11th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 17th 11th(tied) 17th
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
Franklin Cubs Scott Goldfein 1st Scott Goldfein 4th 2nd
Moncton Mounties David Raney 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Long Island Torpedoes Nate Ladnier 3rd 9th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 4th 9th(tied) 11th
Whitby Bats Randy Ruhl 5th 9th(tied) 12th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 6th 9th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 7th 9th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 8th 9th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Chris Cantu 9th Chris Cantu 2nd 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 10th 9th(tied) 16th
San Antonio Griffins Prakoso Ernalia 11th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 12th Vincent Salinas 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Rob Lopez 13th Rob Lopez 6th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 14th 9th(tied) 17th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Alex Gonzalez 15th Josh Bayliss 8th 8th
Lincoln Princes Jose Saenz 16th Jose Saenz 7th 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Gonsalez 17th Jordan Rivas 5th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Cesar Moran 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ebbe van Alem 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Jake Criscuolo 1st Jake Criscuolo 2nd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 2nd Jose Valdez 5th 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 3rd Mario Gutierrez 4th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 4th Carlos Cordero 6th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Takao Fujii 5th 8th(tied) 8th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 6th Carlos Crespo 3rd 6th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 7th 8th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Jeremias Vega 8th Ronald Poole 1st 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Gabe Lewis 9th 8th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 10th 8th(tied) 11th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Manny Rios 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Borrego Springs Rams Alberto Rivas 17th Alberto Rivas 7th 7th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 19th 8th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 20th (tied) 8th(tied) 20th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Tommy Johnson 1st Eric Cannova 11th 4th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Grant 2nd Mike Grant 6th 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs John Breshears 3rd John Breshears 2nd 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Steve Kravit 4th 13th(tied) 13th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 5th Jeremy Martin 1st 2nd
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 6th Danny Shafer 7th 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 7th Jeremy Vetsch 4th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 8th Jim Gonzalez 5th 7th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 9th Seth Robinson 9th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 10th Jonathan Swander 8th 9th
Plymouth Rockers Dave Maser 11th 13th(tied) 14th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 12th Edgardo Perez 12th 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 13th 13th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Zach Black 14th 13th(tied) 16th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 15th 13th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Keith Alexander 16th 13th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 17th Carlos Martinez 3rd 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 18th Jarred DeLozier 10th 12th
Terra Linda Chargers Cody Walker 19th 13th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Aiden Hill 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Haviland Thrashers Willis Rodriguez 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Franklin Cubs Josh Bacon 23rd 13th(tied) 23rd
Abingdon Archers 24th 13th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Brian Nuzum 1st Brian Nuzum 3rd 3rd
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 2nd Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 3rd Luis Ortega 5th 4th
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 5th Jorge Gonzales 1st(tied) 2nd
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 6th Jose Pineda 7th 5th
Tiverton Colonels Danny Molina 7th Jorge Rodriguez 8th 6th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 9th 10th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 16th 10th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 17th (tied) Galtero Casale 9th 9th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 17th (tied) Ruben Gutierrez 6th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 17th (tied) Kalle Hovinen 4th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Leon Delgado 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Buffalo Bellflowers Victor Jara 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Jacksonville Nationals 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Franklin Cubs Nate Jurgensen 1st Nate Jurgensen 9th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Bill Cardiello 2nd Bill Cardiello 3rd 3rd
Moncton Mounties Rich Miklavcic 3rd Marc Alexander 1st(tied) 1st
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 4th Marco Grijalva 4th 4th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 5th Victor Cruz 7th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 6th 10th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 7th Ivan Hernandez 5th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 8th 10th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Joe Wakefield 9th 10th(tied) 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Ruben Borquez 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Haviland Thrashers Elijah Callender 11th Keith Sverdloff 1st(tied) 2nd
Long Island Torpedoes Ramon Paz 12th Ramon Paz 6th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Plymouth Rockers Adam Moates 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Terra Linda Chargers Jon Trujillo 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 17th 10th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 18th Joel Moya 8th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 21st (tied) 10th(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
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 2nd Ismael Lopez 6th 6th
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 3rd Eric Kretzer 7th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Flores 4th Carlos Flores 3rd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ramon Rivera 5th Jesus Ortiz 9th 8th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 6th Alex Hernandez 2nd 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Kyle Young 7th Kyle Young 10th(tied) 10th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 8th Rafael Cruz 5th 4th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 9th 18th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Daniel Diaz 10th Juan Soto 8th 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Noah Damm 11th Noah Damm 10th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Jonathan Weaver 12th Jonathan Weaver 15th 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 13th Cortez Alavez 10th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Eric Osborne 14th Miguel Gastelum 16th 16th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 15th Alfredo Rivero 4th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Craig Hoult 16th Craig Hoult 10th(tied) 13th
San Antonio Griffins Adam Johnson 17th Adam Johnson 10th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 18th Radoslaw Sokol 17th 18th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 19th 18th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers Bobby Nicholson 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs 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
Terra Linda Chargers Nate Worley 1st Nate Worley 8th 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Emmett Rogers 2nd Emmett Rogers 2nd 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Matt Rubin 3rd Will Ziegler 6th 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Ryan Vermillion 4th Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 5th Edgar Ambrosio 11th 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 6th Brian Kyzar 10th 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 7th Zach Kyte 3rd(tied) 6th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Chavarria 8th Cesar Cisneros 3rd(tied) 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Garza 9th 14th(tied) 13th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 10th Mike Allen 9th 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 11th Josh Kneeland 7th 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 12th Juan Perez 12th 12th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 13th 14th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 14th 14th(tied) 16th
Plymouth Rockers Vinny de la Torre 15th Matt Akins 13th 14th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 16th 14th(tied) 17th
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 17th Alex Hernandez 1st 4th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers Hedde Castillo 19th 14th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Picture Rocks Raptors Josh Kneeland 1st Josh Kneeland 7th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 2nd Brian Kyzar 9th 8th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 3rd Ismael Lopez 3rd(tied) 1st
Terra Linda Chargers Jaden Rodriguez 4th Jaden Rodriguez 10th 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 5th Jonathan Kellerstrass 8th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Nabers 6th Will Ziegler 3rd(tied) 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 7th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Alex Hernandez 8th Alex Hernandez 1st 3rd
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 9th 14th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 10th Juan Perez 12th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 11th Matt Akins 13th 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Omar Garza 12th 14th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 13th 14th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Danny Flores 14th Edgar Ambrosio 11th 13th
Abingdon Archers Hedde Castillo 15th 14th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 16th 14th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Chavarria 17th Cesar Cisneros 3rd(tied) 5th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 18th Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 6th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 19th 14th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 20th 14th(tied) 20th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 21st 14th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 14th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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