ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/07/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Rich Callanan 1st Haruyuki Sato 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Pete DiBiaso 2nd Benedito Potier 9th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 4th Brandon Coleman 4th 4th
Moncton Mounties Kevin Pizzuti 5th Ricky Cortes 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines David Henning 6th 10th(tied) 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erik Murphy 7th Erik Murphy 6th 5th
San Antonio Griffins Mike Ekstedt 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Juan Lozada 9th Juan Lozada 3rd 6th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Escobar 10th 10th(tied) 13th
Lincoln Princes Dave Rotolo 11th 10th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 12th 10th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 13th Ricardo Garcia 7th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Colt Stovall 14th Colt Stovall 5th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 16th Oscar Naranjo 8th 9th
Juneau Sled Dogs Man-u Kym 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Tiverton Colonels Vinny Tijerina 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Brian Evans 1st 10th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Tim Wetmore 2nd Nick Gratta 1st 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 3rd Aaron Went 3rd 3rd
Abingdon Archers Austin Bertsche 4th Man-u Jung 9th 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 5th Billy Warren 4th 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Reed Gomez 6th Reed Gomez 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Jim Hamilton 7th 10th(tied) 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 8th 10th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Tony Cruz 9th 10th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 11th David Arriaga 2nd 2nd
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Mario Garcia 12th Johnny Huerta 6th 7th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Gwang-oo Shroyer 14th Gwang-oo Shroyer 8th 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 16th 10th(tied) 17th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 17th (tied) 10th(tied) 18th(tied)
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 19th Ross Howard 7th 9th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Juneau Sled Dogs 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 10th(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
Moncton Mounties Joe Corcoran 2nd 7th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Matt Sikes 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Mark Mauro 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Matt Higgins 5th Dan Skiba 1st(tied) 1st
Borrego Springs Rams Ryan Claydon 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Justin Richardson 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Tiverton Colonels Hunter McConnon 8th 7th(tied) 12th
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 9th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 9th (tied) Aloísio Boissel 1st(tied) 2nd
Plymouth Rockers David Herman 11th 7th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Mario Chavez 12th 7th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Ricardo Moreno 13th 7th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 14th Ronald Poole 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Danny Solis 15th Danny Solis 5th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Santiago Ytuarte 17th Santiago Ytuarte 6th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Bruce Gutierrez 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Whitby Bats Lamar Bridges 1st 7th(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels David Cheesman 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties David Raney 3rd 7th(tied) 9th
Picture Rocks Raptors Hak-su Chung 4th 7th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Erik Bailey 5th 7th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Dave Orosco 6th Vincent Salinas 3rd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Jason Hodge 7th 7th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Kevin Lightfoot 8th 7th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers Max Guerrero 9th Max Guerrero 6th 5th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 10th 7th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 11th 7th(tied) 15th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 12th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 12th (tied) Sébastien Fleury 2nd 3rd
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines Xavier Encarnao 14th (tied) 7th(tied) 17th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 16th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 17th Jordan Rivas 4th 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Segura 18th Carlos Segura 5th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Antonio Rodriguez 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Franklin Cubs Brian Beason 1st Juan Galvan 3rd 1st
Whitby Bats Chris Malone 2nd 4th(tied) 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 3rd 4th(tied) 5th
Moncton Mounties David Williams 4th 4th(tied) 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 5th 4th(tied) 7th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 6th Carlos Crespo 1st 2nd
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 7th Mario Gutierrez 2nd 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 8th 4th(tied) 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 9th 4th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 10th 4th(tied) 10th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 11th 4th(tied) 11th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 12th 4th(tied) 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Danny Soto 13th 4th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 14th 4th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 15th 4th(tied) 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Teppo Öunap 16th 4th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Pedro Rodriguez 17th 4th(tied) 17th
Abingdon Archers 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 18th (tied) 4th(tied) 18th(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 Bill Bandy 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
Buckeye Local Panthers Dave Savage 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 11th 11th(tied) 13th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 12th Seth Robinson 9th 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 13th Edgardo Perez 8th 9th
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 14th 11th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Tom Lambert 15th 11th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 16th 11th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs John Andrews 17th (tied) 11th(tied) 17th(tied)
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 17th (tied) 11th(tied) 17th(tied)
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 11th(tied) 19th(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
Borrego Springs Rams Matt Shea 6th 5th(tied) 7th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 7th 5th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Kyle Twigg 8th 5th(tied) 9th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 9th 5th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 10th 5th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 11th 5th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 12th 5th(tied) 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 13th 5th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 14th 5th(tied) 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 15th Chris Ortiz 4th 4th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Juneau Sled Dogs Juan Mundo 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Crystal Lake Killers Danny Ochoa 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Billy Perez 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 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)
San Antonio Griffins 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 7th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Scott Skidmore 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Lincoln Princes Federico Rosales 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Chris Baker 5th Gabe Ippolito 6th 3rd
Plymouth Rockers Humphrey Gerber 6th Humphrey Gerber 4th 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 8th Ramon Paz 3rd 4th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 9th Hisamichi Matsumoto 5th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Ivan Hernandez 10th Ivan Hernandez 2nd 5th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 11th 7th(tied) 11th
Buckeye Local Panthers Guntur Djajadiningrat 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Juneau Sled Dogs Michael Baker 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Abingdon Archers 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 16th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(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 6th
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
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 6th Joaquin Santiago 3rd 4th
Riverside Wolverines Brian Millet 7th Brian Millet 16th 14th
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 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Jose Munoz 13th Victor Meza 5th 8th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 14th Ricardo Chavarria 10th(tied) 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 15th Juan Soto 14th 15th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 16th 19th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 17th 19th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Hector Vazquez 18th Hector Vazquez 17th 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 19th Roberto Melendez 15th 17th
San Antonio Griffins Alex Gonzales 20th Alex Gonzales 18th 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Didier Noël 21st 19th(tied) 21st
Franklin Cubs Jean Lebreton 22nd 19th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 23rd (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd(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 4th(tied) 2nd
Whitby Bats Jesus Ochoa 3rd Matt Howe 10th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 4th Bill Guerrero 13th 7th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 5th Carlos Balderrama 2nd 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 6th Mike Cousin 7th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 7th Dae-jin Lee 4th(tied) 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 8th Isaiah Timmons 12th 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Toru Nishimura 9th Chris Byrd 3rd 4th
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 10th Kevin Martinez 6th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers D.J. Nelson 11th D.J. Nelson 8th 11th
Terra Linda Chargers Carl Klein 12th Danny Barrera 16th 12th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Rodriguez 13th Jose Garcia 15th 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 14th 17th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 15th 17th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Richard Recchini 16th Edgar Ambrosio 9th 14th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 17th 17th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 18th Jonathan Aubry 11th 15th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 19th 17th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Jo Uehara 20th 17th(tied) 21st
San Bernardino Flight Vicente Hernandez 21st Jose Moreira 14th 16th
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 1st Kevin Martinez 6th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eddie O'Connor 2nd Eddie O'Connor 12th 8th
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 3rd Zack Scott 8th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Dae-jin Lee 3rd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 5th Mike Cousin 7th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 6th D.J. Nelson 3rd(tied) 2nd
Long Island Torpedoes Jose Garcia 7th Jose Garcia 15th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Ernesto Morales 8th Jesus Ortiz 3rd(tied) 5th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 9th Carlos Balderrama 1st 3rd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Chris Byrd 10th Chris Byrd 2nd 4th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 11th 17th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Tony Asevedo 12th 17th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 13th Bill Guerrero 13th 11th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 14th Jose Moreira 14th 14th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 15th Edgar Ambrosio 9th 12th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 16th Matt Howe 10th 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 17th Danny Barrera 16th 16th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 18th 17th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 19th Jonathan Aubry 11th 15th
San Antonio Griffins Quim Perestrelo 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 22nd (tied) 17th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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