ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
03/20/2026
 
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
Moncton Mounties Ricky Cortes 3rd Ricky Cortes 1st(tied) 3rd
Riverside Wolverines Dan Stainbrook 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Whitby Bats Jayden McClendon 5th Omar Castillo 6th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Kevin Hurt 6th Kevin Hurt 1st(tied) 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Garner 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Crystal Lake Killers Benedito Potier 8th 7th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Mike Caudill 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Long Island Torpedoes Justin Holmes 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Holt 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Borrego Springs Rams Manuel Quintanilla 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Jacksonville Nationals Jose Reyes 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manuel Ayala 14th 7th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Felix Oliva 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Ricky Rodriguez 16th Ricky Rodriguez 1st(tied) 5th
Lincoln Princes Alex Bonilla 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Buckeye Local Panthers Franklin Ledezma 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Alex Perez 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Plymouth Rockers Mike Marcus 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Walker 1st Mike Walker 2nd(tied) 1st
Haviland Thrashers Bryan Valenta 2nd Bryan Valenta 7th 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Johnny Huerta 3rd Nick Cordova 2nd(tied) 3rd
Franklin Cubs Jarrod Wahlert 4th David Arriaga 1st 2nd
Crystal Lake Killers Tyler Railey 5th Tyler Railey 2nd(tied) 4th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Gribble 6th Billy Irwin 10th 8th
Borrego Springs Rams Steve Bartlett 7th Steve Bartlett 9th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jeremy Matheson 8th Jeremy Matheson 6th 7th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 9th 11th(tied) 11th
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 10th 11th(tied) 12th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jason Zehner 11th Jeremy Hurst 2nd(tied) 5th
Tiverton Colonels Luke Lyon 12th 11th(tied) 13th
Abingdon Archers Man-u Jung 13th 11th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes David Jones 14th Rodolfo Vega 8th 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Ramiro Pastor 15th 11th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 16th 11th(tied) 16th
Whitby Bats Rafael Castanon 17th 11th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Juan Martinez 18th 11th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Luis Carlos 19th 11th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 20th (tied) 11th(tied) 20th(tied)
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kilcoyne 1st Brian Kilcoyne 8th 4th
Jacksonville Nationals Bobby McFarland 2nd Dan Skiba 2nd 1st
Franklin Cubs Justin Fox 3rd 14th(tied) 14th
Buffalo Bellflowers Vince Banger 4th Vince Banger 5th 5th
Moncton Mounties Charlie Zimmerman 5th Charlie Zimmerman 7th 6th
Chuluota Imperials Jose Gallardo 6th Sam Conaway 3rd 2nd
Borrego Springs Rams Ruben Vences 7th (tied) Alex Hernandez 10th 8th
Picture Rocks Raptors Travis Rogers 7th (tied) 14th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Neil Goff 9th Eddie Duran 1st 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Brandon Colbert 10th Francisco Gonzalez 13th 10th
Riverside Wolverines Tony Cantu 11th Tony Cantu 11th 9th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aloísio Boissel 12th Aloísio Boissel 12th 13th
Haviland Thrashers Austin Peterson 13th Jose Jimenez 9th 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Alfredo Banuelos 14th Alfredo Banuelos 4th 7th
Lincoln Princes Yoshio Okazaki 15th Bob Benitez 6th 12th
Juneau Sled Dogs Gerardo Jimenez 16th 14th(tied) 16th
San Bernardino Flight Juan Rivas 17th 14th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Jose Valle 18th 14th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 14th(tied) 19th(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties David Raney 1st David Raney 3rd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Troy Nelson 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Tiverton Colonels Chris Vollaro 3rd 6th(tied) 7th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 4th 6th(tied) 8th
Riverside Wolverines Steve Taylor 5th 6th(tied) 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Dave Pollock 6th 6th(tied) 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Emanuel Delgadillo 7th 6th(tied) 11th
Chuluota Imperials Vincent Salinas 8th Vincent Salinas 2nd 3rd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jason Derieg 9th 6th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Luis Sosa 10th 6th(tied) 13th
Borrego Springs Rams Edwin Rodriguez 11th (tied) Edwin Rodriguez 1st 2nd
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Chris Lester 11th (tied) 6th(tied) 14th
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 13th 6th(tied) 15th
Picture Rocks Raptors Mike Tunstall 14th 6th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jordan Rivas 15th Jordan Rivas 4th 4th
San Bernardino Flight Mel Rivera 16th 6th(tied) 17th
Whitby Bats Javier Antongiorgi 17th 6th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes David Aguas 18th 6th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Gilberto Noris 19th Gilberto Noris 5th 5th
Terra Linda Chargers Antonio Bonilla 20th 6th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Matsusuke Maeda 21st 6th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 6th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 1st Jose Valdez 3rd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines Carlos Cordero 2nd Carlos Cordero 5th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Nick Clarke 3rd Julio Cortez 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Ricardo Montanez 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Moncton Mounties Shigemori Shimizu 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Lincoln Princes Shunsen Mikami 6th Manuel Cortez 6th 6th
San Antonio Griffins Carlos Crespo 7th Carlos Crespo 2nd 4th
Franklin Cubs Poul Binzer 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Whitby Bats Adam Chunn 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mario Gutierrez 10th (tied) Mario Gutierrez 4th 5th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Javy Morales 10th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th
Plymouth Rockers Alex Reyes 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight Ricardo Reyes 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 13th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Danny Romero 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Borrego Springs Rams Elliot Atkins 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Alfredo Morales 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Danny Shafer 1st Danny Shafer 7th 4th
Whitby Bats Jeremy Martin 2nd Jeremy Martin 2nd 1st
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 3rd Jeremy Vetsch 4th 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Adam Motschenbacher 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Tiverton Colonels Jim Gonzalez 5th Jim Gonzalez 5th 5th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Brian Taylor 7th 9th(tied) 11th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 8th 9th(tied) 12th
San Bernardino Flight Jonathan Swander 9th Jonathan Swander 6th 7th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ryan May 10th Ryan May 8th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Nick Blanks 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Martinez 12th Carlos Martinez 3rd 6th
Picture Rocks Raptors Seth Mullaly 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Pat Barnett 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Mario Ibarra 15th Mario Ibarra 1st 3rd
Haviland Thrashers Johane Remdios 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Gus Escobedo 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Manny Pineda 18th (tied) 9th(tied) 18th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Alfredo Murillo 18th (tied) 9th(tied) 18th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes Tony Robles 20th 9th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Nelson Lucero 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Abingdon Archers 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Juneau Sled Dogs 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 9th(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 5th 4th
Whitby Bats Arturo Tinoco 2nd Dan Navarro 1st(tied) 1st
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jorge Gonzales 3rd Jorge Gonzales 4th 5th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 4th Jose Yenores 10th 6th
Lincoln Princes Josh Bolick 5th Julio Morales 1st(tied) 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Shaun Galbraith 6th 12th(tied) 12th
Moncton Mounties Travis Grossman 7th 12th(tied) 13th
Tiverton Colonels Federico Rosales 8th Willie Zepeda 1st(tied) 3rd
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 9th 12th(tied) 14th
Riverside Wolverines Matt Blankenship 10th 12th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Josh Taylor 11th 12th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 12th Oscar Ramirez 11th 9th
Crystal Lake Killers Armando Perez 13th Manuel Martinez 7th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hemmu Hilali 14th Ruben Gutierrez 8th 8th
Abingdon Archers Galtero Casale 15th 12th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Barrera 16th Jose Pineda 9th 11th
Juneau Sled Dogs Nobuyoshi Hirabayashi 17th Kalle Hovinen 6th 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Salvador Garcia 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Carlos Reyes 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Picture Rocks Raptors Zoubeir Ndale 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers Manuel Manzo 20th (tied) 12th(tied) 20th(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 22nd (tied) 12th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Moncton Mounties Marc Alexander 1st Marc Alexander 2nd 1st
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Victor Cruz 2nd Victor Cruz 4th 3rd
Whitby Bats Naji Lahab 3rd Marco Grijalva 1st 2nd
Jacksonville Nationals Gabe Ippolito 4th 7th(tied) 7th
Riverside Wolverines Marc Laur 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Long Island Torpedoes Ivan Fuentes 6th Hector de Jesus 5th 4th
Chuluota Imperials Zach Hess 7th 7th(tied) 9th
San Bernardino Flight Carlos Sanchez 8th 7th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 9th 7th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jayden Taylor 10th Alex Cofino 6th 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Francisco Alderete 11th Francisco Alderete 3rd 5th
Buckeye Local Panthers Jose Garcia 12th 7th(tied) 12th
Lincoln Princes Wijnand van Noord 13th 7th(tied) 13th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jerry O'Dell 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Tiverton Colonels Ricky Mandujano 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Crystal Lake Killers Jaylen Putman 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Juan Oliva 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Nelson Perez 18th 7th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Vilanova 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Hugo Reyes 1st Shalom Bruin 2nd 1st
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 2nd Steve Esquivel 10th 9th
Moncton Mounties Byron Bruce 3rd Alex Hernandez 1st 2nd
Whitby Bats Rich Zula 4th Ismael Lopez 5th 3rd
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sites 5th Andy Merrick 8th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Eric Kretzer 6th Eric Kretzer 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Antonio Corona 7th Jesus Beltre 7th 8th
Haviland Thrashers Jamie Stuhr 8th Rafael Cruz 6th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Fernando Casiano 9th Shuzo Kimura 11th 11th
San Bernardino Flight Alfredo Rivero 10th Alfredo Rivero 4th 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Cortez Alavez 11th Cortez Alavez 12th 12th
Jacksonville Nationals Edward Southey 12th Hector Mendoza 15th 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Junji Tokunaga 13th Juan Perez 14th 15th
Riverside Wolverines Ryan Neely 14th 16th(tied) 16th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 15th Danny Sedano 13th 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 16th 16th(tied) 17th
Lincoln Princes Isaburo Nakazawa 17th Lasse van Rooijen 9th 10th
Plymouth Rockers Evan Feller 18th 16th(tied) 18th
San Antonio Griffins Miguel Lopez 19th 16th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 20th 16th(tied) 20th
Franklin Cubs Danny Gonzalez 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Picture Rocks Raptors Shunso Tabata 22nd 16th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 16th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 23rd (tied) 16th(tied) 23rd(tied)
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 2nd(tied) 2nd
Tiverton Colonels Robby Rush 3rd Robby Rush 5th 4th
Lincoln Princes Mike Stone 4th Mario Paruzzi 13th 6th
Haviland Thrashers Jose Murillo 5th Edgar Ambrosio 11th 8th
Plymouth Rockers Matt Akins 6th Matt Akins 10th 7th
Terra Linda Chargers Cedric McGuigan 7th Henry Ceballos 14th 10th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 8th Mike Allen 6th 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 9th Will Ziegler 4th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 10th 15th(tied) 14th
Long Island Torpedoes Gabe Rubio 11th 15th(tied) 15th
Moncton Mounties Mike Hrdlicka 12th Mike Hrdlicka 7th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Mike Cousin 13th Mike Cousin 9th 12th
Chuluota Imperials Jake Sheppard 14th Matt Johnson 2nd(tied) 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Jordan Carreon 15th Brian Kyzar 8th 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 16th 15th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 17th 15th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Andy Gardea 18th 15th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 19th 15th(tied) 20th
Picture Rocks Raptors Danny Lujan 20th Matthew Walrod 12th 16th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Chuluota Imperials Matt Johnson 1st Matt Johnson 6th 6th
Tiverton Colonels Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 7th 7th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 3rd Brian Kyzar 9th 8th
Whitby Bats Mike Allen 4th Rich Zula 3rd(tied) 1st
Picture Rocks Raptors Matthew Walrod 5th Matthew Walrod 12th 11th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jonathan Kellerstrass 6th Jonathan Kellerstrass 8th 9th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 7th Edgar Ambrosio 11th 10th
Jacksonville Nationals Eric Grace 8th Emmett Rogers 2nd 2nd
Moncton Mounties Diego Garcia 9th Mario Ortiz 1st 3rd
Juneau Sled Dogs Randy Smith 10th 15th(tied) 15th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 11th Will Ziegler 3rd(tied) 4th
Plymouth Rockers Nathan Fitzkee 12th Matt Akins 10th 12th
Terra Linda Chargers Seth Flaming 13th Henry Ceballos 14th 13th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Danny Wilkinson 14th Ryan Vermillion 3rd(tied) 5th
Lincoln Princes Mike Stone 15th Mario Paruzzi 13th 14th
San Bernardino Flight Takashi Endo 16th 15th(tied) 16th
Buckeye Local Panthers Banmei Endo 17th 15th(tied) 17th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jose Pinedo 18th 15th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Saturnino Canejo 19th 15th(tied) 19th
San Antonio Griffins Cesar Ramirez 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 21st (tied) 15th(tied) 21st(tied)
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