ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
02/10/2025
 
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 10th(tied) 10th
Borrego Springs Rams Christian Weatherspoon 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Whitby Bats Brandon Coleman 4th Brandon Coleman 4th 3rd
Moncton Mounties Kevin Pizzuti 5th Ricky Cortes 2nd 2nd
Riverside Wolverines David Henning 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Buckeye Local Panthers Erik Murphy 7th Erik Murphy 6th 4th
San Antonio Griffins Brian Maughan 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Chuluota Imperials Juan Lozada 9th Juan Lozada 3rd 5th
Lincoln Princes Dave Rotolo 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ben Towne 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Haviland Thrashers Yoshihito Abe 12th 10th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Ricardo Garcia 13th Ricardo Garcia 8th 7th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Roger Gotsch 14th Roger Gotsch 7th 8th
Abingdon Archers William Hernandez 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Colt Stovall 16th Colt Stovall 5th 6th
Terra Linda Chargers Victor Valenzuela 17th 10th(tied) 18th
San Bernardino Flight Jorge Cisneros 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Jacksonville Nationals Oscar Naranjo 19th Oscar Naranjo 9th 9th
Tiverton Colonels Vinny Tijerina 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Buffalo Bellflowers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 10th(tied) 21st(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
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Bobby Barnes 3rd Bobby Barnes 2nd(tied) 2nd
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Aaron Went 4th Aaron Went 4th 4th
Abingdon Archers Austin Bertsche 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Picture Rocks Raptors Billy Warren 6th Billy Warren 5th 5th
Borrego Springs Rams Reed Gomez 7th Reed Gomez 6th 6th
Riverside Wolverines Jim Hamilton 8th 10th(tied) 12th
Buffalo Bellflowers Chris Morales 9th 10th(tied) 13th
San Bernardino Flight Tony Cruz 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Mario Lopez 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Trevor Fischer 12th David Arriaga 2nd(tied) 3rd
Jacksonville Nationals Ivan Hernandez 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Haviland Thrashers Gwang-oo Shroyer 14th Gwang-oo Shroyer 7th 7th
Long Island Torpedoes Omar Carrillo 15th 10th(tied) 17th
Tiverton Colonels Matthew Northern 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Justin Bogden 17th Korey Lopez 9th 9th
San Antonio Griffins Jared Ferland 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Crystal Lake Killers Ross Howard 19th Ross Howard 8th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Julio Lopez 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Lincoln Princes Ricky Fernandez 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Plymouth Rockers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Whitby Bats 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(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
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Adrian Sosa 9th Aloísio Boissel 1st(tied) 2nd
Picture Rocks Raptors Justin Durant 10th 7th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers David Herman 11th 7th(tied) 14th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Sam Kelley 12th 7th(tied) 15th
Lincoln Princes Mario Chavez 13th 7th(tied) 16th
Franklin Cubs Ricardo Moreno 14th 7th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Ronald Poole 15th Ronald Poole 3rd 4th
Buffalo Bellflowers Danny Solis 16th Danny Solis 5th 5th
Chuluota Imperials Julio Rosas 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cameron Bailey 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 19th
Long Island Torpedoes Santiago Ytuarte 18th (tied) Santiago Ytuarte 6th 6th
Abingdon Archers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Buckeye Local Panthers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 20th (tied) 7th(tied) 20th(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 5th 5th
Haviland Thrashers Brian Dawes 10th 7th(tied) 14th
Franklin Cubs Elias Palacio 11th 7th(tied) 15th
Long Island Torpedoes Yeong-ha Lee 12th Sébastien Fleury 2nd 3rd
Lincoln Princes Jay Hall 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines Xavier Encarnao 13th (tied) 7th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Antonio Griffins Chris Gutierre 15th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Buckeye Local Panthers Gabriel Laguer 16th Jordan Rivas 4th 4th
Juneau Sled Dogs Ebbe van Alem 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Buffalo Bellflowers Carlos Segura 18th Carlos Segura 6th 7th
San Bernardino Flight Antonio Rodriguez 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Terra Linda Chargers Ivan Zamora 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Jacksonville Nationals 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 21st (tied) 7th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Franklin Cubs Brian Beason 1st Juan Galvan 4th 1st
Whitby Bats Chris Malone 2nd 5th(tied) 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Justin York 3rd 5th(tied) 6th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates John Russell 4th John Russell 1st 2nd
Moncton Mounties David Williams 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Jose Valdez 6th 5th(tied) 8th
San Antonio Griffins Jeff Williamson 7th Carlos Crespo 2nd 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Bobby Cacho 8th Mario Gutierrez 3rd 4th
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Salazar 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Borrego Springs Rams Jesus Rojas 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Juneau Sled Dogs Carlos Gonzalez 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Lucas Warren 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Crystal Lake Killers Brock McLean 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Plymouth Rockers Chris Martinez 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Vince Morris 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Buckeye Local Panthers Luis Gutierrez 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Picture Rocks Raptors Teppo Öunap 17th 5th(tied) 17th
San Bernardino Flight Pedro Rodriguez 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Abingdon Archers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Lincoln Princes 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Long Island Torpedoes 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Riverside Wolverines 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 19th (tied) 5th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Abingdon Archers Ron Salcido 1st Danny Haessly 2nd(tied) 1st
Whitby Bats Jarrod LaCasse 2nd John Austin 2nd(tied) 2nd
Chuluota Imperials Chris Miller 3rd Chris Miller 4th 4th
Haviland Thrashers Mike Jackson 4th Mike Jackson 5th 5th
Jacksonville Nationals Bill Amparan 5th Kyle Marin 12th 7th
Picture Rocks Raptors Tyler Bell 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Moncton Mounties Bill Bandy 7th Danny Shafer 9th 8th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jeremy Vetsch 8th Jeremy Vetsch 7th 6th
Plymouth Rockers Travis Hammen 9th Travis Hammen 1st 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Bobby Carroll 10th (tied) Ivan Hernandez 8th 10th
Tiverton Colonels Jeff McDaniel 10th (tied) Dustin Owens 6th 9th
Buckeye Local Panthers Dave Savage 12th 13th(tied) 14th
Crystal Lake Killers T.J. Herrera 13th 13th(tied) 15th
Riverside Wolverines Seth Robinson 14th Seth Robinson 11th 12th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Edgardo Perez 15th Edgardo Perez 10th 11th
San Bernardino Flight Steve Blum 16th 13th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Tom Lambert 17th 13th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Andy Barnes 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Long Island Torpedoes Miguel Vazquez 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Lincoln Princes Armando Moreno 20th 13th(tied) 20th
Buffalo Bellflowers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Franklin Cubs 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 21st (tied) 13th(tied) 21st(tied)
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Jacksonville Nationals Mike Ayres 1st Mike Ayres 3rd 1st
Tiverton Colonels Jonathan Sitko 2nd Jorge Rodriguez 1st 2nd
Haviland Thrashers Johnny Harris 3rd 6th(tied) 6th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Micah Squires 4th Miguel Gonzalez 4th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Matt Shea 5th 6th(tied) 7th
San Bernardino Flight Heriberto Paula 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Moncton Mounties Kyle Twigg 7th 6th(tied) 9th
Buffalo Bellflowers Jose Yenores 8th Jose Yenores 2nd 4th
Lincoln Princes Israel Vallejo 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Buckeye Local Panthers Alberto Canales 10th 6th(tied) 11th
Franklin Cubs Teo Brouwer 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Pena 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Picture Rocks Raptors Jose Lopez 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Chuluota Imperials Isaias Encinias 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Rob Minutillo 15th (tied) 6th(tied) 16th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Manny Placencia 15th (tied) Chris Ortiz 5th 5th
Juneau Sled Dogs Rodolfo Ramires 17th 6th(tied) 17th
Long Island Torpedoes Javier Tapia 18th 6th(tied) 18th
Terra Linda Chargers Armando Cortez 19th 6th(tied) 19th
Crystal Lake Killers Danny Ochoa 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Abingdon Archers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Plymouth Rockers 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
San Antonio Griffins 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Whitby Bats 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(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 4th
Borrego Springs Rams Luis Ortega 6th (tied) Luis Ortega 2nd 2nd
Plymouth Rockers Humphrey Gerber 6th (tied) Humphrey Gerber 4th 3rd
Crystal Lake Killers Hector Mejia 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Trujillo 9th Ramon Paz 3rd 5th
Chuluota Imperials Hisamichi Matsumoto 10th Hisamichi Matsumoto 7th 6th
Juneau Sled Dogs Hector Burgos 11th 8th(tied) 12th
Riverside Wolverines Valentino Ponchielli 12th 8th(tied) 13th
Buckeye Local Panthers Guntur Djajadiningrat 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Victor Barrera 14th 8th(tied) 15th
San Antonio Griffins Joel Moya 15th Joel Moya 5th 7th
Abingdon Archers 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
Buffalo Bellflowers 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
Franklin Cubs 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
Haviland Thrashers 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
Moncton Mounties 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
Picture Rocks Raptors 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
San Bernardino Flight 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
Terra Linda Chargers 16th (tied) 8th(tied) 16th(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Bill Thompson 1st Shalom Bruin 1st 1st
Crystal Lake Killers Jamari Walker 2nd Jamari Walker 9th 7th
Chuluota Imperials David Sanko 3rd David Sanko 3rd 2nd
Whitby Bats Antonio Rodriguez 4th Jose Diaz 4th 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Javier Conchas 5th Roy Garcia 8th 5th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 6th Joaquin Santiago 2nd 4th
Riverside Wolverines Victor Alatorre 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 6th
Sunrise Manor Sunchasers Jonathan Gutierrez 11th Cristofer Sanchez 10th(tied) 12th
Haviland Thrashers Rafael Cruz 12th Rafael Cruz 6th 8th
Juneau Sled Dogs Jose Munoz 13th Victor Meza 5th 9th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 14th Ricardo Chavarria 10th(tied) 13th
Long Island Torpedoes Danny Guajardo 15th 17th(tied) 17th
Terra Linda Chargers Johnny Owen 16th 17th(tied) 18th
Plymouth Rockers Tom Koch 17th 17th(tied) 19th
Buckeye Local Panthers Roberto Melendez 18th Roberto Melendez 15th 16th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 19th 17th(tied) 20th
San Antonio Griffins Sal Aguilar 20th Sal Aguilar 10th(tied) 15th
Franklin Cubs Jean Lebreton 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Picture Rocks Raptors Didier Noël 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Abingdon Archers 23rd (tied) 17th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Tiverton Colonels 23rd (tied) 17th(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 11th 7th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 4th Victor Meza 4th(tied) 4th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 5th Victor Mendoza 2nd 3rd
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 6th Mike Cousin 8th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 7th Dae-jin Lee 4th(tied) 6th
Borrego Springs Rams Ben Laing 8th Isaiah Timmons 13th 9th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 9th 17th(tied) 13th
Crystal Lake Killers D.J. Nelson 10th D.J. Nelson 9th 11th
Plymouth Rockers Kevin Martinez 11th Kevin Martinez 7th 10th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Lupe Carrillo 12th Jose Baca 3rd 5th
Long Island Torpedoes Juan Rodriguez 13th Jose Garcia 14th(tied) 12th
Terra Linda Chargers Danny Barrera 14th Danny Barrera 16th 14th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 15th 17th(tied) 18th
Haviland Thrashers Richard Recchini 16th Edgar Ambrosio 10th 15th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 17th 17th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 18th Jonathan Aubry 12th 16th
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(tied) 17th
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 7th 7th
Ft. Wayne Earthquakes Eddie O'Connor 2nd Eddie O'Connor 12th 9th
Jacksonville Nationals Zack Scott 3rd Zack Scott 9th 8th
Chuluota Imperials Steve Williams 4th Dae-jin Lee 3rd(tied) 1st
Buffalo Bellflowers Dan Gray 5th Mike Cousin 8th 10th
Crystal Lake Killers Brian Kyzar 6th D.J. Nelson 3rd(tied) 2nd
Long Island Torpedoes Jose Garcia 7th Jose Garcia 14th(tied) 11th
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pirates Jorge Coba 8th Jose Baca 2nd 3rd
Borrego Springs Rams Ernesto Morales 9th Jesus Ortiz 3rd(tied) 5th
Moncton Mounties Carlos Balderrama 10th Victor Mendoza 1st 4th
Buckeye Local Panthers Cesar Castillo 11th 17th(tied) 17th
Juneau Sled Dogs Cortez Oyola 12th Victor Meza 3rd(tied) 6th
San Bernardino Flight Jose Moreira 13th Jose Moreira 14th(tied) 14th
Haviland Thrashers Edgar Ambrosio 14th Edgar Ambrosio 10th 12th
Whitby Bats Matt Howe 15th Matt Howe 11th 13th
Terra Linda Chargers Tim Lipscomb 16th Danny Barrera 16th 16th
Lincoln Princes Juan Rodriguez 17th 17th(tied) 18th
Riverside Wolverines Jeff O'Donovan 18th 17th(tied) 19th
Franklin Cubs Jonathan Aubry 19th Jonathan Aubry 13th 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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