ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
08/12/2025
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Malcolm Garner 1st Malcolm Garner 4th 2nd
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Byrne 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Providence Hex Pete DiBiaso 3rd Pete DiBiaso 7th 4th
Julian Jammers Emmanuel Norman 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jim Voci 5th Jim Voci 2nd 3rd
Medford Desperados Kyle Van de Kop 6th Brandon Coleman 3rd 5th
Savannah Alpines Mark White 7th Pael Espanol 8th 6th
Montgomery Missions J.R. Chambers 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Waco Warlocks Franklin Gonzalez 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Anaheim Music Donald Callison 10th Ryan Rosenson 1st 1st
Ottawa Lynx Adam Fox 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Carson City Miners Jeremy Hauser 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nick Watkins 13th Nick Watkins 6th 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brian Butler 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Newport News Wranglers Josh Dunn 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Dave Rotolo 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Colt Stovall 17th Colt Stovall 5th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jonathan Cabouerde 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Wichita Panthers Rafael Rosas 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Vinny Tijerina 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Ontario Sunrays 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Adam Jordan 1st 16th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Jerry Perez 2nd Jerry Perez 1st(tied) 1st
Ottawa Lynx Lyle Blakesley 3rd 16th(tied) 17th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eric Propper 4th Eric Propper 1st(tied) 2nd
Providence Hex Ruben Guevara 5th Ruben Guevara 10th 7th
Spring Park Green Knights Justin Thurston 6th Peter Coufal 1st(tied) 3rd
Greensboro Naturals Matt Mills 7th Oscar Hermosillo 15th 11th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Sidener 8th 16th(tied) 18th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 9th Eddie Monaghan 1st(tied) 4th
Julian Jammers Jake Ellerbrock 10th Jake Ellerbrock 1st(tied) 5th
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 11th 16th(tied) 19th
Waco Warlocks Ivan Hernandez 12th Luke Flynn 12th 10th
Newport News Wranglers Brian Collins 13th Jose Ramos 1st(tied) 6th
Aurora Paints Tim Massey 14th Tim Massey 8th 8th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 15th Mike Fitzgerald 7th 9th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 16th Ken Beck 11th 12th
Sikeston Shamrocks Ivan Ballesteros 17th Steve Benitez 13th 13th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 18th 16th(tied) 20th
Montgomery Missions Danny Solis 19th Brad Dilday 14th 14th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Tom Knight 20th 16th(tied) 21st
Ontario Sunrays Trent Slagle 21st 16th(tied) 22nd
Carson City Miners Bill McAlister 22nd 16th(tied) 23rd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gwang-oo Shroyer 23rd Gwang-oo Shroyer 9th 15th
Medford Desperados 24th 16th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Adam Davis 1st Chris Reese 2nd(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Patrick Gentry 2nd 15th(tied) 15th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 3rd David Gil 2nd(tied) 3rd
Spring Park Green Knights Tim Lunsford 4th 15th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Jeremy Smith 5th Jeremy Smith 13th 7th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dan McNamara 6th 15th(tied) 17th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Hector Soto 7th 15th(tied) 18th
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 8th 15th(tied) 19th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Josh Johnson 9th Doug Wagner 10th 5th
Aurora Paints Constantin Lupu 10th Nelson Archuleta 1st 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Jesse Stopper 11th Jesse Stopper 6th 4th
Waco Warlocks Nick Arthur 12th 15th(tied) 20th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 13th Adrian Sosa 9th 8th
Savannah Alpines Keith Connelly 14th Sean Welliver 7th 10th
Providence Hex Jimmy Robertson 15th Joe Best 5th 9th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 16th Russ Philip 4th 6th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alex Marquez 17th Danny Solis 8th 11th
Wichita Panthers Mikkel Goldbaek 18th Mikkel Goldbaek 12th 12th
Newport Unicorns Manny Alarcon 19th Santiago Ytuarte 14th 13th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Kyle Scherbel 20th 15th(tied) 21st
Carson City Miners John Marr 21st 15th(tied) 22nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jared Dawson 22nd Jason King 11th 14th
Ontario Sunrays George Cienfuegos 23rd 15th(tied) 23rd
Newport News Wranglers Anthony Rollins 24th 15th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Matt Dean 1st Matt Dean 4th 1st
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 2nd 8th(tied) 8th
Ottawa Lynx Tom Modell 3rd Tom Modell 6th 3rd
Waco Warlocks Ryan Syfrett 4th 8th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Jamie Zapata 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Newport News Wranglers Scott Goldfein 6th Scott Goldfein 3rd 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves David Cheesman 7th Matt Parker 7th 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jaden Williams 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Montgomery Missions Danny Clemons 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Anaheim Music Ryan Mann 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 11th Leo Carballo 1st 2nd
Carson City Miners Jeff Hammons 12th Jeff Hammons 5th 6th
Spring Park Green Knights Andy Belot 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Sikeston Shamrocks Pat Haney 14th 8th(tied) 15th
Ontario Sunrays Manny Donato 15th 8th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Mike Unruh 16th 8th(tied) 17th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Sébastien Fleury 18th Sébastien Fleury 2nd 7th
Aurora Paints 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Julian Jammers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Niskayuna Fighting Knights 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Savannah Alpines 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Giovanni Hearn 1st 7th(tied) 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike MacPherson 2nd 7th(tied) 8th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 3rd Albert Garcia 1st 1st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jason Paulson 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Aurora Paints Bryan Farhi 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Newport News Wranglers Jason Archie 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Medford Desperados Chris Malone 7th 7th(tied) 12th
Little Rock Golden Gophers David Anast 8th David Anast 5th 3rd
Savannah Alpines Jessie Cable 9th Raul Rodriguez 4th 4th
Ottawa Lynx John Russell 10th John Russell 2nd 2nd
Carson City Miners Steve Anderson 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 12th 7th(tied) 14th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Williams 13th 7th(tied) 15th
Wichita Panthers Justin York 14th 7th(tied) 16th
Montgomery Missions Rob Perrin 15th 7th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Nate Ladnier 16th 7th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays Tim Amos 17th 7th(tied) 19th
Providence Hex Hector Robledo 18th 7th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 19th Lorenzo Garza 6th 6th
Anaheim Music Lucas Warren 20th 7th(tied) 21st
Waco Warlocks Carlos Crespo 21st Carlos Crespo 3rd 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
Julian Jammers Marco Cruz 23rd 7th(tied) 23rd
Spring Park Green Knights 24th 7th(tied) 24th
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Mark Crawford 1st John Billings 17th 10th
Wichita Panthers Jimmy Zanghi 2nd Rick Gruber 2nd 1st
Anaheim Music Chance Jones 3rd Chance Jones 14th 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Steve Valkenburg 4th 19th(tied) 19th
Spring Park Green Knights Ryan Willin 5th Ryan Willin 3rd(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Mike Escobar 6th Mark Thompson 3rd(tied) 3rd
Medford Desperados Jarrod LaCasse 7th John Austin 3rd(tied) 4th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Joe Bacon 8th Joe Bacon 12th 12th
Aurora Paints David Short 9th David Short 11th 13th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Ron Salcido 10th Danny Haessly 3rd(tied) 5th
Newport News Wranglers Joe Bronson 11th Joe Bronson 13th 14th
Carson City Miners Juan Martelo 12th John Breshears 3rd(tied) 6th
Waco Warlocks Shane Andes 13th 19th(tied) 20th
Providence Hex Rafael Miranda 14th B.J. Price 16th 16th
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 15th 19th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 16th Chris Miller 9th 9th
Montgomery Missions Paul Marks 17th (tied) Javy Perez 15th 17th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dustin Owens 17th (tied) Dustin Owens 10th 15th
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 19th 19th(tied) 22nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Jackson 20th Mike Jackson 3rd(tied) 8th
Ontario Sunrays Chad Collett 21st Daniel Mikel 1st 7th
Savannah Alpines Craig Booker 22nd 19th(tied) 23rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Josh Chadwick 23rd Alex Munoz 18th 18th
Newport Unicorns Tommy Norwood 24th 19th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Kibler 1st Bill Kibler 1st 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Cameron Kovatch 2nd Cameron Kovatch 3rd 2nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Carlos Malabranca 3rd Carlos Malabranca 5th 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jayden Howard 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Newport Unicorns John Lendon 5th John Lendon 6th 6th
Newport News Wranglers Pete Shelton 6th Matthew Brown 4th 4th
Aurora Paints Francisco Chavez 7th Francisco Chavez 2nd 3rd
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 8th 9th(tied) 10th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Eric Reynolds 9th 9th(tied) 11th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Farrand 10th Jody Clark 7th 7th
Providence Hex Omar Flores 11th 9th(tied) 12th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jonathan Sitko 12th 9th(tied) 13th
Medford Desperados Jeff Knisley 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Carlos Rodrigues 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Ottawa Lynx Pat Cureton 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Julian Jammers Robert Sanchez 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Spring Park Green Knights Aaron Carlisle 17th 9th(tied) 18th
Waco Warlocks Randy Reneau 18th 9th(tied) 19th
Anaheim Music Diego Rocha 19th Chris Ortiz 8th 8th
Montgomery Missions Jose Rodriguez 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Carson City Miners 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Greensboro Naturals 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 21st (tied) 9th(tied) 21st(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Clark Ulery 1st Clark Ulery 1st(tied) 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Chris Benedict 2nd Chris Benedict 1st(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Juan Perez 3rd 10th(tied) 10th
Waco Warlocks Francisco Reina 4th Francisco Reina 7th 3rd
Wichita Panthers Bobby Spross 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Cody Kelley 6th Cody Kelley 9th 5th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nate Fard 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Julian Jammers Tim Vigil 8th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Sikeston Shamrocks Steve Amparan 8th (tied) 10th(tied) 13th(tied)
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 10th Jose Martinez 5th 4th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Tim Schnupp 12th Elijah Callender 8th 8th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 13th 10th(tied) 16th
Medford Desperados Scott Skidmore 14th 10th(tied) 17th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Mike Keener 16th 10th(tied) 19th
Savannah Alpines Zack Neal 17th 10th(tied) 20th
Ontario Sunrays Humphrey Gerber 18th Humphrey Gerber 6th 9th
Anaheim Music Manny Cordon 19th Manny Cordon 4th 6th
Newport Unicorns Hugo Campos 20th Ramon Paz 3rd 7th
Providence Hex Hector Mejia 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Newport News Wranglers 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 10th(tied) 22nd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Will Gardner 1st Will Gardner 3rd 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Miguel Rodriguez 2nd Steve Albrecht 1st 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Caleb Bond 3rd Brad Martin 11th(tied) 9th
Aurora Paints Eric Tate 4th Eric Tate 11th(tied) 11th
Providence Hex Carl Bennett 5th Jamari Walker 7th 6th
Medford Desperados Ben Gallegos 6th Ben Gallegos 5th 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Justin Allen 7th Jesus Beltre 4th 4th
Newport Unicorns Vance Lancaster 8th Rogelio Camarillo 6th 7th
Carson City Miners Altus Yilmanz 9th Jon Ramirez 2nd 5th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 10th Josh Howard 10th 8th
Ottawa Lynx Carlos Serrano 11th Joaquin Santiago 11th(tied) 13th
Savannah Alpines Jose Rodriguez 12th Willie Granados 18th 15th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeremy Stewart 13th Lorenzo Guerra 9th 10th
Julian Jammers Alex Grimaldo 14th 19th(tied) 19th
Waco Warlocks Mark Galinski 15th Daniel Chavez 11th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Gil Carroll 16th Jesus Garcia 8th 12th
Ontario Sunrays Pedro Solano 17th Pedro Solano 17th 16th
Greensboro Naturals Masanori Kishimoto 18th Masanori Kishimoto 16th 18th
Newport News Wranglers Michael Harkins 19th 19th(tied) 20th
Anaheim Music Evan Edelstein 20th Evan Edelstein 15th 17th
Wichita Panthers Chris Brown 21st 19th(tied) 21st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Tony Hernandez 22nd 19th(tied) 22nd
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 23rd (tied) 19th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 1st Ryan McEntyre 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 2nd Pedro Garza 4th(tied) 3rd
Savannah Alpines Nate Worley 3rd Steve Shewmaker 3rd 2nd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike Williams 4th Mike Williams 4th(tied) 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Wimberley 5th Chris Wimberley 4th(tied) 6th
Carson City Miners Altus Yilmanz 6th 17th(tied) 10th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 7th Angel Garabito 2nd 4th
Ontario Sunrays Drew Martin 8th Drew Martin 13th 9th
Ottawa Lynx Roger D'Anna 9th Jose Polanco 4th(tied) 7th
Newport News Wranglers Roger Mims 10th Zach Ellis 4th(tied) 8th
Waco Warlocks Dennis DeLong 11th Dennis DeLong 14th(tied) 11th
Wichita Panthers Alex Arredondo 12th Alex Arredondo 11th 12th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 13th 17th(tied) 16th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Doug DeBauche 14th 17th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Nick Combs 15th Nick Combs 12th 14th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Brenes 16th Carlos Brenes 16th 15th
Julian Jammers John McClements 17th 17th(tied) 19th
Aurora Paints Tyler Reynolds 18th 17th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals Steve Williams 19th Dae-jin Lee 4th(tied) 13th
Anaheim Music Joe Lilley 20th Joe Lilley 10th 18th
Medford Desperados Dave Taylor 21st Dave Taylor 14th(tied) 21st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Arhippa Hynninen 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 23rd 17th(tied) 23rd
Spring Park Green Knights 24th 17th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Will Gardner 1st Will Gardner 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Vince Isabella 2nd Vince Isabella 6th 2nd
Anaheim Music Joe Lilley 3rd Joe Lilley 12th 11th
Ottawa Lynx Randy Nitchals 4th Randy Nitchals 7th(tied) 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Justin Allen 5th Justin Allen 3rd 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike Pistorio 6th Steve Albrecht 2nd 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Driskell 7th Jeff Reade 7th(tied) 6th
Wichita Panthers Zack Scott 8th Zack Scott 13th 12th
Savannah Alpines Jim Hart 9th Willie Granados 5th 7th
Greensboro Naturals Steve Williams 10th Dae-jin Lee 7th(tied) 8th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 11th (tied) Angel Garabito 4th 9th
Waco Warlocks Dennis DeLong 11th (tied) Dennis DeLong 16th 14th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 13th 17th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Allen D'Amico 14th Allen D'Amico 11th 13th
Julian Jammers Mike Miller 15th 17th(tied) 18th
Newport News Wranglers J.D. Hennis 16th Zach Ellis 7th(tied) 10th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 17th 17th(tied) 19th
Ontario Sunrays Jason Eppert 18th Jason Eppert 14th 15th
Aurora Paints Tyler Reynolds 19th 17th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Allen Ellingson 20th 17th(tied) 21st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Tony Hernandez 21st 17th(tied) 22nd
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 22nd Matt Howe 15th 16th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 23rd 17th(tied) 23rd
Spring Park Green Knights 24th 17th(tied) 24th
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