ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
01/22/2026
 
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 8th 3rd
Medford Desperados Kyle Van de Kop 4th Brandon Coleman 3rd 4th
Montgomery Missions J.R. Chambers 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Andrew Woodall 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Anaheim Music Donald Callison 7th Ryan Rosenson 1st 1st
Newport News Wranglers Rob Carrigan 8th Rob Carrigan 5th 6th
Julian Jammers Masaaki Takata 9th Masaaki Takata 7th 7th
Savannah Alpines Preston Leon 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Carson City Miners Angel de la Cruz 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Wichita Panthers Chris Tomlinson 12th Chris Tomlinson 2nd 5th
Aurora Paints Dave Rotolo 13th 9th(tied) 14th
Waco Warlocks Jonathan Deist 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 15th Neil Wetzel 6th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jonathan Cabouerde 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Yoshihito Abe 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Ismael Ramos 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Matt Freeland 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Ottawa Lynx Frank de Soto 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
Anaheim Music Jerry Perez 1st Jerry Perez 3rd(tied) 1st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Adam Jordan 2nd 15th(tied) 15th
Providence Hex Ruben Guevara 3rd Ruben Guevara 12th 10th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eric Propper 4th Eric Propper 3rd(tied) 2nd
Spring Park Green Knights Justin Thurston 5th Peter Coufal 9th 9th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 6th Eddie Monaghan 3rd(tied) 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 7th 15th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Matt Mills 8th 15th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Tim Massey 9th Tim Massey 11th 11th
Julian Jammers Brendan Marcus 10th Marco Garcia 1st 3rd
Waco Warlocks John Sears 11th Luke Flynn 13th 12th
Ottawa Lynx Jim Naig 12th (tied) Jeremy Hurst 2nd 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Steve Benitez 12th (tied) Steve Benitez 14th 13th
Wichita Panthers Jose Garcia 14th 15th(tied) 18th
Montgomery Missions Danny Solis 15th Brad Dilday 3rd(tied) 6th
Newport Unicorns Justin MacKoul 16th 15th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Jake Futrell 17th Joe Knight 3rd(tied) 7th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Tom Knight 18th 15th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Fenton 19th Chris Fenton 3rd(tied) 8th
Carson City Miners Jon Williams 20th 15th(tied) 21st
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gordie Stotler 21st Gwang-oo Shroyer 10th 14th
Savannah Alpines Timóteo Teixeira 22nd 15th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays Robby Hoffman 23rd 15th(tied) 23rd
Medford Desperados 24th 15th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Adam Davis 1st Chris Reese 3rd(tied) 1st
Spring Park Green Knights Tim Lunsford 2nd 11th(tied) 11th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dan McNamara 3rd 11th(tied) 12th
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 4th 11th(tied) 13th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Hector Soto 5th 11th(tied) 14th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Josh Johnson 6th Chris Cantu 7th 6th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 7th Adrian Sosa 9th 7th
Santa Ana Black Aces Joe Corcoran 8th 11th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals David Pinzon 9th 11th(tied) 16th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 10th Russ Philip 6th 8th
Wichita Panthers Mikkel Goldbaek 11th Jimmy Johnson 2nd 2nd
Providence Hex Joe Best 12th Joe Best 8th 9th
Carson City Miners John Marr 13th Greg Fleming 3rd(tied) 3rd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason King 14th Jason King 10th 10th
Ottawa Lynx Jesus Ferrer 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Nelson Archuleta 16th Nelson Archuleta 3rd(tied) 5th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Matt Poore 17th 11th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays George Cienfuegos 18th 11th(tied) 19th
Julian Jammers Roberto Tenorio 19th 11th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Tommie Tepper 20th Pablo Gonzalez 1st 4th
Newport Unicorns Shaun Warwick 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Newport News Wranglers Anthony Rollins 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
Savannah Alpines 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Waco Warlocks 23rd (tied) 11th(tied) 23rd(tied)
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Matt Dean 1st Matt Dean 6th 1st
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 2nd Lamar Bridges 7th 4th
Waco Warlocks Ryan Syfrett 3rd Jose Rivera 3rd 3rd
Newport News Wranglers Scott Goldfein 4th Scott Goldfein 4th 5th
Aurora Paints Bryan Farhi 5th 9th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Jamie Zapata 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves David Cheesman 7th Matt Parker 8th 6th
Anaheim Music Ryan Mann 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 9th Leo Carballo 1st 2nd
Carson City Miners Ryan Simmons 10th 9th(tied) 12th
Spring Park Green Knights Andy Belot 11th 9th(tied) 13th
Ottawa Lynx Josh Lewandowski 12th 9th(tied) 14th
Sikeston Shamrocks Pat Haney 13th Rob Lopez 5th 7th
Ontario Sunrays Manny Donato 14th 9th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Chris Hipkins 15th 9th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 16th 9th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Sébastien Fleury 17th Sébastien Fleury 2nd 8th
Providence Hex Max Guerrero 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Julian Jammers Keith Gonsalez 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Santa Barbara Super Troopers 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
Savannah Alpines 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 20th (tied) 9th(tied) 20th(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Giovanni Hearn 1st Giovanni Hearn 1st 1st
Medford Desperados Chris Malone 2nd Jake Criscuolo 4th 2nd
Newport News Wranglers Brian Beason 3rd 8th(tied) 8th
Little Rock Golden Gophers David Anast 4th David Anast 5th 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jaden Williams 5th 8th(tied) 9th
Julian Jammers Beau Richardson 6th 8th(tied) 10th
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 7th 8th(tied) 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Williams 8th 8th(tied) 12th
Montgomery Missions Rob Perrin 9th 8th(tied) 13th
Wichita Panthers Justin York 10th 8th(tied) 14th
Newport Unicorns Nate Ladnier 11th 8th(tied) 15th
Ontario Sunrays Brian Houghton 12th 8th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Hector Robledo 13th 8th(tied) 17th
Savannah Alpines Salvador Lodi 14th Raul Rodriguez 6th 6th
Carson City Miners Victor Cruz 15th Victor Cruz 3rd 4th
Ottawa Lynx Benito Trevino 16th 8th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 17th Lorenzo Garza 7th 7th
Anaheim Music Lucas Warren 18th 8th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ronald Poole 20th Ronald Poole 2nd 5th
Aurora Paints 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
Waco Warlocks 21st (tied) 8th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Justin Dawson 1st Justin Dawson 3rd(tied) 1st
Medford Desperados Jarrod LaCasse 2nd Jarrod LaCasse 12th 8th
Aurora Paints David Short 3rd David Short 10th 7th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Joe Bacon 4th Joe Bacon 11th 9th
Spring Park Green Knights Anthony Graham 5th Mike Grant 3rd(tied) 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jonathan Lewis 6th 17th(tied) 17th
Waco Warlocks Shane Andes 7th 17th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 8th Chris Miller 7th 6th
Wichita Panthers Tyler Renfro 9th Rick Gruber 1st 2nd
Montgomery Missions Paul Marks 10th Javy Perez 14th 13th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dustin Owens 11th Dustin Owens 9th 10th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Jackson 12th Mike Jackson 8th 12th
Ontario Sunrays Daniel Mikel 13th Daniel Mikel 2nd 4th
Anaheim Music Steve Kravit 14th 17th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners John Breshears 15th John Breshears 6th 11th
Ottawa Lynx Tim McHugh 16th Tim McHugh 3rd(tied) 5th
Sikeston Shamrocks Mark Dobbins 17th 17th(tied) 20th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Alex Garza 18th 17th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Steve Blum 19th Alex Munoz 16th 15th
Providence Hex B.J. Price 20th B.J. Price 15th 14th
Savannah Alpines Jerry Lundy 21st 17th(tied) 22nd
Julian Jammers Keith Alexander 22nd 17th(tied) 23rd
Newport Unicorns Miguel Vazquez 23rd Jarred DeLozier 13th 16th
Newport News Wranglers 24th 17th(tied) 24th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Jayden Howard 1st 5th(tied) 5th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 2nd 5th(tied) 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Johnny Harris 3rd Johnny Harris 4th 2nd
Aurora Paints Geoff Thompson 4th Josh Bolick 2nd 3rd
Providence Hex Omar Flores 5th 5th(tied) 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Shea 6th Luis Ortega 1st 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Nate Berg 7th Kyle Twigg 3rd 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jonathan Sitko 8th 5th(tied) 8th
Medford Desperados Jeff Knisley 9th 5th(tied) 9th
Savannah Alpines Jody Clark 10th 5th(tied) 10th
Newport News Wranglers Jason Edwards 11th 5th(tied) 11th
Ottawa Lynx Pat Cureton 12th 5th(tied) 12th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Carlos Rodrigues 13th 5th(tied) 13th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Heriberto Paula 14th 5th(tied) 14th
Spring Park Green Knights Aaron Carlisle 15th 5th(tied) 15th
Julian Jammers Toshiyasu Kanemoto 16th 5th(tied) 16th
Newport Unicorns Vinny Munoz 17th 5th(tied) 17th
Carson City Miners Rodolfo Ramires 18th 5th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music Chris Ortiz 19th 5th(tied) 19th
Montgomery Missions Jose Rodriguez 20th 5th(tied) 20th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Hector Molina 21st 5th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Waco Warlocks 22nd (tied) 5th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Chris Benedict 1st Chris Benedict 1st(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Clark Ulery 2nd Clark Ulery 4th 2nd
Waco Warlocks Francisco Reina 3rd Francisco Reina 9th 4th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Spross 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Lynx Vince Gombar 5th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
Sikeston Shamrocks Steve Amparan 5th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Cody Kelley 7th 10th(tied) 13th
Providence Hex Rafael Miranda 8th 10th(tied) 14th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 9th 10th(tied) 15th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Jurgensen 10th 10th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 11th (tied) 10th(tied) 17th
Savannah Alpines Eli Martinez 11th (tied) Eli Martinez 6th 5th
Medford Desperados Scott Skidmore 13th 10th(tied) 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Mike Keener 14th 10th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 15th 10th(tied) 20th
Ontario Sunrays Humphrey Gerber 16th Humphrey Gerber 8th 7th
Anaheim Music Manny Cordon 17th Manny Cordon 7th 6th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Danny Baker 18th 10th(tied) 21st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Ivan Hernandez 19th Ivan Hernandez 5th 8th
Newport Unicorns Ramon Paz 20th Ramon Paz 3rd 9th
Julian Jammers Ruben Borquez 21st 10th(tied) 22nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Elijah Callender 22nd Keith Sverdloff 1st(tied) 3rd
Montgomery Missions 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Will Gardner 1st Will Gardner 5th 4th
Aurora Paints Eric Tate 2nd Eric Tate 10th 7th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Caleb Bond 3rd Brad Martin 11th(tied) 11th
Providence Hex Carl Bennett 4th Jamari Walker 7th 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike Pistorio 5th Steve Albrecht 2nd 1st
Medford Desperados Ben Gallegos 6th Ben Gallegos 3rd 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Justin Allen 7th Justin Allen 8th 9th
Newport Unicorns Vance Lancaster 8th Rogelio Camarillo 1st 3rd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brian Pace 9th Brian Pace 4th 6th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 10th Josh Howard 9th 10th
Anaheim Music Evan Edelstein 11th Evan Edelstein 16th 15th
Savannah Alpines Dave Golash 12th Juan Martinez 11th(tied) 12th
Greensboro Naturals David Sanko 13th David Sanko 11th(tied) 13th
Carson City Miners Jon Ramirez 14th Jared Fryman 6th 8th
Wichita Panthers Noah Damm 15th Noah Damm 18th 17th
Newport News Wranglers Jean Lebreton 16th Yee Wang 17th 18th
Ottawa Lynx Joaquin Santiago 17th Joaquin Santiago 11th(tied) 14th
Ontario Sunrays Mike Amos 18th Rod Cano 20th 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 19th Enrique Rodriguez 11th(tied) 16th
Spring Park Green Knights Joe Underwood 20th Joe Underwood 19th 20th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Tony Hernandez 21st 21st(tied) 21st
Waco Warlocks Mark Galinski 22nd 21st(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bobby Nicholson 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Julian Jammers 24th 21st(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 1st Ryan McEntyre 4th 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 2nd Andy Roberts 3rd 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Wimberley 3rd Chris Wimberley 1st 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike Williams 4th Mike Williams 5th(tied) 5th
Medford Desperados Victor Martinez 5th Victor Martinez 5th(tied) 6th
Providence Hex Andrew Porter 6th Andrew Porter 2nd 4th
Savannah Alpines Jaden Rodriguez 7th Blaine Mackie 5th(tied) 7th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 8th 18th(tied) 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Brenes 9th Carlos Brenes 17th 9th
Ottawa Lynx Ricardo Flores 10th Chris Byrd 16th 10th
Newport News Wranglers Roger Mims 11th Zach Ellis 5th(tied) 8th
Aurora Paints Tyler Reynolds 12th 18th(tied) 17th
Carson City Miners Carlos Flores 13th Carlos Flores 12th 13th
Wichita Panthers Alex Arredondo 14th Alex Arredondo 14th 14th
Ontario Sunrays Mike McQueen 15th 18th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music Joe Lilley 16th Joe Lilley 13th 16th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alfredo Sanchez 17th Bill Castro 5th(tied) 11th
Waco Warlocks Sam Betourne 18th 18th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Hedde Castillo 19th 18th(tied) 22nd
Spring Park Green Knights Matthew Walrod 20th Matthew Walrod 15th 19th
Greensboro Naturals Dae-jin Lee 21st Dae-jin Lee 11th 20th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Arhippa Hynninen 22nd 18th(tied) 23rd
Newport Unicorns Seiichi Yamaguchi 23rd Allen D'Amico 5th(tied) 15th
Julian Jammers Carlos Esquivel 24th 18th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Vince Isabella 1st Vince Isabella 3rd 1st
Anaheim Music Joe Lilley 2nd Joe Lilley 9th 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike Williams 3rd Steve Albrecht 1st 2nd
Wichita Panthers Zack Scott 4th Zack Scott 10th 7th
Sikeston Shamrocks Bobby Simpson 5th Bobby Simpson 13th 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeff Reade 6th Jeff Reade 5th 6th
Providence Hex Andrew Porter 7th Andrew Porter 2nd 3rd
Spring Park Green Knights Billy Cumberland 8th Billy Cumberland 8th 10th
Santa Ana Black Aces Rick Deyo 9th Rick Deyo 15th 11th
Newport Unicorns Allen D'Amico 10th Allen D'Amico 6th 8th
Newport News Wranglers J.D. Hennis 11th Zach Ellis 4th 4th
Savannah Alpines Jeff Eddins 12th Jeff Eddins 12th 13th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 13th 18th(tied) 18th
Aurora Paints Tyler Reynolds 14th 18th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners Lorenzo Guerrero 15th Lorenzo Guerrero 17th 16th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 16th Matt Howe 14th 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Bill Castro 17th Bill Castro 11th 15th
Waco Warlocks Bobby Williams 18th 18th(tied) 20th
Ontario Sunrays Harrison Tatta 19th 18th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals Dae-jin Lee 20th Dae-jin Lee 7th 12th
Ottawa Lynx Marcos Vasquez 21st Chris Byrd 16th 17th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Arhippa Hynninen 22nd 18th(tied) 22nd
Julian Jammers Carlos Esquivel 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Juan Chavez 24th 18th(tied) 24th
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