ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
08/24/2024
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Mike Fogg 1st Malcolm Garner 1st 1st
Montgomery Missions Tom Hirsch 2nd 7th(tied) 6th
Ottawa Lynx Mike Stemwedel 3rd 7th(tied) 8th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason Murphy 4th 7th(tied) 9th
Julian Jammers Emmanuel Norman 5th 7th(tied) 10th
Newport Unicorns Justin Robinson 6th 7th(tied) 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Roland Clement 7th 7th(tied) 12th
Providence Hex Mike Jordan 8th 7th(tied) 13th
Wichita Panthers George Gericke 9th 7th(tied) 14th
Medford Desperados Jimmy Brewer 10th 7th(tied) 15th
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Wahl 11th 7th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Donald Callison 12th Ryan Rosenson 2nd 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks David Manly 13th 7th(tied) 17th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Eric Brown 14th 7th(tied) 18th
Pikeville Cavalry Chris Johnson 15th 7th(tied) 19th
Savannah Alpines Mark White 16th Pael Espanol 5th 3rd
Ontario Sunrays Marcos Nolasco 17th Luis Andujar 6th 7th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Patrick McCall 18th 7th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Josh Dunn 19th Jonathan Jaramillo 3rd 4th
Greensboro Naturals Victor Gelabert 20th 7th(tied) 21st
South Pasadena Air Riders Angel de la Cruz 21st 7th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints Pedro Morado 22nd Pedro Morado 4th 5th
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ontario Sunrays Jerry Tully 1st Tommy Walker 2nd(tied) 1st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites David Pierce 2nd Zach Weakley 2nd(tied) 2nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Pat Martin 3rd 16th(tied) 16th
Montgomery Missions Mike Brown 4th Brad Dilday 13th 9th
Julian Jammers Bryan Calcaterra 5th Bryan Calcaterra 12th 8th
Ottawa Lynx Lyle Blakesley 6th Jim Naig 2nd(tied) 3rd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Omar Gatica 7th Omar Gatica 7th 7th
Newport News Wranglers Ryan Anderson 8th Brian Collins 15th 11th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Sidener 9th Bobby Sidener 14th 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 10th Ken Beck 1st 4th
Pikeville Cavalry John Sears 11th 16th(tied) 17th
Providence Hex Steve Jarvis 12th 16th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Matt Mills 13th Oscar Hermosillo 11th 12th
Spring Park Green Knights Andre Green 14th Billy Warren 6th 6th
South Pasadena Air Riders Eric Brower 15th Korey Lopez 2nd(tied) 5th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 16th Mike Fitzgerald 9th 13th
Anaheim Music Zach Macurdy 17th Nick Foley 10th 14th
Medford Desperados Nate Raphael 18th 16th(tied) 19th
Aurora Paints John Pavelka 19th 16th(tied) 20th
Newport Unicorns Andrew Ortiz 20th Jesse Lang 8th 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jordan McPherson 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Santa Ana Black Aces Jonathan Behre 22nd 16th(tied) 22nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Allen Douglass 23rd 16th(tied) 23rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers 24th 16th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jesse Griffin 1st Jesse Griffin 8th 4th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Freas 2nd 14th(tied) 14th
Medford Desperados Daniel Friedrich 3rd Daniel Friedrich 1st(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Adam Mathis 4th Adam Mathis 11th 6th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dan McNamara 5th Eddie Duran 1st(tied) 2nd
Spring Park Green Knights Brian Byrnes 6th Brian Byrnes 10th 7th
Savannah Alpines Jim Young 7th 14th(tied) 15th
Julian Jammers Edwin Retana 8th Edwin Retana 1st(tied) 3rd
Montgomery Missions Paul Adam 9th 14th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Brian Garner 10th 14th(tied) 17th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Hartfield 11th Chris Hartfield 13th 11th
Anaheim Music Keith Tyndall 12th Steve Sheffield 12th 10th
Aurora Paints Constantin Lupu 13th Constantin Lupu 5th 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike MacPherson 14th 14th(tied) 18th
Ottawa Lynx Jesse Stopper 15th Jesse Stopper 9th 9th
Pikeville Cavalry Michael Cruz 16th 14th(tied) 19th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Robert Francis 17th 14th(tied) 20th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 18th Russ Philip 4th 8th
Newport Unicorns Mike Middlebrooks 19th Mike Middlebrooks 7th 12th
Ontario Sunrays George Cienfuegos 20th 14th(tied) 21st
South Pasadena Air Riders Matt Peterson 21st 14th(tied) 22nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jared Dawson 22nd Chris Huseman 6th 13th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Alex Marquez 23rd 14th(tied) 23rd
Wichita Panthers Salvador Velazquez 24th 14th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Matt Dean 1st Matt Dean 5th 2nd
Newport News Wranglers Nick Keller 2nd 6th(tied) 6th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Ashton Baldwin 3rd Ashton Baldwin 4th 3rd
Spring Park Green Knights Francisco O'Brien 4th 6th(tied) 7th
Ottawa Lynx Tom Modell 5th Tom Modell 3rd 4th
Greensboro Naturals Roberto Cano 6th 6th(tied) 8th
Pikeville Cavalry Ryan Syfrett 7th Arturo Farias 1st 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jim Elander 8th 6th(tied) 9th
Anaheim Music Chris Lewis 9th 6th(tied) 10th
Aurora Paints Greg Martel 10th 6th(tied) 11th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Doug Stewart 11th 6th(tied) 12th
Montgomery Missions Steve Anderson 12th 6th(tied) 13th
Sikeston Shamrocks Ben Hurt 13th 6th(tied) 14th
Newport Unicorns Seth Gosselin 14th 6th(tied) 15th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 15th Leo Carballo 2nd 5th
Julian Jammers Roberto Vigueras 16th (tied) 6th(tied) 16th(tied)
South Pasadena Air Riders Jeff Hammons 16th (tied) 6th(tied) 16th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays Joe Deutsch 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Wichita Panthers Leo Gracia 18th (tied) 6th(tied) 18th(tied)
Medford Desperados Justin Blevins 20th 6th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Providence Hex 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
Savannah Alpines 21st (tied) 6th(tied) 21st(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ontario Sunrays Chih Ren 1st 4th(tied) 4th
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Cooper 2nd 4th(tied) 5th
Newport News Wranglers Jason Archie 3rd 4th(tied) 6th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 4th Albert Garcia 1st 1st
Ottawa Lynx Cy Galloway 5th 4th(tied) 7th
Medford Desperados Travis Biggar 6th 4th(tied) 8th
Savannah Alpines Jessie Cable 7th 4th(tied) 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jaden Williams 8th 4th(tied) 10th
South Pasadena Air Riders Steve Anderson 9th 4th(tied) 11th
Newport Unicorns Jose Lemos 10th 4th(tied) 12th
Santa Ana Black Aces Danny Rodriguez 11th 4th(tied) 13th
Providence Hex Josh Scales 12th 4th(tied) 14th
Wichita Panthers Karl Aitcheson 13th 4th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Mario Garcia 14th 4th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Josh Randel 15th 4th(tied) 17th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Will Myers 16th 4th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 17th Lorenzo Garza 3rd 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Francisco Montoya 18th 4th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Matthew Bridges 19th Matthew Bridges 2nd 3rd
Pikeville Cavalry Juan Cantu 20th 4th(tied) 20th
Anaheim Music 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
Julian Jammers 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 21st (tied) 4th(tied) 21st(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Justin Hunt 1st Nick Cordova 1st(tied) 1st
Ontario Sunrays Matt Strader 2nd Matt Strader 1st(tied) 2nd
Pikeville Cavalry Alex Alvarez 3rd David Torres 6th 6th
Ottawa Lynx Mike Escobar 4th Mike Escobar 12th 10th
Wichita Panthers Jimmy Zanghi 5th Rick Gruber 1st(tied) 3rd
Medford Desperados Cole Roth 6th 14th(tied) 14th
Santa Ana Black Aces Frank Babb 7th 14th(tied) 15th
Newport News Wranglers Ian Schelling 8th 14th(tied) 16th
Spring Park Green Knights Ryan Willin 9th Ryan Willin 7th 7th
South Pasadena Air Riders Juan Martelo 10th Andy Rael 1st(tied) 4th
Providence Hex Justin Wish 11th 14th(tied) 17th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dan Chambers 12th 14th(tied) 18th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bill Dent 13th 14th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeff Sears 14th Jose Mora 9th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jake Hoffmann 15th Nick Owens 11th 12th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Alejandro Morales 16th Eddie Monaghan 8th 9th
Montgomery Missions Billy Veillette 17th Javy Perez 1st(tied) 5th
Aurora Paints Adam Alvarez 18th David Short 10th 11th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 19th 14th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Adam Robertson 20th 14th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers Caleb Askew 21st 14th(tied) 22nd
Anaheim Music Chris Shamblen 22nd 14th(tied) 23rd
Newport Unicorns Pedro Quintero 23rd 14th(tied) 24th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Josh Chadwick 24th Alex Munoz 13th 13th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Kibler 1st Bill Kibler 3rd 1st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves John Yarbrough 2nd John Yarbrough 6th 2nd
Anaheim Music Ryan Ramirez 3rd Ryan Ramirez 5th 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Adam Larson 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Newport News Wranglers Vinny Torres 5th Vinny Torres 2nd 4th
Julian Jammers Eric Jubin 6th 9th(tied) 10th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Juan Guerra 7th Juan Guerra 4th 5th
Pikeville Cavalry Alex Morales 8th 9th(tied) 11th
Greensboro Naturals Jason Miller 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Ontario Sunrays Kevin Jones 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 11th Aaron Anderson 7th 7th
Medford Desperados Omar Luera 12th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Martinez 12th (tied) Jose Martinez 8th 8th
Aurora Paints Willis Ramirez 14th (tied) Francisco Chavez 1st 6th
Ottawa Lynx Rafael Diaz 14th (tied) 9th(tied) 15th
Newport Unicorns Braxton Morris 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Farrand 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Spring Park Green Knights Cesar Bonilla 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Carlos Rodrigues 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Providence Hex Verner Thunmark 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Adrian Hubbard 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Kyle Hirsch 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
South Pasadena Air Riders Ruben Plascencia 23rd 9th(tied) 23rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 24th 9th(tied) 24th
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jim Hofland 1st Jim Hofland 1st(tied) 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Jason Perrigin 2nd Paul DeVaul 1st(tied) 2nd
Ottawa Lynx Ryan Waugh 3rd Ryan Waugh 1st(tied) 3rd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Doug Grimm 4th Greg Mayfield 1st(tied) 4th
Providence Hex Jimmy Kronenberger 5th Jimmy Kronenberger 1st(tied) 5th
Spring Park Green Knights Johnny Ellis 6th 10th(tied) 9th
Montgomery Missions Don Hutchison 7th Don Hutchison 6th 6th
Newport Unicorns Mario Carrillo 8th 10th(tied) 10th
Wichita Panthers Bobby Spross 9th 10th(tied) 11th
Julian Jammers Tim Vigil 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 12th(tied)
Santa Ana Black Aces Mike Mitchell 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 12th(tied)
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Omar Snell 10th (tied) 10th(tied) 12th(tied)
South Pasadena Air Riders Billie Hotchkiss 13th 10th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Mark Decker 14th Latrell Poff 8th 8th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Rodriguez 15th Luis Amador 7th 7th
Pikeville Cavalry Jay Brown 16th 10th(tied) 16th
Aurora Paints Bob Mauser 17th 10th(tied) 17th
Anaheim Music Chris Reyes 18th 10th(tied) 18th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Miller 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Tim Schnupp 20th 10th(tied) 21st
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob McCoy 21st 10th(tied) 22nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Felix Castillo 22nd 10th(tied) 23rd
Ontario Sunrays Hidefumi Sato 23rd Hidefumi Sato 9th 20th
Medford Desperados 24th 10th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Isaiah White 1st Luis Cortez 1st 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Mickey Green 2nd Mike Reich 2nd 2nd
Medford Desperados Brice Shine 3rd Graham Renner 3rd 3rd
Anaheim Music Nate Billesbach 4th Nate Billesbach 7th 5th
Savannah Alpines Greg Amos 5th Greg Amos 5th 6th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Dave Anderson 6th Brad Martin 8th(tied) 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Adam Noland 7th Adam Noland 8th(tied) 8th
Providence Hex Andrew Porter 8th Andrew Porter 10th(tied) 10th
Ottawa Lynx John Wilgus 9th Josh Few 14th 13th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marco Montes 10th Steve Albrecht 4th 4th
Montgomery Missions Mike Gentry 11th Josh Howard 10th(tied) 11th
Newport Unicorns Alan Trovato 12th Armando Castro 6th 9th
Greensboro Naturals Omar Vega 13th Masanori Kishimoto 10th(tied) 12th
Ontario Sunrays Chris Lockner 14th 18th(tied) 16th
South Pasadena Air Riders Phil Shull 15th Jared Fryman 15th 15th
Pikeville Cavalry Chris Childress 16th 18th(tied) 18th
Aurora Paints Matthew Davi 17th Matthew Davi 17th 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 18th Ricky Flores 10th(tied) 14th
Wichita Panthers Matt Lavender 19th 18th(tied) 19th
Newport News Wranglers Yekuno-Amlak Lusalah 20th 18th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers Alberto Quijada 21st Alberto Quijada 16th 20th
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 1st Ryan McEntyre 1st 1st
Sikeston Shamrocks Tim Suttle 2nd Steve Ray 2nd 2nd
Savannah Alpines Tatsuya Oshima 3rd Tatsuya Oshima 5th(tied) 3rd
Ottawa Lynx Justin Urban 4th 16th(tied) 11th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 5th Ben Foster 4th 4th
Ontario Sunrays C.J. Henson 6th Drew Martin 11th 8th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 7th Tyler Findley 10th 9th
Newport Unicorns Isaiah Borne 8th Nick Combs 3rd 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marvin Bobbitt 9th Steve Albrecht 8th 10th
Medford Desperados Kyle Murray 10th Kyle Murray 5th(tied) 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Alvaro Rosario 11th Carlos Brenes 5th(tied) 7th
Greensboro Naturals Bill Dixon 12th Bill Dixon 9th 12th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Joseph Piotrowski 13th Jose Moreira 15th 13th
Montgomery Missions Alex Balladares 14th 16th(tied) 16th
South Pasadena Air Riders Jose Munoz 15th Jose Munoz 13th 14th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 16th 16th(tied) 17th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Ronnie Downard 17th Ronnie Downard 12th 15th
Pikeville Cavalry Sam Betourne 18th 16th(tied) 18th
Wichita Panthers Brian Wilson 19th 16th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Steve Gallagher 20th J.D. Hennis 14th 19th
Aurora Paints Men Resina 21st 16th(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Gregg Daugherty 1st Gregg Daugherty 6th 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Tim Suttle 2nd Mike Reich 2nd 1st
Medford Desperados Kyle Murray 3rd Kyle Murray 4th 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 4th Mike Hrdlicka 1st 3rd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Driskell 5th Mike Driskell 7th 7th
Wichita Panthers Eddie Clickner 6th 16th(tied) 13th
Newport Unicorns Isaiah Borne 7th Nick Combs 3rd 5th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Marvin Bobbitt 8th Steve Albrecht 8th 8th
Julian Jammers Tyler Findley 9th Tyler Findley 10th 9th
Ontario Sunrays Drew Martin 10th Drew Martin 11th 10th
Savannah Alpines Steve Shewmaker 11th Steve Shewmaker 12th 11th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 12th Ben Foster 5th 6th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 13th (tied) 16th(tied) 17th
Newport News Wranglers J.D. Hennis 13th (tied) J.D. Hennis 13th 12th
Anaheim Music Aaron Kent 15th 16th(tied) 18th
Ottawa Lynx Caleb Mangum 16th 16th(tied) 19th
Pikeville Cavalry Bobby Williams 17th 16th(tied) 20th
South Pasadena Air Riders Adrian Leal 18th Adrian Leal 15th 16th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Juan Bravo 19th Jose Moreira 14th 15th
Aurora Paints Brayden Snell 20th 16th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals Suk Moon 21st Bill Dixon 9th 14th
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 22nd (tied) 16th(tied) 22nd(tied)
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