ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
07/04/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Rich Callanan 1st Rich Callanan 1st(tied) 1st
Providence Hex Pete DiBiaso 2nd Pete DiBiaso 9th 3rd
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Byrne 3rd 13th(tied) 13th
Ottawa Lynx Josh Giunta 4th Josh Giunta 7th 5th
Carson City Miners Andre Jackson 5th Andre Jackson 4th 4th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nick Dougherty 6th Nick Watkins 10th 6th
Sikeston Shamrocks Adrian Whalley 7th Adrian Whalley 8th 7th
Montgomery Missions Ben Riffe 8th Jonathan Park 12th 12th
Aurora Paints Roberto Pedraza 9th 13th(tied) 14th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Dave Puskas 10th 13th(tied) 15th
Newport Unicorns Adam Rycroft 11th 13th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Ryan Rosenson 12th Ryan Rosenson 1st(tied) 2nd
Waco Warlocks Jeff Johnson 13th Octavio Roman 11th 11th
Julian Jammers Masaaki Takata 14th Zach Reindl 6th 10th
Savannah Alpines Andrew Maness 15th 13th(tied) 17th
Medford Desperados Todd Gordon 16th Omar Castillo 5th 9th
Wichita Panthers Chris Tomlinson 17th Chris Tomlinson 3rd 8th
Newport News Wranglers Vic Colan 18th 13th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 19th 13th(tied) 19th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Vinny Tijerina 20th 13th(tied) 20th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Mario Rena 21st 13th(tied) 21st
Ontario Sunrays Juan Gonzalez 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Man-u Kym 23rd 13th(tied) 23rd
Spring Park Green Knights 24th 13th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Ivan Ballesteros 1st Ivan Ballesteros 3rd(tied) 2nd
Providence Hex Ruben Guevara 2nd Ross Howard 3rd(tied) 3rd
Julian Jammers Brendan Marcus 3rd Jason Allen 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 4th Eddie Monaghan 2nd 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 5th Aaron Nelson 8th 8th
Carson City Miners Dillon O'Neill 6th 15th(tied) 15th
Aurora Paints Tim Massey 7th Tim Massey 12th 11th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 8th 15th(tied) 16th
Ottawa Lynx Jim Naig 9th (tied) Justin Johnson 13th 12th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Reed Gomez 9th (tied) Reed Gomez 10th 9th
Spring Park Green Knights Mitch Eoff 11th Mike Walker 11th 10th
Wichita Panthers Jose Garcia 12th 15th(tied) 17th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gordie Stotler 13th 15th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Justin MacKoul 14th 15th(tied) 19th
Waco Warlocks Luke Flynn 15th Jason Peters 3rd(tied) 5th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Matthew Northern 16th Matthew Northern 3rd(tied) 6th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Fenton 17th Dave Horn 14th 14th
Greensboro Naturals Oscar Hermosillo 18th 15th(tied) 20th
Montgomery Missions Jim Hamilton 19th 15th(tied) 21st
Ontario Sunrays Adrian Moore 20th Adrian Moore 3rd(tied) 7th
Savannah Alpines Bruce Elrod 21st 15th(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Man-u Jung 22nd 15th(tied) 23rd
Anaheim Music Justice Neveu 23rd Jeremy Matheson 9th 13th
Medford Desperados 24th 15th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jason Henson 1st Jason Henson 5th 5th
Medford Desperados Chris Reese 2nd Chris Reese 12th 6th
Ottawa Lynx Jesse Stopper 3rd Jesse Stopper 2nd(tied) 1st
Greensboro Naturals Adam Morrison 4th Adam Morrison 8th 7th
Wichita Panthers Mikkel Goldbaek 5th Jimmy Johnson 1st 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Kevin Shimizu 6th 13th(tied) 13th
Montgomery Missions Tom Palmer 7th Tony Cantu 11th 8th
Santa Ana Black Aces Joe Corcoran 8th 13th(tied) 14th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 9th Russ Philip 2nd(tied) 3rd
Providence Hex Brian Kilcoyne 10th 13th(tied) 15th
Aurora Paints Roger Argueta 11th 13th(tied) 16th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Chad Nelson 12th Cory Dikeman 10th 10th
Anaheim Music Adrian Sosa 13th Adrian Sosa 7th 9th
Waco Warlocks Bryan Ryan 14th 13th(tied) 17th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Go Hasebe 15th Alberto Rivas 6th 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gabe Radziwon 16th Gabe Radziwon 2nd(tied) 4th
Ontario Sunrays David Herman 17th 13th(tied) 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Travis Rogers 18th 13th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners Matt Peterson 19th 13th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Anthony Rollins 20th 13th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Carlos Sanchez 21st Danny Solis 9th 12th
Newport Unicorns Shaun Warwick 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Savannah Alpines Bruce Gutierrez 23rd 13th(tied) 23rd
Julian Jammers 24th 13th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Neil Thomas 1st Tony Martinez 2nd 1st
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 2nd 8th(tied) 7th
Wichita Panthers Jamie Zapata 3rd 8th(tied) 9th
Ontario Sunrays Nehemiah Jackson 4th Nehemiah Jackson 4th 2nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Noah Uchman 5th 8th(tied) 10th
Julian Jammers Chaz Bennett 6th 8th(tied) 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Raney 7th 8th(tied) 12th
Aurora Paints Eric Roebling 8th 8th(tied) 13th
Anaheim Music Justin Gallup 9th 8th(tied) 14th
Carson City Miners Jeff Hammons 10th 8th(tied) 15th
Ottawa Lynx Dalton McCarthy 11th 8th(tied) 16th
Newport News Wranglers Elias Palacio 12th 8th(tied) 17th
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob Lopez 13th Rob Lopez 6th 5th
Newport Unicorns Tim Cruthirds 14th Tim Cruthirds 1st 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Chris Cantu 15th Chris Cantu 5th 6th
Waco Warlocks Prakoso Ernalia 16th Chris Gutierre 3rd 4th
Montgomery Missions Chris Hipkins 17th 8th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 18th 8th(tied) 19th
Providence Hex Dave Pollock 19th 8th(tied) 20th
Spring Park Green Knights Travis Griffin 20th 8th(tied) 21st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Matt Parker 21st Matt Parker 7th 8th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Li-ren Ning 22nd 8th(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jake Eaton 23rd 8th(tied) 23rd
Savannah Alpines Cesar Moran 24th 8th(tied) 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Albert Garcia 1st Albert Garcia 2nd 1st
Newport News Wranglers Brian Beason 2nd Chad Tatum 1st 2nd
Medford Desperados Jake Criscuolo 3rd Jake Criscuolo 3rd 3rd
Carson City Miners Ryan Russ 4th 8th(tied) 8th
Ottawa Lynx John Russell 5th John Russell 4th 4th
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 6th 8th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Justin York 7th 8th(tied) 10th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Williams 8th 8th(tied) 11th
Newport Unicorns Nate Ladnier 9th 8th(tied) 12th
Ontario Sunrays Brian Houghton 10th 8th(tied) 13th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 11th Lorenzo Garza 6th 6th
Savannah Alpines Raul Rodriguez 12th Raul Rodriguez 5th 5th
Montgomery Missions Carlos Cordero 13th 8th(tied) 14th
Anaheim Music Lucas Warren 14th Lucas Warren 7th 7th
Providence Hex Jesus Ayala 15th 8th(tied) 15th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Ruben Vences 16th 8th(tied) 16th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 17th 8th(tied) 17th
Waco Warlocks Jose Navarette 18th 8th(tied) 18th
Aurora Paints 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Julian Jammers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Little Rock Golden Gophers 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 19th (tied) 8th(tied) 19th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Bandy 1st Rich Miklavcic 2nd(tied) 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eric Propper 2nd Peter Meech 2nd(tied) 2nd
Carson City Miners Daniel Colglazier 3rd Ryan Richard 2nd(tied) 3rd
Julian Jammers Jarrett Muse 4th Jarrett Muse 13th 8th
Wichita Panthers Tommy Johnson 5th 19th(tied) 19th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 6th Chris Miller 7th 7th
Medford Desperados Cody Griffith 7th Jeremy Martin 8th 9th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Cody Lilley 8th Cody Lilley 16th 11th
Ottawa Lynx Tim McHugh 9th (tied) Tim McHugh 1st 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Joey Barnett 9th (tied) 19th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Colby Barrineau 11th 19th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Bill Matthews 12th 19th(tied) 22nd
Waco Warlocks Chris Gallagher 13th David Torres 9th 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Josh Chadwick 14th 19th(tied) 23rd
Ontario Sunrays Daniel Mikel 15th Daniel Mikel 2nd(tied) 5th
Aurora Paints Joel Gary 16th 19th(tied) 24th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Scott Gabel 17th Zachary Jimenez 2nd(tied) 6th
Spring Park Green Knights Miguel Diaz 18th Miguel Diaz 12th 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Castro 19th Dan Reese 14th 14th
Anaheim Music Phil Henderson 20th Phil Henderson 11th 13th
Providence Hex B.J. Price 21st B.J. Price 17th 16th
Newport News Wranglers Luis Alvarez 22nd Luis Alvarez 18th 18th
Newport Unicorns Jarred DeLozier 23rd Jarred DeLozier 15th 17th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jon Garza 24th Carlos Martinez 10th 15th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Aurora Paints Francisco Chavez 1st Francisco Chavez 4th(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Kyle Twigg 2nd Kyle Twigg 7th 2nd
Newport Unicorns Bill Fox 3rd Bill Fox 9th 8th
Waco Warlocks Alex Morales 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Shea 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jose Yenores 7th Jose Yenores 3rd 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Travis Rosenberg 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Ottawa Lynx Pat Cureton 9th Brian Nuzum 6th 6th
Newport News Wranglers Matthew Brown 10th Matthew Brown 4th(tied) 7th
Medford Desperados Jeff Knisley 11th Arturo Tinoco 1st 4th
Anaheim Music Jorge Gonzales 12th Jorge Gonzales 2nd 5th
Carson City Miners Alejandro Morales 13th 10th(tied) 14th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Danny Molina 14th 10th(tied) 15th
Savannah Alpines Jody Clark 15th 10th(tied) 16th
Montgomery Missions Willie Vazquez 16th 10th(tied) 17th
Spring Park Green Knights Jose Lopez 17th 10th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Shaun Galbraith 18th 10th(tied) 19th
Providence Hex Armando Perez 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Josh Taylor 20th 10th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers Oscar Ramirez 21st Oscar Ramirez 8th 9th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jeong Lee 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 23rd (tied) 10th(tied) 23rd(tied)
RIGHT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Chris Benedict 1st Shane Ramsey 1st 1st
Waco Warlocks Dylan Phillips 2nd Dylan Phillips 2nd(tied) 2nd
Wichita Panthers Jim Cook 3rd Andre Henderson 8th 5th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Jurgensen 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nate Fard 5th (tied) Mike Seals 6th 4th
Ottawa Lynx Sean Gery 5th (tied) 10th(tied) 11th
Aurora Paints Michael Segar 7th 10th(tied) 12th
Sikeston Shamrocks Andrew Kinsella 8th 10th(tied) 13th
Ontario Sunrays Humphrey Gerber 9th Humphrey Gerber 5th 6th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Danny Lopez 10th 10th(tied) 14th
Medford Desperados Scott Skidmore 11th 10th(tied) 15th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 12th 10th(tied) 16th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 13th 10th(tied) 17th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jamie Zepeda 14th Noah Kurtz 9th 9th
Julian Jammers Ruben Borquez 15th 10th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Ramon Paz 16th Ramon Paz 4th 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Elijah Callender 17th Keith Sverdloff 2nd(tied) 3rd
Savannah Alpines Stephen West 18th Stephen West 7th 8th
Providence Hex John Rinehart 19th 10th(tied) 19th
Anaheim Music Ben Albertson 20th 10th(tied) 20th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Johnson 21st 10th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Valentino Ponchielli 22nd 10th(tied) 22nd
Spring Park Green Knights 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
Greensboro Naturals Dave Gulbranson 1st Dave Gulbranson 7th 5th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Pedro Jimenez 2nd Rick Hall 9th 8th
Medford Desperados Ben Gallegos 3rd Ben Gallegos 3rd 1st
Savannah Alpines Antonio Velazquez 4th Javier Palos 1st 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Mike McDaniel 5th Mike McDaniel 6th 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Shaun Cunningham 6th Rafael Cruz 5th 4th
Providence Hex Bryce Shields 7th Bryce Shields 2nd 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Steve Albrecht 8th Steve Albrecht 11th 9th
Santa Ana Black Aces Josh Lambert 9th Josh Lambert 12th 10th
Carson City Miners Jon Ramirez 10th Chris Byrd 13th(tied) 13th
Ontario Sunrays Chris Eklund 11th Edgar de la Mora 4th 6th
Waco Warlocks Matt Toren 12th Matt Toren 16th 16th
Ottawa Lynx Carlos Balderrama 13th Carlos Balderrama 8th 11th
Wichita Panthers Noah Damm 14th Hector Mendoza 13th(tied) 14th
Montgomery Missions Ryan Neely 15th Odilon Tamen 17th 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Carlos del Valle 16th Enrique Rodriguez 10th 12th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Andy Merrick 17th Andy Merrick 19th 18th
Newport News Wranglers Jean Lebreton 18th Yee Wang 13th(tied) 15th
Newport Unicorns Clay Kraus 19th Clay Kraus 20th 19th
Anaheim Music Ryu Masumoto 20th 21st(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights Jesse Wrona 21st Jesse Wrona 18th 20th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Taylor Robison 22nd 21st(tied) 22nd
Julian Jammers Jon Sullivan 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Aurora Paints 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 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Jeremy Harrison 2nd Jeff Maxheimer 2nd 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers J.J. Mendenhall 3rd J.J. Mendenhall 1st 2nd
Wichita Panthers Alex Arredondo 4th Alex Arredondo 3rd 4th
Ottawa Lynx Tim Kelly 5th 17th(tied) 8th
Savannah Alpines Leonardo Ayala 6th Leonardo Ayala 14th 5th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Robby Rush 7th Robby Rush 13th 11th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 8th Carlos Flores 11th 9th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 9th Angel Garabito 9th 10th
Sikeston Shamrocks Zach Kyte 10th 17th(tied) 13th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Brenes 11th 17th(tied) 15th
Newport Unicorns Mark Achord 12th Mark Achord 5th(tied) 6th
Newport News Wranglers Zach Ellis 13th Zach Ellis 5th(tied) 7th
Ontario Sunrays Mike McQueen 14th Brock Richardson 7th 12th
Waco Warlocks Duncan Kroon 15th 17th(tied) 16th
Julian Jammers Tim Jacobs 16th 17th(tied) 17th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 17th Matt Howe 15th 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Doug DeBauche 18th Ricky Flores 16th 19th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Hedde Castillo 19th Jeff Hughes 8th 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Jake Medlin 20th Jake Medlin 10th 20th
Montgomery Missions Jeff O'Donovan 21st 17th(tied) 22nd
Greensboro Naturals Jaden Cornelius 22nd 17th(tied) 23rd
Anaheim Music Jose Pinedo 23rd Brian Robinson 12th 21st
Aurora Paints 24th 17th(tied) 24th
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Eddie O'Connor 1st Eddie O'Connor 11th(tied) 6th
Ontario Sunrays Brock Richardson 2nd Brock Richardson 5th 3rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jeff Hughes 3rd Jeff Hughes 6th 7th
Wichita Panthers Zack Scott 4th Zack Scott 13th 8th
Anaheim Music Brian Robinson 5th Brian Robinson 11th(tied) 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers J.J. Mendenhall 6th J.J. Mendenhall 1st 1st
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 7th Angel Garabito 8th 10th
Savannah Alpines Randy Walker 8th Jeff Eddins 2nd(tied) 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Zach Kyte 9th 17th(tied) 17th
Santa Ana Black Aces Rick Deyo 10th Rick Deyo 14th 13th
Newport News Wranglers Robby Boock 11th (tied) Robby Boock 2nd(tied) 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Steve Cleary 11th (tied) Steve Cleary 7th 11th
Spring Park Green Knights Frank Cabrera 13th Frank Cabrera 10th 12th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 14th Matt Howe 15th 15th
Waco Warlocks Duncan Kroon 15th 17th(tied) 18th
Carson City Miners Carlos Flores 16th Carlos Flores 9th 14th
Julian Jammers Tim Jacobs 17th 17th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Art Cohen 18th Ricky Flores 16th 16th
Newport Unicorns Mark Achord 19th Mark Achord 2nd(tied) 5th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Dara Qutaiba 20th 17th(tied) 20th
Ottawa Lynx Ricardo Flores 21st 17th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Jeff O'Donovan 22nd 17th(tied) 22nd
Greensboro Naturals Jaden Cornelius 23rd 17th(tied) 23rd
Aurora Paints 24th 17th(tied) 24th
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