ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
09/01/2026
 
CATCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Rich Callanan 1st Rich Callanan 2nd(tied) 1st
Providence Hex Pete DiBiaso 2nd Pete DiBiaso 9th 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Byrne 3rd 12th(tied) 12th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nick Dougherty 4th Nick Watkins 8th 6th
Aurora Paints Roberto Pedraza 5th 12th(tied) 13th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Christian Weatherspoon 6th 12th(tied) 14th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jordan Pryor 7th Wallace Oram 1st 2nd
Carson City Miners Jeremy Hauser 8th 12th(tied) 15th
Newport Unicorns Adam Rycroft 9th 12th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Ryan Rosenson 10th Ryan Rosenson 2nd(tied) 3rd
Julian Jammers Tyler Bowman 11th Zach Reindl 7th 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jay Lewis 12th Jay Lewis 4th 5th
Medford Desperados Todd Gordon 13th Omar Castillo 6th 7th
Waco Warlocks Octavio Roman 14th Octavio Roman 10th 10th
Montgomery Missions David Henning 15th Jonathan Park 11th 11th
Newport News Wranglers Vic Colan 16th 12th(tied) 17th
Wichita Panthers Chris Tomlinson 17th Chris Tomlinson 5th 8th
Savannah Alpines Cole Laird 18th 12th(tied) 18th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 19th 12th(tied) 19th
Ottawa Lynx Jeremy Barnwell 20th 12th(tied) 20th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Gabriel Flores 21st 12th(tied) 21st
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Vinny Tijerina 22nd 12th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays Juan Gonzalez 23rd 12th(tied) 23rd
Spring Park Green Knights 24th 12th(tied) 24th
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Sikeston Shamrocks Ivan Ballesteros 1st Mario Ruiz 4th 1st
Providence Hex Ruben Guevara 2nd Ruben Guevara 5th(tied) 4th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 3rd Eddie Monaghan 3rd 2nd
Carson City Miners Dillon O'Neill 4th (tied) 16th(tied) 16th
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 4th (tied) Aaron Nelson 11th 11th
Julian Jammers Jason Allen 6th Jason Allen 1st 3rd
Aurora Paints Tim Massey 7th Tim Massey 15th 13th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Reed Gomez 8th Reed Gomez 13th 12th
Ottawa Lynx Justin Johnson 9th Johnny Huerta 5th(tied) 5th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 10th Jake Futrell 14th 14th
Wichita Panthers Jose Garcia 11th 16th(tied) 17th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gordie Stotler 12th John Haskell 5th(tied) 7th
Newport Unicorns Justin MacKoul 13th 16th(tied) 18th
Waco Warlocks Luke Flynn 14th Adam Neubaum 2nd 6th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Matthew Northern 15th Aaron Sanders 5th(tied) 8th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Fenton 16th Dave Horn 5th(tied) 9th
Ontario Sunrays Adrian Moore 17th Adrian Moore 5th(tied) 10th
Greensboro Naturals Oscar Hermosillo 18th 16th(tied) 19th
Montgomery Missions Jim Hamilton 19th 16th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Bruce Elrod 20th 16th(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights Jon Johnson 21st 16th(tied) 22nd
Anaheim Music Justice Neveu 22nd Jeremy Matheson 12th 15th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Man-u Jung 23rd 16th(tied) 23rd
Medford Desperados 24th 16th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jason Henson 1st Jason Henson 6th 4th
Medford Desperados Chris Reese 2nd Chris Reese 13th 5th
Wichita Panthers Mikkel Goldbaek 3rd Jimmy Johnson 1st 1st
Savannah Alpines Craig Riddell 4th 14th(tied) 14th
Greensboro Naturals Adam Morrison 5th Adam Morrison 9th 6th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Kevin Shimizu 6th 14th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Tom Palmer 7th Tony Cantu 11th 7th
Santa Ana Black Aces Joe Corcoran 8th 14th(tied) 16th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 9th Russ Philip 2nd(tied) 2nd
Providence Hex Brian Kilcoyne 10th 14th(tied) 17th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Chad Nelson 11th Cory Dikeman 12th 10th
Aurora Paints Roger Argueta 12th 14th(tied) 18th
Anaheim Music Adrian Sosa 13th Adrian Sosa 8th 8th
Newport News Wranglers Justin Fox 14th 14th(tied) 19th
Waco Warlocks Bryan Ryan 15th Ralph Beller 7th 11th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gabe Radziwon 16th Gabe Radziwon 2nd(tied) 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Go Hasebe 17th 14th(tied) 20th
Ontario Sunrays David Herman 18th 14th(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights Travis Rogers 19th Barrett Brown 4th 9th
Carson City Miners Matt Peterson 20th 14th(tied) 22nd
Newport Unicorns Shaun Warwick 21st 14th(tied) 23rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Carlos Sanchez 22nd Danny Solis 10th 13th
Ottawa Lynx Devon Hudson 23rd Devon Hudson 5th 12th
Julian Jammers Chris Dugan 24th 14th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 1st Jonathan Thompson 5th 4th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Neil Thomas 2nd Tony Martinez 4th 3rd
Ontario Sunrays Nehemiah Jackson 3rd Nehemiah Jackson 6th 5th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Noah Uchman 4th 10th(tied) 10th
Wichita Panthers Jamie Zapata 5th 10th(tied) 11th
Julian Jammers Chaz Bennett 6th 10th(tied) 12th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Raney 7th 10th(tied) 13th
Aurora Paints Eric Roebling 8th 10th(tied) 14th
Anaheim Music Justin Gallup 9th 10th(tied) 15th
Carson City Miners Jeff Hammons 10th 10th(tied) 16th
Ottawa Lynx Dalton McCarthy 11th 10th(tied) 17th
Newport News Wranglers Elias Palacio 12th 10th(tied) 18th
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob Lopez 13th Rob Lopez 7th 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Chris Cantu 14th Alberto Rivas 1st(tied) 1st
Newport Unicorns Tim Cruthirds 15th Tim Cruthirds 3rd 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brian Dawes 16th (tied) 10th(tied) 19th
Waco Warlocks Prakoso Ernalia 16th (tied) Chris Gutierre 1st(tied) 2nd
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 18th Vincent Salinas 8th 8th
Providence Hex Dave Pollock 19th 10th(tied) 20th
Montgomery Missions Chris Hipkins 20th 10th(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights Travis Griffin 21st 10th(tied) 22nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Matt Parker 22nd Matt Parker 9th 9th
Savannah Alpines Cesar Moran 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 24th 10th(tied) 24th
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newport News Wranglers Brian Beason 1st Chad Tatum 1st 1st
Medford Desperados Jake Criscuolo 2nd Jake Criscuolo 2nd 2nd
Carson City Miners Ryan Russ 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Ottawa Lynx John Russell 4th John Russell 3rd 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 5th 7th(tied) 8th
Wichita Panthers Justin York 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Williams 7th 7th(tied) 10th
Newport Unicorns Nate Ladnier 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Ontario Sunrays Brian Houghton 8th (tied) 7th(tied) 11th(tied)
Savannah Alpines Raul Rodriguez 10th Raul Rodriguez 4th 4th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Jeremias Vega 11th 7th(tied) 13th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 12th Lorenzo Garza 5th 5th
Anaheim Music Lucas Warren 13th Lucas Warren 6th 6th
Montgomery Missions Carlos Cordero 14th 7th(tied) 14th
Providence Hex Jesus Ayala 15th 7th(tied) 15th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jose Villalobos 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Julian Jammers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Little Rock Golden Gophers 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
Waco Warlocks 18th (tied) 7th(tied) 18th(tied)
LEFT FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Aurora Paints Dave McGee 1st Bryce Graham 2nd(tied) 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eric Propper 2nd Eric Propper 2nd(tied) 2nd
Julian Jammers Jarrett Muse 3rd Jarrett Muse 14th 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Bandy 4th Rich Miklavcic 2nd(tied) 3rd
Carson City Miners Ryan Richard 5th Ryan Richard 9th 9th
Wichita Panthers Tommy Johnson 6th 19th(tied) 19th
Ottawa Lynx Ross Beecher 7th Tim McHugh 1st 4th
Savannah Alpines Randy Wallman 8th 19th(tied) 20th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 9th Chris Miller 10th 10th
Medford Desperados Cody Griffith 10th Jeremy Martin 11th 12th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Cody Lilley 11th Cody Lilley 16th 13th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jeff McDaniel 12th 19th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Bill Matthews 13th 19th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays Daniel Mikel 14th Daniel Mikel 2nd(tied) 5th
Waco Warlocks Chris Gallagher 15th 19th(tied) 23rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Josh Chadwick 16th 19th(tied) 24th
Newport Unicorns Glenn Bonanni 17th Glenn Bonanni 2nd(tied) 6th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Scott Gabel 18th Zachary Jimenez 2nd(tied) 7th
Spring Park Green Knights Craig Walton 19th Craig Walton 2nd(tied) 8th
Anaheim Music Phil Henderson 20th Phil Henderson 13th 14th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Castro 21st Dan Reese 15th 15th
Providence Hex B.J. Price 22nd B.J. Price 17th 17th
Newport News Wranglers Luis Alvarez 23rd Luis Alvarez 18th 18th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jon Garza 24th Carlos Martinez 12th 16th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Kyle Twigg 1st Kyle Twigg 4th 2nd
Aurora Paints Francisco Chavez 2nd Francisco Chavez 3rd 3rd
Newport Unicorns Bill Fox 3rd Bill Fox 6th 5th
Ottawa Lynx Pat Cureton 4th Brian Nuzum 2nd 4th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jose Yenores 5th Jose Yenores 1st 1st
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Shea 6th 7th(tied) 7th
Waco Warlocks Alex Morales 7th 7th(tied) 8th
Savannah Alpines Rafael Farrand 8th 7th(tied) 9th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Travis Rosenberg 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Medford Desperados Jeff Knisley 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Danny Molina 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Carson City Miners Alejandro Morales 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Heriberto Paula 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Newport News Wranglers Sean Hardin 15th 7th(tied) 16th
Anaheim Music Chris Birchfield 16th 7th(tied) 17th
Montgomery Missions Willie Vazquez 17th 7th(tied) 18th
Providence Hex Armando Perez 18th 7th(tied) 19th
Greensboro Naturals Shaun Galbraith 19th 7th(tied) 20th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Josh Taylor 20th 7th(tied) 21st
Julian Jammers Oscar Ramirez 21st Oscar Ramirez 5th 6th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jeong Lee 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays 23rd (tied) 7th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 7th(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 4th
Ottawa Lynx Russ Roberts 4th 9th(tied) 9th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Jurgensen 5th 9th(tied) 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nate Fard 6th 9th(tied) 11th
Sikeston Shamrocks Andrew Kinsella 7th 9th(tied) 12th
Ontario Sunrays Humphrey Gerber 8th Humphrey Gerber 6th 5th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 9th 9th(tied) 13th
Medford Desperados Scott Skidmore 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Danny Lopez 10th (tied) 9th(tied) 14th(tied)
Carson City Miners John Sasser 12th 9th(tied) 16th
Savannah Alpines Zack Neal 13th Stephen West 7th 8th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Jamie Zepeda 14th Peter Meech 5th 7th
Julian Jammers Ruben Borquez 15th 9th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Ramon Paz 16th Ramon Paz 4th 6th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Elijah Callender 17th Keith Sverdloff 2nd(tied) 3rd
Aurora Paints Mike Follmer 18th (tied) 9th(tied) 18th(tied)
Providence Hex John Rinehart 18th (tied) 9th(tied) 18th(tied)
Anaheim Music Ben Albertson 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Johnson 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Valentino Ponchielli 22nd 9th(tied) 22nd
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 23rd (tied) 9th(tied) 23rd(tied)
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Pedro Jimenez 1st Caleb Bond 11th 8th
Medford Desperados Antonio Rodriguez 2nd Jose Diaz 4th 1st
Ottawa Lynx Ryan Hadder 3rd Ryan Hadder 10th 9th
Providence Hex Bryce Shields 4th (tied) Bryce Shields 2nd 2nd
Santa Ana Black Aces Josh Lambert 4th (tied) Josh Lambert 5th 5th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Shaun Cunningham 6th Ian Martin 1st 3rd
Sikeston Shamrocks Mike McDaniel 7th Mike McDaniel 7th 6th
Savannah Alpines Ken Trumble 8th Javier Palos 6th 7th
Carson City Miners Jon Ramirez 9th Chris Byrd 12th(tied) 12th
Ontario Sunrays Chris Eklund 10th Edgar de la Mora 3rd 4th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Galindo Paladino 11th Dave Galindo Paladino 12th(tied) 13th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Mike McManigle 12th Phil McIntosh 12th(tied) 14th
Wichita Panthers Noah Damm 13th Hector Mendoza 12th(tied) 15th
Newport News Wranglers Jean Lebreton 14th Odilon Tamen 8th(tied) 10th
Montgomery Missions Paul Pedley 15th John Wiltzius 20th 19th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Andy Merrick 16th Andy Merrick 19th 18th
Newport Unicorns Rogelio Camarillo 17th Rogelio Camarillo 12th(tied) 16th
Waco Warlocks Matt Toren 18th Matt Toren 17th 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Matt Bradford 19th Enrique Rodriguez 8th(tied) 11th
Anaheim Music Josh Van Nice 20th 21st(tied) 21st
Spring Park Green Knights Jesse Wrona 21st Jesse Wrona 18th 20th
Julian Jammers Jon Sullivan 22nd 21st(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Taylor Robison 23rd 21st(tied) 23rd
Aurora Paints 24th 21st(tied) 24th
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Jeremy Harrison 1st Pedro Garza 2nd 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Ryan McEntyre 2nd Ryan McEntyre 4th(tied) 3rd
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 Justin Pearson 4th(tied) 5th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 6th Carlos Flores 10th 7th
Newport News Wranglers Zach Ellis 7th Zach Ellis 4th(tied) 6th
Savannah Alpines Leonardo Ayala 8th Leonardo Ayala 15th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Chris Wimberley 9th Chris Wimberley 16th 9th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Robby Rush 10th Robby Rush 17th 13th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 11th Angel Garabito 9th 12th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Brenes 12th Aaron Trede 14th 14th
Ontario Sunrays Mike McQueen 13th Brock Richardson 8th 11th
Newport Unicorns Mark Achord 14th Mark Achord 4th(tied) 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Doug DeBauche 15th Ricardo Chavarria 13th 15th
Julian Jammers Tim Jacobs 16th 18th(tied) 16th
Waco Warlocks Sam Betourne 17th 18th(tied) 17th
Medford Desperados Mike Allen 18th Mike Allen 12th 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Zach Spitza 19th Frank Cabrera 11th 19th
Montgomery Missions Jeff O'Donovan 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Anaheim Music Jose Pinedo 21st 18th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 22nd 18th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints 23rd (tied) 18th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Greensboro Naturals 23rd (tied) 18th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Ontario Sunrays Brock Richardson 1st Brock Richardson 5th 2nd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Eddie O'Connor 2nd Eddie O'Connor 12th 6th
Wichita Panthers Zack Scott 3rd Zack Scott 14th 7th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers J.J. Mendenhall 4th J.J. Mendenhall 1st 1st
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 5th Angel Garabito 8th 8th
Santa Ana Black Aces Rick Deyo 6th Rick Deyo 16th 13th
Spring Park Green Knights Frank Cabrera 7th Frank Cabrera 11th 11th
Savannah Alpines Jeff Eddins 8th Jeff Eddins 15th 15th
Newport News Wranglers Matt Austin 9th Robby Boock 7th 9th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Steve Cleary 10th Steve Cleary 9th 10th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 11th Matt Howe 17th 17th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Art Cohen 12th Ricardo Chavarria 2nd(tied) 3rd
Carson City Miners Carlos Flores 13th Carlos Flores 10th 14th
Newport Unicorns Jose Garcia 14th Mark Achord 2nd(tied) 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Aaron Trede 15th Aaron Trede 13th 16th
Julian Jammers Tim Jacobs 16th 18th(tied) 18th
Sikeston Shamrocks Ryan Blevins 17th Ryan Blevins 6th 12th
Ottawa Lynx Ricardo Flores 18th Justin Pearson 2nd(tied) 5th
Montgomery Missions Jeff O'Donovan 19th 18th(tied) 19th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Hedde Castillo 20th 18th(tied) 20th
Waco Warlocks Sam Betourne 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Anaheim Music Jose Pinedo 22nd 18th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints 23rd (tied) 18th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Greensboro Naturals 23rd (tied) 18th(tied) 23rd(tied)
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