ABA CLASS A-
POSITIONAL STRENGTH OVERVIEW BY POSITIONS
05/09/2026
 
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 7th 4th
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Byrne 3rd 13th(tied) 12th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Nick Dougherty 4th 13th(tied) 14th
Newport News Wranglers Rob Carrigan 5th Rob Carrigan 1st(tied) 2nd
Carson City Miners Jeremy Hauser 6th 13th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Ben Riffe 7th 13th(tied) 16th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Christian Weatherspoon 8th 13th(tied) 17th
Medford Desperados Brandon Coleman 9th Brandon Coleman 6th 6th
Waco Warlocks Jeff Johnson 10th 13th(tied) 18th
Savannah Alpines Preston Leon 11th Pael Espanol 10th 8th
Julian Jammers Masaaki Takata 12th Masaaki Takata 12th 9th
Anaheim Music Ryan Rosenson 13th Ryan Rosenson 1st(tied) 3rd
Wichita Panthers Chris Tomlinson 14th Chris Tomlinson 4th 5th
Newport Unicorns Josh Livesay 15th Josh Livesay 9th 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Kevin Hurt 16th Kevin Hurt 5th 7th
Greensboro Naturals Juan Lozada 17th Neil Wetzel 11th 11th
Sikeston Shamrocks Mario Escobar 18th 13th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Yoshihito Abe 19th 13th(tied) 20th
Aurora Paints Omar Ybarra 20th 13th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Gabriel Flores 21st Francisco Ramos 8th 13th
Ottawa Lynx Rikard Munk 22nd 13th(tied) 22nd
Ontario Sunrays 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 13th(tied) 23rd(tied)
FIRST BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Providence Hex Ruben Guevara 1st Ruben Guevara 4th(tied) 2nd
Sikeston Shamrocks Ivan Ballesteros 2nd Steve Benitez 16th 12th
Julian Jammers Brendan Marcus 3rd Jason Allen 1st 1st
Little Rock Golden Gophers Bobby Barnes 4th Eddie Monaghan 4th(tied) 3rd
Carson City Miners Dillon O'Neill 5th 18th(tied) 18th
Santa Ana Black Aces Brian Evans 6th Aaron Nelson 10th 10th
Spring Park Green Knights Mike Polcyn 7th Billy Warren 4th(tied) 4th
Montgomery Missions Danny Solis 8th Danny Solis 15th 14th
Aurora Paints Tim Massey 9th Tim Massey 14th 15th
Waco Warlocks John Sears 10th Carlos Crespo 4th(tied) 6th
Savannah Alpines Mike Fitzgerald 11th Mike Fitzgerald 13th 13th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ken Beck 12th Ken Beck 17th 16th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Reed Gomez 13th Reed Gomez 4th(tied) 7th
Anaheim Music Aaron Went 14th (tied) Aaron Went 11th 11th
Ottawa Lynx Justin Johnson 14th (tied) Jeremy Hurst 3rd 5th
Wichita Panthers Jose Garcia 16th 18th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Gwang-oo Shroyer 17th Gwang-oo Shroyer 4th(tied) 9th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Matthew Northern 18th 18th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Chris Fenton 19th Jarrod Wahlert 2nd 8th
Newport Unicorns Justin MacKoul 20th 18th(tied) 21st
Greensboro Naturals Oscar Hermosillo 21st 18th(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Zach Weakley 22nd Zach Weakley 12th 17th
Ontario Sunrays Robby Hoffman 23rd 18th(tied) 23rd
Medford Desperados Rafael Castanon 24th 18th(tied) 24th
SECOND BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Chris Reese 1st Chris Reese 7th 4th
Savannah Alpines Craig Riddell 2nd 10th(tied) 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Hector Soto 3rd 10th(tied) 11th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Kevin Shimizu 4th 10th(tied) 12th
Anaheim Music Steve Sheffield 5th Adrian Sosa 6th 5th
Wichita Panthers Mikkel Goldbaek 6th Jimmy Johnson 2nd 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Joe Corcoran 7th 10th(tied) 13th
Sikeston Shamrocks Russ Philip 8th Russ Philip 3rd 2nd
Greensboro Naturals David Pinzon 9th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Providence Hex Brian Kilcoyne 9th (tied) 10th(tied) 14th(tied)
Montgomery Missions Tom Palmer 11th 10th(tied) 16th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jason King 12th Jason King 8th 6th
Waco Warlocks Bryan Ryan 13th 10th(tied) 17th
Aurora Paints Darius Poole 14th Bob Benitez 4th 7th
Ottawa Lynx Craig Wallace 15th Neil Goff 9th 8th
Spring Park Green Knights Ryan Dowdell 16th 10th(tied) 18th
Ontario Sunrays David Herman 17th 10th(tied) 19th
Carson City Miners Matt Peterson 18th 10th(tied) 20th
Julian Jammers Roberto Tenorio 19th 10th(tied) 21st
Newport News Wranglers Anthony Rollins 20th 10th(tied) 22nd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Tommie Tepper 21st Pablo Gonzalez 1st 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Alberto Rivas 22nd Alberto Rivas 5th 9th
Newport Unicorns Shaun Warwick 23rd 10th(tied) 23rd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 24th 10th(tied) 24th
THIRD BASEMEN
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Medford Desperados Lamar Bridges 1st Lamar Bridges 7th 3rd
Little Rock Golden Gophers Neil Thomas 2nd 9th(tied) 9th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Leo Carballo 3rd Leo Carballo 2nd 2nd
Wichita Panthers Jamie Zapata 4th 9th(tied) 10th
Aurora Paints Eric Roebling 5th (tied) 9th(tied) 11th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Raney 5th (tied) David Raney 5th 4th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves David Cheesman 7th Matt Parker 8th 6th
Carson City Miners Jeff Hammons 8th Jeff Hammons 4th 5th
Ottawa Lynx Dalton McCarthy 9th 9th(tied) 12th
Newport News Wranglers Elias Palacio 10th 9th(tied) 13th
Spring Park Green Knights Andy Belot 11th 9th(tied) 14th
Anaheim Music Nate Shifflett 12th 9th(tied) 15th
Sikeston Shamrocks Rob Lopez 13th Rob Lopez 6th 8th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Chris Cantu 14th Chris Cantu 3rd 7th
Waco Warlocks Chris Gutierre 15th Chris Gutierre 1st 1st
Montgomery Missions Chris Hipkins 16th 9th(tied) 16th
Providence Hex Dave Pollock 17th 9th(tied) 17th
Greensboro Naturals Dave Orosco 18th 9th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Yeong-ha Lee 19th 9th(tied) 19th
Julian Jammers Cory Kline 20th 9th(tied) 20th
Savannah Alpines Antonio Bonilla 21st 9th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
St. Joseph Mighty Mites 22nd (tied) 9th(tied) 22nd(tied)
SHORTSTOPS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newport News Wranglers Brian Beason 1st 7th(tied) 7th
Little Rock Golden Gophers David Anast 2nd David Anast 3rd 2nd
Medford Desperados Jake Criscuolo 3rd Jake Criscuolo 2nd 1st
Carson City Miners Ryan Russ 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Julian Jammers Beau Richardson 5th 7th(tied) 9th
Montgomery Missions Rob Perrin 6th 7th(tied) 10th
Santa Ana Black Aces David Williams 7th 7th(tied) 11th
Sikeston Shamrocks Matt Duval 8th 7th(tied) 12th
Wichita Panthers Justin York 9th 7th(tied) 13th
Ottawa Lynx Ryan Knight 10th 7th(tied) 14th
Newport Unicorns Nate Ladnier 11th 7th(tied) 15th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bobby Uribe 12th Bobby Uribe 6th 3rd
Ontario Sunrays Brian Houghton 13th 7th(tied) 16th
Greensboro Naturals Takao Fujii 14th Lorenzo Garza 4th 5th
Anaheim Music Lucas Warren 15th 7th(tied) 17th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Ruben Vences 16th 7th(tied) 18th
Waco Warlocks Jeff Williamson 17th 7th(tied) 19th
Providence Hex Jesus Ayala 18th 7th(tied) 20th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Lorenzo Torres 19th 7th(tied) 21st
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ronald Poole 20th Ronald Poole 1st 4th
Aurora Paints Shunsen Mikami 21st Manuel Cortez 5th 6th
Savannah Alpines Manny Rios 22nd 7th(tied) 22nd
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Lupe Rodriguez 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
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Dustin Owens 1st Dustin Owens 2nd(tied) 1st
Waco Warlocks Chris McCullough 2nd David Torres 2nd(tied) 2nd
Aurora Paints David Short 3rd David Short 14th 11th
Newport News Wranglers Joe Bronson 4th Joe Bronson 16th 13th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Eric Propper 5th Ivan Hernandez 1st 3rd
Carson City Miners Daniel Colglazier 6th Daniel Colglazier 2nd(tied) 4th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Joe Bacon 7th Joe Bacon 2nd(tied) 5th
Spring Park Green Knights Anthony Graham 8th Mike Grant 2nd(tied) 6th
Santa Ana Black Aces Bill Bandy 9th Rich Miklavcic 2nd(tied) 7th
Greensboro Naturals Justin Husnick 10th Chris Miller 11th 12th
Wichita Panthers Kyle Marin 11th Kyle Marin 2nd(tied) 8th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Mike Jackson 12th Mike Jackson 13th 14th
Medford Desperados Cody Griffith 13th 20th(tied) 19th
Ottawa Lynx Tim McHugh 14th Tim McHugh 2nd(tied) 9th
Montgomery Missions Bill Matthews 15th 20th(tied) 21st
Savannah Alpines Colby Barrineau 16th 20th(tied) 22nd
Anaheim Music Steve Kravit 17th 20th(tied) 23rd
Ontario Sunrays Travis Hammen 18th Travis Hammen 2nd(tied) 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Steve Blum 19th Jonathan Swander 17th 15th
Providence Hex B.J. Price 20th B.J. Price 18th 16th
Julian Jammers Keith Alexander 21st 20th(tied) 24th
Newport Unicorns Jarred DeLozier 22nd Jarred DeLozier 15th 18th
Sikeston Shamrocks Carlos Martinez 23rd Carlos Martinez 12th 17th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Luis Olvera 24th Luis Olvera 19th 20th
CENTER FIELDERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Newport News Wranglers Pete Shelton 1st Matthew Brown 4th 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Kyle Twigg 2nd Kyle Twigg 5th 3rd
Waco Warlocks Alex Morales 3rd 7th(tied) 7th
Wichita Panthers Aaron Anderson 4th 7th(tied) 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jose Yenores 5th Jose Yenores 2nd 2nd
Aurora Paints Matt Jones 6th 7th(tied) 9th
Ottawa Lynx Pat Cureton 7th Brian Nuzum 3rd 4th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Johnny Harris 8th Johnny Harris 6th 6th
Savannah Alpines Jody Clark 9th 7th(tied) 10th
Medford Desperados Jeff Knisley 10th 7th(tied) 11th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Matt Shea 11th 7th(tied) 12th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Jonathan Sitko 12th 7th(tied) 13th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Micah Squires 13th 7th(tied) 14th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Heriberto Paula 14th 7th(tied) 15th
Anaheim Music Jorge Gonzales 15th Jorge Gonzales 1st 5th
Providence Hex Jason Flanagan 16th 7th(tied) 16th
Spring Park Green Knights Jose Lopez 17th 7th(tied) 17th
Newport Unicorns Juan Trujillo 18th 7th(tied) 18th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Jose Estrella 19th 7th(tied) 19th
Montgomery Missions Jose Rodriguez 20th 7th(tied) 20th
Julian Jammers Angel Flores 21st 7th(tied) 21st
Carson City Miners 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Greensboro Naturals 22nd (tied) 7th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Ontario Sunrays 22nd (tied) 7th(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 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Clark Ulery 2nd Clark Ulery 6th 4th
Waco Warlocks Dylan Phillips 3rd Dylan Phillips 2nd(tied) 2nd
Anaheim Music Manny Cordon 4th Manny Cordon 9th 6th
Wichita Panthers Jim Cook 5th 11th(tied) 11th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Cody Kelley 6th 11th(tied) 12th
Sikeston Shamrocks Steve Amparan 7th 11th(tied) 13th
Ontario Sunrays Humphrey Gerber 8th Humphrey Gerber 8th 7th
Ottawa Lynx Dave King 9th Bill Cardiello 4th 5th
Newport News Wranglers Nate Jurgensen 10th 11th(tied) 14th
Greensboro Naturals Latrell Poff 11th 11th(tied) 15th
Savannah Alpines Eli Martinez 12th Eli Martinez 10th 10th
Medford Desperados Scott Skidmore 13th 11th(tied) 16th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Luis Ortega 14th Luis Ortega 7th 8th
Carson City Miners John Sasser 15th 11th(tied) 17th
Julian Jammers Ruben Borquez 16th 11th(tied) 18th
Spring Park Green Knights Dave Monier 17th 11th(tied) 19th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Elijah Callender 18th Keith Sverdloff 2nd(tied) 3rd
Newport Unicorns Ramon Paz 19th Ramon Paz 5th 9th
Aurora Paints Mike Follmer 20th 11th(tied) 20th
Providence Hex Hector Mejia 21st 11th(tied) 21st
Montgomery Missions Valentino Ponchielli 22nd 11th(tied) 22nd
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Nestor Torres 23rd 11th(tied) 23rd
Niskayuna Fighting Knights 24th 11th(tied) 24th
STARTING PITCHERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Santa Ana Black Aces Will Gardner 1st Will Gardner 9th 6th
Medford Desperados Ben Gallegos 2nd Ben Gallegos 1st 1st
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Brian Pace 3rd Brian Pace 3rd 3rd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Steve Albrecht 4th Steve Albrecht 6th 5th
Little Rock Golden Gophers Caleb Bond 5th Shalom Bruin 4th 4th
Sikeston Shamrocks Steve Pitt 6th Jesus Beltre 2nd 2nd
Carson City Miners Jon Ramirez 7th Ricky Escobar 10th 9th
Greensboro Naturals David Sanko 8th David Sanko 11th(tied) 11th
Providence Hex Eric Kretzer 9th Eric Kretzer 5th 7th
Montgomery Missions Javier Torres 10th 18th(tied) 15th
Savannah Alpines Dave Golash 11th Gil Gonzalez 8th 10th
Wichita Panthers Noah Damm 12th Hector Mendoza 11th(tied) 12th
Ottawa Lynx Carlos Balderrama 13th Carlos Balderrama 7th 8th
Waco Warlocks Mark Galinski 14th Alex Gonzales 17th 14th
Ontario Sunrays Edgar de la Mora 15th Edgar de la Mora 11th(tied) 13th
Anaheim Music Phil DiDomenico 16th 18th(tied) 19th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Ricky Flores 17th Ricky Flores 16th 17th
Newport Unicorns Jonathan Weaver 18th Jonathan Weaver 14th 16th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Tony Hernandez 19th 18th(tied) 20th
Newport News Wranglers Jean Lebreton 20th Yee Wang 15th 18th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Bobby Nicholson 21st 18th(tied) 21st
Aurora Paints 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Julian Jammers 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 22nd (tied) 18th(tied) 22nd(tied)
RELIEVERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Andy Roberts 1st Andy Roberts 1st 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Chris Williams 2nd Ryan McEntyre 3rd 2nd
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Isaiah Timmons 3rd Isaiah Timmons 11th 6th
Ottawa Lynx Nick Dadey 4th Tony de Leon 4th(tied) 4th
Savannah Alpines Jim Fredrickson 5th Mark Steve 4th(tied) 5th
Wichita Panthers Alex Arredondo 6th Alex Arredondo 2nd 3rd
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 7th Angel Garabito 10th 8th
Carson City Miners Angelo Luque 8th 15th(tied) 12th
Waco Warlocks Edwin Torres 9th 15th(tied) 13th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Doug DeBauche 10th Scott Chrysler 12th 9th
Sikeston Shamrocks Zach Kyte 11th Mike Cousin 4th(tied) 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Carlos Brenes 12th Carlos Brenes 14th 11th
Newport Unicorns Gabe Rubio 13th 15th(tied) 15th
Ontario Sunrays Mike McQueen 14th 15th(tied) 16th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 15th Matt Howe 13th 14th
Newport News Wranglers Zach Ellis 16th Zach Ellis 4th(tied) 10th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Arhippa Hynninen 17th Shane Campbell 9th 17th
Montgomery Missions Jeff O'Donovan 18th 15th(tied) 19th
Greensboro Naturals Dae-jin Lee 19th Dae-jin Lee 8th 18th
Julian Jammers Carlos Esquivel 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Anaheim Music Jose Pinedo 21st 15th(tied) 21st
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Timothy Lipinski 22nd 15th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
CLOSERS
Team Top player Team ranking Top prospect Organizational ranking Overall ranking
Little Rock Golden Gophers Eddie O'Connor 1st Eddie O'Connor 9th 6th
Tacoma Thunder Wolves Shane Campbell 2nd Shane Campbell 6th 5th
Wichita Panthers Zack Scott 3rd Zack Scott 10th 7th
Mt. Vernon Cyclones Jeff Reade 4th Jeff Reade 5th 4th
Providence Hex Angel Garabito 5th Angel Garabito 7th 8th
Sikeston Shamrocks Jonathan Kellerstrass 6th Jonathan Kellerstrass 8th 9th
Santa Barbara Super Troopers Curtis Spears 7th Steve Albrecht 2nd(tied) 1st
Santa Ana Black Aces Rick Deyo 8th Rick Deyo 11th 11th
Newport News Wranglers Zach Ellis 9th Zach Ellis 2nd(tied) 2nd
Savannah Alpines Jeff Eddins 10th Jeff Eddins 14th 12th
Ontario Sunrays Mike McQueen 11th 15th(tied) 15th
Montgomery Missions Brad Cooper 12th 15th(tied) 16th
Waco Warlocks Edwin Torres 13th 15th(tied) 17th
Medford Desperados Matt Howe 14th Matt Howe 13th 13th
Ottawa Lynx Ricardo Flores 15th Tony de Leon 1st 3rd
Carson City Miners Carlos Abreu 16th 15th(tied) 18th
Newport Unicorns Gabe Rubio 17th 15th(tied) 19th
Greensboro Naturals Dae-jin Lee 18th Dae-jin Lee 4th 10th
Niskayuna Fighting Knights Scott Chrysler 19th Scott Chrysler 12th 14th
St. Joseph Mighty Mites Hedde Castillo 20th 15th(tied) 20th
Julian Jammers Carlos Esquivel 21st 15th(tied) 21st
Anaheim Music Jose Pinedo 22nd 15th(tied) 22nd
Aurora Paints 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
Spring Park Green Knights 23rd (tied) 15th(tied) 23rd(tied)
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